Pickups are new mechanics introduced in Star Warfare 2: Payback. Pickups spawn at set locations across maps and are marked by green dots on the radar. All pickups give a buff to the player that last 30 seconds, with the exception of Time Controlled and Vehicle pickups.
Note: Rage and rampage do not last the time they say they last. (They last 10 seconds.)
Offensive Pickups[]
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Rage | Increases All DMG. |
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Rampage | Greatly increases All DMG. |
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Immolation | Surrounds the player in a fiery aura, damaging any who get too close. Enemies killed by it will have a  kill icon.
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Vampire | Heals the user by 50% of any damage they deal. |
Defensive Pickups (PvP Only)[]
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Bullet Shield | Greatly reduces  Bullet DMG taken.
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Energy Shield | Greatly reduces  Energy DMG taken.
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Explosion Shield | Greatly reduces  Explosion DMG taken.
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Melee Shield | Greatly reduces  Melee DMG taken.
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Reflection | 100% of damage taken is also reflected back to the attack. However, the player is still damaged. Enemies killed by it will have a  kill icon.
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Support/Utility Pickups[]
| Image | Name | Effect |
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Small Health Pack | Heals the player by 30% of their Max HP. |
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Large Health Pack | Heals the player by 100% of their Max HP. |
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Light Ammo | Greatly increases Firerate. |
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Speed Booster | Greatly amplifies Speed. |
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Time Controlled | Instantly reduces all ability cooldowns by 30% and greatly increases FCD for 40 seconds. |
Vehicle Pickups[]
- Main article: Vehicles
Rare to spawn, Vehicle pickups spawn a vehicle for the player to use.
| Image | Name | Effect |
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CPT-I/II Fort | Summons either a CPT-I or CPT-II Fort for the player to use. |
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(Super) Mighty Bulldozer | Summons either a Mighty Bulldozer or Super Mighty Bulldozer for the player to pilot. |
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Corvette | PvP exclusive. Summons a Corvette for the player to drive. |
Removed Pickups[]
Gifts[]
Before Update 1.13, special Gift pickups could spawn instead of a normal pickup. They resembled red presents with green wrapping. When picked up, it would give one of three gifts:
- Survival Gift: Greatly reduced a player's speed, but regenerated 15% of Max HP each second for 10 seconds.
- Killing Gift: Inverted a player's movement controls, but increased All DMG.
- Unknown Gift: Gave the player a random Killstreak, even ones they didn't have equipped/unlocked. Did not give Fort, Bulldozer, or Terminal Energy Strike Killstreaks. (flashed the player screen like the Same-Way Flares.)
Notes[]
- Using the Promoting Blood Perk will increase the healing effectiveness of Vampyrism and both Health Packs by 50%. (75%, 45%, and 150% respectively)
- Inversely, being affected by an enemy SoulHunter Assault Rifle can reduce the healing effects by 80%. (10%, 6%, and 20% respectively)
- The Supply Bag Killstreak can instantly spawn four random pickups across the map.
- The Glory backpack can share a pickup's effect to all other allies during a match, but with a halved effect/duration.
- The VOID Passive Skill, Energy Armor, can double the duration of a Vehicle pickup, increasing it to a full minute.