
Specializing in Exotic Weapons Advantages Some weapons require minimum statistics or skill levels to equip and use. Note that Exotic Weapons does not appear in the Weapon Cybernetic Upgrade Units until after the engine core has been brought online, so it is not possible to level the skill until then. The Annelid Launcher does not receive any damage bonus. Thus, the maximum damage bonus for Crystal Shard and Viral Proliferator is 75% and 30%, respectively. Exotic Weapons receive 15% damage bonus for each level above their minimal requirement. The maximum skill level that can be reached is 6. The Exotic Weapons skill governs which weapons in this category soldier can equip.

There are three Exotic Weapons that can be found in System Shock 2: the Crystal Shard, which is the strongest melee weapon in the game the Viral Proliferator, a powerful biological weapon against Annelids and the Annelid Launcher, an enemy-seeking projectile thrower. In order to be used they must be Researched first as they are alien weapons.

Exotic Weapons are generally made of Annelid tissue or materials.
