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Guide to Powerups (Relics)
By MoonC A T
The purpose of this guide is to describe the various powerups (aka Relics) throughout the world. It does not include ammunition, health, or contempt pickups, just the rare ones.

This guide will:
• Show what the item looks like
• Describe what the item does
• Describe the duration of the effect it creates
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Category: Crafting, Gameplay Basics, Loot, Maps or Levels, Secrets, Story or Lore, Weapons
Languages: English
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Guide Index
Overview
ASSAULT DOCTRINE 
AURA OF DOOM 
EMPEROR'S VISAGE 
INFINITE AMMO 
MACHINE SPIRIT 
MUNITIONS BOON 
VORTEX GRENADE 
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ASSAULT DOCTRINE
Effect: Significantly increases the damage of the Chainsword

Duration: 30 Seconds
AURA OF DOOM
Effect: Significantly increases damage inflicted and reduces damage taken. Player does almost double damage and takes nearly no damage (player is NOT invincible, however).

Duration: 30 Seconds
EMPEROR'S VISAGE
Effect: Instantly gives the player 300 Contempt, and temporarily raises the limit to 300.

Duration: Ends when Contempt drops below 200. For example, a player with this powerup that drops to 254 can still pickup +2 health pickups to a maximum of 300, however, a player who drops to 199 loses the effect and can only increase to 200.
INFINITE AMMO
Effect: Unlimited ammo and slow motion for a few seconds. Player still needs to reload weapons that require reloading. Heavy Bolter benefits the most from this powerup as it does not require reloading.

Duration: 30 Seconds
MACHINE SPIRIT
Effect: Powers up one weapon. Beware, whatever weapon the player is holding will be powered up so be sure you are holding the one you want the effect to be applied to. Note that this cannot be applied to the Chainsword.

Duration: Until the Level ends


• Bolter – Strength goes from 4 to 5/Increases magazine size to 45
• Shotgun – Increases the number of pellets/Missed pellets bounce off surfaces (can hurt player)
• Plasma Gun – Eliminates overheating/Increases fire rate
• Heavy Bolter – Allows you to move at normal speed (penalty is removed)
• Vengeance Launcher – Increased explosion radius/Strength goes from 3 to 4
• Meltagun – Adds an additional projectile
• Volkite Caliver – Instead of a steady beam, it pulses, dealing burst damage.
• Grav Cannon – Significantly increases area of effect

MUNITIONS BOON
Effect: Significantly increases the maximum amount of ammo the player can carry and completely refills all ammo.

Duration: Until the Level ends
VORTEX GRENADE
Effect: Vaporizes everything (lesser enemies) in a massive area. Significantly damages stronger enemies/bosses. Single use.

Duration: Until used
8 Comments
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Syro System 19 May @ 3:47pm 
What do the different special ammo types for the boltgun do?
McCovican 23 Jun, 2024 @ 11:32am 
Machine Spirit DLC additions:

• Multi-Melta ― Increases max burst count from 3 to 6.
• Missile Launcher ― Vastly increases reload speed [note: single-shot weapon, so this also gives a direct bonus to fire-rate].
MassSpecFella 19 Jun, 2024 @ 10:20pm 
The cylinder I was seeing is a health pickup.
MassSpecFella 19 Jun, 2024 @ 10:14pm 
There is a pickup missing. There's a big red cylinder pickup with a skull on the back. I dont know what it does
Cubefarmer 14 Apr, 2024 @ 2:04am 
There's a catch with the munitions boon, it gives full ammo plus two mags extra for each gun, but you can't pick up any ammo if you have more than the normal max, so it only lasts until those extra mags are depleted.
Kyezoar 8 Jan, 2024 @ 2:06pm 
This was super helpful! Especially the Machine Spirit powerup cause I thought it just added strength to whatever weapon you're holding.
Sajiroooo 2 Jan, 2024 @ 12:57am 
yues
helkira 25 Dec, 2023 @ 11:58pm 
Thank you. Even after playing this game for a while some of the powerups were a bit unclear. Thank you for the clarifications!