Article Comments have been enabled on the wiki.

Though not everything there could be useful for everyone and, sometimes, for anyone at all -- some visitors might not want to edit an article, while they have something worthwhile to say or share.

Specific guidelines for the comments will be introduced later. For now, general Fandom and civic rules apply, simply put -- don't spread misinformation (and makes sure to backup your claims with as many legit evidence as possible) and don't be an ass.

This place is pretty cool

As of now the Wiki has 3 columns: "XCOM 2", "Other games", and "Universe".

The Navigation Bar allows to utilize up to 4 columns, meaning that 3 primary games can have their own column entries, whereas the 4th column could include a left-over game (Bureau), XCOM universe, and community links. Alternatively, all 4 games can have their own column each, while "universe" and community links would be placed to the right-side column of the main page.

If you would like to take part in forming of the revamped navigation bar, look at https://xcom.fandom.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Wiki-navigation to see how the structure works. After that you can create the per-formatted draft in your sandbox and post a link to it here. Note that each column can have up to 4 hierarchy levels, the title of the column being the level 1 level.

At the moment I am inclined to use the 3-game column variant till interested and active editors appear.

Hello visitors and community members!

I am intending to receive admin rights, which will allow me and you better organize the content and keep the wiki clean and safe.

This wiki lacks goals and tasks, and a considerable amount of efforts by new contributors is wasted onto disambiguation activity (reinventing the re-invented wheel) or of the least importance (while those contributors are capable of more). There were attempts by some editors to set goals, but these were never established. I plan to set goals so that any contributor will not be lost anymore and can efficiently contribute to the best of one's capacity.

This wiki doesn't have rules and guidelines, and it brings in chaos because new good-faith contributors fail to communicate or adhere to even the general Fandom guidelines.

Goals and tasks, rules and guidelines will be developed and adjusted to meet the community needs. This should prevent unnecessary conflicts, minimize the edits which set back the wiki progression, and, ultimately, shape the wiki into the best form (provided there are contributors willing to do so).

Of course, it is best that the Wiki is maintained and actively monitored by the previously known admins, who had a common vision on the content. Should they not appear in the meantime, the Wiki will be looked after by new people.

If anyone interested in the prosperity of the XCOM Wiki and the community, come join the team. XCOM streamers and viewers, players, and those proficient with wiki-editing and administering are very much welcome here.

Hello everyone!

Earlier today, Fandom released a minor design update to the VisualEditor, both the Visual Mode and the Source Mode (aka 2017 editor), to help simplify it and make it more intuitive. I recommend reading this blog for detailed information, but here are the short details.

• Renamed some of the tools (e.g. "paragraph" is now "normal text")

• Shuffled some icons around (e.g. the back and forward arrow buttons are now located on the far left rather than the middle)

• Hid some less-essential tools from view to make the initial editor view less overwhelming in all its glory (the tools are still accessible in dropdown menus)

• For the 2017 source mode: we removed the options available from the menu icon (those three stacked horizontal bars) -- If you want those back, you can customize your toolbar to access them from there)

• For the 2017 source mode: we used the menu icon to replace the gear icon

The blog has some helpful pictures as well. And a reminder that you can switch your preferred editor in Special:Preferences ^^ Let me know if you have any comments, concerns, or constructive feedback! Happy editing! :D

Has there been any news regarding an xcom 3 it’s been a long time since an xcom game came out and really missing it lol

Hi guys! Wanted to quickly inform you about notifications being wonky again. They're apparently not ready for the new year either.

Yesterday, older notifications were missing and users were unable to click on them. Fortunately, new notifications are now going through. The bell icon is showing the wrong count until user gets a new notifications. Users still have no access to notifications that happened during the incident plus older notifications until a complete fix (which is being worked on). "Mark all as read" is still be wonky as well.

Thank you again for your patience as we look into this issue. With that being said, since I cannot see older messages from my holiday break, I'm afraid I am missing some so feel free to ping me again if I have not responded to your message! I will also be going through my message walls again to see if I missed any pokes there.

As always, feel free to reach out on Discord (vector_sigma) if needed since I'm permanently online :) Hope you guys had a great holiday season!

Just encountered one for the first time on a black site mission (xcom 2 btw) and the page doesn’t have much information. I just dealt a ton of damage and killed one with just a simple gun to the face lol, but is there a more efficient way?

Hi guys! Just wanted to give you all a quick update.

As some of you may have learned, notifications were broken from approximately 5 pm EST to 5 am earlier today. Web-notifications weren't be sent out properly, and then they weren't being removed afterwards. I'm happy to say that the issue is now resolved ^^ Thank you for your patience.

If any of you pinged me last night, feel free to poke me again! I'll be going through my message walls and checking manually. I was a bit busy extinguishing fires in Community Central last night (and it's finals week for me, rip).

As always, feel free to reach out on Discord (vector_sigma) if needed since I'm permanently online :)

Two quick questions I know this wikis dead but here

1. When do you encounter codiacs in XCOM 2? (No dlc)

2. Whats the best way to deal with stun lancers? They keep killing my guys. (No dlc and I’m only on like mission 6)

Hi guys! Got another short update for you.

The Thanks Extension was added to this wiki several months ago as part of the testing phase, and it seems to be going great! Now, the thanks extension is now available for all communities. Admins can toggle it on/off on the Admin Dashboard, just like message walls and blogs. A reminder that you can view all the logs for Thanks under Special:Log/thanks.

Thanks for being part of the testing phase! :D And I hope you enjoy the extension. Feel free to leave it on or turn it off.

Help page: https://community.fandom.com/wiki/Help:Thanks

Blog: https://community.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:CuBaN_VeRcEttI/Thanks_extension_is_now_available_to_all_communities

Hi guys!

Just wanted to quickly share that the reported notifications feature is now live on all wikis! It is currently being rolled out so it may take a few hours for it to appear for everyone, but it is live!

What is this? Once enabled, every administrator and thread moderator will receive notifications if there are any reported discussion posts, message walls, or article comments. This is on a per-wiki basis, so you might have to toggle this if you're a mod on numerous wikis. It will only be one notification per wiki, even if there are multiple reports.

To enable/disable it, please go to your Preferences -> Notifications -> Web notifications for moderators.

I recommend checking out this blog post for additional information.

If you have any questions or bug reports, let me know! :D

Hey everyone! A bit late to this announcement, but the Thanks Extension has been enabled on this wiki during the continued testing phase. You'll be seeing this extension in Recent Changes, and clicking the (thank) button will send the user a "thank you" notification for their edit. This can be disabled in your Preferences -> Notifications and uncheck "Someone thanks me for an edit I made".

If you come across any issues, please let me know. If things majorly break, let me know asap so I can pull the switch. And let me know what you think as well!

You can check out the thanks log for this wiki here, and you can read more about our technical updates here.

Hello everyone!

I'm sure most of you have noticed the little site notice appearing on the wiki about the MediaWiki 1.39 update. I just wanted to give a little bit more information about it.

What's being updated? Mostly coding underneath the hood. There will be no major design changes. Consider it like replacing the battery of a car - the car will still be the same outwardly, but it just needs some updates underneath.

All Fandom wikis will be updating to MediaWiki 1.39 in the coming month. I don't have an exact timeline at this moment, but expect it to happen in mid-March or April. During the migration to 1.39, the wikis will be set in read-only mode. It shouldn't take more than 30 minutes (major wikis could need more hours). One week before migration, a banner will appear on communities to let you know the migration is scheduled. For one week after the migration, a similar banner to let users know the community is now on the new version.

Most importantly, if you experience any bugs after the move, please either report them to the admins (who will then forward them to me) or directly to me either on my message wall or Discord. We've done our best to squash and take note of any bugs in our testing phase, but any additional pokes would be greatly appreciated!

Please check out the help page on Community Central for a changelog and further information. ^^

"A wounded (below 100% HP) Gatekeeper will consume enemy while bloodied (50% or less) and visible to the XCOM Gatekeeper will consume ally. "

Can someone translate this to actual English please? Is it saying they'll consume an X-Com when at 50%, unless none are in range, in which case they'll consume an ally of theirs?