Armor mods

Armor mods are gameplay enhancements featured in Halo 5: Guardians. They are prominently featured in the Warzone gamemode as REQ upgrades unlockable via the requisition system for use in a player's loadout, and in the co-operative campaign of the game. In co-op, the various upgrades are used by the co-op Spartan NPC characters, as a way to differentiate the individual members of Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris.

Armor mods are similar to the tactical packages and support upgrades introduced in Halo 4's multiplayer.

Overview

Multiplayer

Below is a list of the armor mods available for use in warzone:

• Advanced Sensors - Combines the effects of Sensor and Awareness from Halo 4. Increases motion tracker effectiveness.
• Auto-Medic - Combines the effects of Shielding and Recharge from Halo 4. Increases health and shield recharge rates.
• Frag Grenade Expert - Similar to Grenadier from Halo 4 but only for frag grenades. Increases starting and max grenade capacity.
• Plasma Grenade Expert - Similar to Grenadier from Halo 4 but only for plasma grenades. Increases starting and max grenade capacity.
• Splinter Grenade Expert - Similar to Grenadier from Halo 4 but only for splinter grenades. Increases starting and max grenade capacity.
• Increased Strength - Similar to Resistor from Halo 4. Increases melee and spartan charge effectiveness. Damage no longer disables sprint.
• Reflex Enhancer - Combines the effects of Dexterity and Stealth from Halo 4. Increases character handling and assassination speeds.
• Speed Booster - Increases movement speed and jump height.
• Upgraded Shields - Increases shield strength.
• Upgraded Thrusters - Similar to AA Efficiency from Halo 4. Increases thruster and sprint speed. Increases thruster recharge rate.

Four armor mods were added to Halo 5: Guardians over the course of the game's expansions:

• Death From Above - added in Hammer Storm. Increases ground pound effectiveness.
• Grenadier - added in Ghosts of Meridian. Similar to Explosives from Halo 4. Increases grenade effectiveness and explosive damage resistance.
• Wheelman - added in Memories of Reach. Similar to Wheelman from Halo 4. Increases vehicle effectiveness.
• Patrol Case - added in Warzone Firefight. Similar to Ammo from Halo 4. Increases starting and max ammo capacity.

Campaign

Below is a list of the armor mods used in campaign:

• Upgraded Thrusters is used by Fireteam Osiris. Blue Team also benefits from an affect of Upgraded Thrusters, both team's shields recharge while sprinting.
• Auto-Medic is used by Blue Team. It is otherwise unchanged from multiplayer.
• Frag Grenade Expert is used by Jameson Locke and Frederic-104. It combines the effects of Grenadier. Locke and Fred have an 80% explosive damage resistance compared to warzone's 75%.
• Increased Strength is used by Edward Buck and John-117. It is otherwise unchanged from multiplayer.
• Advanced Sensors is used by Holly Tanaka and Linda-058. It does not make either character harder to detect on motion trackers, as that would have no campaign benefit.
• Speed Booster is used by Olympia Vale and Kelly-087. Neither character receives a jump height increase. Instead Vale is given 125% clamber speed while Kelly is equipped with Reflex Enhancer.
• Reflex Enhancer is used only by Kelly-087. Kelly's melee speed is increased to 130% rather than the 140% bonus present in warzone.

List of mods

Image	Name	Rarity	Energy Cost	Description
	Advanced Sensors	Common	energy	Motion tracker is now compatible with Smart-Link, and both range and sensitivity is enhanced. In addition, you are harder to detect on enemy Motion Trackers.
	Auto-Medic	Common	energy	Increased shield recharge rate and health recovery.
	Death From Above	Uncommon	energy	Upgraded stabilizers with increased hang time and full stall. In addition, the Ground Pound attack charges faster and has increased damage, knockback, and launch speed.
	Upgraded Shields	Uncommon	energy	Increased shield strength.
	Frag Grenade Expert	Rare	energy	Start play with 3 Frag Grenades. Your maximum Frag Grenade capacity is increased.
	Grenadier	Rare	energy	All of your grenades are extra-powerful. As a safety precaution, you also take reduced damage from grenade explosions.
	Reflex Enhancers	Rare	energy	Increased weapon handling speed and you can reload while sprinting.
	Splinter Grenade Expert	Rare	energy	Start play with an additional Splinter Grenade. Your maximum Splinter Grenade capacity is increased.
	Wheelman	Rare	energy	Any vehicle you are seated in quickly recovers from EMP effects and has increased damage resistance. Damage resistance stacks for each passenger using Wheelman.
	Patrol Case	Ultra Rare	energy	You carry additional ready and reserve ammo for all loadout weapons. Requisition weapons have increased ammo reserves if you equip the same weapon twice.
	Plasma Grenade Expert	Ultra Rare	energy	Start play with an additional Plasma Grenade. Your maximum Plasma Grenade capacity is increased.
	Speed Booster	Ultra Rare	energy	Increased movement speed and jump height.
	Upgraded Thrusters	Ultra Rare	energy	Reduced cooldown on thruster evade. Faster sprint and can recharge shields when running.
	Increased Strength	Legendary	energy	Extra melee and Spartan charge damage. Your Spartan Charge has extra range.

Statistics

	Locke	Buck	Tanaka	Vale	Chief	Fred	Linda	Kelly	Upgraded Thrusters	Auto-Medic	Grenadier	Increased Strength	Advanced Sensors	Speed Booster	Reflex Enhancers	Frag Grenade Expert	Plasma Grenade Expert	Splinter Grenade Expert	Upgraded Shields	Death From Above
spartan_ability_evade_speed_scalar	115%	115%	115%	115%					115%
spartan_ability_recharge_delay	70%	70%	70%	70%					70%
spartan_ability_recharge_duration	70%	70%	70%	70%					70%
spartan_ability_sprint_full_speed_scalar	115%	115%	115%	115%					115%
spartan_ability_sprint_seconds_to_full_speed	50%	50%	50%	50%					50%
spartan_ability_stabilizer_time_scale	0%	0%	0%	0%					0%											0%
spartan_ability_sprint_enable_shield_stun_reset	false	false	false	false	false	false	false	false	false
body_recharge_rate_scalar					50%	50%	50%	50%		50%
body_stun_duration					-25%	-25%	-25%	-25%		-25%
shield_recharge_rate_scalar					50%	50%	50%	50%		50%
shield_stun_duration					-25%	-25%	-25%	-25%		-25%
explosive_aoe_radius_scalar	125%					125%					125%
explosive_damage_resistance	80%					80%					75%
grenade_damage_scalar	110%					110%					110%
grenade_knockback_scalar	120%					120%					120%
melee_damage_scalar		115%			115%							115%
melee_knockback_scalar		120%			120%							120%
spartan_ability_shoulderbash_damage_scalar		115%			115%							115%
spartan_ability_shoulderbash_knockback_scalar		125%			125%							125%
spartan_ability_shoulderbash_target_distance_scalar		150%			150%							150%
spartan_ability_sprint_enable_stopping_power		false			false							false
player_motion_tracker_range			125%				125%						160%
player_motion_tracker_threshold_speed_enemies			10%				10%						10%
player_motion_tracker_visibility_scalar													70%
player_motion_tracker_while_zoom_enabled			true				true						true
biped_acceleration_airborne_scalar				115%				115%						115%
biped_acceleration_forward_scalar				115%				115%						115%
biped_acceleration_strafe_scalar				115%				115%						115%
biped_movement_jump_scalar														120%
biped_movement_speed_scalar				110%				110%						110%
biped_slide_max_distance_scalar				140%				140%						140%
biped_slide_speed_scalar				110%				110%						110%
biped_movement_clamber_speed_scalar				125%				130%							130%
melee_recovery_speed_scalar								130%							140%
spartan_ability_sprint_exit_anim_speed_scalar								130%							130%
unit_grenade_throw_speed_scalar								130%			150%				130%
unit_weapon_assassination_speed_scalar								115%							115%
unit_weapon_empty_reload_speed_scalar								130%							130%
unit_weapon_switch_speed_scalar								130%							130%
unit_weapon_tactical_reload_speed_scalar								130%							130%
spartan_ability_sprint_enable_while_reloading								true							true
initial_frag_grenade_count	+1			-2		+1										+1
max_frag_grenade_count	+1					+1										+1
initial_plasma_grenade_count				+2													+1
max_plasma_grenade_count																	+1
initial_forerunner_grenade_count																		+1
max_forerunner_grenade_count																		+1
maximum_shield_vitality																			+25%
spartan_ability_groundpound_aoe_radius_scalar																				120%
spartan_ability_groundpound_damage_scalar																				115%
spartan_ability_groundpound_fall_speed																				115%
spartan_ability_groundpound_knockback_scalar																				105%
spartan_ability_groundpound_min_charge_time_scalar																				66.7%
spartan_ability_stabilizer_time_limit																				150%

Gallery

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  Advanced Sensors

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  Auto-Medic

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  Death From Above

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  Upgraded Shields

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  Frag Grenade Expert

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  Grenadier

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  Reflex Enhancer

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  Splinter Grenade Expert

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  Wheelman

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  Patrol Case

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  Plasma Grenade Expert

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  Speed Booster

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  Upgraded Thrusters

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  Increased Strength

Trivia

• Characters can only have one armor mod equipped at a time. For this reason the characters of Fireteam Osiris and Blue Team each have their own armor mods that combine multiple abilities, in addition to balancing tweaks exclusive to campaign.
• As far as the game engine is concerned, Wheelman and Patrol Case are not armor mods. Rather than using the armor mod tag system they instead behave similarly to the Wheelman tactical package and Ammo support upgrade both featured in Halo 4.

See also

• Armor abilities
• Support upgrades
• Tactical packages