[Beginner's Guide] Safehouse Mechanics Explained
Safehouse is one of the game's mechanics. Safehouse provides players with supplies, healing and protection. Today, we'll be explaining the Safehouse mechanics.
What is a Safehouse?
As the name suggests, Safehouses are the game's safe zones where players can get supplies, heal, buy items, and gain information. Normally, players can relax from the stresses of the match in Safehouse. However, danger could be lurking in the seemly "safe" house.
How to find a Safehouse?
Each block has a Safehouse, showed on the map as an icon of a green house. Players can locate a Safehouse by reading the map.
And the style of the door to a Safehouse is distinctive, and a yellow Switch can be found near the door. Players can locate Safehouse by the color of the Switch and the style of the door.
Safehouse Function Explain
1. Recover HP
The most fundamental, and most important, mechanics of the Safehouse is HP recovery. As long as its Switch isn't turned off, the Safehouse is a safe zone where players can't be harmed in any way. They can use medical equipment inside in completely safety. The medical equipment is free and can return players to full health. But if another player is using it, latecomers will have to wait in line.
2. View nearby enemies and their Blood Crystal number
In the Safehouse, a monitoring console can be used to see nearby enemies and how many Blood Crystal they have in real time. Players can find other Mercs with Blood Crystal and grab them to accelerate their own collection efforts.
3. Ammo supplies
There is a special ammo cabinet in the Safehouse. Any type of guns can find their ammo supplies here and is free of charge.
4. Purchase weapon and items
There is a shop in the Safehouse, where players can buy weapons and items with credits collected in the game, including all kinds of weapons and tactical gears. The items on display can be refreshed with 50N.
Switch Gameplay
1. How to turn off Switch
The Safehouse, as a place of recovery, isn't completely safe. Because once the Switches are turned off, it will lose its safety device. You'll need to locate the two Switches first, which are near the door to the Safe House. When the first one is turned off, you'll need to turn off the second one in less than 60 seconds to shut down the Safehouse.
2. What happens if Switches are turned off
Safety device failure
The safety device will stop functioning and gunfights will be allowed in the Safehouse. Players should protect themselves from enemy's sneak attacks.
Safehouse function failure
The Safehouse will cease all functions, and ammo supplies, HP recovery , item purchase will not be available. However, the Switches will automatically be turned on after a while and the functions will return.
Summary
Safehouse is a strategic place to help players survive. It can recover HP and provide all sorts of supplies. Its existence offers a chance to rest from the intense fights and prepare for later battles. But it's not entirely safe. Besides being disabled by Switch being turned off, the Safehouse is a usual spot for ambush. If you see someone enter a Safehouse, you can wait outside for a sneak attack. Or if there are two players in the same Safehouse, the first one to leave might be attacked by the other one. First one out could also hide and ambush the other one.
That's the end of the guide for the Safehouse mechanics. Hope you can learn how to use the Safehouse well and become an elite Merc!