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! Effect
! Effect
! Notes
! Notes
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|[[Adiyy]], [[Agolfly]], [[Gamma moth]], [[Giant dragonfly]]
| [[Wings]] at level 10
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|[[Arch dervish of the Sightless Way]]
| [[Teleportation]] at level 4
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|Asphodelyte
|[[Electrical Generation]] at level 7 or [[Teleportation]] at level 10
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|[[Astral tabby]]
|[[Astral]]
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|[[Bloated pearlfrog]], [[Tongue tyrant]]
| [[Sticky Tongue]] at level 10
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|[[Chrome pyramid]]
|[[Regeneration]] at level 10 or [[Teleportation]] at level 1
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|[[Decarbonizer]]
|[[Decarbonizer]] at level 1
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|[[Deep slumberling]]
|[[Two-hearted]]
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|[[Dreamcrungle]]
|[[Crungling Gaze]] at level 10
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|[[Elder gallbeard]]
|[[Poison Breath]] at level 10
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|[[Fire ant]]
|[[Flaming Ray]] at level 2
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|[[Fire ant queen]]
|[[Heat Absorption]] at level 5
| This mutation does not appear to be implimented
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|[[Ghost perch]], [[Glowpad]], [[Ixlthyxl]], [[Madpole]], [[Prism perch]], [[Sewage eel]]
| [[Gills]] at level 10
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|[[Glowfish]]
| [[Gills]] at level 12
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|[[Leech]]
|[[Syphon Vim]] at level 1
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|[[Lithofex]]
|[[Lithifying Gaze]] at level 1
| This mutation does not appear to be implimented
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|[[Livid creeper]]
|[[Wall Climber]]
| This mutation does not appear to be implimented
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|[[n-dimensional starshell]]
|[[Carapace]] at level 15 or [[Space-Time Vortex]] at level 20
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|[[Pax Klanq]]
|[[Mental Mirror]] at level 1 or [[Telepathy]]
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|[[Prickler]]
|[[Quills] at level 1
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|[[Pulsed field magnet]]
|[[Magnetic Pulse]] at level 15
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|[[Quatravolt glider]]
|[[Temporal Fugue]] at level 7 or [[Electrical Generation]] at level 10
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|[[Quillipede]]
|[[Quills]] at level 3
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|[[Snailmother]]
|[[Carapace]] at level 3
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|[[Soupy sludge]]
|[[Mental Mirror]] at level 1
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|[[Urchin belcher]]
|[[Urchin Belching]] at level 6
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|[[Wardens esther]]
|[[Temporal Fugue]] at level 7 or [[Teleportation]] at level 1 or [[Heightened Quickness]] at level 6
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|[[Worker ant]]
|[[Burrowing claws]] at level 10 or [[Corrosive gas]] at level 1 or [[Heightened Hearing]] at level 1
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! Possible Mutations
! Possible Mutations
! Notes
! Notes
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|[[Disciple of the Sightless Way]]
| One Random Mental [[Mutation]] at level 1-4
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|[[Goatfolk shaman]], [[Goatfolk qlippoth]], [[Mamon Souldrinker]]
|[[Goatfolk shaman]], [[Goatfolk qlippoth]], [[Mamon Souldrinker]]

Revision as of 01:52, 15 January 2023

golem
Faction

Barathrumites

golem

Magnetized clay is knit together by circuitry that traces colossal and familiar features: [Body]. A bright mixture of primordial soup and [Catalyst] courses through their glass arteries, and in its soft light their posture evokes the presence of [Atzmus] Diamondlike metachrome limbs are sculpted in the way of [Armament], and in the position of prominence on their body, they bear the sacred amulet of [Hasma].

Perfect

The Golem is a being crafted from a Mound of scrap and clay by Pax Klanq, its appearance, skills, attributes, and abilities are determined by the components that the Player provides for its creation.

The Golem will always have room within its body for the Player and one companion. The Player can pilot the Golem by sitting in the Pilot seat.

The Golem will act as a companion to the Player when not piloted, it will move at half speed when not piloted.

Body

[ Golem ]

Body of creature friend to form Creature after. Must follow you and be experience. No worry, friend not consumed in creation.
-Pax Klanq, on the Body of the Golem


The Player must provide a follower at or above level 30 to determine the shape and body plan of the Golem. The follower is not consumed by the process and will remain in the Player's party after being chosen. Followers that are recruited via Proselytize, Beguile, or Ganglionic teleprojector, will count as long as they meet the level requirement.

Body Type Granted by Notes
Antelope Golem Fork-horned gnu, Mechanical antelope cherub, Antelope cherub
Ape Golem Albino ape, Cyclopean gibbon, Ogre ape, Dawning ape, Ape cherub, Mayor nuntu, Oboroqoru, Mechanical ape cherub, Ape cherub
Baboon Golem Baboon, Quartz baboon,Mechanical baboon cherub, Baboon cherub
Baetyl Golem Baetyl, Sparking baetyl, Mechanical baetyl cherub, Baetyl cherub
Bat Golem Bat, Juice sap, Life sap, Stat sap, Mechanical bat cherub,Mechanical bat cherub, Bat cherub
Bear Golem Bear, Barkbiter, Slumberling, Deep slumberling, Mechanical bear cherub, Bear cherub
Bed Golem Bed, Bedger, Folding cot, Crib, Four-poster bed, Hyperbiotic bed, Peptic bed, Waterbed
Bipedal Robot Golem Turret tinker, Traipsing mortar, Mercurial, Boosterbot, Urn duster
Bird Golem Glowcrow, White esh, Dream wren,Mechanical bird cherub, Bird cherub
Bush Golem Tumbling pod, Gorged growth, Dreamcrungle, Santalalotze
Cat Golem Ray cat, Chitinous puma, Astral tabby, Mechanical cat cherubCat cherub, Ctesiphus
Chair Golem Chair, Armchair, Bench, Canvas folding chair, Carcass kneader, Chairbear, Ergo chair, Floor cushion, Grav chair, Hyperbiotic chair, Kline, Ornate bench, Ornate chair, Passenger seat, Peptic chair, Pilot seat, Rolling chair, Scrapasan chair, Sofa, Starmchair, Stool, Throne, Torture chair
Clam Golem Giant clam, 0lam
Crab Golem Chute crab, Eyeless crab, Rustacean, Eyeless king crab, Great magma crab, Mechanical crab cherub, Crab cherub, Hamilcrab, cyclopean merchant
Cragmensch Golem Cragmensch boulderer, Cragmensch brainer, Cragmensch luminary, Glittermensch brainer, Glittermensch boulderer, Glittermensch luminary
Crystal Golem Dyvvrach, Miryam, Tzedech, Tikva, Dreamer, Thicksalt, Tammuz
Dawnglider Golem Dawnglider
Dog Golem Feral dog, Guard dog, Herding dog, Hyrkhound,Mechanical dog cherub, Dog cherub
Door Golem Brinestalk gate, Fused security door, Death Gate, Door, Glass door, Iron gate, Life Gate, Ornately engraved marble door with plaque, Security door (All Colors), Thick metal door
Dromad Golem Dromad, Dromad trader, Caravan guard, Tam Comes with Fatty Hump. Appears to have a render bug causing the default Dromad colors to overwrite the Golem colors.
Equine Golem Equimax, Unimax, Mechanical equine cherub, Mechanical equine cherub, Equine cherub
Fish Golem Glowfish, Ghost perch, Sewage eel, Prism perch, Ixlthyxl, Twinning lamprey, Urchin belcher, Madpole, Quatravolt glider, Memory eater, Mechanical fish cherub Fish cherub
Flower Golem Glowpad, Prickler, Thirst thistle, Feral lah, Asphodelyte, Asphodel, Earl of Omonporch, Tongue tyrant, Oddly-Hued Glowpad
Fractus Golem N/A
Frog Golem Ice frog, Bloated pearlfrog,Mechanical frog cherub, Frog cherub
Fungus Golem Pax klanq, Mechanical mushroom cherub, Mushroom cherub,
Goat Golem Goat
Goatfolk Golem Goatfolk bully, Goatfolk hornblower, Goatfolk sower, Goatfolk yurtwarden, Goatfolk qlippoth, Warden indrix, Mamon Souldrinker
Golem Oddity Irritable palm, Red death dacca, Mayor haddas, Mechanical tree cherub, Tree cherub, Star kraken All trees result in Golem Oddities
Grazer Golem Crypt ferret, Rhinox
Hexapodal Robot Golem Skittering sentry, Drillbot, Arcwyrk
Hindren Golem Agate Severance Star, Angohind, Eskhind, Hindriarch Keh, Isahind, Kesehind, Liihart, Lulihart, hindren pariah, Meyehind, Faundren villager, Keh-hind, Warden Neelahind, Hindren afflicted, Hindren villager, hindren scout
Hover Golem Waydroid, Interdictor, Graftek, Chrome Idol, Cloneling, Plastronoid, Diplomacy Droid, Strip fly, Chrome pyramid
Human Golem Amoeba farmer, Apothecary, Apple farmer, Argyve, Armorer, Alchemist, Banner-Knight Templar, Beekeeper, Beetle farmer, Bookbinder, Cannibal, Cannibal cherub, Cat herder, Chef, Crab farmer, Clone of Player Character, Clone of Saad Amus, The Sky-Bear, Elder irudad, Gemcutter, Glover, Goat herder, Grenadier, Gunner-Knight Templar, Gunsmith, Gutsmonger, Haberdasher, Hatter, Hermit cherub, Hide-sheathed hermit, Ichor merchant, Issachari raider, Issachari rifler, Jeweler, Juicing cannibal, Kipper, Knight Commander of the Holy Temple, Knight Templar, Leech farmer, Mehmet, Mechanical cannibal cherub, Mechanical hermit cherub, Mysterious gunslinger, Naphtaali blowgunner, Naphtaali forager, Naphtaali stalker, Naphtaali runt, Newfather, Phylactery squire, Reef hermit, Saad Amus, the Sky-Bear, Schematics drafter, Scrap-clad hermit, Scribe, Shoemaker, Snail farmer, Trash abbot, Trash monk, Templar squire, Vintner, Village apothecary, Village tinker, Wardens esther, Watervine farmer, Woodsprog
Humanoid Robot Golem Chromeling, Shem -1, Plated chromeling, Herododicus, Rodanis Y, Mechanical robot cherub Robot cherub
Infrastructure Golem Any Animatable Object which is not a Bed, Chair, Table, Iron Maiden, or Wall.
Insect Golem Giant dragonfly, Giant centipede, Glowmoth, Beetlebum, Salthopper, Clockwork beetle, Giant beetle, Agolmaggot, Fire ant, Quillipede, Worker ant, Agolfly, spark tick, Fire ant queen, Agolzvuv, Adiyy, Mirror bug, Gamma moth, Mechanical insect cherub, Insect cherub
Iron Maiden Golem Iron maiden
Jelly Golem Plasma jelly
Lichen Golem (Unknown) Gamecode implies Liquid Weeps, uncertain if possible to recruit Weeps as companions
Mopango Charioteer Golem Mopango charioteer
Mopango Golem Mopango
Nest Golem Giant centipede nest, Giant beetle nest, Quartziferous mirror
Ooze Golem Giant amoeba, Gelatinous wedge, Humor, Black jell, Blue jell, Brown jell, Gelatinous frustum, Green jell, Soupy sludge, Gyrohumor, Gelatinous prism, Panhumor, Gelatinous cupola, Purple jell, k-Goninon, Gelatinous antiprism, Red jell, Zero jell, Mechanical ooze cherub Ooze cherub
Quadrupedal Robot Golem Mindrone, Miner Mk I, Miner Mk II, Miner Mk III, Leering stalker
Reptile Golem Salamander, Croc, Horned chameleon, Breathbeard, Rimewyk, Mimic, Molting basilisk, Elder breathbeard, Sultan croc, Lithofex, Mechanical reptile cherub, Reptile cherub
Root Golem Mechanical root cherub, Root cherub
Slug Golem Ickslug, Spitting slug, Slog of the Cloaca, Kaleidoslug, Mechanical mollusk cherub, Mollusk cherub
Slynth Golem Slynth, Thah
Snail Golem Electric snail, Enigma snail, Snailmother
Snapjaw Golem Snapjaw brute, Snapjaw hunter, Snapjaw scavenger, Snapjaw shotgunner, Snapjaw warlord, Snapjaw warrior, Snapjaw feeder, Snapjaw spearfiend, Snapjaw trapper, Snapjaw howler, Crowsong
Spider Golem Cave spider, Electrofuge, Scorpiock, Girshling, Spark tick, Voider, Phase spider, Greater voider, Mechanical spider cherub, Spider cherub
Succulent Golem Sixshrew, Mechanical cactus cherub, Cactus cherub
Svardym Golem Svardym hatchling, Svardym scrounge, Svardym jut, Svardym eld, Mak, Goek, Geeub, Bep
Swine Golem Pig, Boar, Two-headed boar, Slugsnout, Two-headed slugsnout, Fire snout, Mechanical swine cherub, Swine cherub
Table Golem Alchemist's table, Book table, Desk, Low mensa, Metal table, Metal workbench, Octagonal table, Ornate table, Table, Workbench
Tortoise Golem Irritable tortoise, Great saltback, N-dimensional starshell, Mechanical tortoise cherub, Tortoise cherub
Tripedal Robot Golem Crypt sitter
Troll Golem Troll foal, Jotun, Who Parts Limbs, Fjorn-Kosef, Who Knits The Icy Lattice, Haggabah, Who Plies The Umbral Path
Turret Golem All Turrets, Vivira, Decarbonizer, Pulsed field magnet, Fulcrete catapult
Urchin Golem Drowsing urchin, Addling urchin, Junk dollar
Urshiib Golem Barathrumite arconaut, Barathrumite tinker, Neek, Iseppa, Jacobo, Sparafucile, Dardi, Mafeo, Otho, Q Girl, Hortensa, Aloysius, Barathrum the old
Vine Golem Jilted lover, Seed-spitting vine, Qudzu, Livid creeper, Euclid, Yurl, Tillifergaewicz
Wall Golem All Animatable Walls
Wheeled Robot Golem Scrap shoveler, Reprogrammed scrap shoveler, Saw-hander, Anomaly extinguisher, Conservator, Warden 1-FF, Galgal,
Worm Golem Segmented mirthworm, girshworm, Knollworm, Plated knollworm, Leech, Bloated leech, Seedsprout worm, Bone worm, Waveform worm, Trining lamprey, Salt kraken, Mechanical worm cherub Worm cherub, Worm of the earth


Catalyst

[ Golem ]

Three dram of pure liquid to catalyze soup and circulate nutrient. Liquid choice alter sanguine mixture, change Creature.
-Pax Klanq, on the Catalyst


The Player must provide three drams of an undiluted Liquid to act as the Golem's blood. The player's choice of Catalyst can alter the Golem's abilities, resistances, immunites, damage output, and base stats.

Liquid Effect Notes
Acid 200 Acid Resistance, +75% Acid damage dealt
Algae Burgeoning at level 10
Asphalt Immune to becoming stuck, Melee attacks cause enemies to get stuck
Blood Heal for 10% of damage dealt vs organic creatures
Brain brine

+6 Mutation Points

Cider

+10 Quickness, Confusion at level 5

Cloning draught 2 Golems with 1/3 health each One Golem is Passive, this is not mentioned in-game
Gel

+50 to all resists, +3 AV

Honey Regeneration at level 5, Melee attacks cause enemies to get stuck
Ink Immune to slipping, +500 skill points
Lava

+200 heat resistance, +60% heat damage dealt

Oil Immune to slipping, +500 skill points
Salt

+10 Willpower

Slime Immune to Slipping, Melee attacks cause enemies to be knocked prone
Wine Confusion at level 10. Immune to Confusion
Warm static Two random catalysts

Atzmus

[ Golem ]

Atzmus transcendental imprint of being. Pattern trait after creature part, crossed with Body.
-Pax Klanq, on the Golem's Atzmus

The Player must provide a body part of any kind. It can be sourced from a plant, animal, or robot creature. The type of part does not effect the Golem (Head, Face, Hands, etc), only the being it was sourced from.

Mutations

Creature Source Effect Notes
Adiyy, Agolfly, Gamma moth, Giant dragonfly Wings at level 10
Arch dervish of the Sightless Way Teleportation at level 4
Asphodelyte Electrical Generation at level 7 or Teleportation at level 10
Astral tabby Astral
Bloated pearlfrog, Tongue tyrant Sticky Tongue at level 10
Chrome pyramid Regeneration at level 10 or Teleportation at level 1
Decarbonizer Decarbonizer at level 1
Deep slumberling Two-hearted
Dreamcrungle Crungling Gaze at level 10
Elder gallbeard Poison Breath at level 10
Fire ant Flaming Ray at level 2
Fire ant queen Heat Absorption at level 5 This mutation does not appear to be implimented
Ghost perch, Glowpad, Ixlthyxl, Madpole, Prism perch, Sewage eel Gills at level 10
Glowfish Gills at level 12
Leech Syphon Vim at level 1
Lithofex Lithifying Gaze at level 1 This mutation does not appear to be implimented
Livid creeper Wall Climber This mutation does not appear to be implimented
n-dimensional starshell Carapace at level 15 or Space-Time Vortex at level 20
Pax Klanq Mental Mirror at level 1 or Telepathy
Prickler [[Quills] at level 1
Pulsed field magnet Magnetic Pulse at level 15
Quatravolt glider Temporal Fugue at level 7 or Electrical Generation at level 10
Quillipede Quills at level 3
Snailmother Carapace at level 3
Soupy sludge Mental Mirror at level 1
Urchin belcher Urchin Belching at level 6
Wardens esther Temporal Fugue at level 7 or Teleportation at level 1 or Heightened Quickness at level 6
Worker ant Burrowing claws at level 10 or Corrosive gas at level 1 or Heightened Hearing at level 1

Variable Mutations

Some creatures will have differing mutations from one run to another, and will therefore have differing effects on your Golem.

Creature Source Possible Mutations Notes
Disciple of the Sightless Way One Random Mental Mutation at level 1-4
Goatfolk shaman, Goatfolk qlippoth, Mamon Souldrinker Syphon Vim at level 1, One Random Mental Mutation at level 1-4, one Random Physical Mutation at level 1-4 Shaman, Qlippoths and Mamon draw from the same static choices that are chosen on world generation, and will therefore give the same Mutations as one another each run. They will always have Syphon Vim
Psyberneticist Three Random Mental Mutations at level 1-4
Svardym eld Two random Mental Mutations at level 8-10
Glow-wight apotheote Four Physical Mutations at level 9-12

Stat Bonuses

Creature Source Effect Notes

Armament

[ Golem ]

Zetachrome weapon. Attune Creature to the martial art and shape metachrome fist-types in the fashion after.
-Pax Klanq, on the Golem's Armament


A Zetachrome weapon must be provided to arm the Golem. The weapon type will shape the creature's Natural Weapons, as well as grant them the full skill tree associated with said weapon.

Weapon Type Skill Tree
Zetachrome battle axe Axe
Zetachrome dagger Short Blade
Zetachrome halberd Axe
Zetachrome hammer Cudgel
Zetachrome long sword Long Blade
Two-handed zetachrome long sword Long Blade
Zetachrome warhammer Cudgel

Notes: Arrows are not a valid Zetachrome weapon, Psionic weapons are valid as long as they are Zetachrome.

Incantation

[ Golem ]

Words spoken from your experience and inscribed to form being-bond. First sounds heard in Creature's early dreambrain.
-Pax Klanq, on the Incantation


The Player must choose a passage from their Journal to speak to the Golem, these will be the first sounds the Golem hears, and will (presumably) shape the Golem's psyche.

Effect Gained From Notes
+10 Ego Braving Golgotha in More Than a Willing Spirit, Naming a personal artifact, spreading Klanq throughout Qud
+10% chance to score critical hits Slaying a Legendary creature, finding Eskhind during Petals on the Wind
+100 move speed Discovering/Visiting a location
+15 Quickness when you are unpaired with the Golem Fetching a Trinket for Argyve, Performing the Water Ritual, Giving the Crumpled sheet of paper to Warden Neelahind
+5 quickness, +20% HP, and +3 to all attributes for nearby followers Visiting Bey Lah at the behest of Lulihart, hindren pariah, completeing Kith and Kin and thus deciding the fate of Bey Lah, becoming Loved by a Faction
+6 Attribute points Player Character's arrival at Joppa
+6 Levels Falling in love with a creature, falling out of love with a creature, witnessing the formation of a [sludge name] Must be a pentasludge or higher for the event to be recorded in your journal.
2 Random Effects Player character duplication/multiplication Unknown if player abilities/mutations such as Temporal Fugue or Evil Twin apply, or if this is only granted by Cloning draught, Warm static and other nonstandard methods.
3 Random Baetyl Rewards Speaking to the Baetyl at Bethesda Susa
3 Random Body Parts Contracting an Illness, contracting a Fungal Infection, Gaining a new body part via Chimera gene destabilization
Reveal 20 Secrets on creation Sheba Hagadias, Librarian of the Stilt provides you with insightful commentary
Golem Spawns with 4 random pieces of gigantic, mid-to-high tier armor Reading a White Book, reading a Relic book,

Hamsa

[ Golem ]

Chosen token to palm-solder and orient with object-meaning, 5 lbs. or less. Like others, choice alters Creature trait and behavior.
-Pax Klanq, on the Golem's Hamsa

Item Type Effect Notes
Albino ape heart +2 to all stats
Anti-gravity boots +6 AV or Wings at level 10
Arrows/HE Missiles/Slugs/Shells 15% reduction in action costs of melee actions or 25% reduction in action costs of missile actions (except for throw ones)
Bandage Regenerationat level 10
Basic toolkit/Advanced toolkit +800 Skill Points
Box of crayons +2 to all stats
Clothes/Armor +6 AV
Compass bracelet +6 AV or Teleportation at level 6 or Clairvoyance at level 10
Cybernetics Cybernetic implant is installed
Data disk Psychometry at level 10
Desalination pellet Extra surroundings slot
Displacer bracelet +6 AV or Teleportation at level 6
Dormant waydroid/Scrapped waydroid Psychometry at level 10
Elastyne slippers/Sandals of the river-wives/Yeshyrskin slippers +6 DV OR +50 Movement Speed
Energy cell Electrical Generation level 10
Figurine +1000 reputation with relevant Faction Material does not seem to change the ammount of positive Rep the figurine gives
Fix-It spray foam +800 Skill Points
Food +25% Hitpoints
High-powered magnet Electromagnetic Pulse at level 10
Keys/Security cards Phasing at level 10
Liquid containers +1000% Carry capacity
Melee Weapons 15% reduction in Action cost of melee actions
Mercurial cloak Teleportation at level 6
N-pointed asterisk +2 to all stats
Ontological anchor +6 AV or Normality gas generation at level 10
Pickaxe +800 Skill Points
Precinct navigator +6 AV or Teleportation at level 6 or Clairvoyance at level 10
Quantum mote Light Manipulation at level 10
Recoiler Teleportation at level 6
Repulsive device Socially Repugnant at level 1
Severed Face +1 AV per Fungal Infection, +4 to all resists per infection
Spectacles/Square cap +6 AV or +800 Skill Points
Sultan Relic: Glowing Mote +2 to all stats
Tattoo gun +800 Skill Points
Thrown Weapons 50% Reduction in Action cost of throw actions
Timecube +2 to all stats or Time Dilation at level 8
Trade goods +8 Ego
Trading Tokens +2 to all stats
Wire strand Electrical Generation at level 10

Power

[ Golem ]

Ascending Creature need mightful battery with rare electromagnetic shielding. Purple prickles make neutron cell with 3 flux drams, or must find different source.
-Pax Klanq, on the Power Source of the Golem

Source Effects
Chavvah
Three drams of Neutron flux

At the moment there appears to be no discernible effect from one's choice of power source.

Tips

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

Trivia