Service Weapon/Surge

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The content on this page is related to the game expansions The Foundation or AWE, which is not included with the base game.

Surge is one of the Weapon Forms of the Service Weapon. It becomes available for construction as the sixth Form only during the mission A Dark Place in Control's AWE expansion, when Jesse Faden has gained access to the Investigations Sector and the required materials.

Characteristics[]

Surge can launch grenades which travel in an arc and stick to enemies or surfaces before exploding. When aiming down the scope, Jesse is able to fire up to three grenades by pulling the trigger, which will either automatically detonate after a few seconds or when she presses the trigger again. Pulling the trigger while not aiming down the scope will manually detonate any placed grenades.

Construct Surge[]

As with other Forms of the Service Weapon, Surge can be built at a Control Point under the Astral Constructs tab, requiring Source and Materials as listed below. The construction option will only be available once at least one of each of the required Materials has been collected (as can be seen in the Loadout).

Level 1	Source	Materials
	15,000	Confiscated Motive × 3 Hidden Trend × 2 Shaded Facet × 1

Upgrade Surge[]

Surge can be upgraded twice as an Astral Construct at a Control Point when the required materials have become available. The option is shown, together with the exact numbers needed, when at least one specimen of each material has been collected and is present in the Loadout. On top of materials, Source is also consumed in the upgrade process. Each upgrade unlocks an additional Weapon Mod slot and increases the weapon's base damage.

	Source	Materials	Upgrades
	20,000	Confiscated Motive × 7 Hidden Trend × 4 Shaded Facet × 3	Level 2: Unlocks second Mod slot; increases base weapon damage
	25,000	Hidden Trend × 9 Shaded Facet × 15 Untapped Potential × 1	Level 3: Unlocks third Mod slot; increases base weapon damage

Exclusive Mods[]

The following Weapon Mods are exclusive to Surge:

Mod	Effect	Maximum bonus	Notes
Surge Precision Boost
Surge Blast Boost
Surge Fuse Boost

Demolition Dispenser[]

Like the other Weapon Forms, Surge has an exclusive unique Mod; however, it is unobtainable via normal means. It would increase the maximum number of grenades Surge can fire before they have to be detonated. The exact number of projectiles added can only be guessed, due to the Mod being unobtainable.

Mod	Effect	Maximum bonus	Notes
Demolition Dispenser	Max number of projectile grenades	^V +2	Unique "absolute" Mod

Notes[]

The grenades fired by Surge do not stick on Hiss Warped. Instead, they will detonate immediately when hitting this type of enemy.

Achievements and trophies[]

The following achievements and trophies are connected to Surge, two of them being secret.

Achievement/trophy	Score	Rank
C L A S S I F I E D Surge of Power Upgrade Surge to the maximum level	15	Bronze
Surge Protector Kill 50 enemies with Surge	15	Bronze
C L A S S I F I E D Work Smarter, Not Harder Attach a Surge grenade to an object and Launch it at an enemy	15	Bronze