Eva, the main character of the action adventure Stellar Blade, although she travels alone, has a faithful companion – a drone, which helps with both exploring the surrounding world and locations, and is used as a powerful weapon.
At the same time, you have the opportunity to constantly improve the drone , increasing its effectiveness both in combat and in research. By improving the drone, you unlock many new features. In this guide, we talk about the process of improving it, useful modifications, and at the end, we provide a detailed list with the location of all modules for the drone. You can improve the drone only after you first visit Xion, the central city of Earth, and pump it up to version 2.0. This will happen after talking to Lily at the landing pad. After that, you will be able to apply the collected upgrades to the drone through the repair console in any supply camps.
Best Drone Upgrades for Exploration
- Hacking Tool – Allows you to automate the hacking of locked containers, which will simplify the process of obtaining rare materials.
- Scanner Enhancement I and Scanner Enhancement II – Increases scanning time by 50% and reduces the wait time before re-using the scanner by 30% respectively. These enhancements make it easier to find loot in the game world.
- Can Detector – helps you find cans, making it easier to collect collectibles.
Best drone upgrades in combat
- Improved Projectiles – Increases the damage of regular projectiles by 20%, reducing ammo consumption and killing enemies faster.
- Extended Magazine – Increases the maximum amount of regular ammunition allowed, which is especially important in locations where only firearms are used.
When upgrading a drone, we recommend focusing on specific aspects of functionality. There is no need to make it a “jack of all trades”. But in general, drone builds can be divided into three types:
- Balanced build – combine upgrades for the base weapon (enhance projectiles, increase their quantity), slightly improve the scanner and choose either sniper rockets or a charge blaster. This will allow you to effectively attack enemies at a distance, as well as successfully cope with the search for collectibles and loot.
- Explorer Build – This build emphasizes ammo and the scanner, while ignoring heavy weapons. This will provide enough firepower to fight most enemies, but will require you to use melee combat more often against more difficult mobs.
- Boss Build – This build puts all of its efforts into upgrading the drone to deal with bosses and elite enemies. Use sniper rocket or charge blaster attachments to significantly increase your firepower.
Location of all modules for drone upgrades
- Drone Upgrade Modules 1-2 . After leaving the parking lot inside the tower, go south and immediately turn west. At the end of the street, turn south again, go to a dead end, go left and find a robot from which you can remove drone upgrade modules.
- Drone Upgrade Module 3 – After fighting the Corruptor near the Tower of Memories, go through the building that leads to the highway, then once outside, turn right immediately and go up the facade to reach the upper level. Head south and enter the room on the right side to find the module.
- Drone Upgrade Module 4 : Just before leaving the underground section of the city, enter the tunnel on the right to find the robot.
- Drone Upgrade Module 5. Received as a reward for completing the side quest “Urgent Information”.
- Drone Upgrade Module 6. In the upper room of the sample storage lab when exploring the Research Complex.
- Drone Upgrade Module 7. In the last corridor of the Levuar Altes research complex.
- Drone upgrade modules 8-9 . On the robot located at the end of the destroyed bridge in the eastern part of the wasteland.
- Drone Upgrade Module 10. In a small alcove to the west of the previous module.
- Drone Upgrade Module 11 . In the center of the rock formations southeast of the wasteland. To reach it, follow the path along the cliff to the south.
- Drone Upgrade Module 12. On the robot north of the Levuar Altes.
- Drone Upgrade Modules 13-17 . In a chest hidden behind the Restricted Area Ruins, east of the Wasteland.
- Drone upgrade modules 18-22 . Can be purchased from the D1G-g2r merchant.
- Drone Upgrade Modules 23-24 . On the road overlooking the camp located at the exit from the closed platform of Matrix-11.
- Drone Upgrade Module 25. In the tunnel a little further from the previous drone upgrade modules.
- Drone Upgrade Modules 26-27 . At the entrance to the location with the collapsed railway bridge, continue moving forward and cross to the other side of the barricade.
- Drone Upgrade Modules 28-29 . In the tunnel northeast of the survivor camp, in the Rotten Labyrinth.
- Drone Upgrade Module 30. Behind the fence in the northern part of the train graveyard .
- Drone Upgrade Modules 31-32 – After the sliding sequence at the exit of the train graveyard, look for a robot with upgrade modules on the walkway behind Eva.
- Drone Upgrade Modules 33-34 . Northwest of the Great Desert .
- Drone Upgrade Module 35. In a ruined building northeast of the Great Desert. Go through the nearby rocks to reach the robot with the module.
- Drone Upgrade Module 36. On a destroyed hypertube northeast of the Great Desert Oasis.
- Drone Upgrade Modules 37-38 . Before the southern exit of the Great Desert Ruins.
- Drone Upgrade Module 39. On the pedestrian bridge opposite the second camp in the ventilation sector of the Abyss Levuar.
- Drone Upgrade Module 40 . After the Abyss Levuar Underground Passage opens, continue to the elevator shaft and go down to the lower level. Eventually, you’ll find another module.
- Drone Upgrade Module 41. In the ruins west of the first cocoon in the Fallen Overpass area on Eidos-9.
- Drone upgrade module 42. On the roof of the Eidos-9 parking lot.
- Drone Upgrade Module 43. In a container located a little further from the Shpil-4 space logistics complex camp.
- Drone Upgrade Module 44. Behind the debris before the entrance to the Raphael Space Center.
- Drone Upgrade Modules 45-46 : When you enter the room west of the Raphael Space Center lobby, immediately go to the right to find a robot with a module.
- Drone Upgrade Modules 47-48 – In the Spire 4 Maintenance Sector, when you exit the building, continue forward and climb to the upper level to reach the robot with the last drone upgrade modules.