Core Bonuses

As your pilot acquires more licenses, they gain knowledge and skills specific to individual manufacturers and their design philosophies. This specialized knowledge is represented by core bonuses, unique enhancements that offer interesting ways to customize your mech.

Core Bonuses are permanent improvements that apply to any Frame your pilot uses. You cannot choose the same Core Bonus more than once, but as your pilot progresses, you will be able to choose a range of different bonuses.

Your pilot gets a new Core Bonus every three LLS. You can always choose core bonuses from the GMS list, but for each core bonus you choose from another manufacturer, you first need to have three license ranks with that manufacturer. For example, to choose a core bonus from IPS-Northstar (IPS-N) you would need at least three ranks in IPS-N licenses; if you wanted to choose a second IPS-N bonus, you would need at least six ranks in licenses. These ranks can be in any combination – for example, you might have the rank I and rank II license for one mech and three different rank I licenses, equaling six in total.