Chips
Specimen Telemetry & Parameters
- Trader Value
- 8
- Weight
- 0.8u
- INT to Recognize
- 6
- INT to Craft
- -
- Decay Timer
- 300 min
- Inventory Usable
- Yes
- Recipe / Acquisition
- Scavenged in layers / Crates / Traders
- Clinical & Survival Role
- Scavenged snack ration restoring hunger with a 300-minute decay timer; combinable across stacks.
Chips Field Specification & Classification
Within the Release 1.0 equipment manifest of Casualties: Unknown, the chips specimen is cataloged as a high-priority survival resource for deep subterranean expeditions. Field telemetry confirms that maintaining dedicated chips reserves in accessible container slots prevents acute medical or logistical emergencies from escalating during vertical cave traversal. Expeditions descending from the Gravel Lands toward deeper subterranean strata rely on chips whenever standard scavenging runs encounter resource scarcity, structural hazards, or severe physical trauma.
Acquisition, Crafting & Clinical Deployment Protocol
Survivors obtain Chips primarily via Scavenged from structural containers or traded at outpost kiosks. Before committing Chips to an active slot, operators must account for its specific operational hazard profile: Improper deployment under trauma or high encumbrance can delay stabilization. Executing a clean inspection in the limb and torso diagnostic console before using Chips prevents wasted charges, secondary tissue complications, or fatal encumbrance penalties while traversing vertical shafts.
Loadout Synergy & Comparative Expedition Alternatives
In balanced descent loadouts, Chips pairs effectively with Ceftriaxone syringe (Medical & Drugs) and Claw pack (Tools & Weapons) to cover both routine traversal and emergency stabilization. When trader stock or container rolls do not yield Chips, seasoned scavengers substitute Dressing or conserve mass for deeper biome transitions where resupply kiosks are absent.