Traits are simply properties of the weapons and gear you find. While all item types have base properties, traits make them unique and some are worth more than others.
List
| Trait | Type | Effect | Evaluation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impact | Grenade fuze | Detonates as soon as it hits a person or surface, or comes to rest | |
| Timed | Grenade fuze | Detonates after 2 seconds | |
| Remote | Grenade fuze | Once thrown, detonate this at any time from the pause screen | Very good if combined with Subverter and/or Sticky Trait |
| Explosive | Grenade warhead | Kills everything (not shielded) in range and destroys turrets | Kaboom! Found on Grenades |
| Subverter | Grenade warhead | Hacks everything in the blast radius when "exploding" | Cool thing against clusters of shielded guards. Can hack already-placed jammers! |
| Crash | Grenade warhead | Crashes everything in the blast radius when "exploding". Quiet. | Useful for groups of shielded guards protecting/-ed by a turret; useful for silent approach |
| Breach | Grenade warhead | Destroys the room. Can cut ships. Everyone in nearby rooms gets sucked into space. | Not that useful with most vows, clauses or capture missions (unless you're good with the pod and/or own Angel), but beautiful |
| Sticky | Grenade attribute | Sticks to the first person it comes in contact with | Can be funny sometimes. Create walking bombs! |
| Medium Capacity | Capacity | Can be used 3 times | Useful, especially if paired with Restockable or Recharging |
| High Capacity | Capacity | Can be used 5 times | Very useful. Keep, especially if paired with Restockable or Recharging |
| Rechargeable | Supply | Returns to full capacity for free when you return to a friendly station | Very useful. Reduces expenses |
| Restockable | Supply | Ammo restocked for free when you return to a friendly station | Very useful. Reduces expenses. Every concussive weapon that uses ammo has this attribute, also some of the Uniques |
| Quiet | Weapon | Shots will be heard from one room away. Audible range is shown by a radius in pause mode | Useful for an aggressive player. Take caution as the range is still huge |
| Silenced | Weapon | Shots will be heard from one meter away. Audible range is shown by a radius in pause mode | Useful for an aggressive player or stealth missions |
| Rapid Fire | Weapon | Time between shots is only 0.3 seconds | Useful for an aggressive player |
| Automatic | Weapon | Time between shots is only 0.1 seconds | Useful for an aggressive player |
| Ignores Armour | Weapon | Effective against armoured guards | Incredibly useful for missions that involve capturing/killing armored guards |
| Self-Charging | Supply | Item Recharges itself over time | Generates 1 new charge every 10 seconds, up to its capacity. Definitely worth keeping. Remember you can speed up time to recharge |
| Shotgun | Shotgun | Fires 8 Projectiles in a 20 degree spread | Good for taking out small clusters of guards |
| Super-Shotgun | Shotgun | Fires 16 Projectiles in a 30 degree spread | Using 2 of these can result in massacres |
| High Velocity | Rifle | Rounds travel extremely fast and send the target flying | Useful for taking out other Trackers |
| Concussive | Weapon | Knocks people unconscious for the foreseeable future | Very useful for bloodless clause or capturing |
| Lethal | Weapon | Causes people to die, usually forever | Normal Trait, use of Concussive weapons recommended |
| Long Range | Range/Gadgets | 1.5x normal range | Gadget has a bit more range than usual |
| Extreme Range | Range/Gadgets | 2x normal range | Gadget has twice the range, which is espicially useful for Subverters, Key Cloners, or Teleporters |