Amp



"The Amp is an extension of your will. No part of it may be chosen lightly."

- Onkko


 * For Octavia's ability, see Amp (Ability).

Amp is a special modular weapon used by Tenno Operators to enhance their combat capability, which can be acquired from The Quills. Appearing as a gauntlet worn on their right forearms, these Amps can either improve and/or alter the Operator's Void Beam, while also giving them their own separate energy gauge from the Operator's main Void Energy pool, allowing them to fire their power without hindering the effectiveness of their other abilities.

As Amps are modular, they are formed from three components whose interchangeable parts can be mixed and matched before crafting to provide different stats and abilities, allowing a player to create an Amp with the features they desire. Once gilded, they can also name the Amp they have crafted and choose custom colors for a further level of customization.

Acquisition
Amps can only be acquired once players have completed both the Saya's Vigil and The War Within quests, and then visiting the Quills enclave on Cetus. The Quills will immediately give the player their first premade Amp, the Mote Amp. To get more Amps, players must increase their Standing with the Quills to be able to purchase the blueprint parts necessary to craft them.

Mechanics
An Operator Amp consists of three components: the Prism, the Scaffold, and the Brace.

Prism
Prisms affect the Void Beam's primary fire mod, thus changing the type of shot fired from the traditional straight stream of energy.

Scaffold
Scaffolds affect the Void Beam's secondary fire mode (default ).

Brace
Braces provide other miscellaneous enhancements upon both the Prism and the Scaffold.

Crafting
Before players can craft an Amp, they must first purchase the blueprints for the parts they desire from Quill Onkko for a number of Standing, after which these parts must be constructed at the Foundry.

Once the component parts have been crafted, players must return to Onkko and select the Amp Assembly option. Here, players must choose the crafted components they have available to form the weapon. Once a Prism, Scaffold and Brace are selected, the player will be shown a preview of the weapon's appearance, along with their stats. If the weapon is satisfactory, players can then proceed with the Build Amp action, which will instantly craft the weapon for a fee.

Equipping
Amps are managed on the Operator's Customize Tenno tab on board the Orbiter's Transference Room, where players can choose the Amp they want to equip from their available selection, as well as customize their Amp's appearance.

Gilding
Gilding is the process wherein an Amp's full potential is unlocked. To Gild a weapon, players can visit Onkko and ask about 'Other Services', and then using the Gild option and finally selecting the desired Amp. Players will then be asked to give the Amp a custom name, after which the Gilding process can be performed for.

Players must have Adherent rank or higher with the Quills to perform Gilding, and only Rank 30 Amps can be gilded. Gilding resets the weapon to rank 0, but grants improved stats, the ability to install a Focus Lens and Virtuos Arcane Enhancements, the ability to recolor the Amp, and Mastery Rank experience from leveling the device.

A gilded Amp gains +10% Critical Chance, +0.5x Critical Multiplier, and +10% Status Chance. As an exception to this, the Mote Amp gets +10 meter Range when Gilded and not any other stat.

Visually, a gilded amp will appear cleaner than a newly-built one, having smoother surfaces, rust and dirt removed, and the once yellow parts becoming lustrous.

Trivia

 * The prism for an amp will appear to be folded under the arm until used in a mission, at which point the prism folds out to appear in front of the hand.
 * The prism will retract if the player equips their codex scanner while still using their Operator.

Bugs

 * Despite Amps being labelled as having "Alarming" noise levels, the weapons are actually silent.
 * Although Amps can be used to catch Kuva clouds, the Amp will very rarely destroy the cloud instead (Programming-wise the cloud itself is a particle effect that follows an otherwise-invisble Corrupted mask). In this case, the cloud will linger in place for a few moments before exploding, and another one will spawn in to replace it.