Eight equipment slots
Equip Head, Torso, Legs, Weapon, Arms, Core, Boots, and Implant. Upgrade the slot at Ryan’s Bench from Rank 1 through Rank 10. Each upgrade adds 5% of the piece’s base stat. The next step costs 15 Nano-Scrap multiplied by the current slot rank.
Protocol Sets
Heliograph gives attack and defense. Furnace Link gives shorter cooldowns and skill damage. Veil Circuit gives critical chance and speed. Cryo Warden gives Integrity and barriers. Echo Relay gives skill damage and shorter cooldowns. Harbor Vanguard gives defense and attack. Plan around the two- and four-piece thresholds using the 8-slot planner.
Gold Firmware and Overclock
Inspect the exact kernel on an Embedded piece and use Ryan’s bench to decompile or flash supported firmware. Some kernels change how a class skill behaves. Gravity Anchor changes Cyclone Strike, Null Pulse changes Firewall, and Aegis Matrix adds Shield Bash ricochets. Copper, Ultraviolet, and Solar-Gold Overclock Patches contribute one, two, and three Overclock Power respectively. The active patch cap is six.