Part 110

Explore Gas Grenades, LAMs, Scramble Grenades, Ballistic Armor, Hazmat Suits, and Thermoptic Camo in Deus Ex Remastered. Learn how Environmental Training impacts their effectiveness.

This section covers various tactical items and environmental protections in Deus Ex Remastered.

Gas Grenade: Effective against most enemies, turning them into a temporary disadvantage. Animals, transgenics, and Commandoes are immune. Historically, CS gas is a riot control agent causing intense burning and eye closure.

LAM (Liquid Explosive): A highly efficient explosive taking only one inventory slot. Effective against obstacles and bots, though it requires a throwing action and has limited range. Useful as traps in specific encounters.

Scramble Grenade: Rare and expensive, these temporarily turn enemy bots against their allies. While fun, using a Spy Drone to disable bots or sniping is generally a more permanent solution.

4.6 Environmental Training

This skill enhances the use of hazmat suits, ballistic armor, thermoptic camo, and rebreathers. Investing in this skill, especially for Ballistic Armor and Thermoptic Camo, can be crucial. However, skills like Cloak and Radar Transparency can make much of this redundant.

Note: Tech Goggles' duration is not affected by Environmental Training.

Ballistic Armor

Protects against bullets, bites, and explosions. Effectiveness and duration scale with Environmental Training and stack with Ballistic Protection Augmentation.

• Untrained: 50% damage reduction for 25 seconds.
• Trained: 38% damage reduction for 33 seconds.
• Advanced: 25% damage reduction for 50 seconds.
• Master: 13% damage reduction for 1 minute and 40 seconds.

Hazmat Suit

Protects against toxic and radioactive environments. Protection and duration increase with Environmental Training and stack with Environmental Resistance Augmentation. Does NOT protect against Fire, Electricity, or EMP.

• Untrained: 75% damage reduction for 50 seconds.
• Trained: 57% damage reduction for 1 minute and 6 seconds.
• Advanced: 38% damage reduction for 1 minute and 40 seconds.
• Master: 19% damage reduction for 3 minutes and 20 seconds.

Thermoptic Camo

Duplicates Cloak and Radar Transparency Augmentations, making the user invisible to humans, dogs, transgenics, bots, and lasers. Does not affect cameras or active turrets. It is an efficient use of credits.

• Untrained: Undetectable for 12.5 seconds.
• Trained: Undetectable for 16.5 seconds.
• Advanced: Undetectable for 25 seconds.
• Master: Undetectable for 50 seconds.

Note: The concept originates from 'Ghost in the Shell'.

4.7 Lockpicking

This skill enhances the effectiveness of Lockpicks.

• Untrained: One Lockpick decreases lock strength by 10%.
• Trained: One Lockpick decreases lock strength by 25%.
• Advanced: One Lockpick decreases lock strength by 40%.
• Master: One Lockpick decreases lock strength by 75%.

This upgrade provides a comfortable ratio between found Lockpicks and the number of locks to open.