Shield Belt
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The Shield Belt is an item that generates a shield around the player, making him invulnerable to most attacks. However, the Shield Belt needs batteries to operate properly and has to recharge after a certain amount of damage taken, consuming one battery each time it recharges.
There are 4 types of Shield Belts, each one has a unique effects, except for Basic Shield Belt which has no effect. Effects trigger only after Shield Belts are destroyed.
The effect of Hard Shield Belt (Green) is "Harden". it provides a temporary orange coloured shield that works similarly to a regular Shield Belt.
The effect of Reflect Shield Belt (Pink) is "Omni Reflect". It emits a purple-pink aura around the player that reflects all bullets away. (It's a little buggy with Beam Gun).
The effect of Stun Shield Belt (Yellow) is "Omni Stun". It provides a yellow aura around the player that 'stuns' projectiles, absorbing them with no damage done to the player.
Shield Belts are weak against heat. All weapons that produce heat are good against Shield Belts, this includes Plasma Weapons, Beam Gun, Blaster Gun, Thermal Launcher and throwables Thermal Bomb, Molotov, Dynamite, Chemical Vial(?), Klonk and Nitrogen Grenade. Shield Belts are also weak against cold, but except for Nitrogen Grenade and some place in Arctic Vault there are barely any cold things.
A Survival Metalfaces will occasionally be equipped with a Shield Belt, making them characteristically dangerous.
Obtainment
In Survival Mode, the Shield Belt can be bought of Vending Machines for 250 Volts, each battery costs 10 Volts and each upgrade cost 200 (800 to max all upgrades). In other gamemodes such as Capture the Plug and Deathmatch, the player is usually already in possession of the belt and only needs to pick up the batteries.
The Beam Gun is one of the few weapons able to penetrate the shield belt, making it useful for combating other Metalfaces in survival.
Usage
After picking up a battery, the shield belt will become active after about 7 seconds.