Engineering | XCOM-2 Wiki

Engineering in XCOM 2 is one of the 4 sections of the Avenger, and where the player can invest time and resources to upgrade Weapons, Armor and aspects of the ship. Lily Shen is the head of this section. Engineering Projects become available after recovering Items from successful Missions.

Engineering Information

View Engineers

In this tab you are able to take a look at the Engineers you have recruited, what Engineering Projects they are working on, and if they are available to be used.

View Inventory

Building Facilities

Build Items

Proving Ground

In this tab you can assign Engineering Projects to your Engineers.

Engineering Projects in XCOM 2 can be done by Engineers in the Proving Ground within the Avenger. The Projects improve aspects of your ships, improve the quality of Weapons and Armor and generally make you more powerful. Below is a table of Engineering Projects, their costs and time to complete, along with their effects. Staffing Engineers in the Proving Ground will reduce the time to complete the projects. Please note that costs change depending on the difficulty setting of the game. Once an item has become available through completing an engineering project, it must be constructed in the Armory before equipping it on a soldier.

Engineering Projects

Name of Project	Est. Time	Cost	Effect	Requirement
E.X.O. Suit	8 Days	1 Advent Trooper Corpse, 1 Elerium Core, 3 Alien Alloys, 3 Elerium Crystals	E.X.O. Suit Experimental Heavy Weapon	Plated Armor (Research Project)
Spider Suit	8 days	1 Advent Stun Lancer Corpse, 1 Elerium Core, 3 Alien Alloys, 3 Elerium Crystals	Spider Suit	Plated Armor (Research Project)
Wraith Suit	??	50 Supplies, 10 Alien Alloys, 5 Elerium Crystals, 1 Elerium Core	Wraith Suit	Plated Armor (Research Project)
W.A.R. Suit	??	50 Supplies, 10 Alien Alloys, 5 Elerium Crystals, 1 Elerium Core	W.A.R. Suit Experimental Powered Weapon	Plated Armor (Research Project)
Skulljack	14 days	50 Supplies	Skulljack Skullmining	Proving Ground Facility
Experimental Ammo	10 days	1 Elerium Core	Possible Results: A.P. Rounds Dragon Rounds Talon Rounds Tracer Rounds Venom Rounds	Proving Ground Facility
Experimental Grenade	10 days	1 Elerium Core	Possible Results: Acid Grenade Gas Grenade Incendiary Grenade Acid Bomb Gas Bomb Incendiary Bomb	Proving Ground Facility
Experimental Armor	12 days	1 Elerium Core	Possible Results: Stasis Vest Hazmat Vest Plated Vest	ADVENT Shieldbearer Autopsy (Research Project)
Experimental Heavy Weapon	12 days	1 Elerium Core	Possible Results: Flamethrower Shredder Gun Shredder Gun	E.X.O. Suit
Experimental Powered Weapon	??	1 Elerium Core, 50 Supplies	Hellfire Projector Blaster Launcher Plasma Blaster Shredstorm Cannon	W.A.R. Suit
Flashbang Grenade	Instant	35 Supplies	Flashbang Grenade	Complete opening Mission: Operation Gatecrasher
Medikit	Instant	35 Supplies	Medikit	Complete opening Mission: Operation Gatecrasher
Smoke Grenade	Instant	35 Supplies	Smoke Grenade	Complete opening Mission: Operation Gatecrasher
Plasma Grenade	10 Days	1 Elerium Core, 38 Supplies, 3 Alien Alloys, 3 Elerium Crystals	Plasma Grenade	Muton Autopsy (Research Project)
Battlefield Medicine	??	50 Supplies, 1 Elerium Core, 2 Viper Corpse	Nanomedikit	Viper Autopsy (Research Project)
Advanced Explosives	??	50 Supplies, 1 Elerium Core, 5 Alien Alloys, 5 Elerium Crystals	Smoke Bomb EMP Bomb Incendiary Bomb Gas Bomb Acid Bomb	Plasma Grenade
Skullmining	??	75 Supplies, 1 Elerium Core		Skulljack
Bluescreen Protocol	??	??	EMP Grenade Bluescreen Rounds	ADVENT Mec Breakdown