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Sudden Death is a Combat Gear or commonly, Gear, classified under the Strike System category. From the gameplay standpoint, it is considered as Gear 1. Since Sudden Death is used during combat, it is considered a Combat Equipment. It it is possible to use gears to damage and defeat enemies and break destructible objects.
Note: All numeric values (except the power level) mentioned are only applicable to the default state of the gear. It may be possible to increase or decrease the net values using inscriptions, but they will not be shown.
Description and Alternative Items
For the alternative items, see Tempest Strike
Sudden Death is an upgraded Tempest Strike. It is a Strike System, that calls down a bolt of electric energy on target location.
When an enemy is struck with sudden death, a fire explosion is created, staggering the target and surrounding enemies in a blast radius. The game doesn’t mention the blast radius, neither does it mention the damage done as blast damage.
The damage done by Sudden Death is considered as melee damage. This means, any modifier that increases melee damage (but not weapon damage), such as melee damage inscription and melee sigils will also increase the damage done by this gear.
This item has a special ability, which is a procedural perk that can be activated by performing an action mentioned in its masterwork perk.
Masterwork Perk: Hitting an enemy detonates a fire explosion.
Obtaining Methods
Sudden Death can be obtained in the following ways:
- Loot
- Guardians' Gifts (Tomb of Cariff)
- Regulator Store (When available)
- Crafting (Masterwork only)
Blueprint and Crafting
Sudden Death is an item that can be crafted. It requires different amounts of resources depending upon its rarity. Complete the requirement in Blueprint Acquisition to unlock the Blueprint. Then craft the item in the Forge using the resources.
Unlocked blueprints can be found in the Craft tab located under the appropriate combat equipment slot (Gear/Gear/Component) of a javelin in the loadouts tab of the Forge.
The following table provides insights on blueprint and crafting requirements:
| Blueprint Acquisition |
Sudden Death Blueprint |
Crafted Sudden Death |
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Shadow Claw Challenge | 
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Required Crafting Resources
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Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- Sudden Death actually does blast damage over a radius of 5, but the game mentions this as regular damage. The game doesn't bother mentioning the blast radius value, unfortunately.
- Gears are the only combat items that share their base design with their upgraded design.