Introduction

Welcome to Neoseeker's Prey walkthrough and guide. Prey is an Arkane Studios and Bethesda Softworks action adventure game with RPG influences and is designed as a spiritual sequel to the System Shock series.

Like its key inspiration, the game features a space theme and aliens (which the player must fight). Aliens in Prey aren't your ordinary aliens, though: they have abilities. For example, one -- the Mimic -- can take the form of any smaller object in a given room.

Other classic titles are an influence on Prey as well, and serve the game's open world and Metroidvania style of progression; as you move throughout the world, you'll acquire various weapons and resources which will allow you to survive the aliens while progressing the narrative. One of the more interesting tools is the psychoscope, which allows you to adopt the abilities of an alien.

Prey takes place in an alternate universe where John F. Kennedy survived his assassination attempt and further funded the country's space program. Eventually, this provokes a battle between the US and aliens (collectively named Typhon), the latter of which are captured and studied, leading to the development of Neuromods, which can grant abilities to humans.

You'll spend your time in the game in Talos I, a space station where the studies are conducted and the aliens kept prisoner. Talos I sports retrofuturistic, brutalist, and Art Deco aesthetics for a varied and enticing gameplay experience.

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Gameplay Tips

Unlisted PC controls include middle mouse button for the radial/items menu and F5/F9 for quick save and quick load, respectively.

Even on Normal difficulty, enemies in this game are a very real threat, at least in the early game. Take special care when fighting them, and use the proper tools to fight them to minimize their effectiveness.

Loot each area thoroughly, as supplies are scarce and you will need all of them to survive.

Use the GLOO Cannon on electrical junctions, which can fry you for a ton of health. After about 10 seconds, you'll have to apply it again. Alternately, use an EMP or simply sprint through it immediately after it goes off (you may need Mobility I and II Neuromods for this to work).

Different Neuromod abilities will allow you to progress the game in different ways. Use whichever are at your disposal.

Food and drink recover health. Each bit of food recovers 10 HP. You can eat multiple items at once and the regeneration effect will stack. Food is more effective with the Metabolic Boost Neuromod.

Crafting is very easy to do so even if you hate it in other games, be sure to do it in Prey as it's a very quick and efficient way to stay stocked on supplies. To craft, find a Fabricator and use the appropriate materials to create whatever you have plans for. To acquire materials, use the Recycler (sometimes found near the Fabricator) to make what you need.

A quick and simplified guide to crafting: Typhon yield Exotic Material (makes Neuromods), computer parts yield Synthetic Material, and food waste yields Organic Material.

Medical Operators heal you to full; Engineering Operators repair your suit fully; Science Operators restore your psi points fully.

Destroyed Medical Operators carry medpacks; destroyed Science Operators carry psi hypos or spare parts; military operators carry Q-Beam cells.

Enemies take bonus damage when disabled.

Installing Typhon Neuromods will make the game more difficult in that turrets will see you as a threat.

Don't pick up extra copies of weapons you already have unless you have the Dismantle and Repair Neuromods, as they take up a lot of inventory space and you can just grab the ammo.

Recycle tracking bracelets as they have no use otherwise.

Use Recycler Charges regularly to ensure you have plenty of junk to recycle.

Especially if you have a lot of ongoing quests at once, set some objectives or all but one inactive to make it easier to declutter the interface and focus on what to do next.

If you see glass or "water" anywhere, smash it as it may lead to a new area.

Use the radial menu during combat not just to select items and weapons quickly, but because it pauses combat.

Inventory space is precious (unless you use the Suit Modification Neuromod abilities), so don't loot things you don't need (e.g. ignore Spare Parts if you aren't investing in repair abilities, leave food behind if you're high on health and have medpacks, etc). Use the autosort function regularly to save on space, too.

If you're having trouble getting to a specific objective, look up, as there's a good chance you can jump up and over to it.

When facing multiple enemies, attempt to kite one of them (lure it off on its own) so you don't have to fight all of them at once.

Tweaks and Mods

Skip Intro Movies

Prey features a lot of intro movies, so if you're playing on PC and would like to skip them, simply navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Prey\GameSDK\Videos, create a folder called 'skip' (or whatever you like), and move Ryzen_Bumper.bk2, LegalScreens.bk2, Bethesda_logo_anim_white.bk2, and ArkaneLogoAnim_Redux_1080p2997_ST-16LUFS.bk2 to it. You could also delete or rename the files, though deleting isn't recommended in case something goes wrong.

Upon booting, you'll briefly see a black screen, then the main menu.

Prey for Death mod

A hardcore difficulty mod that re-inserts cut status effects (burning, bleeding, etc), makes inventory management more of a necessity, limits fabrication, removes some HUD elements, and more. Use with new saves only. Download it here.

Immersion mod

If you strictly want a more immersive HUD without all the gameplay tweaks, this mod is for you. Among other things, it removes the flashlight and crouch icons, enemy alerts, item shimmering, and more. Safe for use with existing saves. Download it here.

Main Quests