Survivor:Mid-dive Upgrades

SurvivorDwarves Equipment Weapons Upgr. Cards

This page documents the mid-dive stat upgrade cards that are offered when the player levels up. These only last until the end of the dive.

Stats can also be improved on the main menu with semi-permanent meta upgrades.

Upgrade Cards

The player is given a choice of these every time they level up during a dive. They only last as long as the mission does. They are also given a choice of weapon overclocks at weapon levels 6, 12 and 18. (See Survivor:Overclocks and Survivor:Weapons pages for overclock options.)

Stacking bonuses from level-up improvements are always additive; for example, two 50% bonuses are effectively a 100% increase from the base value, not 225% (1.5 × 1.5). Overclocks on the other hand do mix multipliers with additive values.

Weapon Upgrades

These are only applied to one weapon at a time, depicted on the card. Nitra can be spent at the store to purchase these.

Name	Effect	Weapon level increase	Available to
Add Punch	+ 10%/15%/25%/50%/? piercing	Increase weapon level by 1	All [PROJECTILE] weapons
Bigger Cogs	+ 10%/15%/25%/35%/50% damage	Increase weapon level by 1	All weapons
Loosen Bolts	+ 10%/15%/25%/35%/50% reload speed	Increase weapon level by 1	All weapons
More Drones!	+1 extra drones (always legendary)	Increase weapon level by 1	All [DRONE] weapons
Open Valves	+ –/–/10%/15%/25% weapon range	Increase weapon level by 1	All [BEAM] weapons
Paint Job	Lets you imagine your weapon is now a lot prettier	Increase weapon level by 2 (rare) / 3 (epic)	All weapons
Split Nozzles	+1 beams (always legendary)	Increase weapon level by 1	All [BEAM] weapons
Tighten Springs	+ 10%/15%/25%/35%/50% fire rate	Increase weapon level by 1	All [PROJECTILE] weapons
Tweak Potency	+ 10%/15%/25%/35%/50% potency Increase the amount of status effect stacks applied	Increase weapon level by 1	All [ACID], [ELECTRICAL] and [FIRE] weapons

Percentages are in order of common/uncommon/rare/epic/legendary

Tag Mastery Upgrades

These are applied to all weapons that fit a given tag. Gold can be spent at the store to purchase these.

Name	Effect	Game description
Apply Dwarf Tape	[BEAM]: + –/10%/20%/30%/40% lifetime	Increases the expected lifetime of all [BEAM] weapons
Apply Dwarf Tape	[LASTING]: + –/–/10%/15%/20% lifetime	Increases the expected lifetime of all [LASTING] weapons
Apply Dwarf Tape	[DRONE]: + –/10%/–/30%/– lifetime	Increases the expected lifetime of all [DRONE] weapons
Bigger Cogs	[BEAM]: + –/10%/15%/20%/30% damage	Increases all [BEAM] damage
Bigger Cogs	[COLD]: + –/10%/15%/20%/30% damage	Increases all [COLD] damage
Bigger Cogs	[DRONE]: + –/10%/15%/20%/30% damage	Increases all [DRONE] damage
Bigger Cogs	[ELECTRICAL]: + –/7%/10%/15%/– damage + –/3%/5%/8%/? potency	Increases all [ELECTRICAL] damage
Bigger Cogs	[FIRE]: + –/7%/10%/15%/– damage + –/3%/5%/8%/? potency	Increases all [FIRE] damage
Bigger Cogs	[KINETIC]: + –/10%/15%/20%/30% damage	Increases all [KINETIC] damage
Bigger Cogs	[PROJECTILE]: + –/10%/15%/20%/30% damage	Increases all [PROJECTILE] damage
Bigger Cogs	[THROWABLE]: + –/–/15%/20%/30% damage	Increases all [THROWABLE] damage
Loosen Bolts	[BEAM]: + –/10%/15%/20%/30% reload speed	Increases reload speed of all [BEAM] weapons
Loosen Bolts	[LIGHT]: + –/10%/15%/20%/30% reload speed	Increases reload speed of all [LIGHT] weapons
Loosen Bolts	[MEDIUM]: + –/10%/15%/20%/30% reload speed	Increases reload speed of all [MEDIUM] weapons
Loosen Bolts	[HEAVY]: + –/10%/15%/20%/30% reload speed	Increases reload speed of all [HEAVY] weapons
Open Valves	[BEAM]: + –/–/10%/15%/25% weapon range	Increases the range of all [BEAM] weapons
Tighten Springs	[PROJECTILE]: + –/10%/20%/30%/40% fire rate	Increases fire rate of all [PROJECTILE] weapons
Up the Voltage	[ELECTRICAL]: + –/–/12%/–/– critical chance	Increase all critical chance of all [ELECTRICAL] weapons

Percentages are in order of common/uncommon/rare/epic/legendary

Player Stat Upgrades

These are generally applied to the dwarf and all his weapons. Gold can be spent at the store to purchase these.

Name	Effect	Game description
Body Shots	+ –/5%/10%/15%/20% damage	Increases the damage of all your weapons
Careful Aim	+ 3%/6%/9%/12%/15% crit chance	Increases the chance to get a Critical Hit, dealing bonus damage
Dwarven Heritage	+ –/5%/10%/15%/25% mining speed	Increases how fast you can mine rock and stone
Extra Padding	+ –/3/6/9/12 armor	Increases resistance to all sources of damage
Extra Rations	+ 10/20/35/50/70 max HP	Increases how much damage you can take before dying
Fast Hands	+ 3%/6%/9%/12%/18% reload speed	Decreases the time to reload all your weapons
Fast Little Legs	+2%/4%/6%/9%/12% move speed	Increases how fast you can move
Getting Lucky	+5 (rare) / +10 (epic) luck	Increases the chance to roll higher rarities
Learn on the Job	+ ?/6%/9%/12%/18% XP gain	Increases the XP gained during a dive
Mind Blowing	+ 5%/10%/15%/25%/50% critical damage	Increases the damage bonus of a Critical Hit
Pocket Magnets	+ ?/15%/30%/45%/60% pickup radius	—
Offensive Chemistry	+ ?/10%/20%/30%/40% status effect damage	Increases all damage over time from [ACID], [ELECTRICAL] and [FIRE]

Percentages are in order of common/uncommon/rare/epic/legendary

Using Gold and Nitra

The shop between dive stages (Prices modified by DRG Coupon)

In between dive stages, a selection of the above improvement cards becomes available for purchase at the drop pod. Here nitra can be used to purchase weapon-specific improvements, and it can also be used to re-roll the artifact card selection from the supply pod. Gold can be used to purchase general improvements and heal 50% at the drop pod, to re-roll the card selection at the shop, and to re-roll the card selection on leveling up.

In-dive upgrade cost at drop pod

Card rarity	Weapon	Tag mastery	Player stat
Uncommon	14	29	23
Rare	18	35	29
Epic	24	48	40
Legendary	38	77	63

Reroll cost in gold: 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 28, ...

50% heal cost in gold: 30