Quasimorph implants guide: how to install augments at the Meat Cage, bionic vs quasi picks, and class synergy on extraction runs. Verified August 2026.
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Quasimorph added Augmentations and Implants in the 0.9 line and kept them central for 1.0. This Quasimorph implants guide covers The Meat Cage on the Magnum, bionic versus quasi parts, slot priorities, and picks that do not bankrupt your calorie budget on deep descents. Verified August 16, 2026 · Steam.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Platform | Steam (Windows · Steam Deck Verified) |
| System | The Meat Cage · body-slot augments |
| Families | Bionic (Cyborg / Military / Rubberized) · Quasi |
| Classes | 14 classes with chip synergies |
| Loss rule | Permadeath — augments lost with clone |
| Dev / Pub | Magnum Scriptum / HypeTrain Digital |
| Release | 1.0 July 31, 2026 (EA Oct 2, 2023) |
The Meat Cage is the Magnum medical bay module for cutting, replacing, and recharging augmented body parts. It arrived with the augmentation overhaul and remains the only place you safely swap heads, limbs, and internal implants between contracts.
The Cage handles swaps and recharge. Field medicine still treats fractures and infections on organic tissue left around the augment. A disabled Military Arm from a wound behaves like a broken weapon — stabilize or retreat.
Many quasi parts drop from bramfatura missions or faction tech levels. Bank schematics on the Magnum even if you cannot craft yet — fabrication recipes often need materials from extraction robberies and sabotage crates.
The augment bay is easier to copy once you have seen the install flow — reference loop below when you first unlock the module.
Bionic augments are the corporate-grade line: Cyborg, Military, and Rubberized families. They trade modest penalties for reliable stat bumps and are the default for your first hundred hours.
| Family | Strength | Typical penalty | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyborg | Neural / sensory boosts | Calorie or pain sensitivity | Scouts · marksmen · AP efficiency |
| Military | Armor integration · weapon handling | Weight · maintenance cost | Corporate Merc · heavy classes |
| Rubberized | Blunt / shock tolerance | Lower sharp resist | CQC · tunnel crawls · riot floors |
Wiki and community lists commonly cite Cyborg's Head, Military Arm, and Rubberized Leg as tutorial-tier drops. They are not best-in-slot, but they teach slot trade-offs without quasi addiction.
Implant rails hold passive chips — Neural Jack, Adrenaline Injector, Cortex Bomb style items appear in datachip loot tables. Treat them like weapon mods: one purpose per slot, no duplicate effects.
Quasi augments graft Quasimorph biology onto clones. They scale harder than bionics but push the Quasimorphosis meter, add weird wound rules, and sometimes require bramfatura unlocks.
| Trait | Bionic | Quasi |
|---|---|---|
| Stat ceiling | Moderate, predictable | High, build-defining |
| Meter impact | Usually low | Often raises Quasimorphosis |
| Availability | Factions · workshops | Barons · descents · rare schematics |
| Loss on death | Yes | Yes |
| Synergy | Class chips · armor sets | Pacts · eclipse farming |
Examples like Ur Forged Head, Giant Hand, and Spider Claw show the design lane: rule-breaking melee or mobility at the cost of sanity-meter pressure. Install them when you have anti-quasi drugs and extraction exits mapped.
Three quasi parts plus a Tier IV pact is a deliberate eclipse build, not an accident. If you are still learning AP and cover, stay bionic until the combat guide habits are automatic.
Not every slot is equal. Prioritize where damage lands first and where class chips already invest.
| Slot | Priority | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Head | High | Vision · neural perks · crit packages |
| Torso / chest | High | Core HP · armor mounting |
| Legs / feet | Medium | AP economy · carry weight |
| Arms / hands | Medium–High | Weapon handling · melee classes |
| Internal implants | Situational | Burst tools · recharge limited |
Scouts and extraction farmers upgrade legs and torso first — you flee more than you fight. Assault classes flip the order: hands and arms before cosmetic head slots.
Charge-based augments must be topped at the Cage between missions. Launching a four-floor descent with empty charges is the augment equivalent of half a magazine.
Class chips from the class guide assume a body profile. Implants modify that profile — sometimes breaking perk thresholds.
| Interaction | What happens | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Weight over cap | Extra AP on movement | Rubberized legs or pack less ammo |
| Wound on augmented limb | Part disabled like broken gear | Splints · extract · Cage repair |
| Quasi + high meter | More spawns · stronger q-morphs | Drugs · earlier extract |
| Calorie drain augments | Hunger kills long floors | Food prep · Tunnel Rat chip |
The health monitor treats flesh and plating differently. Stabilization items that work on meat may not restore a quasi graft — read the item tooltip before you burn rare meds mid-fight.
Story finales check your PMC power, not just your favorite clone. Keep a second augmented operative ready so one death does not pause a RealWare or AnCom reputation push.
These are conservative recommendations for post-1.0 players learning extraction — not endgame min-max.
| Goal | Slot focus | Family | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| First extracts | Torso + legs | Military / Rubberized | Survive mistakes · learn AP |
| Scout / sneaky | Head + feet | Cyborg | Noise and vision margins |
| Heavy gunner | Arms + torso | Military | Recoil and armor synergy |
| Quasi curiosity | One quasi slot only | Quasi hand or leg | Pair with meter control |
After safe extracts, read pacts for skull absorption that complements — not fights — your augment layout. Annulment items exist, but prevention is cheaper.
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Loot augments on contracts, buy from faction shuttle stock, and install at the Meat Cage on the Magnum. Bionic parts drop early; quasi augments appear on deeper descents — see extraction timing before slotting risky quasi picks.
Augments are the implant/body-mod items you loot or buy, then slot at the Meat Cage. Search traffic often says “augments” and “implants” interchangeably — both mean Meat Cage parts, not class perks.
There is no universal best set — pick bionic Military / Rubberized lines for early Magnum runs, then quasi pieces only when you can extract before Quasimorphosis spikes. Class synergy beats raw rarity.
The Meat Cage module on the Magnum flagship. Unlock it via ship upgrades, then select a clone and body slot. Patch 1.0.1 surfaces active implants on the combat HUD; 1.0.2 moves most augment drops into regular/medical containers (same spawn rate) and buffs Steps of Grigenchosach / Plague of Balar poison immunity. See updates.
Yes. Augments and installed parts die with the operative unless mechanics explicitly say otherwise. Reinstall on the replacement clone.
Bionic Military or Rubberized lines until you understand Quasimorphosis and extraction timing.
Indirectly — they change combat success and meter pressure on finale missions, not dialogue flags.
August 16, 2026
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