System Shock Remake: Tips and tricks System Shock Remake guide, tips

System Shock Remake is a difficult game and we have prepared tips to get you started. The tips from our guide are about staying alive, exploring the Citadel correctly, upgrading your equipment and winning fights with cyborgs and robots.

Last update: 30 May 2023

In System Shock Remake you can easily die or make a disastrous mistake. Our Beginner's guide will make it easier for you to start an adventure with this production and avoid frequent mishaps. Our tips cover combat, exploration, character leveling up, and obtaining items that help to examine the decks in 100 percent.

• Save the game as often as possible
• Use the map frequently
• Do not drop quest items
• Have a supply of medicines and first aid kits
• Match the type of weapons and ammunition to your opponents
• Replenish your energy reserves regularly
• Use covers and lean out of them
• Look for objects and devices that unlock new areas
• Take scrap to Recycling Stations
• Thoroughly explore all new locations
• Watch out for exploding machines and other dangers and traps

Save the game as often as possible

In System Shock Remake, you can easily be killed or seriously injured after a fight that went wrong or after contact with a trap or environmental hazard. What's more, new opponents may appear in the explored locations and surprise you.

We recommend you use a quick save option and create manual saves, for example, before exploring each new deck of the station.

Use the map frequently

Maps of the Citadel decks get expanded as you progress in the game. This is very helpful in identifying places you have not yet visited and in exploring the floors of the station in 100%. However, remember that the maps are flat and do not have the option to switch between floors. The contours of the rooms from different floors overlap each other.

When checking a map, pay attention to the yellow passages you can examine and locked red passages - interacting with these passages can reveal how to open them (e.g. get a keycard). You do not have to and often can not immediately explore the entire level in 100 percent. However, thanks to the elevators, you can return to previous decks of the station.

Do not drop quest items

Quest items, such as an isotope X-22 from research laboratories, are required to complete puzzles. Quest items require free inventory space (except for keycards).

Do not throw them on the ground because you may lose them, and that may obstruct or even stop further progress. If you have a full inventory, come back for them later.

Have a supply of medicines and first aid kits

In System Shock Remake, the health bar doesn't renew itself- you must manually heal the character. Collect as many medicines and first aid kits as possible because they can restore health points most efficiently. Also look for Surgery Machines that offer full treatment for free.

On low and Normal difficulty levels, the healing items found as loot should be enough to survive, but in Citadel, you can also find vending machines that offer i.a. healing items.

Match the type of weapons and ammunition to your opponents

The main categories of enemies in the game are:

1. organic targets - kinetic weapons work best;
2. robots- we recommend using Sparqbeam and other energy weapons.

Also, remember that some weapons allow you to use different types of ammunition - for example, to pierce through armor more effectively or set enemies on fire.

Scan opponents with Target Identifier to choose the right weapon for a fight (ALT key). You can find out, among others, about the enemy type, their armor or lack of it, and how many health points they still have left.

Replenish your energy reserves regularly

The blue energy bar is crucial in the game because it has several different uses. Energy is primarily consumed by:

1. Sparqbeam - it is the main energy weapon in the game, useful for attacking robots;
2. active hardware attachments- thanks to energy consumption, they can, for example, create an energy shield or protect against contamination.

First of all, look at the Power Station - they recharge energy for free. In addition, you can collect battery packs as loot which restores part of the blue bar. It is worth using them before major battles.

Use covers and lean out of them

When fighting opponents attacking from a distance, you can increase the chances of avoiding damage by:

1. Using covers - stand behind walls or other indestructible objects, but be aware that some enemies may try to get closer.
2. Leaning out- the default keys are Q and E. You can lean out for a brief moment, while, shoot a few times and hide again. Leaning out can also be helpful in sneaking around and checking out new corridors.

Look for objects and devices that unlock new areas

The game makes it hard to explore Citadel levels 100%. First of all, you should look for:

1. Buttons and levers - Interactions with them can open the passages in the area.
2. Cyberspace Terminals - You can move into the Citadel network and destroy blockades to, for example, open armories and other secret rooms.
3. Keycards - They will allow you to open doors with electronic locks.
4. Junction boxes- You can complete mini-games with connecting wires and open nearby hatches or doors.

Take scrap to Recycling Stations

In the game, you can find scrap or destroy unnecessary items from the inventory (option Vaporize from the list of commands). Take the scrap to Recycling Stations, which you will find on most of Citadel decks.

For every 10 pieces of scrap handed over, you will receive 1 Tri-Credit. This can be a great way to get rich quickly. Credits will allow you to shop at vending machines and Mod-Kit Station, which sell unique weapon upgrades.

Thoroughly explore all new locations

On the default settings, significant items may gleam slightly, but there is still a chance you will miss something. Look for items in sight, look into all the containers, and check the corpses. Primarily, look for:

1. audio logs and flash drives - these are collectibles, and they may contain access codes or hints to solve puzzles;
2. keycards;
3. new weapons and Hardware Attachments;
4. quest items.

Watch out for exploding machines and other dangers and traps

Fighting mutants, cyborgs, and robots is not the only situation in which you can die or lose health points. You must also watch out for:

1. Moving small machines - destroy them from a long distance because they explode after approaching your character. You can die instantly even at lower difficulty levels.
2. Contaminated areas - if you stay in those hazardous areas, you will begin to lose health points. Until you unlock The Environmental Protection Suits, use the help of Detox Universal Antidote.
3. Falling from high altitudes - you can take damage jumping from a seemingly small height. This problem can be eliminated with Turbo Motion Booster System - after getting this hardware attachment, you can attach shoes in flight and slow down the descent.