UFO 50: What the shop / loot items in “Divers” do.

The game ‘Divers’ in UFO 50 is quite bare bones and doesn’t give the player much information about how the game works or what any of the items do. This is especially stressful as the very first thing you do in the game is buy items with zero context. In this guide I will explain all the items I have personally found, and what they do. However I do not have a complete understanding and so some items may be unexplained, the guide is a work in progress.

Also note that much like all UFO 50 games, discovering the games without a guide is part of the experience. The “Shop” and “Crafting” sections will only spoil the use of the items, while the “Loot” and “Secrets” sections will have minor exploration spoilers as well since I will describe things you can find outside the shop. Locations for these items won’t be discussed in this guide though, only what the items do.

This is likely the first thing you will ever see in Divers and it is quite an intimidating introduction. Here are what each ‘section’ of the store represents as well as DIVING into any specific items that need explaining on each page.

This page is for all the pointy weapons. These are the most straightforward ones, they do the most damage for the price, with the more expensive versions increasing in power.

The coloured icon next to the weapon describes it’s element. Certain enemies are weak to certain elements, so experiment to find the best weapon element for each enemy! Early on it’s suggested you get one of each element to cover your bases.

These, like all items have a set amount of uses, however this isn’t “weapon durability” in the worst sense, as returning to the surface entirely refill the uses it has, even if it hits 0 during a dive, meaning none can permanently ‘break’.

This page is for all the blunt weapons. These have a mix of offence and defence, being able to protect you better than Polearms when you pick to ‘defend’ with them. They do however do less damage than their pointy equivalent. Same rules apply for the elemental types.

This page is for the shields, very good defensive weapons that MAY give a passive defensive bonus? They can be used to attack but are weak compared to other options.

This page contains the potions. These are consumable items that can be exhausted on a dive, but refill when you return to base.

Small Potion Heals a small-medium amount, can be used in or out of combat like all other items in this section. Only 4 uses before needing to resurface.

Medium Potion Heals the same amount as a small potion, can be used in or out of combat. It has 8 uses before needing to resurface, double the amount of the small potion.

Holy Potion I am unsure, but it may be an opposite effect of the following item.

Evil Potion A small potion but it de-levels the character holding it by one level. (Making a Level 5 character holding an evil potion effectively become a level 4 character). It has 4 uses.

Egg A revival item that brings an ally back from the dead. It’s worth saying that resurfacing will also do this, so the egg is only necessary for mid-dive fatalities.

Bomb The bomb is a consumable item that can be used in or out of combat, although it’s function is different depending on which. It only has one use before needing to resurface and recharge it.

Outside of combat it can be used to clear pathways to make shortcuts or find tucked away treasure chests. Inside combat it is a single use and extremely powerful attack, especially early on. Use it wisely though!

Mist Orb is a STEALTH focused item that can be used in or out of combat, where it is used will alter it’s effect. It has 3 uses before needing to resurface. When used outside of combat this prevents enemies from knowing your location and chasing you. Very useful for exploring areas with over-powered enemies or ensuring you get back to the surface safely. When activated your lizard man will dip into the shadows and a new meter will begin to deplete in the bottom left showing how long the mist orb will stay in effect.

When used in combat it is a guaranteed escape.

Godblood Is an item with a passive effect. The party member holding the god blood is effectively one level higher than they were before. This means a party member holding the godblood at level 5 will have the stats of a level 6 character. It cannot be used in the combat menu, although the passive benefits obviously do aid in combat.

When booting up the game you may have been confused by the large amount of unexplained icons shown below, or perhaps even more confused when finally getting one and not knowing how to use them. Well, here is their deal.

Grindable Crafting Materials

These are the ones represented by a picture (E.g Bubble, Shell, Blades)

These are found by defeating enemies or very rarely exploring the map. Certain enemies will drop certain types of these items, meaning there is a way to grind for specific items. In my experience some of these these can be quite rare to get to drop, though.

Special Crafting Materials

Only one instance of the A and B crafting materials exist in the game and are tied to game progress.

They are used in the shop, in addition to currency to obtain items and weapons.

When browsing the shop you can see which items need crafting material as well as money by looking toward the bottom of the screen when hovering over them in the menu.

This section describes the items and weapons that can be found out in the world and what they do. This will be the least complete section as I won’t have found everything.

Flippers

Probably the first one of these you’ll find are the flippers. They increase swimming speed, but potentially only on the lizard who is currently visible swimming on the world map, so equip with care.

Parasite Hammer

In addition to getting you the Pig House item for Divers, the Parasite hammer is a decently strong ‘green’ element hammer that has an extra bonus of healing you by a tiny amount after every successful attack.

Thorn Shield

The thorn shield is the rare shield that also does solid attack damage, almost comparable to the second tier of the polearms in addition to it’s defensive perks. It has the red element.

There’s a chance you found a little secret alcove at some point and found one of these three mysterious items but are unsure what they do.

These three collectables are required to get the cherry in Divers, so good luck finding them! You can check which you already have due to them showing up on your pause menu while on a dive.

Well, that’s the entire guide, with my current knowledge. I may update this as I learn more. Hope it helped!