When preparing your mecha to fight in Mecha Break’s extraction mode, equipping mods is a top priority. They allow you to customize your giant robot and maximize its strengths while playing around its weaknesses.
Each Striker in Mecha Break has a kit of skills and a playstyle that you want to enhance by using mods. Acquiring them is part of the gameplay loop, if you plan making the perfect mecha. Our Mecha Break guide will help you not only understand how mods work, but how to get them.
How mods work in Mecha Break
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In Mecha Break, mods are special items that you can equip to your Striker to alter the machine’s attributes. While mods are a central aspect in the game, you should keep in mind that mod effects only work in the Mashmak mode.
Equipping a mod, which you can do in the “Mods” tab in the “Operation Storm” menu, always increases an attribute of the mecha while reducing another. For example, a mod can reduce energy consumption of your Striker, but it will also increase the amount of energy you spend to jump from the ground.
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There are five types of mods: Corixium Cascade Engine, Carbotanium Skeleton, Propulsion System, Corixium Muscle, and Mindbridge Cockpit, each corresponding to specific part of the Striker. You can equip up to three mods to each part.
Mods are available in four tiers of rarity (Fine, Superb, Rare, and Flawless). In our experience with the game, we couldn’t identify if some attributes are modified only by high-tier mods or any other kind of distinction.
How to get mods in Mecha Break
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There are a few main methods to obtain mods. You can either participate in extraction missions in the Mashmak mode or spend low-tier mods to create higher-tier ones.
“Operation Storm” is the extraction mode in Mecha Break, also called Mashmak mode. When running these missions, you need to fight enemies, who will drop Mod Boxes most of the time. After defeating them, you can loot the remains of their robotic body to grab these crates.
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However, looting is only part of the process. You need to survive and leave the operation by using one of the Extraction Points to actually get the items you looted. Once you exited the mission, you can access the “Inventory” tab to open your boxes. Each box grants you a random mod of the same tier as the crate.
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Now, if you have multiple low-tier mods and want to secure better ones without having to risk your life in an extraction mission, you need to craft them using the Mod Assembly system. You find it in the “Mods” tab at the bottom left of the screen.
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In the Mod Assembly, you can use 10 lower-tier mods and some Matrix credits to create one mod of the next tier. For example, if you have 10 Rare mods, you can create one Flawless mod. This is the best option to ensure you’re getting a stronger mod, but you can’t determine the buffs and debuffs it will have.
