Permanent Tech Masteries are acquired by spending Tech at the Tech Mastery console. These upgrades persist after the player dies. Permanent Tech Masteries are split into three trees: Defense, Damage, and Utility.
Defense
| Upgrade | Icon | Description | Tier 1 (4 Tech) | Tier 2 (6 Tech) | Tier 3 (8 Tech) | Tier 4 (10 Tech) | Tier 5 (15 Tech) |
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| Starting Health | 
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How much health does the player start their run with. | +20% Starting Health | +40% Starting Health | +60% Starting Health | +80% Starting Health | +100% Starting Health |
| Max Shield | 
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Increases starting Shield. | +5 Starting Shield | +10 Starting Shield | +20 Starting Shield | +30 Starting Shield | +40 Starting Shield |
| Shield Recharge Delay | 
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Reduces the delay before Shields regenerate. | -1s Shield Recharge Delay | -2s Shield Recharge Delay | -3s Shield Recharge Delay | -4s Shield Recharge Delay | -5s Shield Recharge Delay |
| Shield Recharge Rate | 
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Increases the rate at which Shields regenerate | +20% Shield Recharge Rate | +40% Shield Recharge Rate | +60% Shield Recharge Rate | +80% Shield Recharge Rate | +100% Shield Recharge Rate |
| Health Orb Drop Rate | 
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Increases how often health orbs drop from defeated enemies | +100% Drop Rate | +200% Drop Rate | +300% Drop Rate | +400% Drop Rate | +500% Drop Rate |
| Health Orb Value | 
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Increases the amount you recover from health orbs | +20% Orb Heal | +40% Orb Heal | +60% Orb Heal | +80% Orb Heal | +100% Orb Heal |
Damage
| Upgrade | Icon | Description | Tier 1 (4 Tech) | Tier 2 (6 Tech) | Tier 3 (8 Tech) | Tier 4 (10 Tech) | Tier 5 (15 Tech) |
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| Grenade Damage | 
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Increases Grenade Damage | +10% Grenade Damage | +20% Grenade Damage | +30% Grenade Damage | +40% Grenade Damage | +50% Grenade Damage |
| Primary Damage | 
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Increases damage from your Primary Weapon | +5% Primary Damage | +10% Primary Damage | +15% Primary Damage | +20% Primary Damage | +25% Primary Damage |
| Secondary Damage | 
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Increases damage from your Secondary Weapon | +5% Secondary Damage | +10% Secondary Damage | +15% Secondary Damage | +20% Secondary Damage | +25% Secondary Damage |
| Melee Damage | 
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Increases damage from your Quick Melee | +5% Melee Damage | +10% Melee Damage | +15% Melee Damage | +20% Melee Damage | +25% Melee Damage |
| Fire Damage | 
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Increase damage when inflicting fire damage | +5% Fire Damage | +10% Fire Damage | +15% Fire Damage | +20% Fire Damage | +25% Fire Damage |
| All Element Damage | 
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Increase damage when inflicting any element damage | +5% All Element Damage | +10% All Element Damage | +15% All Element Damage | +20% All Element Damage | +25% All Element Damage |
| Lightning Damage | 
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Increase damage when inflicting lightning damage | +5% Lightning Damage | +10% Lightning Damage | +15% Lightning Damage | +20% Lightning Damage | +25% Lightning Damage |
| Cryo Damage | 
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Increase damage when inflicting cryo damage | +5% Cryo Damage | +10% Cryo Damage | +15% Cryo Damage | +20% Cryo Damage | +25% Cryo Damage |
| Void Damage | 
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Increase damage when inflicting void damage | +5% Void Damage | +10% Void Damage | +15% Void Damage | +20% Void Damage | +25% Void Damage |
Utility
| Upgrade | Icon | Description | Tier 1 (4 Tech) | Tier 2 (6 Tech) | Tier 3 (8 Tech) | Tier 4 (10 Tech) | Tier 5 (15 Tech) |
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| Magnetizer | 
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Increase the distance and power of your auto-magnetization module. | +10% Distance | +20% Distance | +30% Distance | +40% Distance | +50% Distance |
| Sprint Speed | 
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Increases Sprint speed | +5% Sprint Speed | +10% Sprint Speed | +15% Sprint Speed | +20% Sprint Speed | +25% Sprint Speed |
| Grenade Cooldown | 
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Reduces the cooldown of the Grenade | -10% Grenade Cooldown | -20% Grenade Cooldown | -30% Grenade Cooldown | -40% Grenade Cooldown | -50% Grenade Cooldown |
| Grenade AoE | 
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Increases the AoE of Grenades | +20% Grenade AoE | +40% Grenade AoE | +60% Grenade AoE | +80% Grenade AoE | +100% Grenade AoE |
| Scrap Pickup | 
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Increases scrap dropped by enemies | +10% Scraps Picked Up | +20% Scraps Picked Up | +30% Scraps Picked Up | +40% Scraps Picked Up | +50% Scraps Picked Up |
| Tech Pickup | 
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Increases tech dropped by enemies | +10% Tech Picked Up | +20% Tech Picked Up | +30% Tech Picked Up | +40% Tech Picked Up | +50% Tech Picked Up |
The following tech masteries are currently not available in the game.
| Upgrade | Icon | Description | Tier 1 (4 Tech) | Tier 2 (6 Tech) | Tier 3 (8 Tech) | Tier 4 (10 Tech) | Tier 5 (15 Tech) |
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| All Element Protection | 
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| All Weapons Damage | 
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Increase damage from all sources | +5% All Weapons Damage | +10% All Weapons Damage | +15% All Weapons Damage | +20% All Weapons Damage | +25% All Weapons Damage |
| Energy Damage | 
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| Grenade Element Stacks | 
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Increases the number of element stacks applied by grenades. | +1 Grenade Element Stack | +2 Grenade Element Stack | +3 Grenade Element Stack | +4 Grenade Element Stack | +5 Grenade Element Stack |