30XX:Patchwork Overloader

Patchwork Overloader
Set bonuses require 1 fewer piece. Cores cost +2 CP to equip.
Statistics
Type	Prototype
Appears on the left side of Very Safe Labs.
Appears once per run.
Effects
patchwork online!

Patchwork Overloader is a Prototype Augment. When obtained, armour set bonuses can be activated with 1 fewer Core Augment, but Core Augments cost two more core points to equip. If multiple copies of this prototype are acquired, all of its effects will stack additively. Decreasing the amount of required Cores to activate a set bonus to 0 will activate all set bonuses without needing any Cores equipped. Decreasing the amount of required Cores below 0 will make set bonuses impossible to activate.

With Prototype Resonator, Core Augments only cost 1 more core point to equip.

Collecting System Restore will reduce the cost of equipping Core Augments by 2 core points.

Interactions and Synergies

• The positive effect stacks additively with Patchwork Integrator. If the player has both, set bonuses require only 2 pieces.
• When appearing as an offer from shops and the Smuggler due to the effects of Madness Fountain, this prototype costs 2 nuts and 1 Scrapbit respectively.

Trivia

• Patchwork Overloader is loosely based on the 20XX augment Patchwork Connector, with an additional negative effect.
• Cores which cost more than 5 core points to equip will still only display 5 dots below their icon, likely to prevent the dots from appearing outside of their normal space.

History

• Early Access 0.37.0: Released.