Hardening

Effects

Legend
Limited items	Quest items
Unearthly items	No trade items
Derivative unearthly	Normal items

Hardening Bonuses

Offhand Items
+2	mascot adapter, patch support handheld
Shirts
+5	coat of masterful circuitry
+3	coat of defensive circuitry
+2	coat of strange circuitry
Gadgets
+4	Fang PDA
+3	buffered TZR, inhuman PDA
+2	buffered learntop, buffered PDA, executive PDA, updated PDA
+1	hardened PDA, safety learntop
	Novos Programs - requires a computer as gadget (processor, memory cost)
+2	inhuman defender (1,3), secured filter (1,2)
+1	filtered HUD manager (1,4), harvest defender (1,3), Midgard Protection Suite 2.0 (1,1), secure command script (1,2), secured indexer (1,2)
	Oldos Programs - requires a computer as gadget (processor cost)
+2	Blackthorn Alpha (3), chaotic firewall (1), defensive jammer (1), Midgard protector (1), shining barrier (1), updating firewall (1)
+1	crystal tester (1), Midgard Protection Suite (1), software firewall (1), the Tar Pit (1)
Effects
+5	Trial Protection
+3	Inhuman Patching
+1	Antiviral Patching, Security Patched

Uses

Blocks Christmas Call encounter from occurring.

Routines (most of the following can be blocked by Defense as well):

• Cyberserpent: lose 1 hardening if attacked
• Crackling Defense: lose 1-2 hardening if attacked
• Electronic Countermeasures w/Static Jamming: lose 1-2 hardening per round
• Guardian: lose 1-2 hardening per round
• Midgard Hound: if charging*: lose 2-3 hardening per round
• Midgard Protector: lose 1-2 hardening per round, or 2-3 hardening with Hound Mark
• Pale Swordsman: lose 2-3 hardening per round
• Zaibatsu's Justice: lose 1-2 harding per round

Functions:

• Forge Blade: consume 1 hardening to enhance
• Forge Gauntlet: consume 1 hardening to enhance
• Forge Orb: consume 1 hardening to enhance
• Forge Shield: consume 1 hardening to enhance
• Offboard Attack: consume 1 hardening to use
• Offboard Command: consume 1 hardening to use
• Offboard Scan: consume 1 hardening to use

History

For Oldos, attacks to Memory or Processor would be blocked by Hardening can be somewhat bypassed by piercing attacks.

Oldos PDAs used to have 5 times the hardening (eg. Fang PDA had 20, now 4). All values were reduced between May to July 2016.