¶ Hacking
Hacking is a section of the game unlocked through the research tree that allows you to infiltrate, breach, and steal valuable resources from targets for unique economic upgrades using Hack Points.
View the in game guide here.
¶ Core Mechanics
Starting with the Hack Interface, generate Hack Power which can be used to generate malicious payloads and vulnerabilities. Your first target, Breach Anonymous once compromised, will generate Hack Experience that can be converted into Hack Levels and Hack Points.
Through research, unlock various targets, tools and upgrades to penetrate even high threat levels to acquire even more rewards.
Breach Targets
Anonymous - Generates Hack Experience used to reach higher threat levels.
Breach Corporations - Generates Corporation Data used for increased money gains and price reductions.
Governments - Generates Government Intel used for increased research yield and speed.
Banks - Generates Tokens and has a persistent threat level that does not reset even after entering the Portal.
Breach Damage
Payload Damage - Applies upfront damage.
Infection Damage - Applies damage over time.
Damage Modifiers
Sneak Modifier - Allows either Payload Damage or Infection damage to bypass Firewall health.
Spread Modifier - Allows Infection Damage applied to target to grow over time.
Breach Speed
Both Launch Payload and Build Infection generate their respective damage at a certain rate. It starts at 1/second which is reduced as you improve your Breach Speed with Hack Points. Each upgrade reduces time required to generate damage by 4%.
seconds = 1 / ( 1 + .04 * upgrade.count)
| Breach Speed (Points) | Breach Speed (seconds) |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1.000 |
| 5 | 0.830 |
| 15 | 0.633 |
| 25 | 0.500 |
| 50 | 0.333 |
| 75 | 0.250 |
| 100 | 0.200 |
| 175 | 0.125 |
| 200 | 0.111 |
| 225 | 0.100 |
¶ Upgrades
List of Hacking Upgrades
Hacking Upgrades cost Hack Points. Cost of Hacking Upgrades are static and do not increase with iterative purchases.
| Hacking Upgrade | Cost | Limit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payload Damage | 1 |
- |
Increases Payload Damage by 10% |
| Breach Speed | 1 |
- |
Increases Breach Speed by 4% |
| Critical Chance | 1 |
10 |
Adds 2% to the chance of generating a critical damage[1] |
| Critical Multiplier | 2 |
5 |
Increases critical damage by 12%[1] |
| Infection Damage | 1 |
- |
Increases Infection Damage by 10% |
| Infection Specialist | 4 |
1 |
Multiplicatively increases Infection Damage by 100%. Reduces Payload Damage by 40% |
| Sneak Attack | 4 |
5 |
Increases breach time limit by 1 second |
| Spoil | 5 |
1 |
Increases breach rewards by 100% |
1. Critical Damage applies to Payload Damage only.
List of Breach Upgrades
Breach Upgrades cost Corporation Data and Government Intel. Cost of Breach Upgrades increase with iterative purchases.
| Breach Upgrade | Currency | Limit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insider Trading | Corporation Data | - |
Multiplicatively increases Money gained by 20% |
| Espionage | Government Intel | - |
Multiplicatively increases Research gained by 20% |
| Blackmail | Corporation Data | 5 |
Reduces prices by 5% |
| Unethical Research | Government Intel | 5 |
Increases research speed by 10% |
| Government Sabotage | Corporation Data | - |
Multiplicatively reduces government defense layers by 10% |
| Corporation Sabotage | Government Intel | - |
Multiplicatively reduces corporation defense layers by 10% |
¶ List of Hacking Nodes
Interface
Targets
Manipulation
Attacks
Skills
¶ List of Hacking Resources
Core
Rewards
Attack
Manipulation
