• The Factory is the main way of changing money into new parts; the Shop generally only sells copies of the parts you develop plus processor upgrades.
  • Developing equipment at the factory uses up the base component, takes one mission, and gives you the developed item.
  • This isn't actually Armored Core; equipment sells for about 10% of its purchase price, and you can't buy it back.
  • Lab Upgrades stack, its not choose one like the icons make it look.
  • You will need about 2-3 Legion parts of each armor to develop everything, so if you already have all the parts an enemy has, go for one of those.
  • Weapons on pylons don't use up memory while just sitting there
  • Always Be (ice) Creaming. You get something for it (after 20 ice creams and Rank C), plus every item you develop gives you a free ice cream!
  • Optimal range will ~double your damage with most weapons, but ~triples it with pistols and sniper rifles. Blades have this stat hidden.
  • Much of the content is hidden in the coop modes, but all coop missions are reasonably solo-able
  • The best way to get rare/3 slot equipment and the only way to get level 4/5 attachments is Exploration missions, the purple console.
  • Slot Expansion attachments can be glitched to go with any item in the same category by sorting attachments.