Deus Ex: Human Revolution Augmentations Guide

Adam Jensen’s life as a head of security for Sarif Industries hasn’t been quite peaceful lately with one terrorist attack forcing him to become augmented to save his life. It wasn’t his way to be given these augmentations, but it’s all fine, now he has enough power to take down all who come in his way.

You can enhance your brain, arm, torso, legs, skin, and eyes with the number of augmentations available to you but not all are useful in the combat. So, a wise player would spend his hard earned experience points on those augmentations that would be beneficial in combat.

You can unlock all these augmentations by completing the objectives in game which will reward you with experience points and eventually level up Jensen. As Jensen levels up, he will earn Praxis Points, which can be used to unlock these new augmentations. If you don’t want to waste your earned Piraxis points in Dues Ex: Human Revolution, you should read this guide.

Apart from earning Praxis points by leveling up your character, you can also purchase them for a large sum at a nearby med clinic.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Augmentations Guide

Cranium Augmentations

All of the cranium augmentations focus on brain-related activities.

Social Enhancer
Use social enhance to analyze and persuade people.

Emotional Intelligence Enhancer (Cost: 2 Praxis Points)
This will help you talk your way out of a situation and enable you find about the personality of an enemy. How they respond to a particular situation, should you pursue aggressive reasoning or passive reasoning.

Wayfinder Radar System
Track enemy combatants, security cameras, turrets and robots via an on-screen radar.

Radar 1 (Cost: Unlocked at start)
Visual radar in the lower-left screen which shows enemy targets and security. At the first level, it has a range of 25 meters.

Radar 2 (Cost: 1 Praxis Point)
Works the same as Radar 1, but your scan range is doubled to 50 meters.

Infolink
Communicate Wireless Anywhere.

Cochlear Implant (Cost: Unlocked at start)
You can receive communications directly to your brain, so you don’t have to worry about being overheard.

Subvocal Communication Implant (Cost: Unlocked at start)
You can communicate with contacts wirelessly without making a sound.

Stealth Enhancer
Displays stealth-related information, such as cones of vision, last known location, and allows to mark and track targets at a distance.

Noise Feedback (Cost: 2 Praxis points)
Displays the amount of noise you’re making on your radar. If you’re the sneaky type, this is somewhat helpful

Last Known Location Marker (Cost: 1 Praxis point – Requires Noise Feedback)
If you’re detected and then manage to escape line-of-sight, this will place an icon showing you where your enemies last saw you. Handy, as it shows you where your enemies are likely heading, allowing you to slip by in the confusion.

Cones of Vision (Cost: 1 Praxis point – Requires Noise Feedback)
Lets you see the cones of vision for enemies on your Radar. This also works for cameras. It’s a good augmentation since it enables you to locate an enemy who is coming towards you, but is still outside your radar range.

Mark and Track 1.0 (Cost: 1 Praxis point – Requires Noise Feedback)
This allows you to place an icon over the head of up to three targets, thus letting you track their movements through walls. This skill has two more upgrade levels (each for a Praxis point), letting you mark 5 and then 7 targets at once.

Hacking: Capture
Hack higher level terminals and disable security devices linked to security hubs.

Capture 1 – 5 (Cost: Level 1 unlocked from start, subsequent levels cost 1 Praxis point)
Lets you hack terminals at that level. This is one of the most important skills in the game, as there are tons of terminals scattered throughout “Human Revolution,” and many of them contain valuable information and allow you to access hidden areas.

Camera Domination (Cost: Unlocked from start)
Lets you deactivate cameras linked to security hubs.

Robot Domination (Cost: 1 Praxis point)
Lets you deactivate enemy robots through a security hub or take direct control over them, turning them against their allies. Great for clearing a room.

Hacking Analyze Add-on
Gain information about nodes on a network before making a decision.

Detection Feedback (Cost: 1 Praxis point)
The hacking mini-game has you scanning files as you attempt to find the data you’re looking for. As you scan each file, there’s a chance of detection. With this augmentation, you will know the chance of finding the data you are looking for.

Analyze All Datastores (Cost: 1 Praxis point)
In addition to the normal files in the hacking mini-game, there are also datastores. These can net you random goodies like cash, but going after them increases your risk of detection. With this augmentation, you can see what the datastore contains before you go chasing after it.

Hacking: Fortify
Increases a node’s rating to slow down trace attempts.

Fortify 1 – 3 (Cost: Level 1 Unlocked from start, 1 Praxis point per level above)
When detected during the hacking mini-game, the attempt doesn’t fail instantly. A timer will start to count down as the security teams attempt to trace your signal. Leveling up this augmentation will give you more time to complete the hack once that timer has started.

Hacking Stealth Add-On
Decreases the chances of detection when capturing or fortifying nodes.

Stealth 1 – 3 (Cost: 2 Praxis points for level 1, 1 Praxis point for level 2 and 3)
Each level of the Hacking Stealth augmentation decreases your chance of detection by 15%, up to 45%. At higher level terminals, this could mean the difference between success and disaster.

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