Quasimorph combat guide: action points, Walk Run Stealth, cover peeks, wound triage, and weapon habits for safer extraction fights. Verified August 2026.
Training Center loot, Percy + Eclipse Blades opener, and tile combat habits.
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Quasimorph combat is tile-based and turn-driven: every move and shot spends action points (AP), enemies act on their own phase, and wounds persist after the fight. Corporate PMCs, quasimorph creatures, and turrets all obey the same AP grammar — only the risk profile changes. Difficulty options and 1.0 balance passes made early fights more forgiving, but door peek deaths and bleed-out between rooms still end more runs than boss DPS checks. This Quasimorph combat guide covers AP budgeting, movement stances, cover discipline, and wound triage so you extract instead of feeding the clone bay. Verified August 16, 2026 · Magnum Scriptum / HypeTrain Digital · Steam.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Model | Turn-based tile combat with AP |
| Stances | Stealth (~0.5 AP/tile) · Walk (1 AP) · Run (2 AP) |
| Damage types | Blunt · Pierce · Cut · Fire · Cold · Poison · Energy · more |
| Wounds | Bleeding · fractures · infection · addiction · amputation risk |
| Cover | Line-of-sight tiles reduce incoming fire |
| Platform | Steam (Windows · Steam Deck Verified) |
| Genre | Turn-Based Extraction RPG |
Each clone receives a pool of AP each turn. Moving, attacking, reloading, using items, and interacting with doors or terminals all draw from that pool. When AP hits zero your turn ends and enemies resolve their actions — often shooting the tile you just exposed.
| Action | Typical AP cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Stealth move | ~0.5 per tile | Slowest, quietest, bonus to first-shot accuracy |
| Walk | 1 per tile | Default balance of speed and noise |
| Run | 2 per tile | Fast, loud, wrecks accuracy if you shoot same turn |
| Single shot | Weapon-dependent | SMGs and pistols are cheap; LMG bursts are expensive |
| Reload | Varies by weapon/perks | Never reload in the open with 0 AP left |
| Use med item | Usually 1+ AP | Do this behind cover, not in the kill box |
Competitive players leave at least 1 AP unspent when they finish a turn in contact. That AP buys a step back into cover, a bandage, or a crouch behind a corner when a patrol you did not see opens fire.
SMG and shotgun scatter indoors punishes hip-fire panic. CQC-Specialist exists because door fights are ugly — level it on purpose, not by accident, if you run Scouts of Hades or a Tunnel Rats import.
Pain debuffs and low morale collapse accuracy faster than missing one perk level. Morphine is combat relevant, not role-play — carry one dose for the room after a bad peek.
When the combat log shows two enemy phases back-to-back, you probably stepped into an aggro chain. Fall back one tile, re-Stealth if possible, and let them waste AP approaching — then burst with Assault Reflex AP if running Scouts.
Movement mode is not cosmetic. Stealth costs half an AP per tile but moves slowly; Run crosses rooms fast at double AP and alerts distant patrols. Walk is the compromise you use when you already know the next two tiles are safe.
| Situation | Stance | Why |
|---|---|---|
| First contact unknown | Stealth | Noise radius stays small; first shot accuracy bonus |
| Looting cleared wing | Walk | Speed without announcing the next room |
| Extract timer / fire spreading | Run | Accept noise — survival beats stealth |
| Melee Eclipse Blades opener | Stealth into range | Cannibalism and Carnage want adjacent targets |
| Open courtyard crossfire | Never Run straight | Zigzag Walk tile to tile behind hard cover |
Running and heavy loadouts drain calories faster. A starving clone loses regen and eventually max HP. Pack cheap food on any contract longer than two floors — combat is not only bullets, it is metabolism.
Overloaded backpacks slow Stealth and increase fatigue. Strip sell-junk before you descend; keep combat weight under what your operator's Training or Bodybuilding perks can offset.
Stance gets you into the room; cover and door discipline decide whether you leave it alive.
Tiles with cover block or reduce incoming fire along specific angles. Doors create a one-tile choke where both sides want to spend AP efficiently. The classic beginner death is spending the last AP to step through a doorway — enemies act, you cannot dodge, and a shotgun deletes the clone.
Some floors include dangerous tiles — fire, gas, entropy fields, and environmental hazards. The combat log and tile tooltip tell you which squares hurt at end of turn. Do not end your turn standing on a glowing hazard because you were fixated on a loot crate.
Corporate maps spawn turrets, robots, and player-placed deployables. Tifton's Elite and Phoenix Brigade lean into emplaced fire — if you are not running those classes, treat turrets as priority targets before you walk into their arc.
Winning the firefight means nothing if you bleed out on the stairs — wound triage is next.
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The Body Status Monitor tracks head, torso, arms, and legs separately. Bleeding drains blood volume; fractures reduce accuracy and movement; infection and addiction are longer-term campaign problems. Combat triage is about stopping what kills you this floor.
| Wound | Immediate fix | Combat priority |
|---|---|---|
| Bleeding | Bandage / medical kit | High — blood loss kills between rooms |
| Fracture (leg) | Splint when safe | Medium — AP and move penalty |
| Fracture (arm) | Splint | High if it is your gun arm |
| Pain / shock | Morphine | Medium — accuracy collapse |
| Infection | Antibiotics (post-mission) | Low in combat unless fever debuff active |
| Amputation risk | Stop fighting, extract | Critical — do not push deeper |
Wounds behave differently on flesh, bionic parts, and quasi augments. Cyber limbs may ignore some bleeds but short out under shock damage. Check the monitor color and tooltip before you waste a bandage on a part that needs repair gel instead.
Clear the room, break line-of-sight, *then* bandage. The game will let you bleed while you sort a corpse inventory — do not.
Weapon choice determines how fast enemies reach bleeding status — that is the next section.
There are hundreds of guns; early campaigns win on shotguns, SMGs, and knives because they finish fights inside one or two AP bursts. Snipers and LMGs shine later when perks and armor support stationary play.
| Weapon family | Best class synergy | Early habit |
|---|---|---|
| Shotgun | Tunnel Rats · Scouts CQC | Close doors, one-shot workers, watch scatter indoors |
| SMG / pistol | Scouts of Hades | Burst, reload behind cover, cheap AP |
| Melee | Eclipse Blades | Stealth adjacent, finish before alarm |
| Assault rifle | Scouts · Spaceborne Ghosts | Tap fire — recoil and scatter punish full auto early |
| Heavy / LMG | Tifton's Elite | Setup behind cover; too slow for rushes |
| Flamethrower / energy | Phoenix Brigade | Watch friendly fire and tile hazards |
Armor has separate resist tables for blunt, pierce, cut, and energy. If your pierce rounds bounce off a corporate exosuit, swap ammo or target limbs — the class guide pairs weapons with perk families so you are not guessing.
Unsilenced gunfire pulls distant patrols into your firefight. On timed contracts the meter and the noise radius stack — you can "win" every room and still lose the mission clock. Melee and suppressed paths exist for a reason on Espionage cards.
Turrets, robots, and gas grenades from Phoenix Brigade or heavy inventories consume setup AP but refund it by deleting a whole approach vector. If you are not running those classes, treat deployables as pickup-only until mid-game storage is deep.
When habits slip, use the mistake table below as a post-mortem checklist.
Scan this after a wipe before you re-clone. Most combat deaths are positioning and AP errors, not bad RNG.
| Mistake | Fix |
|---|---|
| Full AP door peek | Stop short, end turn, enter next round |
| Reload in the open | Break LOS first; partial mags are fine |
| Ignore Stealth on Espionage | First shot bonus saves more AP than Run |
| Chase wounded enemies alone | Hold angle — separated clones die |
| Fight during eclipse spike | Extract — Quasimorphosis |
| No bandages on floor two | One stack minimum per descent |
| Face-tanking for Blind Fury | Trigger is good; dying is not |
| Same weapon vs every faction | Match ammo to armor type on the contract card |
You do not need a 100% kill score. You need the objective item and a path to the pad. If the room is cleared enough to walk out, walk out — the extraction guide covers floor timing and exit rules.
Pin this mentally for mid-fight decisions when you cannot reopen the full guide:
| Signal | Action |
|---|---|
| Red wound icon pulsing | Bandage before reload or push |
| AP at 0 in doorway | Accept you end turn — do not heal in kill box next round without stepping back |
| Enemy on overwatch tile | Smoke, flank, or Stealth reset — not Run straight |
| Weapon jam / durability red | Swap sidearm or melee — fixing in combat costs both AP and nerves |
| Ally robot low HP | Recall or body-block — losing deployable is cheaper than losing clone |
July 2026 1.0 rebalanced weapon scatter, wound processing, and early enemy counts — fights are slightly more readable than late EA, but tile grammar unchanged. Training Center still teaches AP; this page teaches judgment. Re-read after major patches if your muscle memory feels off.
Door peek with one AP buffer, Walk until contact then Run for reposition, triage bleeds before pushing, and disable the combat log once AP basics click. Pair Percy + Eclipse Blades on Training Center before story skull missions.
AP depends on clone stats, wounds, loadout weight, and perks. There is no fixed number — read the UI counter each turn and leave a buffer near doors.
Yes. Eclipse Blades with Percy is the standard beginner melee route. You trade range safety for lower ammo logistics.
Partially — read tile tooltips. Fire and gas can wrap around corners; do not treat low walls like full immunity.
Use Stealth until contact, then Walk or Run based on AP budget. Permanent Stealth is too slow on Defend timers.
Many 1.0 players disable it for clarity once basics click — re-enable when learning new enemy types.
The extraction guide — winning fights you cannot exit still loses the run.
August 16, 2026
Deployables act on their own phase after placement. Clear a room before setting up if AP is low — placement AP plus enemy turn is a common wipe vector.
Quasi creatures often rush and ignore cover angles humans respect. Prioritize limb shots and status resist; corporate fighters punish peeking with aimed fire.
Flamethrowers, gas, and some explosives can hurt you — Phoenix Brigade players double-check arc before hold-to-fire.
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