Armored Core 6: What are OST Chips & How To Get Them

As players take up their mechs in Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, there are a few factors to consider when preparing for battle, such as the weapons you use, the weight of your mech, how you assign armor and health, etc. Thankfully, the developers over at FromSoftware have added a unique feature that offers you tons of freedom regarding how your mech evolves and improves, OST Chips. 

If you're unfamiliar with these devices and want to know how they work and, more importantly, how to get them, then we have you covered. Below we'll show you how to get these valuable OST Chips, as well as what they do and how that can improve your mech significantly in Armored Core VI. 

Armored Core VI - What are OST Chips?

Based on the information available thus far, OST Chips serve as a mechanism enabling players to enhance various aspects of their mech, encompassing new weapon capabilities, mobility upgrades, improved armor, and more. 

Analogous to upgrade systems commonly found in games, the quantity of OST Chip requisite for each enhancement is likely to differ and might even increase in cost as you get more advanced or effective ones. Minor improvements might necessitate just one chip, while substantial enhancements to core statistics might demand two or even more.

Armored Core VI - How To Get OST Chips

To acquire Armored Core 6's OST Chips, engagement in Arena missions is required. These missions within the Arena entail increasingly challenging combat scenarios. As participants tackle these supplementary challenges, they are duly rewarded with OST Chips. 

Long-standing fans of Armored Core will readily acclimate to this system. In prior installments of the game series, the Arena served as a setting for significant confrontations, encompassing formidable one-on-one battles against tenacious adversaries.

Now it appears that this is still the case, but your rewards will not only be worth the fight itself but could even st you p with enough chips to take on your next challenge. Speaking of, while we don't know how many chips each battle in the Arena will give you, they will likely grant you varying amounts depending on the difficulty of the fight, but we'll update you on the details accordingly. 

For now, that's everything you need to know about what the OST Chips are and how to get them in Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. As mentioned before, once more details on these items are revealed, we'll be sure to update this listing with the latest information, so stay tuned for more!