Gear

Gear is any backpack, armor piece or tool that a Prospector can equip into their Inventory. For information about Weapons and Consumables, consult the respective pages.

Backpacks

For details, see: Backpacks

A backpack is one of, if not the most, essential item. It enables the "Backpack" section in your inventory, drastically increasing your carrying capacity. Without one, you can only carry your equipped armor, weapons, and the contents of your Safe Pockets. This limits space for ammunition and loot to the point of non-viability, so a Backpack is more or less required to achieve anything on the surface of Fortuna III. A tour to the surface with only a Backpack equipped is referred to as a "Naked Run".

Backpacks come in different sizes, depending on the rarity. They can be found in your Stash under the "Utilities" filter.

Image	Name	Rarity	Space	Recipe Requirements	Buy/Craft Price	Sale Price
File:Backpack Common.png	Small backpack	Common	200	- Not Currently Craftable -	600	180
File:Backpack Uncommon.png	Medium backpack	Uncommon	250	Polymetallic Prefabricate x2 Altered Nickel x2	2,700	810
File:Backpack Rare.png	Large backpack	Rare	300	Textiles x2 Pale Ivy Blossom x1 Altered Nickel x3	6,100	1,830
File:Backpack Epic.png	Large backpack	Rare	350	Smart Mesh x1 Dust Bloom x1 Titan Ore x1	12,000	4,000
File:Backpack Scrappy.png	Emergency backpack	Common	100	- Not Currently Craftable -	- Not buyable -	180

Armor

For details, see: Armor

Armor is worn to reduce the damage taken from other sources. The damage reduction depends on the "Armor"-value of your Armor and on the Penetration-value of the damage source.

A prospector can equip one helmet and one piece of body armor, called Shield, by placing them in the appropriate slots in the inventory screen. You can also carry armor in your Backpack, but it won't protect you in there.

If you take damage while you have armor equipped, the armor gets ablated. You can repair it at the Crafting Station for a small amount of K-Marks.

Certain types of armor grant additional benefits like more stamina, health regeneration or night vision.

Helmets

Image	Name	Armor	Bonus	Buy/Crafting Price
File:Helmet Common.png	Helmet (Common)	10		380 K-Marks
File:Helmet Common.png	Tactical Helmet (Common)	7	+25% Stamina	380 K-Marks
File:Helmet Uncommon.png	Helmet (Uncommon)	15		1,700 K-Marks 2x Hardened Metals 5x Spinal Base
File:Helmet Uncommon.png	Restoration Helmet (Uncommon)	12	0.2Hp per second	840 K-Marks 2x Hardened Metals 4x Spinal Base 2x Brightcap Mushroom
File:Helmet Uncommon.png	Tactical Helmet (Uncommon)	12	+35% Stamina	840 K-Marks 2x Hardened Metals 4x Spinal Base 2x Electronic Cables
File:Helmet Rare.png	Helmet (Rare)	19		6,300 Aluminum Scrap x2 Rattler Skin x2
File:Helmet Rare.png	Restoration Helmet (Rare)	17	0.3Hp per second	7,600 Aluminum Scrap x2 Rattler Skin x2 Glowy Brightcap Mushroom x2
File:Helmet Rare.png	Tactical Helmet (Rare)	16	+40% Stamina	7,600 Aluminum Scrap x2 Rattler Skin x2 Interactive Screen x1
File:Helmet Epic.png	Helmet (Epic)	20		19,000 Radio Equipment x3 Hardened Bone Plates x1
File:Helmet Epic.png	Helmet (Exotic)	24		43,000 Interactive Screen x1 Gyroscope x1 Crusher Hide x1
File:Helmet Legendary.png	NV Helmet (Legendary)	24	Toggleable Night Vision	43,000 Meteor Core x4 Pure Veltecite x3 Alpha Crusher Heart x1

Shields

Image	Name	Armor	Bonus	Buy/Crafting Price
File:Shield Common.png	Shield (Common)	10		450 K-Marks
File:Shield Common.png	Tactical Shield (Common)	7	+25% Stamina	450 K-Marks
File:Shield Uncommon.png	Shield (Uncommon)	15		2,000 Polymetallic Prefabricate x2 Spinal Base x5
File:Shield Uncommon.png	Tactical Shield (Uncommon)	12	+35% Stamina	2,000 Polymetallic Prefabricate x2 Waterweed Filament x1 Spinal Base x5
File:Shield Uncommon.png	Restoration Shield (Uncommon)	12	0.2Hp per second	2,000 Polymetallic Prefabricate x2 Brightcap Mushroom x2 Charged Spinal Base x4
File:Shield Rare.png	Shield (Rare)	20		12,000 Zero Systems CPU x1 Cloudy Veltecite x1 Rattler Skin x2
File:Shield Rare.png	Tactical Shield (Rare)	17	+40% Stamina	12,000 Zero Systems CPU x1 Pale Ivy Blossom x1 Rattler Skin x2
File:Shield Rare.png	Restoration Shield (Rare)	17	0.3 Hp per second	12,000 Zero Systems CPU x1 Glowy Brightcap Mushroom x1 Rattler Skin x2
File:Shield Epic.png	Shield (Epic)	25		36,000 Smart Mesh x1 Brittle Titan Ore x2 Hardened Bone Plates x1
File:Shield Epic.png	Shield (Exotic)	30		82,000 Print Resin x2 Focus Crystal x2 Crusher Hide x1

Tools

Tools are items that need to be actively used, but unlike consumables don't get used up. You can access your available tools during a run by holding "Q" (Default keybinding). The last used tool is available as quickslot by shorty pressing "Q" (Default keybinding).

Default tools

Every prospector carries a Flashlight, a Binocular and a Pickaxe with them at all times. They don't have to be bought and can't be lost. Most notably, the Pickaxe is used to crack open metal ore deposits.

Mineral Scanner

The Mineral Scanner can be bought at all Shops on the Station and also be found on the surface. When activated, it sends out a pulse and then highlights nearby mineral deposits. Initially it can only detect Nickel, additional resources can be unlocked with attachments. Korolev sells a Veltecite scanning attachment.

Heavy mining tool

This tool is sold by Korolev after fuliflling the "What a Tool" mission.