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There are a variety of different weapons inAtomic Heartand each of them has multiple upgrade paths. Different upgrades will empower you weapon in different ways, giving them more damage, elemental powers, or unique special attacks.
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To level up your skills & craft better weapons, you’ll need to find materials and discover blueprints. There are lots of hidden blueprints throughout the map, hidden in puzzle-locked areas called Testing Grounds. We show you how to access these various testing grounds below.
How To Collect Crafting Materials
To begin upgrading your weapons, you need to gather materials. These can be looted fromvarious wardrobes, desks, and chestsas well asdirectly from defeated enemies.Use yourScannerto search for objects that arehighlighted in blueto find loot boxes and collectibles.
These crafting materials are required tocraft upgrades, new weapons, and consumables.
Looting is really easy in this game,so just collect everything!
How To Upgrade Your Weapons
You can only upgrade your weapons in set locations, i.e at the upgrade terminal. You will be introduced this at the start of the game (alongside some very raunchy dialogue), and you can access this machine again at various locations as you play.
Typically, the machines are locatedin safe rooms.These are accessed via random doors in a corridor and will have a save point, an upgrade terminal, and usually a chest inside with specific upgrade materials or even a blueprint. It’s worth checking every single one of these rooms, even if you don’t intend to save or upgrade your gear.
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How To Get New Blueprints
New weapons and consumables are locked behind blueprints. These are found by exploring the world (completing locked door puzzles or exploring new areas), or by completingTesting Grounds, which are likeseparate puzzle areaswith a blueprint and other loot as the main reward.
These are found near to the start of the game when you first access an open world area.You will need to use the map to find the entrances to each of these puzzle rooms.
Once you’ve acquired a new blueprint, you can take it to an upgrade terminal and craft it using various materials.
Tips For Upgrading Your Weapons
As well as upgrading your weapons,you can use those materials to upgrade your glove (Charles). This lets you access unique energy abilities via your glove, like a Telekinesis attack or an electric shock.
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