PUCS
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| Last updated for version 0.20.16.1 Last mentioned in changelog 1.1.18.0 The current game version is 1.4.6.0 |
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 Inventory icon  Sprite The Protective Universal Crisis Suit, or PUCS for short, bestows its user with immense resistances to environmental hazards such as radiation and fire. The built-in air-filtration system allows the suit to utilize hull oxygen when possible, and the built-in computer injects the user with whatever medicine is placed inside the suit. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Speed Modifiers | -10% Movement Speed -10% Scooter Propulsion Speed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pressure Protection | Up to 6000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Breathing Supplies |  Oxygen Tank Oxygenite Tank Welding Fuel Tank Incendium Fuel Tank
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| Breathing Supplies Capacity | 1 Item Slot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The PUCS is an Outerwear in Barotrauma.
Description
The PUCS is an protective and pressure resistant Outerwear. Its an upgrade over the 
Combat Diving Suit specialized in environment protection due to the extreme amount of protection against 
Burns and 
Radiation Sickness, but it no longer increases Scooter Propulsion Speed, instead it slows it down slightly. It provides slightly lower protection against most Afflictions but the same Pressure Protection - for up to 6000 meters of depth. It incorporates a built-in light and a breathing gas supply that allows the user to breathe underwater, provided that the breathing supplies are filled. Due to its construction it reduces its user's field of view, hides their identity and muffles certain sounds.
It can be crafted by an 
Engineer with the 
Ph.D in Nuclear Physics talent unlocked; It cannot be bought at any Outpost.
Function
The PUCS can be worn in the Outerwear slot.
- When worn it protects all limbs, has an additional 50% chance to completely resist Husk Infection and provides Pressure Protection for up to 6000 meters depth. To safely dive deeper a more pressure resistant Diving Suit is required.
- It also slows down its user's Movement Speed by 10%, and decreases their Scooter Propulsion Speed by 10%.
- It has a slot that can contain a single syringe of any kind, similar to the
Auto-Injector Headset, which is automatically used on the user when they drop below 50% vitality.
- If wearing both the Auto-Injector Headset and PUCS, they will use their item simultaneously upon reaching the threshold.
- It requires a Breathing Supply item inserted into it to provide Oxygen to the user, otherwise they will suffocate.
- Quite uniquely it can utilize hull Oxygen whenever available, meaning Breathing Supply isn't needed or used up when in a room with Oxygen.
- It has a built-in light that doesn't require a battery and will work as long as the user is alive.
- It hides the user's identity and reduces their field of view.
- It can't be stored in the inventory, only held with both hands or stored in a Diving Suit Locker where it replenishes its Oxygen Tank automatically, provided that the Locker is powered.
| Item | Effect | Supply Duration |
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| Oxygen Tank
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+1000 Air | 5m 33s |
| Oxygenite Tank
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+1500 Air
+30% movement |
16m 40s |
 Welding Fuel Tank
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 Oxygen Low (+20/s)*
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3m 20s |
 Incendium Fuel Tank
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Oxygen Low (+20/s)*
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3m 20s |
Related Talents
| Talent | Tree | Description |
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 Ph.D in Nuclear Physics ID: phdinnuclearphysics
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 EngineerPhysicist Spec. 4 |
Your attacks with  Crowbars are 200% more powerful. Does not stack with Unstoppable Curiosity.Unlock recipe: |
See Also
Diving Suit
Combat Diving Suit
Slipsuit
Abyss Diving Suit
Exosuit
Disposable Diving Suit- Auto-Injector Headset
Trivia
- The PUCS is likely a reference to the HEV (Hazardous Environment Suit) of the Half Life franchise. Similarly, the talent that unlocks the suit, Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics, references the protagonist of Half Life 1 and 2, Gordon Freeman. Gordon is a nuclear physicist who almost exclusively wears a specialized suit throughout the games and wields his signature crowbar, hence the 140% buff to crowbar attacks.
Media
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Human wearing a PUCS.
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The diving suit being used underwater.
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The diving suit is leaking oxygen.
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The diving suit has run out of oxygen.
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The diving suit is about to run out of oxygen.
