Quasimorph Hardcore Survival FAQ: 20 Life-Saving Answers

If you spend your final AP opening a door, your operative's turn ends immediately with zero defensive reactions. Any armed enemy waiting in the room receives a free turn to fire, often resulting in point-blank shotgun blasts or burst fire that causes instant death. Always open doors with at least 1 AP remaining, or stand adjacent to the door and open it from an angle.

Right-click on any visible enemy. The tactical inspection panel displays their total AP (represented by movement boxes), their equipped weapon, active resistances, and damage immunities (added in Patch 1.0.4). An enemy with 1 AP can be effortlessly kited; an enemy with 3 AP and 7.97mm armor-piercing ammo must be engaged from behind hard cover.

Switch to Walk or Sneak stance, step diagonally to glance past a wall corner to gain line-of-sight, fire your shot, and spend your remaining AP stepping back behind full wall cover. Human AI cannot return fire through solid structural walls, forcing them to waste AP advancing into your pre-aimed killzone.

Shotguns deliver massive multi-pellet kinetic damage that obliterates unarmored miners and low-tier corporate guards. However, armor in Quasimorph applies flat damage reduction to each individual pellet. Against Tech Tier 5+ RealWare heavy exoskeletons, shotgun pellets deal zero damage. You must transition to 7.97mm armor-piercing sabots or energy weapons for late-game sectors.

Untreated severe wounds develop into Gangrene, giving you an exact 20-turn countdown before lethal sepsis occurs. Antibiotics will not cure established gangrene. The only solution is emergency amputation: use a Surgical Kit (or Bonesaw) to amputate the infected limb. An amputated arm or leg permanently impairs stats for that run, but preserves your clone's life.

Medkits restore hit points and patch simple lacerations. Sorbent binds chemical toxins and halts minor early-stage infections. Antibiotics treat established biological infections and systemic fever. Always pack at least 1 Sorbent and 1 Antibiotic box alongside your standard Medkits.

Internal bleeding causes continuous health drain that standard bandages cannot seal. Apply Hemostatic Powder or inject an Adrenaline/Coagulant injector immediately to stabilize the hemorrhage until you extract to the Magnum.

No. Once a limb is severed or amputated during a tactical mission, that slot is disabled for the duration of the deployment. You cannot dual-wield or hold two-handed rifles with an amputated arm. You must limp to the extraction shuttle and repair the clone on the Magnum's medical bay.

Traders operate on two strict rules: 1) The 10k Wholesale Threshold: Trading goods valued under 10,000 credits returns mediocre scrap; dumping 10k+ in a single barter transaction unlocks a 2x bonus reward pool. 2) Reputation +25 Gate: Reaching +25 positive reputation with a faction unlocks Page 2 of their barter store, granting free point-and-click selection of high-tier armor, sniper rifles, and class chips.

The highest value-per-slot trade items are: Cigarettes (universal high price, stacks densely), Vodka and luxury Cognac, Gold Bars, Unidentified Item Chips, and undamaged 7.97mm ammo boxes. Avoid hoarding raw scrap metals or cloth.

Each successful mission for a corporation boosts their stock value and technological index, while damaging their target rival. You can short-sell corporations before launching sabotage strikes against their stations, then buy into their shares after their stock crashes to turn massive financial dividends.

Upgrade the Magnum's Supply module to Level 1 (Scavenger Bay). This installs the onboard Recycler, allowing you to break down broken firearms and ruined body armor into raw steel, titanium, plastic, and gunpowder for the ammo press.

Navigation Level 1: Tactical Scanner. It projects elevator exits, objective terminals, and high-tier container locations through the tactical map, eliminating exploratory wandering that drains ammo and spikes Quasimorphosis.

Welding Machines spawn in maintenance workshops, toolboxes, and storage lockers inside Factory and Industrial station tilesets (predominantly owned by RealWare or Coreward MG). Electrical Parts and Server Chips spawn in Network Centre server racks.

Patch 1.0.4 introduced an 11–21 day cooldown on stations upon contract completion. You cannot camp a single station. Plan triangular interplanetary routes: Mars (farm tools/miners) → Earth Orbit (barter goods) → Venus/Mercury (high-tier chip raids and Baron hunts).

When high-tier human operatives or Quasimorphic Barons fall, use an Extraction Syringe to siphon their Gavvakh essence. Store it in your ship's Cryo Freezer module to clone elite mercenaries or synthesize permanent gene mutations.

Inject Morphine to instantly drop the Quasimorphosis meter by 200 points. If the addiction icon appears in your status bar, immediately inject Naloxone to purge the addiction debuff. The meter remains reduced by 200 without negative side effects.

Consuming or applying high-proof spirits (Vodka, Whiskey) while your clone is actively burning causes the alcohol to vaporize, triggering an immediate thermal explosion that shatters body armor and frequently amputates limbs. Always douse flames with Pure Water.

Pacts offer god-tier perks but inflict crippling permanent curses. If a pact ruins your build, travel to the Church of Revelation. Their high-tier clergy sell Pact-Breaker artifacts that cleanse demonic pacts from your operative.

Quasimorph 1.0 features 9 distinct endings spread across 5 faction narrative routes (RealWare, AnCom, Church of Revelation, Tezctlan, and Civil Resistance/Xiomara). Siding exclusively with one corporation locks out opposing story branches.