Everything under the sun: Lasers, rockets, drones …

You won’t make it very far in your career at DarkOrbit with just the simplest of all weapons, the laser. If that’s all you've got, there’s no need to panic, though: At DarkOrbit, there’s a whole arsenal of weapons, drones, shields, engines, etc. waiting for you.

The laser is available in different versions which cause damage anywhere from 40 to 150 points per shot. As soon as you have equipped all your laser slots with the best lasers available, the color of your laser ammunition will change from red to blue when ready to fire. That's a sure sign for everyone: Nobody's gonna mess with you!
Note: Even when you can only see 2 laser rays being fired, the number of actual lasers that you are firing can be seen on the ammunition display, so don't let looks deceive you!

Laser LFI Laser Cannon – A small laser that causes a maximum of 40 damage points per shot fired. Price: 10,000 credits

Laser MPI Laser Cannon – A mid-class laser that causes a maximum of 60 damage points per shot fired. Price: 40,000 credits

Laser LF3 Laser Cannon – The most powerful laser with a maximum penetration of 150 damage points per shot fired. Price: 10,000 Uridium


Laser ammunition and rockets gcan also be bought in the hangar. Make sure to equip your weapons with enough ammo so that you don't get caught between a rock and a hard place and run out when you need to defend yourself.

R310 Seeker – A short-range rocket that causes a maximum damage of 1,000 points per rocket fired.

PLT-2026 Hiob– A medium-range rocket that causes a maximum damage of 2,000 points per rocket fired.

PLT-2021 – A long-range rocket that causes massive destruction of maximum 4,000 points per rocket fired.

LCB-10 – A cheap, low capacity battery and...Well, you get what you pay for.

MCB-25– A medium capacity battery which gives a good performance for the price! It doubles the damage per shot fired.

MCB-50 – A maximum capacity battery and the best type of normal laser ammunition on the market! Triples the damage per shot fired.


Mines are powerful and can cause 20% damage to each and every ship which comes too close to them. The only drawbacks are that it can’t tell the difference between friends and foes and you can only lay a new mine every 60 seconds.

ACM-1 – Anti-craft mine. Proximity mine, 20% damage upon detonation.


Drones provide your spaceship with more slots for weapons, shields and other items so that you can pack more lasers and engines on board and make more upgrades to your ship. Up to eight drones circle your ship and extend your tactical defenses immensely. Every time you shoot down an enemy, the experience points of the drones will also increase. The more you use them, the better they’ll be able to help you with increased firepower and better shield performance.

Just remember to pay attention to the status of your drones if you are ever shot down. If they take on too much damage, they may be destroyed. You can prevent this from happening by repairing them using the equipment menu.

Flax – A standard drone with one slot and average strength protective shell.

Iris – An elite drone with two available slots and an extremely strong protective shell.

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Additional generators increase not only the cruising speed of your ship but also the maximum speed of your ship.

G3N-1010 – Power generator which increases your ship’s speed by a factor of 2.

G3N-2010 – Power generator which increases your ship’s speed by a factor of 3.

G3N-3210 – Power generator which increases your ship’s speed by a factor of 4.

G3N-3310 – Power generator which increases your ship’s speed by a factor of 5.

G3N-6900 – Power generator which increases your ship’s speed by a factor of 7.

G3N-7900 – Power generator which increases your ship’s speed by a factor of 10.


Generators also increase your ship’s shield performance. Each type occupies one generator slot, which means that you’ll have to decide which equipment is more useful for your purposes: It’s all about making tactical decisions, so what will it be? Extra protection or speed?

SG3N-A01 – Shield generator which has a shield strength of 1,000 and can absorb 40% damage.

SG3N-A02 – Shield generator which has a shield strength of 2,000 and can absorb 50% damage.

SG3N-B01 – Shield generator which has a shield strength of 4,000 and can absorb 70% damage.

SG3N-A03 – Shield generator which has a shield strength of 5,000 and can absorb 60% damage.

SG3N-B02 – Shield generator which has a shield strength of 10,000 and can absorb 80% damage.


Repair robot – The repair bot, or the tiny tinkerer, as it is affectionately called by space pilots, is capable of repairing your spaceship – as long as it hasn’t been completely destroyed. Although there are three different types of bots with difference performance levels, they all have something in common: They don't work if you're being attacked or your ships engines are engaged!

Repair bot I – A repair unit which fixes small amounts of damage at a rate of 5,000 hit points per minute.

Repair bot II – A repair unit which fixes small amounts of damage at a rate of 20,000 hit points per minute.

Repair bot III – A repair unit which fixes small amounts of damage at a rate of 50,000 hit points per minute.


Fast reload – An upgrade for the rocket launcher which cuts the reload time in half, which means that you can fire rockets twice as fast.

Fast reload – Rocket turbo – doubles the launch speed of the rocket launcher.


Repair bot Turbo CPU – It will automatically start up the available repair bot on board your ship for you as long as you’re not navigating around space or aren’t under fire. Use even the shortest breaks in between fights to repair your ship and improve your chances of survival!

NC-RRB CPU – Repair bot Turbo CPU. Automatically starts up your available repair bots.


Cloaking device A – Makes your ship invisible in space. Just remember as soon as you fire your first shot, your ship will be visible again and you can’t use this cloaking device anymore. In order to cloak your ship again, you’ll have to buy a completely new cloaking device.

The cloaking device can’t protect you from radar. Even in cloaking mode, your ship will be shown on the space map with a red dot, which also means your enemies’ targeting systems will definitely be able to spot you. But it also means that you’ll be able to keep your cloaking shield after you’ve been shot down.

Cloaking device Type A – Cloaking mechanism. Your ship will remain invisible to enemies up until your first attack.
Lab CPU – Automatically refines your weapons with the best raw materials available. It will give you an extra boost for dealing out damage.

NC-AWB/AI – Auto Weapon Boost CPU. It boosts the weapons which are activated on your map using the best raw materials.

Spaceship upgrades – Make sure that you always have enough room available in your cargo bay. An expansion of the cargo bay allows you to bring more raw materials on board your ship and lets you save time and energy, since you’ll have a larger area in space available for you to harvest raw materials. The expansion of the armory will give you the opportunity to make more attacks.

Geminex XI – Cargo compressor: Doubles the size of the current cargo bay by molecular compression.

Geminex AC – Ammo compressor: Armory upgrade 1 which expands the capacity of the armory by 50%.

Geminex AC/A – Ammo compressor. Amory upgrade 2 which expands the capacity of the armory by 100%.