Defiance is introducing Cyber Rigs – a new type of equipment – as part of the Alcatraz Update. These customizable implants allow you to push beyond your normal capabilities and ready yourself for the Expeditions that lie ahead. Read on to learn more!

Cyber Rigs

A Cyber Rig is an implant that connects your nervous system directly with your gear, augmenting your natural abilities and improving your performance with weapons, shields, vehicles, and more. You can equip a Cyber Rig with each of your loadouts, though as with other gear, Cyber Rigs have an EGO rating you must meet before you can use them. (This rating does not directly impact the power of the rig and cannot be altered by the Salvage Matrix.)

Cyber Chips

Each Cyber Rig can house up to 16 Cyber Chips – modules that add charge to your rig and modify its performance to suit your needs. Charge is used to power an additional set of (up to four) innate abilities that come built into your rig. More powerful abilities require more charge (and thus more chips) to activate.

In addition to adding charge, Cyber Chips impart their own boosts to your rig. There are five different types of chip: chips that provide offensive benefits, chips that provide defensive benefits, chips that enhance your longevity in a fight, chips that provide miscellaneous or non-combat benefits, and keystone chips that enhance EGO abilities. Each type of chip has a unique shape and will only fit into slots of the same type on your rig.

Keystone Chips

Most rigs are built for general-purpose use and have a fairly even mix of chip slots. Keystone chips are the exception: a rig can hold a single keystone chip, and even then, keystone slots only appear on top-end rigs.

Some top-end rigs are also specialized for offensive or defensive combat. These rigs feature more offensive or defensive chip slots and related rig abilities.

Wiring Up

Many rigs come pre-slotted with a selection of Cyber Chips so when you find a rig, you can immediately load it up and start using it. To get the most out of your rig, though, you’ll want to fill up its remaining slots. You can replace any chip in a rig with another chip, but if you want to remove a chip without destroying it, you’ll need to use a special Chip Puller tool (available from the Bit Store).

Getting Started

Cyber Rigs and Cyber Chips can be found on the bosses and mini-bosses inside Expeditions. The more difficult the Expedition, and the more consecutive rounds you’ve gone without extracting, the better rigs and chips you’ll find.

Finally, your rigs and chips are not tradable, but they can be broken down into Silicon Shards. These shards are accepted as currency by a merchant in Alcatraz who peddles in specialized rigs and chips – visit the island after the launch of Alcatraz to see more!

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