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First Aid Pack Medkit
Stimpack Adrenaline Pack Armor Shard
Flak Jackets Combat Suits Body
Armor Energy Armor Silencer
Bandoleer / Heavy Pack Breather Enviro-Suit
Quad Damage Mega Health
Invulnerability
First Aid Pack
First Aid Packs are small boxes with red crosses on them. They restore 10 health
points each, up to a total of 100.
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Medkit
Medkits are similar in appearance to the First Aid packs, but are slightly
larger and restore 25 health points, up to a total of 100.
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Stimpack
Stimpacks provide only one point of health each, but can be used to boost your
health over the normal ceiling of 100, all the way up to 200.
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Adrenaline Pack
Adrenaline packs boost your health a full 100 points, up to a maximum of 100.
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Armor Shard
Armor shards boost your armor by one point each, and can really add up.
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Flak Jackets
Flak Jackets provide 25 points to your armor rating.
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Combat Suits
The yellow Combat Suits provide 100 points to your armor rating.
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Body Armor
The red Body Armor is the holy grail of armor in Quake 2, providing you with a
whopping 200 bullet-stopping points. Grab them whenever you can.
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Energy Armor
Energy Armor is a special type of armor that completely absorbs any attacks
directed against you. As such, it represents a very important powerup. However,
the armor requires energy cells (the same ones that power your Hyperblaster and
BFG 10k) to work, and drains the cells whenever it absorbs damage from attacks.
If you don't have cells to power the armor, you get no benefit from it. Also
note that you can toggle the activation of your Power Armor on and off with the
"P" key by default. You might want to do this to save your cells for your
weapons.
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Silencer
The silencer is an item that will for a time mute the sounds of your weapons so
that they are very difficult to hear. While not that important for the single
player game, this has strategic consequence for multiplayer as it keeps
opponents from easily locating you by listening to where your shots are coming
from. Still, it's really not all that powerful, so don't put yourself in danger
to acquire it.
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Bandoleer / Heavy Pack
Backpacks allow you to increase the maximum amount of ammunition you can carry.
There's nothing more frustrating than having good ammo lying all around you and
not having any room in your inventory to stock up. Backpacks solve this problem
and come in two types: Bandoleers and Heavy Packs. The difference between the
two is a matter of space --the Heavy Packs have more of it and allow you to
carry more than the Bandoleers. Sometimes in multiplayer games when an opponent
gets fragged he/she/it will drop a Heavy Pack full of different kinds of ammo.
Snatch it up if you can.
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Breather
Breathers allow you to breathe underwater for a period of time. Not too
exciting, but good for keeping you alive for long underwater treks. There are
several points in the single player game at which the use of this item will be
necessary to finish your mission.
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Enviro-Suit
The Enviro-Suit will keep you from taking damage when slopping through toxic
waste. Like the Breather, its use will sometimes be necessary in the single
player game, and sometimes it is required to get hard-to-reach weapons on some
multiplayer maps.
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Quad Damage
The Quad Damage is, without a doubt, the most sought-after item in the game. For
a time, this artifact quadruples the damage all your attacks do, turning a good
player into an almost unstoppable fragging machine. You've got to move quickly
when you get your hands on one of these gems, though, since the effect wears
off. You will also be marked with a glowing nimbus, which usually causes people
to run away from you as quickly as you can. Combine the Quad with the Chaingun
or the BFG 10k if you have it to maximize your carnage.
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Mega Health
The Mega Health spikes your health rating an incredible 100 points, up to a
maximum of 200. This has obvious benefits, such as allowing you to take quite a
bit more damage before going down. Unfortunately, the effect wears off as you
loose about 1 point of health a second until you tick down to your regular
maximum of 100. Make good use of it while you can.
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Invulnerability
This incredibly rare item temporarily makes you completely immune to any attacks
and environmental forces. As such, it is probably the most powerful item in the
game, and almost guarantees you a few good frags if you can get ahold of one.
Beware, however, that the effect will eventually wear off. In addition, you will
be marked with a glowing nimbus that alerts other players to your godlike status
and sends them running in every direction.
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