I think we need a better game term than "expenite upgrades"

It's generic, it's mouthful, it's not unique or could be mistaken in text for other upgrades like boosters and workbench.

Case in point, there's a simple terms for both "bio / booster" and "bench / workbench" terms to refer to both class deck upgrades and weapon(+suitability) upgrades.

While the game is still in early access, I think we outta find a better zinger term than "expenite upgrades".


Just some shitty knee-jerk-reaction examples or ideas off the top of my head would be:

"Expegrades" - just shorter "Expenite Upgrades)

"Conditioners" - Since reclaimers keep starting from scratch and condition themselves to each specific run/ facility. Also potential for the beard conditioner / care products made out of expenite.

"Expees / XPs" - very generic but still a dedicated short term for specific type of upgrade that comes out of expenite. Since Expenite in your pocket is literally XP icon currently (speaking of, please change it to a nice green glowy icon, I'd LOVE THAT instead of a really boring placeholder) then it could be expees 9Gonna be mistaken in some subreddits as mention of Casualty Unknown species, probably, though. I dunno if it's getting a wide reach now or not, never played.

"Cores" or "Coregrades" - self explanatory, word "core" is plastered all over the game so it feels only natural. Also kind of fitting thematically, because you are adjusting and upgrading your core abilities, aka things that aren't (most or some of the time) upgrading specifically your weapon/suit abilities, and could trigger from any stun/damage/ect

Posted Jun 3, 2026, 2:01 AM UTC

017

Comments aren't archived yet

This post had 17 comments on Reddit. Comments for this period haven't been loaded into the archive yet.