Guide

Letting the orb and the drone work for you

How the orb and the drone in R.E.P.O. behave when you leave them to it, so a tool that works by itself is deployed on purpose.

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 orb or a drone in the crew's inventory
• Batteries or charge
• Valuables you want collected

Steps

1. Pick the orb's kind before you deploy it, because it comes in two.
   orbs come in two kinds, a constant one and a pulsing one
2. Stand where the orb's radius can do something.
   the orb carries a radius of its own
3. Let it collect rather than carrying everything yourself.
   there is a behaviour for a valuable being absorbed, with its own duration and the value it adds
4. Expect company, and know what the company is.
   roaches orbit the orb with their own radius, rotation speed and noise
5. Watch the orb's battery, because it drains at a rate of its own.
   the orb drains a battery at its own rate
6. Deploy the drone knowing it can be pointed at people as well as loot.
   the drone has separate targeting for valuables, players, enemies and ordinary objects
7. Read the drone's line to see what it is working on.
   the drone keeps a line between two points with a start point of its own
8. Recall it rather than leaving it out, because it runs on a battery of its own.
   the drone carries a battery drain setting and its own retract and end sounds

Common mistakes

• Deploying an orb without deciding which kind you want.
• Leaving an orb running while its battery drains unnoticed.
• Pointing a drone at the crew by accident, because players are on the list.
• Walking away from a drone and coming back to a dead battery.

Related entries

Gear and itemsThe orb and what it doesOrbs come in two kinds, a constant one and a pulsing one.Gear and itemsThe droneThe drone is an item with behaviour of its own.ValuablesThe box that holds valuablesThe box has a state of its own and a part that checks what is inside it.

Sources

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