Quasimorph Extraction Guide

Extract pad is not instant invulnerability

Standing on the pad starts a transfer sequence. Enemies can still shoot during setup if you extracted under fire. Clear the room or break line-of-sight before you channel — same AP discipline as combat.

Capsule and storage on the Magnum

The Capsule module and general storage let you keep extracted goods between contracts. Make depositing a habit before you accept the next job — redeploying with your only copy of a gun because it was still on the clone is an unforced error.

Rules are simple; floor layout is where players misread difficulty — next section.

Read the contract card before descend

The card shows mission type, opposing faction Power, estimated resistance, and sometimes Quasimorphosis modifiers. A three-skull Civil Resistance manifesto job is not the same as a one-skull Elimination beside the Magnum — see Civil Resistance storyline.

Objective-first routing

Mark the objective room on the map before you loot side closets. Espionage jobs often put the target one floor below extract — reverse your path mentally at deployment.

Weight check at stairs

Overweight clones lose AP and burn calories descending. Drop sell-junk at the previous floor stash crate if the map provides one — coming back for trash is cheaper than dying fat.

The "one more crate" tax

Optional rooms spawn extra elites when the meter is high. The crate might hold a datachip; it might also hold three workers with flamethrowers. Value-per-slot math beats rarity glow — sell trash on the Magnum, not on the pad timer.

Defend missions need early exits planned

Defend and Conquest types punish late extracts by design. Take deployables, turrets, or companions only if you know the hold length. Beginners should avoid these until class perks are leveled.

Timing ties directly to what you pick up — loot priority is next.

Ctrl-hover transfer on the Magnum

After extract, hold Ctrl and mouse over items to fast-transfer into sorted storage tabs. The habit reduces redeploy friction more than any single weapon upgrade.

Dismantle before you sell

The Fabricator and dismantler turn unwanted guns into parts you need for ammo and repairs. Sometimes a broken rifle is worth more disassembled than sold — check engineering recipes once the module is online.

Loot raises Quasimorphosis on some worlds — the meter section explains when greed summons barons.

Mars is not one rule

Some Mars zones and moons apply different Quasimorphosis curves — Deimos and Phobos show up in community route guides as early campaign steps with lighter meters. Read the planet tooltip before you treat every map like Earth orbit.

Anti-quasi drugs and vices

Alcohol, cigarettes, and anti-quasi pharmaceuticals can shave the meter at a cost — addiction and debuffs if you spam them. Budget vices like you budget bandages.

Before you step on the pad, run the checklist below once — it catches most extract fails.

Abort versus extract

Some older community notes mention re-entering a mission with a chip after death on certain difficulties. On Normal 1.0 campaigns, treat death as a full mission reset for learning purposes — extract discipline matters more than clever re-entry.

Multi-floor extract routing

Mark the stairwell back to the pad when you enter a floor, not when alarms fire. Procedural layouts rotate, but exit vectors are usually upward or toward the landing zone arrow. If you lose the arrow, open the map before you open the next loot room.

Capsule timing

Move high-value extract to Capsule the moment you dock — not after you browse the contract board. One mis-click into a three-skull story job can strand your only upgraded rifle on a dead clone.