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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt…”

― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Introduction #

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Outfitting Basics #

Armour #

Aside from the visual swankiness of the armour sets, there are some key statistics² you want to be aware of for the different classes of armour, a summary of which have been outlined in the table below. The key thing is to ensure you are avoiding taking as much tiered injuries as possible, which may end up affecting your movement, aim or functionality in general.

Armour Type	Damage Reduction	Primary Weapon	Sidearm & Utility	Magazines	Grenades & Other	MedPens
Flight	10%	0	1/1	0	0	2
Light	20%	1	1/2	4	2	3
Medium	30%	1	1/2	4/6	2	4
Heavy	40%	2	1/2	8	4	4

Movement speed: This is surprisingly not impacted much by armour type, however, it is based on the amount of equipment you’re carrying, which weighs you down. What you want to remember when it comes to movement is:

• Using medium arms and legs provides a speed boost, even if you’re wearing a heavy head and torso piece
• Heavy armor doesn’t make you slow – guns and ammo do
• Only equipped items on your character are relevant (i.e. store them in your backpack)
• Items have different weights, regardless of their size (e.g. Gallant and Demeco ammo has same uSCU size but different weights)

Environmental protection: Planets, bases and even space have varying environmental factors which will impact your ability to function optimally. Ensure to review the location details of any place you intend to traverse, and confirm that the protections parameters of your gear are adequate (e.g. temperature rating).

Primary Weapons #

Weapon	Damage Type	Magazine	Bullet Speed (m/s)	Firerate	Damage per Second (DPS)	Effective Range (m)
Custodian	Energy (Laser)	60	600	900	166.5	1200
Gallant	Energy (Laser)	45	1200	900	285	2400
Karna	Energy (Plasma)	35	600	600	175	30
P4-AR	Ballistic	40	550	810	162	40

Explosives & Throwables #

• Grenades that are equipped on your suite, can be accessed by “G” as the default key.
• Primary fire (left mouse click default) will provide you with a throwing trajectory, as well as pull the pin and start cooking the grenade.
• Trip-laser mines located on surfaces can be detonated by either shooting at the mine or by moving any physical object, including dead bodies, past the laser using your multi-tool.

Equip-ables #

• Other items that can be equipped to the equipment slot on your armour include fuses, light sicks, and QuikFlares.
• In order to use a QuikFlare as a light source, ensure to activate it using the radial menu while either looking at it or holding it in your hand.

Standard Loadouts #

Standard Kit

• Armour: Full heavy set
• Primary Weapon: Choice of Karna, P4, Gallant, Custodian
• Secondary Weapon: Choice of handgun (optional)
• Magazines: 10+
• Backpack: Heavy (large)
• Medical: ParaMed Medical Device (+1 refill) + MedPen Hemozal (red)
• Utility: MultiTool + Tractor Beam

Flex Kit

• Armour: Heavy set with optional medium arms/legs
• Primary Weapon: Choice of Karna, P4, Gallant, Custodian
• Secondary Weapon: Choice of handgun (optional)
• Magazines: 10+
• Backpack: Heavy (large)
• Medical: ParaMed Medical Device (+1 refill) + MedPen Hemozal (red)
• Utility: MultiTool + Tractor Beam
  

Medical/Support Kit

• Armour: Heavy core/helmet with medium arms/legs (Full medium set as alternative)
• Primary Weapon: Choice of Karna, P4, Gallant
• Secondary Weapon: None
• Magazines: 10+
• Backpack: Heavy (large)
• Medical: ParaMed Medical Device (+2 refill) + MedPen Hemozal (red)
• Utility: MultiTool + Tractor Beam
  

Recon Kit

• Armour: Full medium set
• Primary Weapon: Choice of Scalpel / A03
• Secondary Weapon: Choice of handgun (optional)
• Magazines: 10+
• Backpack: Medium
• Medical: ParaMed Medical Device (+1 refill) + MedPen Hemozal (red)
• Utility: MultiTool + Tractor Beam
  

Vacuum Kit

• Armour: Full heavy set
• Primary Weapon: Choice of Karna, Gallant, Custodian
• Secondary Weapon: Choice of handgun (optional)
• Magazines: 10+
• Backpack: Heavy (large) + Extra helmet / Under suite
• Medical: ParaMed Medical Device (+1 refill) + MedPen Hemozal (red)
• Utility: MultiTool + Tractor Beam
  

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Movement & Positioning #

There are 3 basic aspects to remember when entering a room with a team, the fatal funnel, verticality, and doors & corners. Each has been briefly covered below, but takes practice to condition yourself and your team to execute regularly – most importantly, being vocal about your actions is essential to coordination.

• Fatal Funnel: The “fatal funnel” is a term used for an area within the opening of a point of entry where most fatalities occur during an active threat situation.

• Verticality: It is easy to forget looking above and below you when first entering a space, typically an ambushing force will find high ground to get a better angle on the entry point. Just as you would check your side-view mirrors when driving, continuously clearing verticality.

• Doors & Corners: In the words of Miller from the Expanse, “doors and corners, kid. That’s where they get you…” The premise behind this quote is simple, when entering a space, you want to clear corners and points of entry. Always keeping one side of you towards a wall, reduces the angles from which you can be engaged.

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Medical #

Devices & Tools #

ParaMed Medical Device: Also known as a MedGun, is the most advanced handheld medical tool currently in the game. It provides injury information and can automatically select the necessary drugs required for the sustained injury.

• It is recommended to equip this on your right thigh, as using the “V” key to draw it, is the fastest method.
• To heal yourself, draw the tool and use the “B” key to target yourself, and pull the trigger.
• Using this tool to heal results in less BDL (blood drug level) than a MedPen for incremental healing.
• The advanced mode allows use of other drugs (basic mode only allows Hemozal) to manually select the drug and dosage (see drugs section below).

LifeGuard Medical Attachment: The LifeGuard Medical Attachment is an attachment for the Multi-Tool. It allows users to heal players and NPCs using only one drug (Hemozal). It does not provide information about the patient’s health, unlike the ParaMed Medical Device

MedPens: These are one-time use medical pens that inject the specific drug, based on the colour of pen you’ve equipped. These are useful to use in active combat situations, as it is faster than a ParaMed Medical Device. To inject yourself left mouse-click to inject another player right mouse-click.

Injury Tiers #

• Tier 3: Minor injury which decreases your health and causes minor impairments or reduction in movement speed depending on the location of the injury.
• Tier 2: Moderate injury that causes a significant reduction in movement and/or your senses, as well as potentially cause limping.
• Tier 1: Severe injury that can result in an incapacitation and/or impair you from certain activities (e.g. flying a ship if it is your arm, ability to carry items or shoot, etc.).
• Unconscious: You will enter an “impaired” state that requires medical attention from another player, as well as reduce your vision significantly. You can use 3rd person to get a better view of your surroundings if you’re assisting teammates. It is advisable to have your tractor-beamed by a teammate to a safe location for revival and healing.

Medical Drug Details #

MedPen	Medical Ingredient	Effects
AdrenaPen	Demexatrine	Reduces concussion symptoms, normalizes weapon handling and movement speed
CorticoPen	Sterogen	Reduces vision and hearing symptoms, normalizes stamina
DeconPen	Canoiodide	Reduces injuries from radiation
DetoxPen	Resurgera	Revives overdosed person (if not incapacitated), doubles decay rate of Blood Drug Level
MedPen	Hemozal	Restores health and stops bleeding, recovers from incapacitated state
OpioPen	Roxaphen	Reduces pain symptoms, normalizes movement ability

Blood Drug Level (BDL) #

Every time you use a MedGun or MedPen, your BDL will be increased (with the exception of Resurgera which increase the speed at which your BDL goes down). The various types of BDL induced impairments are:

• Movement: Walk and run speed is reduced.
• Vision: Blurred vision resulting in the inability to see.
• Weapon: Your aim will be impacted by swaying.
• Piloting: Your ability to use certain controls will be impacted, and become less responsive.

It is best to use a MedGun over a MedPen when healing, unless you are in active combat, as the BDL increase using a MedGun is corelated to the amount of healing, while the MedPen increases your BDL by a set amount, regardless of the amount of healing.

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Various Tips & Tricks #

Looting #

Work-in-progress

Key Binds #

Work-in-progress

Pathway Setting #

When trying to navigate to a location within a station, base, or ship (not located behind a locked door), it is useful to open your map and use the “R” button while placing your mouse on the location you’re moving towards. This will set a pathway routing you towards your location, which is visible on your minimap.

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Food & Drink Effects #

Buff or Debuff	Effect	Type
Hypertrophic	Stamina cost reduction	Positive
Atrophic	Stamina cost increase	Negative
Energizing	Stamina regeneration increase	Positive
Fatiguing	Stamina regeneration decrease*	Negative
Cognitive Boosting	Reduced weapon sway	Positive
Cognitive Impairing	Increased weapon sway*	Negative
Hypometabolic	Hunger decay decreased	Positive
Hypermetabolic	Hunger decay increased	Negative
Hydrating	Thirst decay decreased	Positive
Dehydrating	Thirst decay increased	Negative
Healing	Applies healing over time*	Positive
Toxic	Applies damage over time*	Negative
Immune Boosting	Increases sickness resistance*	Positive
Immune Suppresing	Decreases sickness resistance*	Negative
* Effect currently not in game or not modeled. Information about this is effect is mostly speculative at this time.
Buff and debuff stat numbers are still being researched.
Positive buffs have a small + symbol above what they are affecting, negative ones have a – symbol

Pyro Optimal Food #

FPS missions in Pyro: Cruz Lux + Synergy (Gives Hydrating, Energizing, Hypometabolic, Hypertrophic)

• Cruz Lux is available from any Pyro station’s Cargo Deck.
• Synergy is only available from the Stanton Gateway

Cruz Lux + Reclaimed Water + Karoby Energy Bar (Tahini & Carob) (Gives Hydrating, Energizing, Hypometabolic, Hypertrophic):

• Cruz Lux the Karoby Energy Bar are available from any Pyro station’s Cargo Deck.
• Reclaimed Water can be purchased in various kiosks on any station.

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1. This manual was compiled in version 4.0.1 of Star Citizen, some of the information may change or become obsolete in later version of the game. ↩︎
2. The data used in this document was gathered from v.4.0.1 compiled by Dabalta ↩︎