Various Resupply Units
Resupply Units or, simply, Resupply are packed items that provide backups to the survivability and combat to a javelin. They may also help the Freelancer to progress during an expedition. Resupplies have a square-based pyramid shape and have an indicator on their top. They are also differentiated by their colors. However, all resupply units are translucent and rotate around a vertical axis. Once collected, they disappear from sight.
There are 4 types of Resupply units:
- Repair Kits
- Ammo
- Key Item
- Crystals
Repair Kits[]
A Repair Kit
Repair Kits are dropped by enemies when they take damage or when they are defeated. Repair kits fill up the Armor bar of a javelin. They can only be collected if the javelin has lost even a little bit of its health.
Repair kits appear red in color and have the same icon as the support of a javelin's Gear
- Common enemies drop 1 repair kit when they are defeated.
- High Ranking and Heavy Enemies drop at least two repair kits: 1 (or more than 1) when certain amount of their health is depleted, and 1 more when they are defeated.
- Apex Enemies follow the same suit as the High-Ranking ones. But they drop more than 3 repair kits.
- Boss enemies regularly drop repair kits when a certain amount of their health is depleted. they don't drop repair kits when defeated, but instead only drop loot.
Ammo[]
A Ammo
Ammos are dropped by enemies when they take damage or when they are defeated. Ammo fills up the clips in a Weapon and refills the current magazine of the gun if even one shot has been fired. they can only be collected when at least a single shot is fired from a gun.
Ammos appear green in color.
- Common enemies drop 1 ammo when they are defeated.
- High Ranking and Heavy Enemies drop at least two ammos: 1 (or more than 1) when certain amount of their health is depleted, and 1 more when they are defeated.
- Apex Enemies follow the same suit as the High-Ranking ones. But they drop more than 3 ammos.
- Boss enemies regularly drop ammos when a certain amount of their health is depleted. they don't drop ammos when defeated, but instead only drop loot.
Key Item[]
A Key Item
Key Items are quest-specific items that usually are dropped by mini-bosses during an expeditions. Key items could be keys to locked prison cells, corium crystals, hidden archive pieces, Shaper Fragments etc. Collecting a key item will unlock the next objective during an expedition.
Key Items appear yellow in color.
Key items also have a "collect" objective marker above them to give the Freelancer an easy marker to locate them.
Some Key Items like the Shield of Dawn and Egress are shown with physical form and must be construced before they can be used.
- Named or Unnamed High-Ranking enemies can drop key items when defeated.
- Named Apex Enemies can drop key items when defeated.
- Common enemies and Bosses don't drop key items.
- Some key items can be obtained by Crafting or constructing them during or between missions.
Crystals[]
A Crystal Resupply Pops Out of Reward Chest
Crystals are currencies that can be collected when crystal nodes are destroyed or reward chests are opened during the original run of Echoes of Reality.
Crystals appear pink in color.
Crystals do not drop as key items since the end of Echoes of Reality. Neither do crystal nodes show up outside the walls to collect them.
Trivia[]
- Normally Resupply units have a very limited radius of collection that can only be increased by equipping certain inscriptions on Combat Equipment.
- The drop rate of Repair Kits and Ammo can be increased by using certain inscriptions on Combat Equipment.
- Crystals, unlike other resupply unity, have a very large radius of collection.
- It is thought that the resupply units show up in an obscure way without their real physical forms because they are Cypher Projections. This is because they appear translucent like other Cypher Projections.