Editing Psycasts

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'''Psycasts''' are psychic powers available to pawns with psylink levels, added by the [[Royalty (DLC)| Royalty DLC]].
== Lore ==
<onlyinclude>An organic connection to a larger psychic field. This allows a person to use specific psychic powers that they have learned to influence reality in ways that seem impossible. Higher levels of psylink permit the use of more powers. Regardless of psylink level, a person can only use specific powers that they have learned. Psylink comes from a variety of sources. Single-use [[psylink neuroformer]] devices can create a psylink. Tribal peoples also know how to develop it through ritual linking with [[Anima tree|psychically-connected lifeforms]]. As a physical phenomenon in the brain, psylink is poorly-understood by scientists, not least because it seems to actively conceal itself if studied too closely. One thing most agree on is that it somehow connects people to [[archotech]]s and harnesses their power, possibly through some sort of negotiation or sympathy mechanism.</onlyinclude>

== Acquisition ==
To use psycasts, a pawn must first have a Psylink level equal or greater than the level of the chosen psycast. A pawn may have up to 6 levels of psylink, and these levels can be gained through several different methods:
#  Acquire a [[Psylink neuroformer]] through [[Quests|questing]]
#  Gain Royalty [[Titles]] by accepting [[Titles#Honor|Honor]] as a quest reward.
#  Pawns can meditate at an [[Anima tree]] to grow anima grass. Once 20 grass has a grown, a ritual can be performed, consuming the grass and granting one Psylink level to a pawn with the [[Psycasts#Natural|"Natural"]] Meditation focus type
#  Pawns who get blinded through a Satisfying or Spectacular [[Rituals|Blinding Ceremony]] have a chance to get a psylink level, even if the pawns in question have a different [[Ideoligion]] without the [[Blindsight]] meme. The ceremony can be performed again if the pawns regain their sight through any means including: a [[bionic eye]], [[healer mech serum|healer]] or [[resurrector mech serum]], or [[Biosculpter pod#Bioregeneration|biosculpter pod]].{{IdeologyIcon}} Note that pawns with pro-Blindness [[ideoligion]]s{{IdeologyIcon}} at the time of their biosculpting will not have their eyes repaired.

A random psycast of the new level will be learned when gaining a new level of Psylink - i.e. a random level 1 psycast is gained when a pawn gains their first level, a level 2 psycast is learned when gaining their second, etc. 

Further psycasts can be gained by using a [[Psytrainer]] which grants the specific psycast mentioned in their name. Additional psycasts are available for purchase from traders, with Empire bases and traders having the most, and tribals having the least. A psycaster can learn any number of psycasts through psytrainers, up to and including every psycast in the game and limited only by the availability of psytrainers themselves.
'''N.b.''' if using a psytrainer for a level higher than the current psylink level of the user, the learned psycast will replaced the one usually gained for that level when that level is acheived. Given using the psytrainer after gaining that level either grants an additional power or does not work and thus does not consume the psytrainer, it is always best to only use psytrainers '''after''' the required psylink level has been achieved.

Also note, if a Psylink neuroformer or Anima ritual has been used to gain a psylink level above what is given for the current title, additional titles will not grant psylinks beyond what they normally do for that title. So if a neuroformer has been used to gain psylink level 1, and then the title of Yeoman is gained and bestowed, the pawn will still only have psylink level 1. This means using neuroformers or rituals on pawns that will gain titles is ultimately a waste, or vice versa.

== Mechanics ==
A psycaster's effectiveness is controlled by three primary factors: their Neural Heat Limit, their available Psyfocus and the [[Psychic Sensitivity]] of their target.
== Neural Heat ==
{{Quote|Despite being called "heat", neural heat is not a measure of temperature. It refers to a type of chaotic psychic energy in the mind which is built up when using psychic powers and dissipates over the course of a few seconds or minutes. If neural heat is pushed past normal limits, it may cause temporary psychic breakdown and unconsciousness due to psychic shock. These conditions don't cause permanent damage.|Neural heat description}}
==== Neural Heat Limit ====
[[File:Neural Heat Unlimited.png|frame|right|Neural Heat Limiter Off]]
[[File:Neural Heat limited.png|frame|right|Neural Heat Limiter On]]
A psycaster's neural heat limit is the primary limitation to how many psycasts they can perform in a given period of time. Each psycast gives the caster a certain amount of neural heat. As long as a pawn stays within their neural heat limit, they'll suffer no ill effects. By default, a pawn will not use a psycast if the neural heat gain would cause them to exceed their limit. This will be represented by the psycast's icon being greyed out on the UI. A pawn can be instructed to ignore their normal heat limit by clicking on the "Neural Heat Limiter", but exceeding the limit can cause [[Psycasts#Psychic Breakdown|psychic breakdown]]. 

The neural heat limit is affected by both the psycaster's psychic sensitivity and psylink level. A pawn with a level 1 Psylink and 100% psychic sensitivity will have a neural heat limit of 30.

The equation for a pawn's neural heat limit is:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Neural Heat Limit = 30 * Psychic Sensitivity * (0.66... + (0.33... * Psylink level)
|}
or simpler:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Neural Heat Limit = (2 + Psylink level) * 10 * Psychic Sensitivity
|}

Assuming 100% psychic sensitivity, this in the following: 
{| {{STDT| sortable c_07 text-center}}
|-
! Psylink Level !! Limit
|-
! 1
| {{#expr: 30 * 1 * (0.66666 + (0.33333 * 1)) round 0}}
|-
! 2
| {{#expr: 30 * 1 * (0.66666 + (0.33333 * 2)) round 0}}
|-
! 3
| {{#expr: 30 * 1 * (0.66666 + (0.33333 * 3)) round 0}}
|-
! 4
| {{#expr: 30 * 1 * (0.66666 + (0.33333 * 4)) round 0}}
|-
! 5
| {{#expr: 30 * 1 * (0.66666 + (0.33333 * 5)) round 0}}
|-
! 6
| {{#expr: 30 * 1 * (0.66666 + (0.33333 * 6)) round 0}}
|-
|}

The in-game meter for neural heat is rounded to the nearest integer, but in-game behavior suggests that the actual decimal value of heat is tracked by the game, as psycasts may sometimes say they have insufficient heat limit to cast even when the spare heat displayed on the pawn's neural heat meter exactly equals the casting cost.

==== Neural Heat Recovery Rate ====
Heat naturally decreases over time, with faster rates provided by additional levels of psylink. Unlike the neural heat limit, it is not affected by the pawn's [[psychic sensitivity]]. The default rate of reduction for a pawn without a psylink or with a level 1 psylink is 0.54/s. Every additional psylink level increases the rate by 12.5%.  In addition, the [[pain]] currently felt by the psycasting pawn ''adds'' an additional increase in rate proportional to the primary rate multiplied by three times the pain percentage e.g. at 100% pain, the psycaster will recover neural heat at 400% of their normal rate.

'''Note:''' Offsets to this value, such as from [[eltex]] items, occur to the base recovery rate and are thus subject to the multiplier from the psylink level and pain level. i.e. a normal [[quality]] [[eltex skullcap]] will improve a Psylink Level 1 Psycaster's recovery rate by 0.091/s but increase the rate of a Psylink Level 6 Psycaster's by 0.148/s.

The resulting value follows the equation, assuming at least 1 level of psylink.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Neural Heat Recovery Rate = ((0.54+Gear Offsets)*(0.875 + 0.125*Psylink level)) * (1+3*Pain percentage)
|}

{| {{STDT| sortable c_07 text-center}}
|-
! Psylink Level !! Multiplier !! Base rate
|-
! 1
| 1.000x
| {{#expr: 0.54*1}}00/s 
|-
! 2
| 1.125x
| {{#expr: 0.54*1.125}}/s 
|-
! 3
| 1.250x
| {{#expr: 0.54*1.250}}0/s 
|-
! 4
| 1.375x
| {{#expr: 0.54*1.375}}/s 
|-
! 5
| 1.500x
| {{#expr: 0.54*1.500}}00/s 
|-
! 6
| 1.625x
| {{#expr: 0.54*1.6250}}/s 
|-
|}

==== Psychic breakdown ====
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{{Quote|Deep psychic destabilization of the mind. Psychic breakdown last for days, causing mental disturbances of various kinds. It resolves itself with time.|Psychic breakdown description}}
A pawn can be instructed to exceed their neural heat limit clicking the icon next to the neural heat gauge to disable the limit.  Exceeding the pawn's neural heat limit can cause an effect called Psychic Breakdown.  The severity of the Psychic breakdown has elements of randomness to it, but will generally be more severe the farther past the neural heat limit a pawn goes, and the longer they are past their heat limit.  

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Heat level !! Heat Range !! Breakdown gain
|-
! Safe
| 0% - 99%    || -
|-
! Overloaded
| 100% - 132% || +2 Breakdown severity, MTB 2 hours
|-
! Very overloaded
| 133% - 165% || +4 Breakdown severity, MTB 2 hours
|-
! Extreme
| 166% - 199% || +6 Breakdown severity, MTB 2 hours
|-
! Overwhelming
| 200%+       || +8 Breakdown severity, MTB 2 hours. [[Psychic shock]] (10% max [[Consciousness]] for {{ticks|7500}})
|}
For example, this means that if a pawn is consistently kept at 170% of the neural heat limit, they will, on average, increase the severity of their psychic breakdown by +4 every 2 hours. Note that this is only an average value over time.

In addition, if a pawn reaches twice their normal neural heat limit, they'll immediately be incapacitated by [[psychic shock]] for 3 in-game hours, in addition to the effects of any psychic breakdown that may develop.

Psychic breakdowns come in 3 levels of severity:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Severity Range !! [[Consciousness]] !! [[Mood#Situation_Special|Mood]] !! [[Mental breaks]]
|-
!Minor 
|  0 - 4  || -25%                     || -6  || Minor [[mental break]], MTB 5 days
|-
!Major 
|  5 - 10 || -50%                     || -12 || Minor or Major [[mental break]], MTB 5 days
|-
!Total
| 10 - 15 || 10% max (Unconciousness) || -18 || - 
|}

Psychic breakdowns last a variable number of days, depending on the severity. Severity decreases at a rate of 1 per day. Thus, minor breakdowns last from 1-5 days, major breakdowns last from 6-10 days, and total breakdowns last from 11-15 days. 

Because the severity and duration of the psychic breakdown, as well as the chances of it in the first place, depend on how long and by how much your pawn has exceeded their heat limit using [[#Psycasting stat modifiers|equipment that improves psychic sensitivity or neural heat loss]] can help minimize or even avoid psychic breakdowns even if you have to turn off the neural heat limit during combat.

== Psyfocus ==
{{quote|Psyfocus is a special type of mental structuring which is necessary to use psychic powers. Psyfocus dissipates over time, and must be built by regular meditation. Losing all psyfocus makes someone unable to use psychics, but has no other consequences. Higher levels of psyfocus permit higher-level powers, but also increase the rate of psyfocus dissipation|In-game Description}}
{{Main|Psyfocus}}
In addition to the neural heat increase, each psycast consumes a certain percent of psyfocus. Unlike neural heat, psyfocus costs are the same for every caster, and there is no way to exceed or bypass a psyfocus cost. If the psycaster has insufficient psyfocus for the psycast, it cannot be cast at all. Level 3+ psycasts also require the user to have a minimum level of psyfocus stored in order to be useable:
*Level 3-4: 25% psyfocus minimum
*Level 5-6: 50% psyfocus minimum

Even without psycasting, psyfocus will naturally degrade by a small amount per day, relative to the amount of psyfocus the psycaster currently has. Below 25% psyfocus, the psyfocus falls at 3.5% per day, between 25 and 50%, psyfocus falls 5.5% per day, and above 50% it falls at 7.5% per day.

===Meditation===
{{Main|Psyfocus#Meditation}}
In order to replenish psyfocus, a pawn can spend time meditating. Each pawn will gain a base of 50% psyfocus per day, or 2.08% psyfocus an hour. Meditation foci further improve these rates by adding their listed strength. For example, a meditation foci of +44% would have mediation give 94% psyfocus per day.

There are 6 different types of objects that a pawn can meditate to:
*'''Natural:''' Available to most, but not all, Tribal [[backstories]]. Natural meditation objects are most effective when no artifical buildings are nearby. Uniquely, a pawn with natural meditation can grow [[anima grass]] and perform the [[anima tree]] linking ritual, allowing pawns to gain psylink levels independent from psylink neuroformers.
*'''Minimal:''' Available to [[Ascetic]] pawns only. Allows meditation at any wall.
*'''Artistic:''' The default meditation type, available to any non-tribal that is not Ascetic. Meditate at sculptures - the higher the quality, the better.
*'''Morbid:''' Available to pawns with certain [[trait]]s, like [[Psychopath]] or [[Jealous]]. Meditate at graves and sarcophagi - deceased family members or loved ones give a bonus.
*'''Dignified:''' Available to anyone holding a royal [[title]]. [[Meditation throne]]s are improved by having a throne room befitting of the pawn's title.
*'''Flame:''' Available to [[Pyromaniac]]s. Meditate at lit campfires and other burning light sources.

The rate of psyfocus gain from meditation can further be increased in the following ways:
* Using [[Wake-up]] increases the psyfocus gain from meditation by {{+|20%}} per day for the [[Wake-up#Wake-up high|duration of its high]].
* The [[Persona traits#Psy-meditative|Psy-meditative]] persona trait grants an additional {{+|10%}} psyfocus gain per day of meditation, while the weapon is held in hand.
* Each [[psychofluid pump]]{{BiotechIcon}} increases {{+|5%}} psyfocus per day of meditation from a completed [[deathrest]], up to a maximum of {{+|20%}} from 4 pumps. This bonus lasts until the next deathrest.
* [[Genes#Psy-sensitive|Psy-sensitive]] and [[Genes#Super psy-sensitive|Super psy-sensitive]] genes{{BiotechIcon}} increase psyfocus gain per meditation day by {{+|10%}} and {{+|20%}} respectively.

<div style="float: left;">
{| {{STDT| sortable c_07 text-center}}
|-
! Meditation Focus !! Focus Type !! Base Strength !! Psyfocus/Hour<br>@ Base|| Max Strength !! Psyfocus/Hour<br>@ Max
|- 
! [[Anima tree]]
| [[Psyfocus#Natural|Natural]]
| +28%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.28)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +36% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.36)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Animus stone]]
| [[Psyfocus#Natural|Natural]]
| +34%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.34)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +42% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.42)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|- 
! [[Small nature shrine]]
| [[Psyfocus#Natural|Natural]]
| +22%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.22)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +30%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.30)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|- 
! [[Large nature shrine]]
| [[Psyfocus#Natural|Natural]]
| +30%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.30)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +38%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.38)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|- 
! [[Grave]]
| [[Psyfocus#Morbid|Morbid]]
| +6%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.6)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +34%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.34)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Sarcophagus]]
| [[Psyfocus#Morbid|Morbid]]
| +10%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.10)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +38%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.38)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Small sculpture]]
| [[Psyfocus#Artistic|Artistic]]
| +12 - 28%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.12)/0.24 round 1}} - {{#expr: (0.5+0.28)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +44% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.44)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Large sculpture]]
| [[Psyfocus#Artistic|Artistic]]
| +12 - 28%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.12)/0.24 round 1}} - {{#expr: (0.5+0.28)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +44% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.44)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Grand sculpture]]
| [[Psyfocus#Artistic|Artistic]]
| +12 - 28%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.12)/0.24 round 1}} - {{#expr: (0.5+0.28)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +44% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.44)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Terror sculpture]] {{IdeologyIcon}}
| [[Psyfocus#Artistic|Artistic]]
| +12 - 28%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.12)/0.24 round 1}} - {{#expr: (0.5+0.28)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +44% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.44)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Large stele]]
| [[Psyfocus#Artistic|Artistic]]
| +15%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.15)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +15% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.15)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Grand stele]]
| [[Psyfocus#Artistic|Artistic]]
| +18%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.18)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +18% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.18)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Walls]]
| [[Psyfocus#Minimal|Minimal]]
| +22%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.22)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +22% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.22)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Brazier]]
| [[Psyfocus#Flame|Flame]]
| +15%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.15)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +31% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.31)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Darklight brazier]]{{IdeologyIcon}}
| [[Psyfocus#Flame|Flame]]
| +15%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.15)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +31% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.31)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Campfire]]
| [[Psyfocus#Flame|Flame]]
| +12%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.12)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +28% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.28)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Torch lamp]]
| [[Psyfocus#Flame|Flame]]
| +10%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.10)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +18% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.18)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Darktorch]]{{IdeologyIcon}}
| [[Psyfocus#Flame|Flame]]
| +10%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.10)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +18% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.18)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Fungus darktorch]]{{IdeologyIcon}}
| [[Psyfocus#Flame|Flame]]
| +10%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.10)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +18% 
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.18)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Meditation throne]]
| [[Psyfocus#Dignified|Dignified]]
| +15%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.15)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +33%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.33)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
! [[Grand meditation throne]]
| [[Psyfocus#Dignified|Dignified]]
| +15%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.15)/0.24 round 1}}% 
| +33%
| {{#expr: (0.5+0.33)/0.24 round 1}}% 
|-
|}
</div> <br style="clear:both" />

Many meditation foci can be improved by having other buildings in its radius. For example, a [[sculpture]] can be improved by having other, high [[quality]] sculptures in its radius. Conversely, most natural foci are weakened by nearby artificial structures. 

In any case, foci will never truly "add up". Each nearby sculpture past the first only increases psyfocus by +1-2%, rather than its full psyfocus value. Having multiple unrelated foci together will not have an extra effect. For example, a pawn cannot use a [[meditation throne]] and [[brazier]] at the same time, even if they have access to both the Dignified and the Flame meditation types. The better of the two foci will be used in any scenario.

===Alternative psyfocus===
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Other than meditation, the following methods will increase a pawn's psyfocus:
* Using [[Go-juice]] instantly refills a psycaster's psyfocus by 15%.
* [[Ideoligion]] [[rituals]] {{IdeologyIcon}} can select the fully refilling the psyfocus of all participants as a reward for sufficiently high quality outcomes.{{Check Tag|Detail|Specific terms, mechanics, details etc. E.g. what outcomes specifically?}} .
*The Kill-focused [[Persona_traits|persona trait]] grant an instant +20% psyfocus on killing an enemy. Note that psyfocus is gained for directly killing a pawn. This includes killing animals, downed hostiles, friendly NPCs, colonists, animals, and even [[Animals#Slaughtering|slaughtering]] colony animals will grant psyfocus as long as the weapon is held in hand whilst doing so. Age and body size do not affect this rate. Excess colony animals, especially from rapidly-breeding animals such as [[chicken]]s, can thus be turned into into massive psyfocus gain, allowing continuous use of utility psycasts such as [[Psycasts#Word of inspiration|Word of Inspiration]] or [[Psycasts#Word of trust|Word of Trust]] or high cost combat options such as [[Psycasts#Berserk pulse|Berserk pulse]].

== Psychic Sensitivity ==
In addition to its effects in calculating neural heat, psychic sensitivity is also important in how it effects targets.
The targets psychic sensitivity is important as it often acts as a modifier to the duration, and sometimes the magnitude, of the psychic effect. For example, a [[Traits|Psychically Hypersensitive]] (Sensitivity of 1.8) pawn will be affected by the Beserk psycast for 54 seconds instead of the normal 30, while a Psychically Dull (Sensitivity of 0.5) pawn would only be affected for 15 seconds, and a Psychically Deaf (Sensitivity of 0) pawn would be immune.

=== Psycasting stat modifiers ===
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Psychic equipment can improve a psycaster's abilities by providing additional psychic sensitivity and/or by directly increasing the Heat recovery rate. 
The following modifiers exist:
{| {{STDT| sortable c_07 }}
!
! Name
! Type
! Sensitivity Bonus
! Neural Heat Limit {{ref label|Neural Heat|C}}
! Recovery Rate Bonus
|-
! {{RimworldIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Sight]]
| Capacity
| data-sort-value="+50%" | +0 - 50%{{ref label|Sight|B}}
| data-sort-value="+{{#expr: 50/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}" | +0 - {{#expr: 50/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| -
|-
! {{RimworldIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Traits#Psychic_Sensitivity|Psychically Hypersensitive]]
| Trait
| +80%
| +{{#expr: 80/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| -
|-
! {{RimworldIcon}}
!  style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Traits#Psychic_Sensitivity|Psychically Sensitive]]
| Trait
| +40%
| +{{#expr: 40/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| -
|-
! {{RimworldIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Traits#Psychic_Sensitivity|Psychically Dull]]
| Trait
| -50%
| -{{#expr: 50/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| -
|-
! {{RimworldIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Traits#Psychic_Sensitivity|Psychically Deaf]]
| Trait
| -100%
| -{{#expr: 100/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| -
|-
! {{RimworldIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Psychic foil helmet]]
| Apparel
| -90%
| -{{#expr: 90/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| -
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Prestige recon armor]] 
| Apparel
| +5%
| +{{#expr: 5/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| 0.033
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Prestige recon helmet]]  
| Apparel
| +5%
| +{{#expr: 5/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| 0.033
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Prestige marine armor]] 
| Apparel
| +5%
| +{{#expr: 5/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| 0.033
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Prestige marine helmet]]
| Apparel
| +5%
| +{{#expr: 5/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| 0.033
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Prestige cataphract armor]]
| Apparel
| +5%
| +{{#expr: 5/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| 0.033
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Prestige cataphract helmet]]
| Apparel
| +5%
| +{{#expr: 5/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| 0.033
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Eltex shirt]]
| Apparel
| +10% {{ref label|Quality|Q}}
| +{{#expr: 10/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}} {{ref label|Quality|Q}}
| 0.033
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Eltex vest]] 
| Apparel
| +15% {{ref label|Quality|Q}}
| +{{#expr: 15/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}} {{ref label|Quality|Q}}
| 0.05
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Eltex robe]]
| Apparel
| +20% {{ref label|Quality|Q}}
| +{{#expr: 20/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}} {{ref label|Quality|Q}}
| 0.083
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Eltex helmet]] 
| Apparel
| +15% {{ref label|Quality|Q}}
| +{{#expr: 15/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}} {{ref label|Quality|Q}}
| 0.066
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Eltex skullcap]]
| Apparel
| +40% {{ref label|Quality|Q}}
| +{{#expr: 40/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}} {{ref label|Quality|Q}}
| 0.091
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Eltex staff]] 
| Weapon
| +50% {{ref label|Quality|Q}}
| +{{#expr: 50/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}} {{ref label|Quality|Q}}
| 0.083
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Persona traits|Psychic Hypersensitizer]] persona weapon {{ref label|Persona|A}}
| Weapon
| +40%
| +{{#expr: 40/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| -
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Persona traits|Psychic Sensitivity]] persona weapon {{ref label|Persona|A}} 
| Weapon
| +20%
| +{{#expr: 20/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| -
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Persona traits|Psychic Quiet]] persona weapon {{ref label|Persona|A}}  
| Weapon
| -15%
| -{{#expr: 15/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| -
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Persona traits|Psychic Fog]] persona weapon {{ref label|Persona|A}} 
| Weapon
| -30%
| -{{#expr: 30/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| -
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Persona traits|Neural Cooling]] persona weapon {{ref label|Persona|A}} 
| Weapon
| -
| -
| 0.15
|-
! {{RoyaltyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Psychic sensitizer]] 
| Implant
| +25%
| +{{#expr: 25/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| -
|-
! {{IdeologyIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Blindsight#Blind psysense: Strong|Blinded with blind psysense]]
| Condition
| +30%{{ref label|Stacking|D}}
| +{{#expr: 30/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}{{ref label|Stacking|D}}
| -
|-
! {{BiotechIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Genes#Psychic bonding|Psychic bonding]]
| Gene
| data-sort-value="+10%" | +5 - 10%{{ref label|Bonding|E}}
| data-sort-value="+{{#expr: 10/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}" | {{#expr: 5/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}} - {{#expr: 10/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}{{ref label|Bonding|E}}
| -
|-
! {{BiotechIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Genes#Psy-sensitive|Psy-sensitive]]
| Gene
| +20%
| +{{#expr: 20/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| 0.1
|-
! {{BiotechIcon}}
! style='text-align: left !important;'| [[Genes#Super psy-sensitive|Super psy-sensitive]]
| Gene
| +40%
| +{{#expr: 40/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}
| 0.2
|}
:{{note|Persona|A}} Psychic sensitivity traits are mutually exclusive with each other, but not with Neural Cooling. Persona traits appear on the following weapons: [[Persona monosword]], [[Persona plasmasword]], and [[Persona zeushammer]]
:{{note|Sight|B}} [[Sight]] capacity provides is a 1% bonus for each percentage point ''below'' 50% sight. i.e. 20% Sight results in a bonus of +30% psychic sensitivity, while total blindness at 0% Sight provides +50% sensitivity.
:{{note|Neural Heat|C}} Neural heat limit increase from the increased psychic sensitivity, assuming psylink level 6.
:{{note|Stacking|D}} Note that this stacks with the +50% to psychic sensitivity provided just by being having Sight of 0%, for a total of +80% to sensitivity and a +64 to neural heat limit.
:{{note|Bonding|E}} When psychically bonded to a pawn, +10% to psychic sensitivity and +8 to neural heat limit while they are on the same map, otherwise +5% and +4.
:{{note|Quality|Q}} Value scales with [[Quality]]. 0.5x -> 0.66x -> 0.83x -> 1.00x -> 1.16x -> 1.32x -> 1.5x. Note that Normal quality is not 1.00x


Thus the maximum psychic sensitivity possible would be a psychically hypersensitive pawn, genetically modified with super psy-sensitivity, psychically bonded to a pawn on the same map, blinded and with the Blind psysense precept, with a legendary Eltex staff, vest, shirt, robe and skullcap and an implanted psychic sensitizer for a total value of {{Hover title|link=no|100%+80%+40%+10%+50%+30%+75%+60%+30%+23%+15%+25%|538%}} psychic sensitivity and a neural heat limit, assuming psylink level 6, of {{#expr: 538/100 * 30 * 2.6666 round 0}}.

== Psycasts == 
A psycast is the ability performed by the psycaster. A Psycaster can only perform psycasts of a level equal to or below their psylink level. For example, to manifest Beckon, the psycaster would require psylink level 3. 

=== Regular psycasts ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Image !! Name !! Level !! Description !! Effects !! data-sort-type=number | Heat Gain !! data-sort-type=number | Casting Time !! data-sort-type=number | Duration !! data-sort-type=number | Range !! data-sort-type=number | Area of Effect !! data-sort-type=number | Psyfocus Cost
|- id="Burden"
| [[File: Burden.png|64px]] || '''Burden''' || 1 || Slow the target for a short time by suppressing motor activity in the brain || ''Psychically-induced difficulty in locomotion''
* [[Moving]] capped at 40%
* {{--|15}} Faction Relations when used on allies
| 8
| 0.25s 
| 20s
| 30 tiles
| Target
| 1%
|- id="Painblock"
| [[File: Painblock.png|64px]] || '''Painblock''' || 1 || Block pain pathways in the target's brain for a short time. This can allow a person to move and act even with grievous injuries which would normally incapacitate them. || ''Psychically-induced pain insensitivity.'' 
* Target [[Pain]] Factor x10% 
* Duration scales with target's [[Psychic Sensitivity]]
| 8
| 0.25s 
| 120s
| 25 tiles
| Target
| 2%
|- id="Stun"
| [[File: Stun.png|64px]] ||'''Stun''' || 1 || Momentarily disrupt motor function in the target's brain, preventing any movement. || 
* Stuns the target
* Duration scales with target's [[Psychic Sensitivity]]
* {{--|15}} Faction Relations when used on allies
| 12
| 0.25s 
| 3s
| 20 tiles
| Target
| 1%
*
|- id="Chunk skip"
| [[File: ChunkSkip.png|64px]] || '''Chunk skip'''|| 1 || Skip the 5 chunks of rock or slag to scatter them near the target point. This is useful for producing cover during offensive operations.
| Skips the closest 5 chunks to scatter them near the target point. This is useful for producing cover during offensive operations.
| 14
| 1s
| ''Instantaneous''
| 25 tiles
| Target
| 4%
|- id="Solar pinhole"
| [[File: SolarPinhole.png|64px]] || '''Solar pinhole''' || 1 || Generate a microscopic skipgate linked to the core of a nearby star. Solar material leaks through the pinprick in spacetime, illuminating and warming the surrounding area until it closes. The light is enough to work by, but not enough to grow plants. || 
* Lights up a {{#expr:{{Lit Radius|15|{{#expr:217+217+208}}}} round 2}} tile area around it.
* Creates heat at a rate of 10 heat per second (compared to the 21 heat per second of a [[heater]] or [[campfire]]), but only when the temperature is below 20°C.
| 0
| 0.25s 
| 5000s (5 days)
| 25 tiles
| 15 tiles
| 8%
*
|- id="Blinding pulse"
| [[File: BlindingPulse.png|64px]] || '''Blinding Pulse''' || 2 || Induce noise in the visual centers of the brain, obscuring vision of everyone near the target point. || ''Psychically-induced partial blindness.'' 
* [[Sight]] * 0.5
* Effect scales with target's [[Psychic Sensitivity]]
* {{--|15}} Faction Relations when used on allies
| 20
| 1s 
| 30s
| 25 tiles
| 7 tiles
| 1%
|- id="Waterskip"
|  [[File: Waterskip.png|64px]] || '''Waterskip''' || 2 || Douse a target in water, extinguishing fires. The water is archotechnologically skipped from distant bodies of water or underground aquifers ||
* Creates a 3 tile diameter water dump at the targeted location leaving water puddles behind.
| 25
| 1s 
| ''Instantaneous''
| 25 tiles
| 3x3 tiles
| 1.5%
|- id="Neural heat dump"
| [[File: NeuralHeatDump.png|64px]] || '''Neural Heat Dump''' || 2 || Instantly dump all your neural heat into someone else. As a side effect, the target will fall into a debilitating but non-damaging coma for about a day. The target must actively accept the psychic invasion, so only conscious allies can be targeted. || ''Psychically induced neural heat cleansing.'' 
* Caster reduces their neural heat to 0 
* Selected allied target within line-of-sight and 25 tiles falls into coma. Target does not require psylink to receive neural heat.
* {{--|15}} Faction Relations when used on allies
| 0
| 1s 
| 1000s (1 day)
| 25 tiles
| Target
| 0%
|- id="Beckon"
| [[File: Beckon.png|64px]] || '''Beckon''' || 3 || Psychically command the target to approach the caster. || 
* Target is unable to make ranged attacks and is forced to follow the caster. Lasts full duration or until struck. 
* Duration scales with target's [[Psychic Sensitivity]]
| 20
| 0.25s 
| 8s
| 20 tiles
| Target
| 1%
|- id="Chaos skip"
| [[File: ChaosSkip.png|64px]] || '''Chaos Skip''' || 3 || Teleport the target to a random position near where it started. Objects above a certain size cannot be teleported. || 
* Target, pawn or item, is teleported to a random tile between 7 and 25 tiles away from its starting location
** Maximum [[body size]]: ? {{Check Tag|Detail}}
** Line of sight to target is necessary, but unlike with "Skip", the destination of the teleport can be through walls, with luck.
* Stun for between {{Ticks|70}} and {{Ticks|120}} after teleporting
* {{--|15}} Faction Relations when used on allies
| 18
| 0.25s
| ''Instantaneous''
| 25 tiles
| Target
| 2%
|- id="Vertigo pulse"
| [[File: VertigoPulse.png|64px]] || '''Vertigo Pulse''' || 3 || Interfere with the spatial orientation sense of everyone near the target point, causing intermittent loss of balance. Flesh creatures will become extremely nauseous as well. || ''Psychically-induced loss of spatial orientation. This will cause flesh creatures to vomit.'' 
* Targets within the radius become dizzy and wander in a 3 tile radius from their initial position
* Living targets have a chance to vomit.
* Duration scales with target's [[Psychic Sensitivity]]
* {{--|15}} Faction Relations when used on allies
| 30
| 1s 
| 20s
| 25 tiles
| 7 tiles
| 2%
|- id="Smokepop"
| [[File: Smokepop.png|64px]] || '''Smokepop''' || 4 || Skip dust particles up from under the ground surface to form a [[Smoke|thick cloud]]. This reduces the accuracy of any shot fired through it, and prevents turrets from locking on entirely. || 
* Creates a 7 tile diameter [[smoke]] cloud at the targeted location.
| 30
| 1s 
| ''Instantaneous'', Smoke dissipates in ~30 seconds
| 25 tiles
| Tile
| 2%
|- id="Skip"
| [[File: Skip.png|64px]] ||'''Skip''' || 4 || Teleport the target to a desired position not too far from his starting point. Objects which are too large cannot be teleported. || 
* Target, pawn or item, is teleported to a selected tile visible to the target.
** Maximum [[body size]]: 3
* {{--|15}} Goodwill impact
| 25
| 0.25s 
| ''Instantaneous''
| 28 tiles
| Target/Tile
| 2%
|- id="Focus"
| [[File: Focus.png|64px]] || '''Focus''' || 4 || Psychically focus the target's mind, boosting their sight, hearing and moving capacities. || ''Psychically-induced mental focus, increasing sight, hearing and movement capacities.''
* [[Sight]]: {{Good|x1.3}}
* [[Hearing]]: {{Good|x1.3}}
* [[Moving]]: {{Good|x1.3}}
* Duration scales with target's [[Psychic Sensitivity]]
| 15
| 0.25s 
| 60s
| 28 tiles
| Target
| 3%
|- id="Wallraise"
| [[File: Wallraise.png|64px]] ||'''Wallraise''' || 4 || Form a temporary wall by skipping rubble and soil up from deep under the ground. || ''A fragile wall made of rubble. It will collapse in time.' 
* Creates a cross-shaped set of wall 3 blocks across and 3 blocks wide at the target location. Wall has 100 HP and lasts for 4 hours or {{ticks|10000}}.
** Walls cannot intersect other walls, but will shunt items out of the way.
| 35
| 1s 
| ''Instantaneous'', Wall disappears after 4 hours.
| 25 tiles
| Tile
| 2%
|- id="Berserk"
| [[File: Berserk.png|64px]] || '''Berserk'''  || 5 || Induce an angry psychosis in the target's mind, causing them to attack anyone nearby. || 
* Target goes [[Mental break#Berserk|berserk]], attacking the nearest creature regardless of previous affiliation. 
* {{--|15}} Faction Relations when used on allies.
* Duration scales with target's [[Psychic Sensitivity]]
| 40
| 0.25s 
| 15s
| 20 tiles
| Target
| 4%
|- id="Flashstorm"
| [[File: Flashstorm.png|64px]] || '''Flashstorm'''  || 5 || Use differential-pressure skipgates in the atmosphere to generate a localized flashstorm. The storm will strike the area with lightning for some time before dissipating. || 
* Creates a [[Weather|flashstorm]] at target location. 
* {{--|35}} Goodwill impact.
| 65
| 1s 
| 164s
| 20 tiles
| 14 tiles
| 4%
|- id="Invisibility"
| [[File: Invisibility.png|64px]] || '''Invisibility''' || 5 || Psychically manipulate the visual centers of everyone nearby, rendering them unable to perceive a particular individual for a short time. || ''Psychically-induced invisibility. This actually affects others nearby, making their brains unable to perceive the sight of this individual, even if the eyes are unaffected.'' 
* Targeted creature cannot be attacked or targeted by any non-AoE psychic powers. This includes psycasts on self.
| 45
| 1s 
| 15s
| 20 tiles
| Target
| 3%
|- id="Berserk pulse"
| [[File: BerserkPulse.png|64px]] || '''Berserk Pulse''' || 6 ||  Generate an overwhelming rush of undirected rage in everyone near the target point. || 
* All creatures within the radius go [[Mental break#Berserk|berserk]], attacking the nearest creature regardless of previous affiliation. 
* {{--|75}} Faction Relations when used on allies.
* Duration scales with target's [[Psychic Sensitivity]]
| 65
| 1s 
| 10s
| 15 tiles
| 5x5 tiles
| 6%
|- id="Mass chaos skip"
| [[File: MassChaosSkip.png|64px]] || '''Mass Chaos Skip''' || 6 || Skip everyone in an area to random positions nearby. Objects which are too large cannot be teleported. ||
* Targets within radius is teleported to a random tile between 7 and 25 tiles away from its starting location
** Maximum [[body size]]: ? {{Check Tag|Detail}}
* {{--|5}} Goodwill impact.
| 40
| 1s 
| ''Instantaneous''
| 25 tiles
| 17 tiles
| 3%
|- id="Skipshield"
| [[File: Skipshield.png|64px]] || '''Skipshield''' || 6 || Generate a spherical skipgate that sends all incoming and outgoing ground-level projectiles to some distant place. People and items are not affected. || 
* Makes a 4.9-tile radius circle that cannot be shot through, into, or out of. See [[#Tactics|below]] for image. Does not {{Hover title|E.g. from mortars, orbital bombardment targeters, or aerodrone strikes or salvos|block non-ground-level projectiles}}.
| 65
| 1s 
| 15s
| 25 tiles
| 9 tiles
| 4%
|- id="Manhunter pulse"
| [[File: ManhunterPulse.png|64px]] || '''Manhunter pulse'''|| 6 || Drive nearby animals into a manhunting rage using a psychic pulse || 
* All animals within the radius go [[Mental break#Manhunter|Manhunter]], attacking the nearest human regardless of previous affiliation. 
* Duration scales with target's [[Psychic Sensitivity]]
* Makes faction hostile when used on animals of allied caravans
| 50
| 1s 
| 60s
| 35 tiles
| 57 tiles
| 4%
|-
|}

=== Special psycasts ===

Officially added in 1.2, these psycasts cost a great amount of psyfocus in return for some useful utility, often outside combat.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Image !! Name !! Level (Title) !! Description !! Effects !! data-sort-type=number | Heat Gain !! data-sort-type=number | Casting Time !! data-sort-type=number | Duration !! data-sort-type=number | Range !! data-sort-type=number | Area of Effect !! data-sort-type=number | Psyfocus Cost
|- id="Word of trust"
|  [[File: WordOfTrust.png|64px]]||'''Word of Trust''' || 1 || Speak to the prisoner while using psychic suggestion to reduce his resistance to recruitment. This psycast can only reduce a prisoner's resistance, but cannot recruit him. || 
* Reduces Resistance of target prisoner by {{---|20}}, scaled by target's [[Psychic Sensitivity]].
|| 0
|| 2s 
|| ''Instantaneous''
|| 30 tiles
|| Target
|| 60%
|- id="Word of joy"
| [[File: WordOfJoy.png|64px]]|| '''Word of Joy'''|| 2 || Speak happy, calming words to someone while using psychic suggestion to implant a joyfuzz loop in his mind. The joyfuzz will suppress uncomfortable thoughts and sensations in the target to improve mood. This has the side-effect of dulling sensation and decision-making, which reduces consciousness.|| ''The affected pawn gains the Joybuzz status, providing 30 joy at the cost of -20% consciousness for 7 days.''
* Duration scales with target's [[Psychic Sensitivity]]
* -25 Faction Relations when used on allies.
|| 0
|| 2s
|| 5000s (5 days)
|| 1 tile
|| Target
|| 40%
|- id="Word of love"
| [[File: WordOfLove.png|64px]] || '''Word of Love''' || 3 || Speak about someone's romantic virtues while using psychic suggestion to implant romantic desire in the listener. For days afterward, the listener will feel psychically-induced romantic attraction towards the other person. This great increases opinion and makes them much more likely to attempt romantic advances and marriage proposals if they get the chance. This psycast can be used to connect two other people, induce love for the caster, or force oneself to love another. || ''Psychically-induced romantic desire. This increases an individual's opinion of someone else, and increases the likelihood of romantic advances and marriage proposals, while reducing the chance of a breakup.'' 
* Greatly increases relations between target(s), nearly guaranteeing a relationship forms if recursively casted on two pawns.
|| 0
|| 2s 
|| 8000s (8 days)
|| 1 tile
|| Target
|| 50%
|- id="Word of serenity"
| [[File: WordOfSerenity.png|64px]]||'''Word of Serenity'''|| 4 || Use calming words and psychic suggestion to end a mental break on a person or animal. The target will fall into a short psychic sleep. The psyfocus cost depends on the intensity of the target's mental break.|| Instantly ends any mental break by forcing the target into a 6 hour coma. The psyfocus cost depends on the level of the mental break; [[Social#Social_Fights|social fights]] and [[Mental break#Minor break|minor breaks]] cost 30% psyfocus, [[Mental break#Major break|major breaks]] cost 50%, and [[Mental break#Extreme break|extreme breaks]] cost 70%.
* Coma duration scales with target's [[Psychic Sensitivity]]
|| 0
|| 2s
|| 250s (6 hours)
|| 1 tile
|| Target
|| 30-70%
|- id="Word of inspiration"
| [[File: WordOfInspiration.png|64px]] || '''Word of Inspiration'''|| 5 || Speak words encouraging creativity while psychically hypercharging the target's mind with new ideas. The target will experience a random inspiration appropriate to them.|| Targeted pawn will receive a random [[inspiration]] based upon their passions and skills.
|| 0
|| 2s
|| ''Instantaneous''<br>Inspiration lasts its normal duration
|| 1 tile
|| Target
|| 80%
|- id="Farskip"
| [[File: Farskip.png|64px]] || '''Farskip'''|| 5 || Skip the caster, along with anyone standing near him, to an ally at a distant location. This can send people far across the planet, but only works if there is a willing ally on the other side to use as a navigation beacon. The skipped people will always appear near a random ally on the target map.
|| Stuns for between 3 and 10 seconds; teleports allies within 5 tiles to distant colonist on map; if used while in caravan, whole caravan will be teleported (unusable if overburdened)
|| 0
|| 5s
|| ''Instantaneous''
|| User
|| 5 tile radius
|| 70%
|- id="Neuroquake"
| [[File: Neuroquake.png|64px]] || '''Neuroquake'''|| 6 || Find a discontinuity in the psychic field and unfold it, releasing a massive amount of psychic energy. Every creature in range but outside of the safe, inner, circle will be driven violently insane. Casting this takes 12 seconds of meditation, and afterwards, the caster will go into a five-day psychic coma. The disturbing neuroquake echoes will inflict pain on everyone for many kilometers around, causing diplomatic consequences with all factions.
|| 
* Causes berserk mental state in a 60-tile radius, outside of 5 tile safe radius. 
* {{--|12}} [[mood]] for all pawns present
* {{--|10}} Faction Relations for all factions, no matter the distance you are from their bases.
* {{--|75}} Faction Relations if berserk affects allies.
* Caster put in coma for 5 days.
|| 0
|| 12s
|| ''Instantaneous''<br>5 day coma
|| User
|| 60 tile radius
|| 50%
|-
|}

== Tactics ==
[[File:Skip  shield radius.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Radius of the skipshield with unshielded area denoted in red, partially shielded areas in gold (see Note left).<br> Note that despite the shield visually extending beyond the tiles, it does not protect them.]]
Psycasts can be used to great tactical advantage- provided that you can get in range of the enemy to use them.
*'''Skipshield''' is most obvious to use to cover your own pawns, allowing melee pawns to close, or giving a respite from attacks. If used for this purpose, keep in mind that it doesn't just stop shots going into the shield, but also from going out the other side. This creates a "shadow" - an expanding cone of area on the opposite side of the shield to the shooter where they can't hit. As the psycast can be positioned whereever you like, unlike the [[low-shield pack]], a single shield can effectively cover a greater area with clever position. Also consider that it prevents firing out of as well. This can allow you to "switch off" any pawn's ranged attacks, even if you couldn't cover all of your pawns with a single or even multiple casts. This is especially useful when a [[doomsday rocket launcher]]-armed [[raider]] drop-pods into the middle of your pawns.  
** The radius of the shield is not blocked by walls. Therefore it can be cast on the inside of a fortification and prevent attacks from the outside doing damage to the walls. This is exceedingly useful for protecting against [[termite]]s and other breach raids for a short period to prevent breaches, or buy time.  
** '''Note:''' Pawns on the tiles shown in [[gold tile|gold]] in the image to the right are shielded from attacks directly targeted at them however, due to a bug, they can still be hit by attacks aimed at other nearby pawns that miss. 
*'''Solar pinhole''' can be used to warm rooms during a cold snap if you don't have enough heaters. Since solar pinholes are relatively inexpensive psyfocus-wise, multiple can be casted if needed.
**Use it when mining deep underground to avoid the darkness work speed penalty.
*'''Burden''' slows the target down.
**Very useful for getting one or two more shots on melee attackers before they close the distance. Effective for this reason with a [[killbox]] setup as well.
**Useful for hunters in case of revenge.
*'''Farskip''' Can be used from the World map. Can't be used while forming a Caravan but can be used if you Draft after you've collected all your gear.
*'''Painblock''' blocks pain, with an effect similar to [[go-juice]].
*'''Stun''' stuns the target for a few seconds.
**Best used to support a melee attacker against another.
**Help melee attackers close the distance to shooters.
**Peel melee attackers off ranged.
*'''Chunk skip''' skips 5 nearby rock or steel slag chunks to a 5x5 target area in a random pattern.
**Can be used to create some [[cover]] if fighting on open terrain where natural cover is sparse or is in inconvenient locations. The chunks can be quickly rearranged with a stockpile. 
**Sometimes can be used to steal cover from enemies, provided that your psycaster can target the desired chunks. This ability tends to skip chunks closest to the psycaster, so this might only be possible if they are a melee fighter and can get close to enemy positions.
**Can be used outside of combat to quickly relocate chunks around your base right to the [[stonecutter's table]] or [[electric smelter]]. This can speed up production if a worker has to walk a sizable distance each time to get a new chunk.
**A situational use would be to place chunks behind walls or in open doorways, therefore possibly preventing enemies from using superior 75% cover and forcing them to use chunks as inferior cover or to move to a different spot. This is unreliable due to the random pattern in which chunks are skipped to the target area, as well as the fact that pawns are not immediately forced to move if a chunk is placed on them - they are only prevented from standing on that tile again if they move.
*'''Blinding Pulse''' reduces the Sight of enemies and thus their accuracy, giving you the upper hand in combat. Especially useful against clustered ranged tribals. Using this against melee fighters is useful as well, reducing their hit chance.
*'''Neural heat dump''' is good for burst-casting expensive combat psycasts such as berserk pulse, if you're willing to pay the price of putting a pawn out of action. Pacifists are a good choice if you don't need them to pull fallen allies out of battle.
**The side effect, putting a pawn into a coma for a day, can also be useful to save a pawn from getting mauled by animal revenge, to prevent a sick pawn from having a mental break while they are in bed, and in various other situations.
*'''Beckon'''
**Can force enemies into melee range for engagement, or simply pull them out of cover into the open so your ranged attackers can destroy them.
**Great for peeling enemy melee off a vulnerable friendly.
**Can also be useful to pull an enemy ranged out of an ancient danger.
*'''Chaos Skip'''
**Use on enemies that already entered melee range to force them to break distance in a random direction. Be careful of skipping them into your base.
*'''Vertigo Pulse''' will force a group of enemies out of cover for a few seconds while preventing them from firing at your own pawns while they vomit uncontrollably. 
*'''Smokepop''' is essentially a better version of the [[smoke launcher]].
*'''Skip''' is a versatile tool that can be used to manipulate allies, enemies, inanimate objects and the self alike.
**Teleport allied fighters into position quickly, especially melee fighters. 
**Skip long-ranged enemies into range.
**Keep enemy melee fighters away from allies.
**Using skip on an ally harms your faction relations, even when used for benevolent purposes. To get around this when rescuing allies, have a colonist rescue the ally and then skip the colonist. This will not give a penalty.
**Teleport a raider near a [[Mechanoid_cluster|mechanoid cluster]] to make them fight each other.
**Can be used on self to quickly escape danger or to urgently move to a location.
**Move downed pawns, allies or enemies, out of danger to safely rescue or capture them.
**Teleport [[chemfuel]] away just before it blows up.
**Steal supplies from [[Raider#Siege|Sieges]].
***Sieges will continuously receive supplies of [[Packaged_survival_meal|Packaged survival meals]] and [[Mortar_shell|Mortar shells]] as they are removed from the siege, but they won't receive additional [[component|components]]. Stealing components before [[Mortar|Mortars]] are built will halt the siege and it potentially allows the unlimited theft of additional supplies.
**Safely capture bleeding fleeing enemies by repeatedly skipping them away from the map's edge until they colapse from blood loss.
*'''Focus''' is good for buffing allies prior to a battle, improving a doctor by giving them boosted tend [[Medical_Tend_Quality|quality]] and [[Medical_Tend_Speed|speed]] (but not [[Medical Surgery Success Chance|success chance]] or [[Medical Operation Speed|speed]] of a surgery, as the bonus from Sight for these caps at 100%).
*'''Wallraise''' creates a wall of rocks in a cross shape.
**Creates impromptu cover for your shooters to shelter behind.
**Use to create LOS blocker against rocket launchers that are about to fire. If you are quick you can even block the rockets mid-flight (note the 1.0s casting time, however).
**Blocking access to doors.
**Temporarily plug gaps made in animal pens during raider attacks (best used by positioning a rock wall adjacent to the gap, not directly in it, so that the pen is enclosed while still leaving the gap itself accessible for rebuilding).
**Protecting [[Unstable power cell]]s while in mech clusters from mortar fire, gunfire, and secondary explosions.
**Casting Wallraise on fire will extinguish it and prevent it from spreading again, although it's strictly worst than Waterskip in that regard.
**Walling in vulnerable pawns far from the base (requires two)
*'''Berserk''' forces an enemy to attack nearby targets indiscriminately, including their allies.
**Have enemies aggro on each other while your ranged fighters pick them off.
**Cause friendly fire as enemies fire at the berserker.
**Offers an alternative way to hunt dangerous animals like [[Thrumbo]]s.  Note that once animals have begun fighting each other, they will continue fighting until one of the two is downed or dies, even after Berserk has expired.  Damage incurred from each other also will not cause them to go manhunter.
**Extremely powerful against tanky enemies, who can kill non-affected enemies for an extended period of time.
*'''Invisibility''' makes enemies unable to target your allies.
**It is not broken on attacking making it a good choice for close-ranged attackers. 
***Can be used to protect a single [[Defense_tactics#Melee_blocking|melee blocker]] against medium and large enemies, but won't block small enemies.
**Self-cast to allow your psycaster to safely get within range.
**Cast on snipers to aggro sieges or mech clusters.
**Cast on wielders of [[Doomsday rocket launcher|doomsday rocket launchers]] and the like to give them time to fire.
*'''Berserk Pulse''' is similar to Berserk but affects an area.
**It causes a dangerous increase in neural heat on all but the most well-equipped of psycasters, but is capable of defeating entire raids using only this psycast. Only the best psycasters can use this twice in a row, unless they have neural heat dump (or are willing to risk heat overflow).
**Extremely powerful against tanky enemies, who can kill non-affected enemies for an extended period of time.
**Works through walls! The target cell must be within line-of-sight (but can be cast on the wall itself), but the effect also applies to targets in range on the other side of the wall.  This can be used to great effect by funneling enemies into a U-shaped pathway around another (unconnected or blocked-by-door) hallway with your caster in it.  Berserk Pulse can be targeted at the end of the hallway your pawn is in and hit 13 cells in the U-shaped hallway surrounding it.  Since enemies do not have collision with each other until they enter combat, this can potentially catch a very large number of hostiles in the area.  Best use is alternating sandbags or stone chunks in that section of the U-shaped hallway to slow down the invading army specifically at that point, causing them to bunch up even more.
*'''Mass Chaos Skip''' skips all units in the area randomly, friend or foe, as well as briefly stunning them on arrival at their new location.
**Skip multiple enemies out of cover at once, exposing them to gunfire. 
**Only skips things to a location within line of sight of their starting position.  However, it does not require line of sight from the caster to a pawn to initiate the skip (ie. it'll skip a pawn that's on the other side of a wall, but they'll still be on the other side of that wall afterwards).
**Note that "line of sight" operates based on actual sight mechanics (ie. the ability to see an area for the purposes of shooting it, using psycasts, etc), _not_ being able to path to it.  Buildings that do not permit pathing but do permit being shot over/through will not block Chaos Skip.
**Be careful: you may accidentally skip the enemies behind or even right next to your pawns.  The brief stun when the target arrives at the new location can permit time to react, however.
*'''Manhunter Pulse''' causes all animals in a large targeted area to become manhunter. 
**Can be used to defend against raiders, or act as an offensive weapons on raids on enemy bases.
**If you also have a pawn with the Wallraise psycast, you can stack all colonists into the gap between two wall raises. The resulting carnage is entertaining.
*'''Flashstorm''' [[lightning]] strikes can be targeted down to a specific tile by roofing the entire area of effect except for the single tile that is targeted. Lightning will still strike at the same rate, but will only strike that unroofed tile. Multiple flash storms can be stacked on top of each other with the number and frequency of strikes stacking directly
** Without roofs, these are wildly inaccurate and only should be used: A) In a killbox with a single unroofed tile, or B) against massive stacks of tribals.
** Note that there is a substantial delay (60-180 seconds, at random on each cast) before the first strike, after which the ability lasts a fixed duration (164s).
*'''Neuroquake''' is a hail-mary-style psycast that is good against a large raid, provided you can protect your psycaster long enough. It is advised to limit all of your pawns, including animals, to the 5 tile radius around the caster, and lock all doors. Reducing psychic sensitivity to reduce coma time no longer is an option in 1.3, as the neuroquake coma no longer scales with a pawns psychic sensitivity.  1.3 also reduced the range from the entire map to a 60-tile radius around the caster.
*'''Word of Serenity''' will not prevent the a [[Traits#Tortured artist|Tortured Artist]] pawn from gaining an [[inspiration]] when used to end a [[mental break]], allowing relatively risk-free [[Quality|Legendary]] farming. It can also end [[Social#Social_Fights|social fights]] early by casting it on either combatant, at a cost of 30 psyfocus.
*'''Word of Inspiration''' can be used to great effect when combined with a [[persona weapon]] with the [[Persona weapon#Kill-focused|Kill-focused trait]].
** Since this trait counts it as a "kill" when the bonded pawn slaughters an animal with the weapon equipped and held, rapidly-breeding animals such as geese, chickens, and ducks (which lay an egg every 1.6, 2.0, and 3.5 days, respectively) can be turned directly into inspirations by hatching the eggs, then slaughtering the chicks, at a ratio of 4 animal slaughters per inspiration.
** This means that that, after a warm-up period while the first eggs incubate, each female goose (provided they have a male to fertilize the eggs) is worth 0.15625 inspirations per day.

== Version history ==
*[[Royalty DLC]] Initial Release - Introduced.
* [[Version/1.1.2559|1.1.2559]] - Burden range 25->30. Stun entropy cost 10->12. Stun range 25->20.
* [[Version/1.1.2571|1.1.2571]] - Major Rebalance to several psycasts.
* [[Version/1.1.2647|1.1.2647]] - Overhaul to some mechanics. Empire no longer gets angry at psycast use, removed psychic hangover, added meditation mechanics, added new psychic abilities.
* [[Version/1.1.2654|1.1.2654]] - Desired psyfocus level now configurable  and pawns will meditate enough to maintain it without needing scheduling. Reduce psyfocus decay rates 0.5% at each level. Wall, Grave, Sarcophagus, Animus stone, Sculptures and Nature Shrine psyfocus gain increased. 
* [[Version/1.2.2719|1.2.2719]] - Solar Pinhole, Chunk Skip, Farskip, Neuroquake and Word of Trust/Joy/Inspiration/Love/Serenity added. Meditation focus objects now enhanced by objects placed nearby. Added visual effect for wallraise rocks expiring.
* [[Version/1.2.2753|1.2.2753]] - Bullet Shield renamed to Skipshield, prevent Farskip when caravan is overweight. Neural heat overload no longer causes psylink degradation or any other permanent damage.
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* [[Version/1.3.3066|1.3.3066]] - Neuroquake rebalance:  Neuroquake lists duration in the casting warning. Coma duration increased from 3 days -> 5 and no longer scales with psychic sensitivity. The negative moodlet to friendly bystanders applies whether they are conscious or not and is increased from -10 to -12. Casting warmup decreased from 125s -> 12s. Berserk radius decreased from entire map -> 60 tiles.
* [[Version/1.3.3387|1.3.3387]] - Word of serenity now works on catatonic breakdown.
* [[Version/1.4.3523|1.4.3523]] - Skip, chaos skip, and mass chaos skip now have a maximum body size.
* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Fix: Tribal [[children]] {{BiotechIcon}} who grow up in a colony don't get the 'natural' meditation focus type.
* [[Version/1.4.3613|1.4.3613]] - Fix: Typo "capactities" in Focus hediff.
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