Alien corpses (XCOM: Enemy Unknown)

Alien corpses, or wrecks in the case of robotic enemies, are alien bodies recovered after each successful XCOM mission.

Alien corpse usage summary[]

Alien corpses are required to perform autopsies and several are used as resources in Engineering and the Foundry. Items that require alien corpses as a component of their manufacture are shown in the table in italic.

Corpse type	Usage	Quantity required
Berserker Corpse	Berserker Autopsy	1
Berserker Corpse	Combat Stims	1
Chryssalid Corpse	Chryssalid Autopsy	1
	Chitin Plating	4
	Needle Grenade **	2
Cyberdisc Wreck	Cyberdisc Autopsy	1
	Advanced Flight (Foundry)	2
	UFO Tracking (Boost)	2
Drone Wreck	Drone Autopsy	1
	Advanced Flight (Foundry)	2
	Drone Capture (Foundry)	4
	Improved Arc Thrower (Foundry)	4
Ethereal Corpse	Ethereal Autopsy	1
Ethereal Corpse	Mind Shield	1
Floater Corpse	Floater Autopsy	1
Floater Corpse	Defense Matrix (Dodge)	3
Heavy Floater Corpse	Heavy Floater Autopsy	1
	Advanced Flight (Foundry)	2
	Advanced Repair (Foundry)	4
Mechtoid Core ^EW	Mechtoid Autopsy **	1
Muton Corpse	Muton Autopsy	1
Muton Corpse	Ammo Conservation (Foundry)	6
Muton Elite Corpse	Muton Elite Autopsy	1
Sectoid Corpse	Sectoid Autopsy	1
	Xeno-Biology	4
	Uplink Targeting (Aim)	3
Sectoid Commander Corpse	Sectoid Commander Autopsy	1
Sectopod Wreck	Sectopod Autopsy	1
Sectopod Wreck	Advanced Construction (Foundry)	2
Seeker Wreck ^EW	Seeker Autopsy **	1
Seeker Wreck ^EW	Ghost Grenade **	4
Thin Man Corpse	Thin Man Autopsy	1
	Improved Medikit (Foundry)	4
	Gas Grenade **	2