Items

You’re going to find many bits and pieces during your time in Chicago. Whether it's from a building you ransack, or the pockets of someone you’ve just killed, there’s more to be found than just money and guns. You can find all sorts of strange and wonderful items as you progress, and all of them are useful. They could help restore health, protect you, bring you good fortune or may just be a damn useful piece of equipment. Here are some of the items floating around the streets of Chicago.

Equipping weapons and items

Weapons and items can be viewed and equipped from the inventory tab of the character sheet. Mousing over (or highlighting on the controller) the inventory slots will show you the equipped items stats.

Clicking into the item will show you a list of items you have obtained that can be equipped in that slot. To equip the weapon, click it and select ‘Take from Storage’. If a weapon is already in use by another gangster in your crew, their face will appear beside it, like Gibby’s handsome mug in the picture below.

Armor

	Armor	Rarity	Effects	Description
	Cotton Padded Vest	Common	+10 Defense	Thick enough layers of cotton padding can stop a wide variety of pistol caliber bullets, which gives gangsters an inexpensive, effective way to protect themselves during a shootout with law enforcement.
	Silk Padded Vest	Uncommon	+20 Defense	The bullet-stopping power of silk was originally utilized by European nobility in the 19th century. Now it's being used by Chicago gangsters as a lighter bulletproof vest that doesn't impair mobility or sacrifice effectiveness.
	Metal Lined Waistcoat	Uncommon	+30 Defense	This waistcoat has had metal plates sewn into the lining to cater to the gangster who needs to look good at the bar and make a quick stop at the races on their way home.
	Metal Lined Jacket	Rare	+40 Defense	The Metal Plated Jacket follows the same logic as the lined waistcoat, but steps up the protection. It looks good and it can take a harder punch.
	Police Issue Body Armor	Rare	+50 Defense	A suit of police issue body armor is able to stop most of the light and medium powered attacks encountered on the street. It's not made of the same stuff that government agents and soldiers might get, but it'll serve well.
	Government Issue Body Armor	Rare	+60 Defense	As criminals ratcheted up their firepower, law enforcement had to find a way to protect themselves. Now, elite government units have body armor that's strong enough to keep them fighting organized crime.
	Military Issue Armor	Epic	+70 Defense	Every large power in the Great War, and even some of the smaller ones, experimented with some kind of body armor. When the war ended, some of those suits made their way to the stateside black market.

Healing items

	Healing items	Rarity	Effects	Description
	First Aid Kit	Common	Restore 30 health to the target character.	A simple kit capable of treating minor wounds. Nothing fancy, but good to have.
	Doctor's Bag	Uncommon	Restore 50 health to the target character.	Everything a respectable doctor could possibly want to keep someone on this side of the soil.
	Medic's Kit	Rare	Restore 65 health to the target character Remove 2 negative status effects from the target character.	The biggest and best kit around. It can be used for quick response medical treatment of the most severe wounds, even in cases of near death.
	Bandage	Common	Restore 20 health each round remove 1 negative status effect from the target character.	Wrap up your wounds to stop the bleeding or stem other nasty effects.
	Health Tonic	Common	Restore 30 health each round for the next 3 rounds.	Sometimes it's best to be proactive with your health. A Health Tonic will keep you at the top of your game during prolonged combat.
	Herbal Remedy	Common	Restore 25 health, 25 health for the next 4 rounds and grants a 10% chance to resist negative effects.	It might sound like ancient hokum, but there's no denying an herbal remedy's results. Keep yourself in the fight and clear-headed for longer.
	Wizard Oil	Common	50% chance to resist all negative effects for 3 rounds.	Wizard Oil is touted as Chicago's cure-all, healing sore muscles, rheumatism, pneumonia, diphtheria, toothache, and rabies.
	Smelling Salts	Common	Temporarily increase your movement by 5 and initiative by 30 for 2 rounds.	Shock yourself into alertness with a quick whiff of smelling salts. Ammonia can do wonders to keep you ahead of the competition.
	Dr. Cutter's Bitters	Common	Temporarily increase your health by 50 and movement by 3 for 2 rounds.	Bitters are known to settle the stomach and keep people moving.
	Nerve Tonic	Rare	Temporarily reduce the amount of damage taken by 50% for 1 round.	Dull the pain nagging at your nerves and keep your mind on the task at hand.
	Painkillers	Epic	Temporarily reduce the amount of damage taken by 100% for 1 round.	Real, medical grade painkillers that will let you ignore the bullet in your arm or knife in your leg.
	Liniment Tonic	Uncommon	Temporarily reduce the chance of negative status effects by 100% for 1 rounds.	An all-purpose topical treatment, this tonic is capable of keeping all sorts of afflictions at bay.
	Adrenaline Shot	Epic	Temporarily gain 1 additional AP, but reduce your AP by 1 for the next 2 rounds.	Pump yourself up with a quick boost of epinephrine. Get more done faster, but beware the fall.

Trinkets

	Trinkets	Rarity	Effects	Description
	Brass Cigarette Case	Uncommon		A unique cigarette case. Holding it makes you feel more confident and alive.
	Hip Flask	Uncommon		Everyone does their best work when they're a little loose.
	War Medal	Rare	+5 initiative +20% max health +15 loyalty gain	Whether you earned it or stole it, a sense of self-preservation comes with this kind of thing.
	Driving Gloves	Uncommon		A good crew respects a job well done, and these prove you know your way around a crime-in-progress.
	Golden Pocket Watch	Uncommon	+20 initiative +3 movement	What's that old quote? Oh, right. "Punctuality is the soul of business." Stay ahead of the competition.
	Stethoscope	Uncommon		When the heat of battle causes that blood pressure to rise, be sure to check in on the old ticker with your lightweight, durable stethoscope.
	Diamond Ring	Uncommon		Dazzle them, then remind them how you came to afford this.
	Gun Maintenance Toolkit	Uncommon		A lot less can go wrong with a well-loved gun.
	Old Boxing Gloves	Uncommon		Boxing gloves makes punching more deadly and that's a provable medical fact.
	Ace of Spades	Uncommon	+10 loyalty gain +10 initimidation	A welcome addition to anyone's hand.
	Lucky Rabbit's Foot	Rare		You're not sure why, but people seem to think this rodent's foot was particularly lucky.
	Rosary Beads	Rare	+10 initiative +5 defense bonus +15% max health	Whether or not God's actually on your side, at least these make you feel better.
	Hidden Knife	Rare		The threat of unexpected violence is enough to have people second-guess a fight. When it comes to you, they know the threat's a reality.
	Combat Training Manual	Rare		Combat's combat, whether you're training for European trenches or domestic city streets.
	Tarnished Locket	Epic		Someone special gave you this. Treasure it.
	Worn Teddy Bear	Epic		Whoever owned this teddy bear really loved it. Take good care of it.
	Engraved Pill Box	Epic		Are these pills healing you or preserving you? Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.
	Custom Lighter	Epic		You'll jump at every chance to light someone's cigarette just to show off your fancy lighter.
	Bone White Business Card	Rare		It ain't what you know that matters in this town, it's who you know.
	Glamorous Handbag	Epic		What's inside? Barrettes or Berettas? Who can say for sure.

References

1. To update page content see reference files in folder /EmpireOfSin/EmpireOfSin_Data/StreamingAssets/GameData_Win64~/Lua/Scripts/DataSheets/:
   1. For item stats and flavor text see reference file ItemData.lua.
   2. For healing item stats and flavor text see reference file UtilityItemData.lua.