XCOM 2 War of the Chosen

What are locations and items in this game?

[!NOTE] Resistance Communications and Resistance Radio research projects are ignored by randomization, meaning they will have to be researched in-game before XCOM can begin contacting other regions and building radio relays.

Locations

• Completion of research and shadow projects
• Completion of chosen hunt covert actions
• Ranks of each soldier class
• First kill of each enemy type
• First use of each item type

Items

• Research/shadow project unlocks (including story progress)
• Chosen hunt covert action unlocks, i.e. faction influence, chosen strongholds
• Promotions for each soldier class
• Resources, i.e. supplies, intel, elerium cores, etc.
• Weapon upgrades, PCSs
• Staff, i.e. scientists, engineers
• Traps, i.e. Avatar project progress, enemy reinforcements, etc.

What do location checks and items look like in this game?

When reaching a location, a notification appears informing the player of the item they found and who it belongs to.

Items are only received in their respective layer. When the game receives an item, a notification appears informing the player of what they got and from whom.

How sync-viable is this game?

Various features have been added to reduce the length of a full campaign (such as certain missions being skipped and soldiers gaining more XP) and there are multiple options for alternate goals. The length of a playthrough still heavily depends on individual options, mods, and player skill. For sync settings, try the 1 or 2 stronghold goal options first and experiment from there.