Firefall Perk Guide

Perk Guide











Basic perks

Neutralizer: Reduces damage taken from Poison damage types by 20%
Incalescent: Reduces damage taken from Fire and Blast damage types by 20%
Powered Armor: Reduces damage taken from Energy damage type by 20%
Kinetic Absorption: Reduces damage taken from Bullet and Kinetic damage types by 20%
Sprinter: Increases sprint speed by an additional 5%
Prototype Pistons: Increases base movement speed by +0.5 meters per second
Fast Hands: Increases reload speed by 10%

Unlockable Perks

Passive Perks

Nanite Absorption

Class: Accord Assault
Description: Assault Exclusive Perk: gain additional healing (10% of max health) when picking up or using health packs

Siphoning Unit

Class: Accord Biotech
Description: Biotech Exclusive Perk: Siphoning Unit heals the user for 10% of any damage or healing they inflict

Resilient Plating

Class: Accord Dreadnaught
Description: When below 35% health, the Dreadnaught automatically regenerates 1% of their max health per second

Repairing Nanites

Class: Accord Engineer
Description: Your deployables are equipped with self-repair nanites (regenerating 1% per second)

Regenerative Plating

Class: Accord Recon
Description: Grants a short burst of health (10% of max health) after a kill or assist

Incinerator

Class: Firecat
Description: Targets that are hit by the Firecat's abilities are briefly set on fire, dealing damage over time (50hp/sec at Lvl 1)

Auxillary Tanks

Class: Tigerclaw
Description: Grants the Tigerclaw bonus energy regeneration (40 energy/sec) whenever an ability is used

Rally

Class: Dragonfly
Description: Dealing damage increases the Dragonfly's healing output (+10%), and healing increases the Dragonfly's damage output (+5%)

Necrotic Poison

Class: Recluse
Description: Dealing poison damage applies a necrotic poison that reduces the target's damage output by 10%

Munitions

Class: Arsenal
Description: Each ability use provides the Arsenal with additional ammo (10% of Ammo Capacity)

Imminent Threat

Class: Mammoth
Description: Nearby enemies become vulnerable, increasing the damage they take by 10%

Personal Shield

Class: Rhino
Description: When activating an ability, the Rhino briefly becomes shielded, absorbing a small amount of damage (10% of max health)

Overseer

Class: Bastion
Description: All repairable deployables near the Bastion become shielded, reducing damage taken by 30%

Dynamic Relay

Class: Electron
Description: Dealing damage increases the strength of the Electron's shields (+10%), and applying shields increases the Electron's rate of fire (+10%)

Ambush

Class: Nighthawk
Description: While not acquired by enemy SIN, the Nighthawk's next shot inflicts +30% additional damage. Ambush has a 30 second internal cooldown

Conduit

Class: Raptor
Description: Each hit of the Charge Rifle grants a stack of Conduit. Upon reaching three stacks, the next shot fired or the next ability activated becomes Empowered, gaining additional effects and consuming all stacks

Basic Perks (Level 10)

Quick-Flexing Servos

Class: Accord Assault
Description: Increases jump height by 3m

Persistence

Class: Accord Biotech
Description: Increases base health regeneration by 30%

Get a Move On

Class: Accord Dreadnaught
Description: Increases run speed by 10% when weapon is holstered

Fuel Injectors

Class: Accord Engineer
Description: Increases energy recharge rate by 20%

Head Hunter

Class: Accord Recon
Description: Increases headshot damage by 10%

Collateral Analytics

Class: Firecat
Description: Reduces damage done to yourself by 40%

Quick Hands

Class: Tigerclaw
Description: Reduces weapon switching time by 30%

Bio Reserves

Class: Dragonfly
Description: Reduces the cooldown of all Healing abilities by 3 seconds

Virus

Class: Recluse
Description: You inflict 5% additional damage with poison weapons and abilities

Combat Veteran

Class: Arsenal
Description: Increases reload and weapon switch speed by 15%

Harden

Class: Mammoth
Description: After taking damage, armor hardens to reduce your next source of damage taken by 25%. Harden has a 7 second internal cooldown

Back in Action

Class: Rhino
Description: Reduces respawn timer by 20%

Hardware Genius

Class: Bastion
Description: Increases damage dealt to deployables, machinery and vehicles by 20%

Combustion Boost

Class: Electron
Description: Adds an additional +40 Jet Energy

Ballistics Expert

Class: Nighthawk
Description: Increases your bullet damage by 5%

Grenadier

Class: Raptor
Description: Reduces the cooldown on grenade abilities by 2 seconds

Intermediate Perks (Level 20)

Plasma Enthusiast

Class: Accord Assault
Description: Energy and Plasma Weapons deal 10% additional damage

Bio Blending

Class: Accord Biotech
Description: Increases damage dealt while at full health by 10%

Knockout

Class: Accord Dreadnaught
Description: Increases damage of melee attack by 20%, and adds a chance to stun the target

Resonating Shields

Class: Accord Engineer
Description: Increases the duration of all shield effects by 2 seconds

SIN Precision

Class: Accord Recon
Description: Targets placed into SIN are visible behind walls

Epicenter

Class: Firecat
Description: Increases the damage dealt of PBAE abilities by 15%

Quick-Pivot Servos

Class: Tigerclaw
Description: Increases run speed by 0.5m/s a second and sprint speed by 5%

Frequent Patient

Class: Dragonfly
Description: Increases healing received by 10%

Necrotic Bite

Class: Recluse
Description: Increases damage done to Humanoid targets by 10%

Stopping Power

Class: Arsenal
Description: Increases the damage of the Shotgun and Grenade Launcher secondary weapons by 20% and adds a knockback effect

Shields Up

Class: Mammoth
Description: Increases the Health of all shields by 20%

Stampede

Class: Rhino
Description: Sprinting snares nearby enemies. Targets within 4m have -50% move speed

Resilient Alloys

Class: Bastion
Description: Increases health of your non-shield deployables by 15%

Augmented Shield Generators

Class: Electron
Description: Reduces the cooldown of shield abilities by 2.5 seconds

Spec. Ops

Class: Nighthawk
Description: Increases the duration of stealth abilities and reduces cooldown of teleport abilities by 3 seconds

Physicist

Class: Raptor
Description: Increases weapon charging speed by 10%

Advanced Perks (Level 30)

Invigorate

Class: Accord Assault
Description: Activating an ability invigorates the user and their nearby allies; increasing movement and attack speed by 15%

Catalytic Poisons

Class: Accord Biotech
Description: Targets hit with poison abilities have additional damage dealt as a delayed poison burst (250 hp damage at level 1) several seconds after being infected

Deflection Plating

Class: Accord Dreadnaught
Description: Enemy bullets that hit you have a 33% chance to ricochet and also damage a nearby enemy

Mounted Firepower

Class: Accord Engineer
Description: Increases the damage of your deployables by 25%

Tactician

Class: Accord Recon
Description: Grants a 20% chance to reset your ability cooldowns when you inflict a headshot. This effect can trigger once per minute

Corpse Combustion

Class: Firecat
Description: When an enemy is killed, there is a 25% chance that their corpse bursts into flames, damaging nearby enemies

Eye of the Tiger

Class: Tigerclaw
Description: Reduces the cooldown of movement abilities by 2.5 seconds

Combat Medic

Class: Dragonfly
Description: Reviving incapacitated players will restore them to full health. Additionally, increases the base health regeneration of nearby allies by +20%

Potent Toxins

Class: Recluse
Description: Weapons and Abilities that deal Poison Damage snare targets, slowing them by 30%. This movement slowing lasts 3 seconds

Fully Loaded

Class: Arsenal
Description: Increases magazine and total ammo capacities by 20%

Thick Hide

Class: Mammoth
Description: Increases health by 25%

Kill Stealer

Class: Rhino
Description: Increases damage against critical targets (Below 50% health) by 30%

Sentient Armor

Class: Bastion
Description: When hit, automatically adjusts battleframe armor to reduce damage from that damage type by 20% for 10 seconds. Adapts to Kinetic, Fire, Cryo, and Poison damage types. Sentient armor has an internal cooldown of 30 seconds

High Yield Capacitors

Class: Electron
Description: Activating your HKM instantly refreshes your cooldowns

Sure Shot

Class: Nighthawk
Description: Damaging target has a 10% chance to trigger an +50% rate of fire boost for 3 seconds. Effect can only occur once every 7 seconds

Energy Shaping

Class: Raptor
Description: Changes your melee attack to a SIN blade. SIN blade extends your melee range, increases melee damage by +50%, and changes the melee type to Energy damage

Master Perks (Level 40)

Second Wind

Class: Accord Assault
Description: Rapidly killing 5 or more enemies when health is critical (Below 30% health) heals the user for 60% of their max health

Toxic Finale

Class: Accord Biotech
Description: Detonate a powerful poison bomb when incapacitated. The Poison cloud inflicts 200hp/sec (at Lvl 1) in a 4m radius

Hellbent

Class: Accord Dreadnaught
Description: Suffering damage causes your Battleframe offensive systems to go into overdrive, stacking up to +25% bonus damage

Hyper Kinesis Surge

Class: Accord Engineer
Description: When HKM is activated, the user gains a 130% speed boost and a 50% defensive bonus

Energy Spikes

Class: Accord Recon
Description: Activating an ability will deploy an energy spike trap at the users location. Enemies in the trap are snared (-60% movement speed) and take damage over time (100 hp/sec at level 1)

Flame Buffer

Class: Firecat
Description: Activating abilities creates a fire shield that burns nearby enemies (50hp/sec at Lvl 1). After several seconds, the buffer explodes, dealing damage to nearby enemies (200hp at Lvl 1). Uses Immolate's radius if it is equipped

Hunter

Class: Tigerclaw
Description: Repeatedly striking the same target increases damage +10% per hit. (Maximum of +40% increase)

Auto-Repair

Class: Dragonfly
Description: Doubles health regeneration when out of combat. Additionally, when greater than 40% life is dealt to the player in one instance of damage, applies the same regeneration bonus

Anatomy Lessons

Class: Recluse
Description: After dealing damage with your weapon, gain a 10% chance to get a critical shot on your next shot which does 150% weapon damage

Explosive Expert

Class: Arsenal
Description: Increases all explosive damage dealt from abilities by 25%

Health Surge

Class: Mammoth
Description: Activating an ability heals you for 15% of your max health over 10 seconds

Hero

Class: Rhino
Description: When health reaches zero, user becomes immune to damage for 5 seconds. Hero has a 15 minute internal cooldown

Deployable Repulsor

Class: Bastion
Description: Applies a repulsor unit to all of your owned deployables. The repulsor unit will detect enemies in close proximity and knock them back

Rapid Kinesis Assemblage

Class: Electron
Description: Increases the charge rate of HKM modules by 30%

Concussion Shells

Class: Nighthawk
Description: Headshots reduce enemy movement speed and attack speed to 25% of normal. Additionally, headshots have a 25% chance to stun targets

Arcing Bolts