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Guide Index
Overview
The Pit + all DLCs required 
Skill check 
Disease 
Improve the chance to resist next Disease 
Poison 
Radiation 
Acid 
Cold 
Gas 
Fear 
Hunger 
Best food recipes 
Speed 
Stats 
Skills 
Repair 
Miscellaneous 
About this guide 
Comments
The Pit + all DLCs required
This guide is for the final version of the game with all downloadable content installed. If you miss some downloadable content (eg. Healer DLC), some items will not exist in your game and some recipes will not work.
Skill check
For all items that require a certain skill to use, the corresponding skill is listed in a "Skill check" field. If there is no "Skill check" field for an item, it means that the item does not require any skill to use.
Disease
Immunoagents
Effect
Cures all lvls of Disease; immune to Disease for 100 moments

Immunojolt
Effect
Cures all lvls of Disease; immune to Disease for 50 moments
Skill check
Medical

Spider Pie
Effect
Cures 5 lvls of Disease
Craft: Biotech

Ko'Grappa Stonecrab + Egg + Kirt'ch Grubs

Aggressive Antibiotics
Effect
Cures 4 lvls of Disease
Skill check
Medical
Craft: Biotech

Moldy Bread + Anti-Bodies

Dembo Jam
Effect
Cures 4 lvls of Disease
Craft: Biotech

Laybliss Berries (x4)

Antibiotics
Effect
Cures 2 lvls of Disease

Terran Med-kit
Effect
Cures 1 lvl of Disease
Skill check
Medical

Improvised Med-kit
Effect
Cures 1 lvl of Disease
Skill check
Medical
Craft: Medical

Bindings + Antibiotics + Bone Slivers + Serum

Dried Fruit
Effect
Cures 1 lvl of Disease
Craft: Biotech

Apples + Bh'azhnazh Fruit + Laybliss Berries

Trail Mix
Effect
Cures 1 lvl of Disease
Craft: Biotech

Dried Fruit + Melosian Chocolate + Hofnuts

Asclepius Exoplate
Effect
Immune to Disease
Restricted to
Human

Cadeceus Armor
Effect
Provides small bonus to Disease resistance
Restricted to
Human; Tarka; Zuul
Improve the chance to resist next Disease
Sorted
From most effective to least effective
Resistance Booster
Vitamins
Note
Save Vitamins to make Steroidal Enhancers
Soylent Vines
Zytokot Fungibar
Note
Zytokot Fungibar may inflict lvl 2 Poison (non-Hiver users only)
Poison
Smart Chems
Effect
Cures all lvls of Poison; immune to Poison for 150 moments

Counter Poison
Effect
Cures all lvls of Poison
Craft: Biotech

Serum + Shrooms + M'kkosian Fungus Shards (x2)
Note
Doubles hunger rate for 25 moments.

Chemical Neutralizer
Effect
Has a good chance to cure all lvls of Poison

Spider Pie
Effect
Cures 5 lvls of Poison
Craft: Biotech

Ko'Grappa Stonecrab + Egg + Kirt'ch Grubs

Anti-Venom
Effect
Cures 3 lvls of Poison
Skill check
Medical
Craft: Medical

Serum + Poison Gland

Seafood Platter
Effect
Cures 3 lvls of Poison
Craft: Biotech

Wuuna Sea Cucumber + Soylent Vines + Ku'Sulto Lobstercake

Bh'Azhnazh Fruit
Effect
Cures 2 lvls of Poison

Wuuna Sea Cucumber
Effect
Cures 1 lvl of Poison

Trail Mix
Effect
Cures 1 lvl of Poison
Craft: Biotech

Dried Fruit + Melosian Chocolate + Hofnuts

Asclepius Exoplate
Effect
Immune to Poison
Restricted to
Human

Cadeceus Armor
Effect
Provides small bonus to Poison resistance
Restricted to
Human; Tarka; Zuul

Exoheart
Effect
+25 Poison resistance
Note
Duration 1500 moments. Rechargeable.
-1 hunger rate when equipped.
Prevents food consumption completely for humans and Tarka Ranger.
Striker only: Speed +1 when equipped.
Radiation
Spider Pie
Effect
Cures 5 lvls of Radiation
Craft: Biotech

Ko'Grappa Stonecrab + Egg + Kirt'ch Grubs

Damper Patch
Effect
Cures 2 lvls of Radiation
Craft: Biotech

Giant Mitochondria + Scent Gland

Seafood Platter
Effect
Cures 150 Radiation
Craft: Biotech

Wuuna Sea Cucumber + Soylent Vines + Ku'Sulto Lobstercake

Wuuna Sea Cucumber
Effect
Cures 75 Radiation

Ko'Grappa Stonecrab
Effect
Cures 40 Radiation
Note
Has a chance to inflict Confused status

Enviro Suit
Effect
Immune to Radiation
Restricted to
Human

Asclepius Exoplate
Effect
Immune to environmental Radiation
Restricted to
Human
Note
Environmental Radiation is the Radiation from irradiated room (caused by Rad Pod explosion).
Enemy attacks will apply Radiation as normal.

Brawler PBA
Effect
Immune to environmental Radiation
Restricted to
Human
Note
Environmental Radiation is the Radiation from irradiated room (caused by Rad Pod explosion).
Enemy attacks will apply Radiation as normal.

Combat Armor
Effect
Immune to environmental Radiation
Restricted to
Human
Note
Environmental Radiation is the Radiation from irradiated room (caused by Rad Pod explosion).
Enemy attacks will apply Radiation as normal.

Imuki PBA
Effect
Immune to environmental Radiation
Restricted to
Mercenary
Note
Environmental Radiation is the Radiation from irradiated room (caused by Rad Pod explosion).
Enemy attacks will apply Radiation as normal.

Reliquary Armor
Effect
Immune to environmental Radiation
Restricted to
Zuul
Note
Environmental Radiation is the Radiation from irradiated room (caused by Rad Pod explosion).
Enemy attacks will apply Radiation as normal.

Sarcophagus Plate
Effect
Immune to environmental Radiation
Restricted to
Zuul
Note
Environmental Radiation is the Radiation from irradiated room (caused by Rad Pod explosion).
Enemy attacks will apply Radiation as normal.

Stealth Suit
Effect
Immune to environmental Radiation
Restricted to
Human; Tarka
Note
Environmental Radiation is the Radiation from irradiated room (caused by Rad Pod explosion).
Enemy attacks will apply Radiation as normal.
Acid
Base Paste
Effect
Protects against Acid attacks for 6 moments; does not fade with time; stacks with itself
Skill check
Medical
Craft: Biotech

Fat Strips (x2) + Bone Slivers

Chem Bracers
Effect
Negate 10 Acid attacks before being destroyed

Enviro Suit
Effect
Immune to Acid
Restricted to
Human
Note
Does not protect melee weapons from Acid.

Force Field Belt
Effect
Immune to Acid
Craft: Engineering

Superconductors + String Sinks + Utility Belt + Reflex Micro-Furnace + Duct Tape
Note
Unreliable. Absorbs up to 40 damage per turn. If more than 40 damage is taken in a single turn - Force Field Belt will be destroyed instantly.
Cold
Fire and Ice Truffles
Effect
Immune to Cold for 100 Moments
Craft: Biotech

Ice Gems + Nova Fruit + Melosian Chocolate

Nova Fruit
Effect
Immune to Cold for 50 moments

Candy Eggs
Effect
Cures Cold status

Icedream Bar
Effect
Cures Cold status
Craft: Biotech

Ice Gems (x2) + Laybliss Berries + Bone Slivers

Star Cofee
Effect
Cures Cold status
Craft: Biotech

Energy Drink + Medicinal Nuts
Note
Does not cure Disease, Poison, Radiation. Tested Feb 12 2017.

Stimulants
Effect
Cures Cold status
Note
Cures Grabbed status

Asclepius Exoplate
Effect
Immune to Cold
Restricted to
Human

Brawler PBA
Effect
Immune to Cold
Restricted to
Human

Canadarmour
Effect
Immune to Cold
Restricted to
Human

Combat Armor
Effect
Immune to Cold
Restricted to
Human

Enviro Suit
Effect
Immune to Cold
Restricted to
Human

Imuki PBA
Effect
Immune to Cold
Restricted to
Mercenary

Reliquary Armor
Effect
Immune to Cold
Restricted to
Zuul

Sarcophagus Plate
Effect
Immune to Cold
Restricted to
Zuul

Stealth Suit
Effect
Immune to Cold
Restricted to
Human; Tarka
Gas
Gas attacks: KO Grenades, Terror Bombs, Poison Gas Traps, Terror Traps,
Skunk Ape's & Collector's Death Mist, M'kkose Mass/Sodality's Spore Cloud, etc.

Tarka Tac Visor
Effect
Immune to Gas
Note
Provides Life Sense and Mechasense when equipped.

Filtration Mask
Effect
Immune to Gas
Restricted to
Human; Tarka; Hiver
Note
Has no durability and can't be destroyed by normal attacks.
Will be destroyed instantly if any damage to inventory occurs (acid, explosion).
Will be destroyed instantly by any normal attack if the player is under effect of Cold status.

Hiver Air Helm
Effect
Immune to Gas
Restricted to
Hiver

Force Field Belt
Effect
Immune to Gas
Craft: Engineering

Superconductors + String Sinks + Utility Belt + Reflex Micro-Furnace + Duct Tape
Note
Unreliable. Absorbs up to 40 damage per turn. If more than 40 damage is taken in a single turn - Force Field Belt will be destroyed instantly.

Asclepius Exoplate
Effect
Immune to Gas
Restricted to
Human

Brawler PBA
Effect
Immune to Gas
Restricted to
Human

Combat Armor
Effect
Immune to Gas
Restricted to
Human

Enviro Suit
Effect
Immune to Gas
Restricted to
Human

Imuki PBA
Effect
Immune to Gas
Restricted to
Mercenary

Reliquary Armor
Effect
Immune to Gas
Restricted to
Zuul

Sarcophagus Plate
Effect
Immune to Gas
Restricted to
Zuul

Stealth Suit
Effect
Immune to Gas
Restricted to
Human; Tarka
Fear
Candy Eggs
Effect
Cures Fear status

Hum Gum
Effect
Cures Fear status
Craft: Biotech

Exotic Proteins + Sonic Nodule

Icedream Bar
Effect
Cures Fear status
Craft: Biotech

Ice Gems (x2) + Laybliss Berries + Bone Slivers

Star Cofee
Effect
Cures Fear status
Craft: Biotech

Energy Drink + Medicinal Nuts
Note
Does not cure Disease, Poison, Radiation. Tested Feb 12 2017.

Stimulants
Effect
Cures Fear status
Note
Cures Grabbed status

Canadarmour
Effect
Immune to Fear
Restricted to
Human
Hunger
Mitochondrial Stimulator
Effect
Prevents food consumption for 150 moments
Craft: Biotech

Serum + Giant Mitochondria + Chemo Slugs + Omni Gland

Fire and Ice Truffles
Effect
Prevents food consumption for 100 moments
Craft: Biotech

Ice Gems + Nova Fruit + Melosian Chocolate

Ice Gems
Effect
Prevents food consumption for 75 moments

Exoheart
Effect
-1 hunger rate when equipped;
Striker only: Speed +1 when equipped
Note
Duration 1500 moments. Rechargeable.
Prevents food consumption completely for humans and Tarka Ranger.

Slave Collar
Effect
+29% hunger period (time between food consumption ticks)

Accelerator Boots
Effect
Reduces hunger rate by 10%
Restricted to
Human

Asclepius Exoplate
Effect
+3 hunger period (time between food consumption ticks)
Restricted to
Human
Best food recipes
Energy Drink
Craft: Biotech

Exotic Proteins + Primordial Soup + Giant Mitochondria
Total food
50;
Speed +1 for 100 moments, stacks with Star Cofee & Powabar
Note
More speed = less food spent when walking around.

Egg Nog (x2)
Craft: Biotech

Egg (x2) + Exotic Proteins
Total food
360

Steak N Shrooms
Craft: Biotech

Raw Meat + Shrooms (x2)
Total food
150

Sammich (x5)
step 1
Craft: Biotech

Scent Gland + Avian Carcass
step 2
Craft: Biotech

Bread + Baked Avian
Total food
375

Pungent Meat
Craft: Biotech

Raw Meat + Scent Gland
Total food
60
Note
10 more food than Cooked Meat. If you have to cook Raw Meat just for eating it, make Pungent Meat instead.

Infini Food
Craft: Biotech

Ancient Herbs + Pineal Gland + Giant Mitochondria
Total food
100
Note
Much easier to craft than Pit Stew and provides large amount of food over
otherwise inedible ingredients.

Food Pellet (x2)
Craft: Biotech

Primordial Soup + Fat Strips
Total food
70
Note
Very effective foodwise but ingredients are used in Energy Drink and Base Paste recipes.
Great if you're starving or have plenty of those ingredients.

Time related
Time
Early to Mid game
Hero Sotswich
Craft: Biotech

Tarka Warbread + Cooked Meat + Hiver Cheese
Total food
300
Note
Do not craft regular Sotswiches, save ingredients and wait for Hiver Cheese to make Hero Sotswiches.

Time
Mid game
Imperial Special
Craft: Biotech

Ko'Grappa Stonecrab + Ku'Sulto Lobstercake + Bh'azhnazh Fruit
Total food
180;
Ranger and Mercenary only: Total food 200; +1 Might
Note
Save all Ku'Sulto Lobstercakes & Bh'azhnazh Fruits that you find. You'll start to find fair amount of Ko'Grappa Stonecrabs in the Mid game and Imperial Special will provide large amount of food over ingredients.

Time
Late game (Floor 36+)
Blandwich
Craft: Biotech

Moldy Bread + Rotten Cheese + Raw Meat
Total food
130
Note
Late game monsters drop plenty of ingredients required for Blandwich, make sure you have
some Raw Meat on you because it's the rarest of those 3 drops in final floors.
Speed
Energy Drink
Effect
Speed +1 for 100 moments, stacks with Star Cofee & Powabar
Craft: Biotech

Exotic Proteins + Primordial Soup + Giant Mitochondria

Star Cofee
Effect
Speed +1 for 40 moments, stacks with Energy Drink & Powabar
Craft: Biotech

Energy Drink + Medicinal Nuts
Note
Does not cure Disease, Poison, Radiation. Tested Feb 12 2017.

Powabar
Effect
Speed +1 for 50 moments, stacks with Energy Drink & Star Cofee
Craft: Biotech

Nutbutter + Zytokot Fungibar + Melosian Chocolate

Sword of the Stars
Effect
Speed +1 when equipped

Slave Collar
Effect
Speed +1 when equipped

Accelerator Boots
Effect
Speed +1 when equipped
Restricted to
Human

Exoheart
Effect
Striker only: Speed +1 when equipped
Note
Duration 1500 moments. Rechargeable.
-1 hunger rate when equipped.
Prevents food consumption completely for humans and Tarka Ranger.
Stats
Pit Stew
Effect
+1 to random Stat (Might; Finesse; Brains; Power)
Craft: Biotech

Tainted Meat (x2) + Ancient Herbs + Edible Roots + Fat Strips
Note
Has a chance to inflict lvl 6 Poison upon using.

Bird of Feasting
Effect
+1 to random Stat (Might; Finesse; Brains; Power);
+50 to maximum food capacity
Craft: Biotech

Avian Carcass + Ancient Herbs + Edible Roots + Apples + Morrigi Flavor Oils
Note
Has a chance to inflict Unconscious status upon using.

Gronch Heart Elixir
Effect
+1 to random Stat (Might; Finesse; Brains; Power)
Craft: Biotech

Gronch Heart + Giant Mitochondria + Scent Gland
Note
New Year special. Gronch Heart can only be obtained from Winter Holidays' boss.
Can be duplicated via 4-D Copier or PSI Duplication.

Neurotransmitter Enhancers
Effect
Boosts Finesse by +1~3 (random)
Note
Can be duplicated via 4-D Copier or PSI Duplication.

Steroidal Enhancers
Effect
+1 Might
Skill check
Medical;
Failure may result in -1 Brains
Craft: Biotech

Mutagens + Exotic Proteins + Vitamins + Scent Gland

Imperial Special
Effect
Ranger and Mercenary only: +1 Might
Craft: Biotech

Ko'Grappa Stonecrab + Ku'Sulto Lobstercake + Bh'azhnazh Fruit
Note
Mercenary is the only class that can have more than 100 Might.

Protein Shake
Effect
10% chance to boost Might by +1
Craft: Biotech

Egg + Primordial Soup + Raw Meat + Exotic Proteins
Note
Usually not worth crafting because the ingredients are used in better recipes
(Energy Drink; Egg Nog; Food Pellet, etc.)

Maybe Back Ribs
Effect
20% chance to boost Power by +1
Craft: Biotech

StarBeQue Sauce + Scent Gland + Ribs (x2)
Note
StarBeQue Sauce is not worth crafting.
Skills
Tarka Martial Trainer
Effect
Boosts random close combat skill (Knife; Blade; Spear; Melee) by +7~20 (random)
Skill check
Computer;
Failure may result in -1~2 Brains (random)

Liir Edu-Pet
Effect
Boosts random non-combat or PSI skill by +3~10 (random);
Has a chance to reduce Power by -1 (checks Power stat)
Note
Can be duplicated via 4-D Copier or PSI Duplication.
Repair
Nano Reconstructors
Repairs
Everything
Repair efficiency
89%
Note
Can be duplicated via 4-D Copier or PSI Duplication.

Duct Tape
Repairs
Everything
Repair efficiency
50%
Note
Can be duplicated via 4-D Copier or PSI Duplication.

Living Steel Patch
Repairs
Medium armor;
Heavy armor
Repair efficiency
100%
Skill check
Mechanical
Note
Can be duplicated via 4-D Copier or PSI Duplication.

Polymer Infuser
Repairs
Armor
Repair efficiency
60%
Skill check
Mechanical

Chizek Fungus
Repairs
Heavy Armor
Repair amount
5 points of damage
Skill check
Biotech
Note
Can be duplicated via 4-D Copier or PSI Duplication.

Ballistic Repair Kit
Repairs
Ballistic guns
Repair efficiency
69%
Skill check
Mechanical
Craft: Mechanical

Rifle Parts + Servos + Electronic Parts
Note
Can be used early on for Mechanical skill-ups. Only 1 skill-up allowed per single turn;
skip a turn before repairing next item.

Sharpening Kit
Repairs
Melee weapons
Repair efficiency
64%
Skill check
Mechanical
Craft: Mechanical

Heavy Claw (x2) + Razorteeth (x2) + Bindings
Note
Can be used early on for Mechanical skill-ups. Only 1 skill-up allowed per single turn;
skip a turn before repairing next item.

Energy System Tuner
Repairs
Energy weapons
Repair efficiency
75%
Skill check
Electronics
Craft: Mechanical

Gun Parts + Optics + Electronic Parts + Superconductors
Note
Can be used early on for Electronics skill-ups. Only 1 skill-up allowed per single turn;
skip a turn before repairing next item.
Not worth crafting.
Miscellaneous
Adrenal Implant
Effect
Restores 3 PSI points per each kill (Organic & Cyborgs only);
stacks with itself (4 Adrenal Implants = 12 PSI points per kill,
5 Implants = 15 PSI points per kill, etc.)
Skill check
Medical;
Failing to use Adrenal Implant will reset all PSI per kill bonuses.
Craft: Biotech

Mutagens + Anti-Bodies + Neural Transmitters + Cyber Connectors
Note
Can be duplicated via 4-D Copier or PSI Duplication.

Pain Killers
Effect
Cures Wounded status; immune to Wounded status for 20 moments; cures Pain status
Note
Pain status caused by Liir's, Mothman's & Zuul Lord's melee attacks. Pain prevents using Psionic abilities.
Can be duplicated via 4-D Copier or PSI Duplication.
About this guide
Items with multiple properties (eg. Poison + Disease cure) are listed in each section separately.

All the items have been found/crafted and tested by myself. If an item is not present in this guide -
I have not found it or have not tested it.