Marvel’s Midnight Suns has various techs that apply bonuses and nifty gameplay-related functions. You’ll want to unlock these to improve the overall experience and progression loop. Here’s our Marvel’s Midnight Suns Research and Artifacts guide to help you with the best techs that you want to obtain.
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Marvel’s Midnight Suns Research and Artifacts guide – The best techs to get during the campaign
To be clear, the Research mechanic in Marvel’s Midnight Suns is tied to the Artifacts that you acquire during missions (i.e., check a mission if it rewards an Artifact). If you have one, go to the Forge and have Doctor Strange analyze it. This action will provide you with some Essences, a Blueprint, and a Research Level increase. From there, you’ll want to take note of the different requirements to unlock techs, such as:
- Complete X number of missions or upgrade X number of abilities of a certain hero.
- Some techs are tied to campaign progression (i.e., Symbiote Vial, Faithbreaker Suit, and Demonchylde Suit).
- If the tech unlocks an upgrade that can be constructed in the Forge, Yard, or War Room, you’ll need to spend a certain amount of credits to ensure that they’re built.
- As for the best techs to research in Marvel’s Midnight Suns, we’ve got some of them noted below.
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11Mystical Symbiosis
Item Bench III – Craft epic quality items.Upgrade four Scarlet Witch abilities
| Research Level | Tech/Effect/Additional Notes | Requirement |
| 1 | Supernatural Fabrication Item Bench – Lets you craft items. | Complete one mission with Doctor Strange |
| War Games Foundry – Adds an extra ability card among the choices when you open Gamma Coils. | Complete one mission with Captain Marvel | |
| The Way of the Fang Training Dummies: Shove – Lets you move next to enemies to do a Knockback; somewhat useful since you can push foes to explosives/stun traps or closer to each other for AoEs/linear attacks. | Complete three missions with Blade | |
| 2 | Blood Born Vampiric Essence – Lifesteal item | Upgrade two of Blade’s abilities |
| Combat Item Slot II – Adds a second combat item slot | Craft five items using the Item Bench | |
| The Old One-Two Teamwork Tactics I – Enemies take more damage when knocked into allies; allies no longer take damage when this occurs. | Complete one mission with Spider-Man | |
| 3 | Book of Vishanti – One of the best techs to research in Marvel’s Midnight Suns. This unlocks card crafting and Blueprint creation. | Complete two missions with Doctor Strange |
| Mystical Healing Combat Therapy – Allows heroes to heal in a single day after being wounded | Complete three missions with Nico Minoru | |
| High-Tech Suit Gives you the Hunter’s High-Tech Suit and its passive. You can learn more in our Hunter combat suits/passives guide. | Complete three missions with Iron Man | |
| Symbiote Sampler – Required for campaign progression; is also a hidden requirement so you can complete the Shaw Church puzzle in the Abbey Grounds. | Complete the “Deep Dark Venomous Depths” mission | |
| 4 | Faithbreaker Suit – Required for campaign progression; also gives you the Hunter’s Faithbreaker Suit and its passive. You can learn more in our Hunter combat suits/passives guide. | Complete “The Bell Tolls” mission; must research Symbiote Sampler first, then progress a bit further in the campaign |
| Borderline Suit Gives you the Hunter’s Borderline Suit and its passive. You can learn more in our Hunter combat suits/passives guide. | Reach Friendship Level 2 with Nico Minoru | |
| Forged in Hellfire Armory – Allows you to partake in Legendary Challenges, which reward Legendary Cards and Suits | Complete four missions with Ghost Rider | |
| Alien Alloys Kree Processor – Intel Caches provide +33% more Intel; lets you run two Hero Ops at the same time. You can learn more in our Hero Ops guide. | Upgrade three Captain Marvel abilities | |
| New Threat THREAT Room – Lets you enter a Limbo domain where you fight demons in three rounds. You can earn a lot of XP here, limited only by the highest-leveled character in your roster. You can learn more in our THREAT Room guide. | Complete three missions with Magik | |
| The Best of Us – Nanotech Weave item | Upgrade three Spider-Man abilities | |
| Truth Serum STRIKE – Allows you to use the Interrogation action on some defeated enemies. You can learn more in our Interrogation guide. | Complete one Hero Op with Captain Marvel | |
| SITREP TALON – Makes challenges (i.e., side objectives) available in all missions. | Complete one Hero Op with Captain America | |
| 5 | Before They Know What Hit ‘Em WARDEN – Hero Ops grant bonus rewards if you meet the requirements. | Complete one Hero Op with Magik |
| Advanced Materials Robotic Arm – Increases the Essences you gain from salvaging cards. | Complete five missions with Iron Man | |
| Science Fair Item Bench II – You can now craft rare quality items. | Complete six missions with Spider-Man | |
| Devil’s Deal – Obsidian Athame item | Craft one epic quality Ghost Rider ability | |
| 6 | Fault Tolerance Empowered Anvil – Reroll one card among the Gamma Coil choices. This is a good tech to have so you have a better chance at getting the cards you want. | Upgrade four Iron Man abilities |
| Blood, Sweat, and Tears Crucible – Allows you to mod cards, giving them additional traits/effects. One of the best techs in Marvel’s Midnight Suns. You can learn more in our card mods guide. | Complete six missions with Blade | |
| Demonchylde Suit – – Required for campaign progression; also gives you the Hunter’s Demonchylde Suit and its passive. You can learn more in our Hunter combat suits/passives guide. | From time to time, you’ll encounter a Barghest (demon dog) in the Abbey Grounds. Later in the campaign, you’ll have to finish the “Barghest Hunt” mission to unlock this tech. | |
| 7 | Arise – Phoenix Flame item | Upgrade four Nico Minoru abilities |
| 8 | If Looks Could Kill – Evil Eye Totem item | Upgrade five Magik abilities |
| The Old Three-Four Teamwork Tactics II – Heroes draw a card when enemies are knocked into them. | Complete two missions with Wolverine | |
| 9 | Cosmic Inspiration Cauldron of the Cosmos – Hunter challenges can net you legendary combat items. | Upgrade four Doctor Strange abilities |
| Silent Partner SHIELD Exchange – Lets you sell unwanted stuff for credits. | Complete six missions with Captain America | |
| On Your Feet Training Dummies: Cure – Spend moves to Cure allies in combat. | Complete three missions with Scarlet Witch | |
| 10 | Hell’s Coming With Me Legendary Blade – Instantly gain several Training Yard levels. | Upgrade two Ghost Rider abilities |
| Tactics Debrief Debrief Station – The first mission card you receive has the “Free” perk. Well, it’s a free action that won’t use up Card Plays, so that’s a good thing. | Upgrade five Captain America abilities | |
| Supreme Focus – Channeling Hex item | Complete four missions with Scarlet Witch | |
| One Man Army – Utility Belt item | Complete one Hero Op with Wolverine | |
| Combat Item Slot III – Adds another slot for combat items | Craft 12 items using the Item Bench | |
| The Godkiller | Required for story progression | |
| 11 | Mystical Symbiosis Item Bench III – Craft epic quality items. | Upgrade four Scarlet Witch abilities |
| Ultimate Fighting Machine Foundry II – Increase ability options when analyzing Gamma Coils | Upgrade four Wolverine abilities | |
| 15 | Change of Plans FORCE – Reroll one general/side mission per day. | Complete three missions with Hulk |
| Energy Drink – Overdrive Serum item This also unlocks Hulk’s Legendary Challenge since he doesn’t have a working Friendship Level mechanic. | Upgrade three Hulk abilities |
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Published: Dec 12, 2022 06:50 am