GAMMA Armour Repair Guide - 2023 Edition

[@rogermcbadlad2812]

Just a note on the repair option. Technicians can only repair weapons. Specifically the overall condition(I like to think of it as not weapon health, but weapon cleanliness) and not the parts. They do not fix suits anymore.

[@Bandanner]

Shows how little I interact with that ;)

[@rogermcbadlad2812]

@@Bandanner its all good. I would say you should give the M1 Thompson a chance next time you start a new game. That .45ACP HP round does about as much damage as 7.62x54 to mutants.

[@Bandanner]

Do you find enough ammo for it? That's my worry early game taking a .45 weapon, I know there is always a lot of shotgun shells and 9mm etc.

[@czesawcz]

@@Bandanner From my playthrough (I got Strayer Voigt) I must say 'No'. .45 is easy to buy but does not drop as often as buckshot. EDIT: Also, one of the reasons I got back to shotgun is the spread of buck shot. It is much easier to hit that %#^& cat/dog :)

[@TheAntsh]

@@rogermcbadlad2812 I tried the tommygun and I didn't like its ironsight and handling. It's like PPSH with ammo which is rarer at Cordon. It's OK when you get to Garbage and may buy lots of it from Butcher.

[@Paulusss1]

I started playing GAMMA 2 days ago and did not understand one bit of this hole repair stuff. BUT NOW I DO!!! Thank you very much for this guiide, this helps a TON!

[@Bandanner]

Glad I could help!

[@Sir-Prizse]

In the beginning I hated all the repairing and crafting in G.A.M.M.A.... now I actually like it a lot. It gives you a great feeling when you have repaired your very first assault rifle after 15 hours of play.

[@everythingpony]

What?

[@sponge4745]

@@everythingponytf

[@ChongiFishing]

I'm supposed to have a repaired assault rifle after 15 hours play time??? I have a TOZ and a Mosin

[@smurrdog5364]

especially when the parts you loot come from torally trashed weapons that the AI could use perfectly without jamming and full dmg.

[@dmk6537]

started playing this game, yesterday and I can't stop, your beginner tutorials helped a lot, thanks.

[@Bandanner]

Glad to hear it!

[@rafitohornero3850]

I've spent like 24 day in the game and dont know how to repair the poor condition armor that i found across the zone. Now finally i got my first fully pristine armour. Thank you

[@Bandanner]

Glad it was helpful! It is most certainly harder in GAMMA than it once was to get good armour!

[@justinbrown3141]

Great video helped me out TONS. There is a lot more to this game then i thought when i just jumped in. These guides really help to bring the joy out of the game by explaining things that you would never figure out on your own. Thank you!

[@Bandanner]

Glad they are helpful. A few things have changed with Groks updates but the majority still applies :)

[@ThomasH7]

I usually need examples when being explained something and this hit the mark! Thank you

[@TheAntsh]

Sowing Kits accept lots of higher level supporting materials (quilt, rope, cable, tarpaulin, boots, pants...) that give huge repair bonuses which often exceed bonus from simple cloth mask. Check properties of each sowing kit for a list.

[@nolan_hoang]

I'm just started playing stalker gamma so your guides are super helpful!!! Hope to see more about the aspects of the game

[@Saladon89]

Thank you for this, repairing armor is different and alot easier than weapons. Very informative that I do not need to repair each individual parts, just replace parts and get the armor to at least 50% then use repair kits to get up the condition to near 100% and the components will improve with it.

[@Bandanner]

Hopefully it stays that way... Grok does like to change things.... :)

[@archer0archer]

Fantastic stuff. Did you already finished the separate weaon repair tutorial?

[@Bandanner]

I did not I'm afraid, there is a joint repair video which was a little older where I repaired a pistol on the channel. Grok made a lot of change over the last year but most things are still relevant. Once he releases 1.0 and its more settled I would like to revisit all the guide videos.

[@MrBraadkip]

Great video agian ! Thanks for al the guides , it helped me alot getting started in gamma. Could you make a video on how artifacts work and the smelter ? I still dont know everthing about that. Keep up the great work !

[@Bandanner]

Haha, it remains an area of the game I know nothing about myself ;) But glad the guides have been helpful

[@czesawcz]

I recently started playing with it. It's not that difficult. You basically have 3 options on Artifact Melter: 1. Improve artifact by merging it with the same type of artifact (just like fixing it) 2. Merge different artifacts to create more powerful one 3. Use artifacts to restore Artifact Melter charges The only issue I have with it is that, when you merge 2-3 perfect (100%) artifacts it gives you a higer level one at ~30%. So, you need to to this multiple times to get enough artifacts to merge them together, to get the 100%. Therefore, to get end-game, top-tier artifact, at 100%, you need loads of 1st tier ones.

[@Bandanner]

@@czesawcz This is actually what has put me off playing with it, all the good ones I get are such low quality it seems like too much hassle to try and make more to make one 100% good one.

[@czesawcz]

@@Bandanner exactly. It's clearly endgame grind. Although recently I got second volat emerald (the one you get from Sin mini-boss) and merged them to ~35%. Even at this point it gives nice ~20% bonus to psychic + some other resistance boosts.

[@Cautious_Gamer]

I think this just might save me. I just need a light armor repair kit. My Sunrise Stalker armor is almost finished. I really don't want to have to start over.

[@Bandanner]

Yeah he made armour a lot harder to get hold of.

[@czesawcz]

The moment I saw this video pop-up I was like 'Did they change something again?' :)

[@Bandanner]

Nah, it is just my attempt to direct people to the newer videos :P May or may not work haha.

[@czesawcz]

@@Bandanner I like it. I think the narrower subject makes the video shorter, and easier to absorb knowledge. Also, as you said, armour and weapons repairs are similar but quite different. It's good you started with armour, as the easy one. These repair guides are also very relevant when it comes to upkeep. It's easy to repair armour, and it's easy to fix the weapon cleanliness. But I often forget about weapon parts untill it starts jamming :D

[@smurrdog5364]

Pro tipp: have good rng to find basic tools.

[@NeroFPS_]

Hey nice Video ;) What about repairing stuff which is used on your belt? Like a Kevlar plate or the devices which boosts your stamina for example?

[@vijo1451]

Just started, how do I get more basic tools?

[@czesawcz]

What do you mean by 'basic tools'? You can get Basic/Advanced/Expert Toolkits from stashes (stashes that are marked on map). For Expert Toolkits you have to go to Red Forrest / Radar or higher. You get stashes locations as quest reward or randomly when looting corpses. For glues, armour repair kits, etc., you can get them as random drop or buy from mechanic (as shown in the video). You might need to upgrade the mechanic by doing his quest (give basic/advanced/expert toolkit) and the you have to wait a day or so for his stock to refresh. But, never give him your last toolkit :) You need it more.

[@TheAntsh]

Buy/collect vodka in red bottles and go to Spirit who is a cook at Yantar. He will exchange vodka for ammo and basic tools.

[@omardarwish958]

Why can’t I repair A Light helmet despite having a light repair kit and New replacements for the parts; I go to open the work bench select the light helmet ,but it doesn’t register that i have a light armor repair kit. It says it needs a (helmet repair kit ) at bottom right .

[@Bandanner]

Its been a long while since I played you might get more accurate/faster help from the official gamma discord. But if it says you specifically need a helmet repair kit you probably need that rather than or as well as the light armour kit. Hopefully you found your answer though!

[@omardarwish958]

@@Bandanner I found light head gear repair kit by chance after I gave the technician basic tools; what confused me was that this kit can’t be crafted.

[@Bandanner]

@@omardarwish958 glad you found one, I feel like this might be something he added since I last played. I don't specifically remember helmet repair kits... But I could be wrong.

[@Ketaportal]

Just in a psy storm rn

[@TheDarkFroster]

So, if an armor part is below 50% and a weapon part is below 60%, are they useless?

[@Bandanner]

Armour parts below 50% aren't totally useless. You can use them to craft new things even if they are very low % (unless Grok changed it). And weapon parts below 60% can technically be repaired with an expensive parts repair kit.

[@jhonrock2386]

Something strange happened with my game today. Until yesterday, I was able to repair any piece of armor I had using the armorer npcs, but now this isn't working anymore. The repair button within the armorer npc repairing screen isn't clickable anymore. I can still repair weapons, but not armors. What the hell is happening here? Does anyone know? I didn't change any mod or mod option in my game.

[@Bandanner]

Unsure myself, you might get a faster response from others on the official gamma discord :)

[@jhonrock2386]

@@Bandanner It seems that it was a bug added by one of the last updates released because yesterday they released another update for the mod: "Small hotfix: - Bugfixed the repairable helmets, armors and artefacts in LLMC at mechanics." Gonna try it as soon as the download finishes to see if it was indeed solved.

[@jhonrock2386]

Seems like I misunderstood this update. I may be wrong but it seems like the bug wasn't the mechanics not being able to repair armor and helmet, but the fact that they were able to do it.

[@Bandanner]

@@jhonrock2386 I am equally confused!

[@konabuy275]

You sound so much like FrankieonPC

[@Bandanner]

Haha yes it's been said a few times. I assume we are originally from the same region of the UK.

[@DixonErHands]

My only issue with gamma is you can have 100% parts but 35% overall on a weapon or armors which makes no sense. Also losing percentage by adding new parts makes absolutely no sense.

[@Bandanner]

It is quite confusing at times sadly.

[@DixonErHands]

​@@BandannerThe armor makes sense now that I've used it. Replace the parts, condition goes up. The weapon overall condition being separated from parts condition is dumb. You replace all the functioning parts and, what, the stock of the gun is at 27%? This game makes logical sense when doing most things but that one system is simply to make it harder.

[@Bandanner]

@@DixonErHands I agree on the weapons its always seemed odd to me. Perhaps there is some technical reason for it.