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Sleeves
When VitaLife unveiled their Persona Core technology that allowed people to digitize and transfer their consciousness into other vessels, human bodies became nothing more than 'sleeves' for the human consciousness. This technology thus became known as "Sleeve technology".
Sleeve technology unlocks two different gameplay features:
- Duplicate Sleeves
- Grafting
Sleeve technology is unlocked in BitNode-10.
Duplicate Sleeves
Duplicate Sleeves are MK-V Synthoids (synthetic androids) into which your consciousness has been copied. In other words, these Synthoids contain a perfect duplicate of your mind.
Duplicate Sleeves are essentially clones which you can use to perform work-type actions, such as working for a Company / Faction or committing a Crime. When sleeves perform these tasks, they will earn money, experience, and Reputation.
Sleeves are their own individuals, which means they each have their own experience and stats.
When a sleeve earns experience, it earns experience for itself, the player's original consciousness, as well as all of the player's other sleeves.
Duplicate Sleeves are not reset when installing Augmentations, but they are reset when switching BitNodes.
Obtaining Duplicate Sleeves
There are two methods of obtaining Duplicate Sleeves:
- Destroy BitNode-10. Each completion gives you one additional Duplicate Sleeve.
- Purchase Duplicate Sleeves from The Covenant. This is only available in BitNode-10. Sleeves purchased this way are permanent (they persist through BitNodes). You can purchase up to 5 Duplicate Sleeves from The Covenant.
Synchronization
Synchronization is a measure of how aligned your consciousness is with that of your
Duplicate Sleeves. It is a numerical value between 1 and 100, and it affects how much experience
is earned when the sleeve is performing a task.
Synchronization can be increased by assigning sleeves to the Synchronize task.
Sleeve Shock
Sleeve shock is a measure of how much trauma the sleeve has due to being placed in a new
body. It is a numerical value between 0 and 100, where 100 indicates full shock and 0 indicates
no shock. Shock affects the amount of experience earned by the sleeve.
Sleeve shock slowly decreases over time. You can further increase the rate at which
it decreases by assigning sleeves to the Shock Recovery task.
Let X be the sleeve's shock and Y be the sleeve's synchronization. When the sleeve earns experience by performing
a task, the sleeve gains X% of the amount of experience normally earned by the task. player’s original host consciousness and all of the player's other sleeves
earn Y% of the experience that the sleeve gained, or X\*Y % of the normal experience amount.
Augmentations
You can purchase Augmentations for your Duplicate
Sleeves. In order to do this, the sleeve's shock must be at 0. Any Augmentation
that is currently available to you through a faction is also available for your
Duplicate Sleeves. There are a few Augmentations, such as NeuroFlux Governor and
Bladeburner-specific ones, that cannot be purchased for a Duplicate Sleeve.
When you purchase an Augmentation for a Duplicate Sleeve, it is instantly installed. When this happens, the sleeve's stats are instantly reset back to 0, similar to when you normally install Augmentations.
The cost of purchasing an Augmentation for a Duplicate Sleeve is not affected by how many Augmentations you have purchased for yourself, and vice versa.
Memory
Sleeve memory dictates what a sleeve's synchronization will be when it is reset by
switching BitNodes. For example, if a sleeve has a memory of 10, then when you
switch BitNodes its synchronization will initially be set to 10, rather than 1.
Memory can only be increased by purchasing upgrades from The Covenant. Just like the ability to purchase additional sleeves, this is only available in BitNode-10.
Memory is a persistent stat, meaning it never gets reset back to 1.
The maximum possible value for a sleeve's memory is 100.
Buying memory has no instant affect on synchronization, memory affects only the starting synchronization upon entering a BitNode.