Passives

Passives

Passives are pieces of Mech equipment in Into the Breach.

Description

Passives confer a constant benefit to all Mechs in the squad, without the need of activating them during an encounter. Since an action does not need to be used to activate passives, their effects will persist even when the Mech equipped with a passive is submerged into Water, a Lava Tile, an A.C.I.D. Tile, affected by Smoke, or even if the Mech is downed and disabled.

Some Mechs come equipped with Passives by default. All Passives are treated as Any Class equipment, and can be equipped without penalty by any Mech Class (except Cyborg).

Some Passives come with an upgrade or two, at the cost of additional Reactor Core usage. Upgrades are not purchased separately, they are included. Note that powering Upgrade 1 is never a prerequisite for powering Upgrade 2.

Mechs with Passives in Custom Squads

Main article: Mech Specialist

When creating a Custom Squad, it is possible to choose a Mech which has a passive equipped multiple times. In this case, the duplicate Mechs will have the passive removed in their loadout, and only one Mech will keep the Passive for the Custom Squad.

List

Name	Power	Effect	Upgrade 1	Upgrade 2	Debug Name
Flame Shielding	Free	All Mechs are immune to Fire.			Passive_FlameImmune
Storm Generator	Free	All Smoke deals damage to enemy units every turn.	+1 Damage ( ) Increases Smoke damage by 1.		Passive_Electric
Viscera Nanobots	Free	Mechs heal 1 damage when they deal a killing blow.	+1 Heal ( ) Increase healing to 2.		Passive_Leech
Networked Armor	()	All Mechs gain +1 HP.	+1 Health ( ) Increases health bonus to 2.		Passive_Defenses
Repair Field	Free	Repairing one Mech will affect all Mechs. (Includes disabled Mechs. Repairing a disabled Mech will save the pilot.)			Passive_MassRepair
Auto-Shields	Free	Buildings gain a Shield after taking damage.			Passive_AutoShields
Stabilizers	()	Mechs no longer take damage when blocking emerging Vek.			Passive_Burrows
Psionic Receiver	Free	Mechs use bonuses from Vek Psion.			Passive_Psions
Kickoff Boosters	Free	Mechs gain +1 move if they start their turn adjacent to each other.	+1 Movement ( ) Movement bonus is increased by 1.		Passive_Boosters
Medical Supplies	Free	All Pilots survive death.			Passive_Medical
Vek Hormones	Free	Enemies do +1 Damage against other enemies.	+1 Damage () Increases damage by 1.	+1 Damage ( ) Increases damage by 1.	Passive_FriendlyFire
Force Amp	()	All Vek take +1 damage from Bumps and blocking emerging Vek.			Passive_ForceAmp
Critical Shields	Free	If Power Grid is reduced to 1, all buildings gain a Shield.			Passive_CritDefense
Ammo Generator	()	+1 Use to all Limited Use Weapons. (Only available through debug)			Passive_Ammo
Forestry Nano	Free	Vek spawn Forest when they die on Ground. (Only available through debug)			Passive_FastDecay
Advanced Edition
Nanofilter Mending	Free	Standing on Smoke repairs mechs and removes Smoke.			Passive_HealingSmoke
Heat Engines	Free	Standing on Fire removes Fire and gives the mech "Boost".			Passive_FireBoost
Networked Shielding	( )	Mechs cannot take damage during the Player Turn.			Passive_PlayerTurnShield
Void Shocker	( )	If a Vek deals no damage to buildings or units when attacking, it takes 1 damage.			Passive_VoidShock

See Also

• Weapons