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Chitin Plating

Chitin Plating is an item in XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

In-Game Description

Light plating made from the Chryssalid exoskeleton, this material provides additional protection and a significant reduction to melee damage sustained.

Production Specifications

Prerequisites: Chryssalid Autopsy

Production Time: Immediate

Production Cost:

Note: The four Chryssalid Corpses are arguably the most difficult components to gather are since Chryssalids don't appear until the first Terror Site mission and it requires one corpse just to perform the autopsy necessary to unlock the plating in the first place; so it requires gathering a total of five corpses in order to construct the first set of plating.

Tactical Info

  • Confers 4 armor HP
  • Reduces damage from melee attacks by 50% (rounded down)

Tips

Equipped in the item slot, Chitin Plating essentially provides an upgrade over the Nano-fiber Vest (which provides a +2 HP bonus). While its protection versus melee attacks makes it very useful when facing Berserkers, Zombies and Chryssalids, the +4 HP bonus is also very welcome versus ranged attacks.

Chitin Plating may be worth consideration on your most valuable front-line classes, but be aware that equipping a soldier with Chitin Plating will mean they cannot carry grenades, an Arc Thrower or a S.C.O.P.E. unless they have the Deep Pockets perk. As such, equipping a soldier with Chitin Plating favors defense over offense.

In Marathon Mode from the Second Wave it requires 8 Chryssalid Corpses to build just a single set of Chitin Plates, thankfully the extended game legnth will give plenty of opportunities to pile up corpses to harvest.

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