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Since Brainiac's arrival, scientists and engineers have been working tirelessly to learn everything possible about the Exobytes Future Lex Luthor released into the atmosphere.

Though many of the Exobytes have found their way to human hosts, more have gone dormant and begun to decay; turning into Exo-Material. Research and Development (R&D) is a system, brought on by breakthroughs in nanite technology, that will allow Heroes and Villains to find and utilize these unclaimed Exobytes and create powerful Consumables and Generator Mods.

Basic items used in research and development are called R&D Parts and R&D Components.

Exo-Material[]

Main article: Exo-Material
Collecting exobit

In Gotham City, Central City and Metropolis, players can find Exo-Material laying around rooftops, on streets, and on beaches. They are the base material for manufacturing products in Research and Development.

R&D Vendors[]

Main article: R&D Vendors

R&D Vendors are special NPC that can be found in each of the three wings (Meta/Meta, Tech/Tech and Magic/Magic) of the Watchtower and the Hall of Doom. The Atom (Vendor) in the House of Legends fulfil the same function.
They allow players to purchase essential parts for creating items:

R&D Stations[]

Main article: R&D Station
ResearchandDevelopement

An R&D station is used to modify items, salvage items out of old items, and create new improved items.
In order to create new items and modifiers, players need to obtain Research and Development Plans from R&D Vendors or boss drops.

Levels of plans[]

Main article: Plans (Research and Development)
  • Alpha - Level 1-19 plans dropped by bosses in level 1-19 content.
  • Beta - Level 19-30 plans dropped by bosses in level 19-30 content.
  • I - Tier 1 plans dropped by bosses in Tier 1 alerts and duos
  • II - Tier 2 plans dropped by bosses in Tier 2 raids and alerts.
  • III - Tier 3 plans dropped by bosses in Tier 3 raids, alerts and duo.
  • IV - Tier 4 plans dropped by bosses in the Themyscira:Gates of Tartarus raid.
  • V - Tier 5 plans dropped by bosses in the Tier 5 operations
  • V Expert - Tier 5 Expert plans dropped by bosses in the Tier 5 raids
  • VI - Tier 6 plans dropped by bosses in the Tier 6 alerts and raids.
  • VI Expert - Tier 6 Expert plans dropped by bosses in the Tier 6+ raids
  • VII - Tier 7 plans dropped by bosses in the Tier 7 alerts and raids.
  • VIII - Tier 8 plans dropped by bosses in the Tier 8 alerts and raids.
  • Olympian - Olympian plans dropped by bosses in Amazon Fury Part III content.
  • Special Forces - Special Forces plans dropped by bosses in Age of Justice content.
  • Goons of Gotham - Goons of Gotham plans dropped by bosses in Riddled with Crime and Earth 3 content.
  • Atlantean Royal Guard - Atlantean Royal Guard plans dropped by bosses in Deluge content.
  • Titans - Titans plans dropped by bosses in Teen Titans: The Judas Contract content.
  • Undercurrent - Undercurrent plans dropped by bosses in Atlantis content.
  • Fellowship of the Arcane - Fellowship of the Arcane plans dropped by bosses in Justice League Dark content.
  • Gotham Resistance - Gotham Resistance plans dropped by bosses in Metal Part I content.

Trivia[]

  • Research and Development was introduced in game update 8.
  • Research and Development becomes available to players once they reach level 8.
  • The appearance of the R&D Stations are based off of The Atom's scientific table in The Watchtower as seen in the Young Justice episode #26: Auld Acquaintance'.

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