Life Support

Prey guide · Restoring station functions

Life Support is a vital hub responsible for maintaining Talos I's atmosphere, waste recycling, and water systems. You visit this area to restore environmental functions, clear out hazards like toxic waste, and access the Power Plant below. Navigating it requires bypassing security checkpoints, hazardous water pools, and navigating contaminated processing chambers.

Items

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Disruptor Stun Gun: On a desk in the Level 1 Security OfficeWeapon Upgrade Kit: Inside the safe in the Security OfficeNeuromod: Inside the safe located in the Atmosphere Control room

Secrets

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The Water Treatment Facility floor contains electrified water that can be neutralized by using the GLOO Cannon on damaged sparking junction boxes.You can find a maintenance shaft above the Escape Pod bay that lets you bypass locked doors without needing a keycard.

Enemies

Greater Mimic

Weak to Q-Beam, Kinetic BlastSteal / drop Typhon organs

Can disguise itself as larger objects and deals significantly more damage than a standard Mimic

Voltaic Phantom

Weak to Nullwave Transmitter, EMP, Grounding damageSteal / drop Typhon organs, Synthetic material

Emits an electrical aura that disrupts electronics and deals shock damage in standing water

Thermal Phantom

Weak to Cryo, PsychoshockSteal / drop Typhon organs

Explodes into flames when damaged and leaves behind lingering fire

Cystoid

Weak to Kinetic Blast, thrown objectsSteal / drop Typhon organs

Small kamikaze organisms that rush toward movement or sound and explode on contact

Tips

Throw small physical objects into groups of Cystoids to detonate them from a safe distance without wasting ammo.
Use the GLOO Cannon to freeze leaking flaming gas pipes and block electrical arcs in flooded rooms.
Scan the corpses of the technicians trapped near the filtration controls to recover passwords and audio logs that reveal station lore and locker codes.

Not listed for this area: shops and people.

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