Mechanic

Heretical rarity

A rarity added in Beta Patch 3. You make it yourself: use a Gullveig brand on an identified Prototype module and the module turns Heretical.

The module gains a special from the brand, and one of its modifiers flips to a penalty: a ×1.12 becomes ×0.88.
Gullveig Pyre rewards running hot, Gullveig Penance grows stronger for each ship shooting you, and Gullveig Vigil builds up while you hold target locks and drone assignments.
One brand in ten rolls one of 24 ascended versions instead. Defiance, for example, lets your turrets keep shooting through an overheat SCRAM of your own.
A ship can carry one heretical module of each module type.
Only Tek ciphers, the Ptah crucible and the Yata replicator work on a heretical module.
Branding raises the module's build rating: the special adds 70% of the module's base rating, or 175% for an ascended version.

Brands drop in breach tier 5 and deeper. The patch notes don't say how Heretical ranks against Regalia and Artifact.

Changed by patches

Made from: A Gullveig brand used on an identified Prototype moduleOfficial patch notesBeta Patch 3
Modifier flipped: One modifier becomes a penalty (×1.12 becomes ×0.88)Official patch notesBeta Patch 3
Ascended versions: 24; one brand in 10 rolls oneOfficial patch notesBeta Patch 3
Limit: One heretical module per module type on a shipOfficial patch notesBeta Patch 3
Modifier items that work on it: Tek ciphers, Ptah and Yata onlyOfficial patch notesBeta Patch 3
Build rating from the special: 70% of the module's base ratingOfficial patch notesBeta Patch 3
Build rating from an ascended special: 175% of the module's base ratingOfficial patch notesBeta Patch 3

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