Ubisoft's Hyper Scape is all about the so-called hacks, abilities which you can collect across the map. But how many are there and what can you do with them?
The beta of Hyper Scape was launched surprisingly last night, July 2. The champions in this Battle Royal have to fight their way through with weapons, typical for shooters - but how good that there are other ways to make life difficult for your opponents: Hacks. These in-game skills are spread all over the map and must be collected and then used. This allows any selected champion to potentially use any skill they can find, if they're fast enough. So there are no fixed roles like healer or tank - everyone can specialize in anything.
As with weapons, you have to pick up the hacks you find and press the "Interaction" button. Your own so-called echo will then grab them and add them to your inventory.
All Hyper Scape Hacks at a glance
There are currently nine hacks, ranging from invisibility to healing, from turning into a ball to the ability to build a wall.
Here is the complete list of Hyper Scape hacks
Armor
Effect: Negate all damage for the duration of the armor (around seven seconds), but become unable to shoot or use other abilities.
Duration: 8 Seconds
Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/7 seconds
Ball
Effect: Encases you in a large metallic ball which bounces across the ground
Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/7 seconds
Heal
Effect: Aim and place a healing marker that heals you and teammates when nearby.
Heal Amount: 8/10/11 HP Per Second
Duration: 15 seconds
Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/5
Invisibility
Effect: Turns you completely invisible.
Duration: 8 seconds
Cooldown: 12 seconds
Mine
Effect: Places a mine that will home in on any enemies who approach it, dealing 50 damage (75 when upgraded).
Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/5 seconds
Reveal
Effect: Pings the surrounding area through walls, marking enemies with a red indicator visible to all allies.
Duration: 6 Seconds
Cooldown: 14 seconds
Slam
Effect: Launches you high into the air before slamming back down, damaging an area around you. You can choose the position you land by looking at the floor. Alternatively, you can shoot while hanging in the air for a short duration.
AoE Damage: 30 (45 upgraded)
Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/5 seconds
Teleport
Effect: Teleports you a short distance in the direction you’re looking.
Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/7 seconds
Wall
Effect: Spawns a large wall with 250 health at the chosen position. Can be used in mid-air. A maximum of 5 walls can be spawned at the same time.
Duration: 2 Minutes
Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/5 seconds
Note that these values can drastically change as the game is still not officially out yet.
If you want to try one or the other hack yourself now, you can link your Ubisoft UPlay account to Twitch and then watch a stream that has Hyper Scape дrops enabled for at least 20 minutes. This is the only way to get beta keys at the moment. Whether this method will reap as much success as Valorant did remains to be seen.
READ MORE: Hyper Scape: All weapons and what they can do
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