Reload Upgrade Circuits affect both upper and lower tools, culminating in a faster reload for the entire weapon for each Reload upgrade, regardless of whether placed in the upper or lower tool.

Except for Reload upgrades, Upgrade Circuits added to the upper tool do not affect the lower tool, and vice versa.

There is no cost to add or remove Upgrade Circuits, allowing you to swap them out at will.

Any found circuit can be reproduced, provided the player has sufficient resources.

When a new Upgrade Circuit is found, the plans for making that particular Upgrade Circuit are added to the player's Bench interface.

Any Circuit can contain any one or two of the aforementioned categories with values ranging from -1 to +3. They are sorted into four categories: Reload(RLD), Rate of Fire(SPD), Damage(DMG), and Clip(CLP). Upgrade Circuits upgrade the performance of your weapons when installed.

Special forms of Circuitry are unlocked once the required difficulty have been cleared, the required number of logs/artifacts collected, etc.Ĭircuits factors into the player's completion grade of the game, though ones that are crafted, unlocked, retrieved by Scavenger Bots or spawns in a previously opened storage chest does not count. With the right amount of resources, Circuits can be crafted. Instead, any and all upgrades committed are based largely on the player's preference.Ĭircuits, unless found in storage crates or in the world, are stored in green wall lockers resembling those of Power Nodes. Because of the new upgrade system, Circuits effectively replace all Power Nodes and can no longer dictate a tool's specs like before. These are found scattered across the environment and, like the Power Nodes, they are uncommon. Upgrade Circuits are special items found in Dead Space 3.

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