Heater Shield
Heater Shield is a gear item in Abiotic Factor.
Crafting
Recipe
Usage
When carrying a shield, holding down the Alt Fire button (default: right mouse button) raises the shield, blocking all non-energy incoming attacks, including gunfire. Damage from blocked attacks is completely negated, instead causing damage to the Shield equipped.
While blocking, the player character can attack, but doing so cancels the blocking stance.
Energy attacks bypass shields and cannot be blocked, dealing full damage to the player character even if they're blocking.
Shields do not vary in strength, only in Durability and special effects. The Heater Shield increases the player character's body temperature while equipped.
Pressing the Holster key (default: H) while a Shield is being held will make the character holster the shield without holstering the current weapon/tool.
Because blocking and Power Attacks both use the Alt Fire key (and because Power Attack animations use both hands), it isn't possible to perform a Power Attack while holding a Shield - it's necessary to holster the Shield first.
Sources
Heater Shield can only be obtained through Crafting.
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| Head |  Alpha Helmet •  Baseball Cap •  Beanie •  Breacher Helmet •  Bucket Hat •  Bunny Ears •  Captain's Beret •  Carapace Helm •  Carbuncle Crest •  Carbuncle Crown •  Chef Hat •  Cowboy Hat •  Driving Cap •  Egg Head •  F.O.R.G.E. Helmet •  Hard Hat •  Karate Helmet •  Lab Mask •  Makeshift Helmet •  Medic Helmet •  Mushroom Helmet •  Order Helmet •  Peccary Helmet •  Santa Hat •  Security Cap •  Sow Helmet •  Surgical Mask •  Tarasque Helmet •  Welding Mask |
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