Guide

Choosing upgrades as a crew

How to choose between R.E.P.O. upgrades when each one is an item with its own purpose, rather than a simple number going up for everyone.

Applies to

0.4.0, read from the copy of the game this site was built from (see the sources page)

Before you start

• An upgrade found or bought
• An upgrade stand in the shop
• A crew that will actually use it

Steps

1. Read the upgrade's name before deciding who gets it.
   each upgrade carries a display name of its own
2. Work out whether it improves the player or the gear before you carry it anywhere.
   an upgrade records whether it is a player upgrade
3. Put it on the stand rather than leaving it loose in the van.
   upgrades are placed on a stand and cached with their position
4. Give the ability-specific ones to whoever actually uses that ability.
   some upgrades change one particular ability
5. Agree who is taking it before the next level starts.
   an upgrade is an item somebody has to carry and apply

Common mistakes

• Carrying an upgrade around instead of putting it on the stand.
• Assuming every upgrade helps the whole crew equally.
• Grabbing an ability upgrade that nobody uses.

Related entries

Extraction and the shopThe upgrades you find and buyAn upgrade is an item in the game rather than a value on the player.Extraction and the shopHow upgrades are kept track ofAn upgrade is modelled as its own object with its own information.

Sources

A local copy of the game, read only. Grounding for each step is on the technical reference pages; no number is estimated.