All Gadgets & Best Loadouts — Q Branch Arsenal Guide

Q-Lens:

• Reveals enemies, hackable devices, and points of interest through walls
• Hold activation button to view the room in wireframe
• Highlights collectibles in yellow when active
• Unlock: Mission 2 — A New Home

Q-Watch:

• Hacks electronic systems and bypasses security
• Runs on battery power
• Three modes: Scanning (Radar), Identification (Profiling), Threat Analytics (Alarm Monitor)
• Unlock: Mission 2 — A New Home

Dart Phone — Chemical resource, Mission 2:

• Fires toxin darts that force enemies to abandon their positions
• Guards who normally refuse to move suddenly leave their posts
• Creates safer takedown routes and easier passage

Smoke Pod — Chemical resource, Mission 3:

• Deploys portable smoke for stealth movement
• Covers your mistakes and dense patrol groups
• 8-10 seconds of zero-visibility for non-lethal ghosting

Shockwave Camera — Resource unconfirmed, Mission 3:

• Stuns enemies and damages armor
• Best used for combat or breaking groups rather than pure stealth
• Can be too loud for pure stealth runs

Laser Strap — Electric resource, Mission 4:

• Temporarily blinds enemies and cuts locks
• Opens locked areas inaccessible by other means
• Accesses locked containers and paths required for certain collectibles
• ESSENTIAL for 100% collectible completion — always equip from Chapter 9 onward

Flash Mine — Chemical resource, Mission 4:

• Releases a flash effect that stuns opponents
• Useful for trapping chokepoints or covering retreats
• Less flexible for pure stealth than the Smoke Pod

Missile Pen — Electric resource, Mission 6:

• Launches explosive projectiles
• Most aggressive, tech-based launcher gadget
• Consumes significant battery resources
• Essential for combat-heavy mission sections

Recommended stealth build: Q-Watch + Dart Phone + Smoke Pod + Laser Strap

• Dart Phone: force stationary guards away from important positions
• Smoke Pod: cover mistakes and dense patrol groups
• Laser Strap: open locked paths and create additional distractions
• Stealth flow: Scan with Q-Lens → Distract with Q-Watch → Move guards with Dart Phone → Escape using Smoke Pod

Recommended combat build: Shockwave Camera + Missile Pen + Flash Mine

• Shockwave Camera: stun enemies and damage armored targets
• Flash Mine: create temporary crowd control
• Missile Pen: heavy explosive damage for clustered enemies

Scanning (Radar):

• X-ray vision within 15-meter radius
• Reveals NPC viewing vectors through walls and ceilings
• Main battery consumer — activate only to fix patrol routes, then deactivate immediately

Identification (Profiling):

• Displays tags when pointing at targets: Vulnerable, Armed, Bystander
• "Observer" tag means social stealth will not work — bypass or eliminate silently

Threat Analytics:

• Overall combat readiness indicator for the sector
• If the scale grows, your mistakes are accumulating
• Provides a window to retreat before a general alarm is raised