Schematics

The Schematics in The Surge.



Description
Before you can craft a new piece of equipment, you first must learn its Schematic. Luckily for you, our hero Warren is a clever guy, and can figure out how most gear works if he gets a chance to take a close look at it.

Unfortunately, the majority of your new coworkers are murderously unfriendly, and don't seem to have much interest in helping you out. You'll need to take matters into your own hands, and learn new Gear Crafting schematics by chopping body parts off of your Enemies.

Each piece of gear is crafted in an Ops center using Tech Scrap and bodypart-specific Components, which are also acquired by performing finishing moves on foes. That's only the beginning of the journey for your new equipment though - you can also increase the power and defenses of your gear and weaponry by upgrading them.

In the base game, equipment starts out "markless" and can be upgraded up to Mark 5 by using more Tech Scrap and appropriate crafting materials. In New Game+ you can upgrade equipment to Mark 10, in NG++ to Mark 15, and in NG+3 you can take equipment all the way to its maximum efficacy at Mark 20.