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Introduction
Resources are the currency used by both the Marine and Alien teams to perform game-play actions. They are gathered by building an Alien Harvester or a Marine Extractor on a Resource Node. There are two types of usable resources: Team and Personal Resources, also knows as TRes and PRes, respectively.
Resources are the most important aspect of the game, the team that controls the most resources for the longest period of time, will be able to advance to greater Weapons / Lifeforms and unlock upgrades to defeat the enemy team very quickly.
Personal Resources
Personal Resources (or PRes)
- Marine Players start with 20 PRes and Alien Player start with 15 PRes.
- Commanders are not awarded any Personal Resources while in the Hive or Chair.
- are awarded to a player every 6 seconds at a rate of 0.1 per each fully built & active Harvester or Extractor.
- if the team controls no working Harvester or Extractor, each player is awarded 0 Personal Resources.
- can be saved up for expensive purchases but are capped at 100. After 100 PRes has been accumulated, any extra resources are lost.
Usage
- is the players individual share of the resources gained by the team and are used to purchase bigger and better Lifeforms for Aliens and Powerful Weapons and Technology for Marines.
Team Resources
Team Resources (or TRes) are used exclusively by the Commanders on both teams. Team Resources
- are awarded to a team at a rate of 1 resource per each fully built & active Harvester or Extractor every 6 seconds.
- are awarded to a team at a rate of 1 resource every 12 seconds if the team controls no working Harvester or Extractor.
- can be saved up for expensive purchases but are capped at 200. After 200 TRes has been accumulated, any extra resources are lost.
Usage
Commander can spend TRes on multiple aids for their team including, but not limited to:
Marines
- Improved Armor capacity and Weapons damage.
- Advanced Weapons.
- Prototype Technology such as Jetpacks and Exosuits.
- Commander Abilities for Marines on the field like
Recycling
As a Marine Commander you can recycle Structures or Blueprints.
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Info: If any Alien lifeform touches a Blueprint, it will dissipate and refund 100% of the Team Resources spent to the Frontiersmen. |
Recycle enables the Marine Commander to receive back a portion of Team Resources by recycling a structure. The recycling process lasts a short duration, after which a maximum of 75% Team Resources used to create the structure is refunded. However, the amount of Team Resources refunded depends on the remaining health of the structure on recycle completion. The higher the structure's health, the more resources are refunded.
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| Recycles the structure over time and refunds resources based on initial cost and current Health. Recycle can be canceled by Marine Commander or by destroying the structure. | |
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| Hotkey | V
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| TRes |  0.75 x initial cost x %HP left
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| Duration | 6 seconds |
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Tip: Never recycle Extractors, unless they are without power or not completely built. Since the Extractor stops working as soon as the recycle starts, and recycle yields resources based on the HP left, recycling yields fewer resources than the Extractor does in the additional time it is operational if you do not recycle. |
Aliens
- Lifeform-specific Evolutions
- Upgrade Chambers
- Support Structures
- Spawn Eggs
Consuming
Consume enables the Alien Commander to free up used Supply. Unlike Recycle it does NOT refund any Resources. Consuming structures that do not require Supply, such as Harversters and Upgrade Chambers is possible, but serves not real purpose beyond not giving a Marine the points for killing them.
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| Destroys Alien structures to free up Supply. | |
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| Hotkey | V
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| Duration | 10 seconds |
Trivia
- Naturals are called the Resource Towers that are close to your Base.
Player - Marine (Assault Rifle • Pistol • Switch-Axe)
Mechanics - Marine Commander • Power Nodes • Resource Model
Build - Command Station • Extractor • Infantry Portal • Armory • Robotics Factory (ARC • MAC) • Arms Lab
Game Information - Options • Maps • Console Commands • Patches
In Game - Damage Types • Status Icons • Ranking System • Badges
Base Abilities
Skulk - (Sneak • Wall Walking • Bite • Parasite) • Gorge - (Belly Slide • Spit • Heal Spray • Build Menu) • Lerk - (Flight • Roost • Poison Bite • Spikes) •
Fade - (Swipe • Blink) • Onos - (Gore)
Skulk - (Leap • Xenocide) • Gorge - (Bile Bomb) • Lerk - (Spores • Umbra) • Fade - (Metabolize • Advanced Metabolize • Stab) • Onos - (Charge • Bone Shield • Stomp)
Shift Hive - (Adrenaline • Celerity • Crush)
Shade Hive - (Aura • Camouflage • Focus)
Crag Hive - (Carapace • Regeneration • Vampirism)
Mechanics - Alien Commander • Biomass • Infestation • Maturation • Consume • Resource Model
Gorge - Babbler • Hydra • Clog • Webs
Build - Cyst • Harvester • Drifter • Tunnel • Hive (Egg) • Pheromones
Game Information - Options • Maps • Console Commands • Patches
In Game - Damage Types • Status Icons • Ranking System • Badges