Downloadable Content for Dead Space 3

Downloadable content for Dead Space 3 included new RIGs, weapons, upgrades for the Scavenger Bot, and additional story content.

Equipment Packs

First Contact Pack

• First Contact Suit and Negotiator.
• This pack is included with the Limited Edition, but could be purchased separately.

Witness the Truth Pack

• Witness Suit and Evangelizer.
• This pack is included with the Limited Edition, but can also be purchased separately.

Marauder Pack

• Marauder Suit and AL-9 Clearcutter.

Sharpshooter Pack

• Sharpshooter Suit and SMP-90 Sharpshooter.

Tundra Recon Pack

• Tundra Recon Suit and Aegis VII Survivalist.

Tau Volantis Survival Kit

The Tau Volantis Survival Kit is a downloadable content bundle pack containing the contents of the Marauder Pack, Sharpshooter Pack, Tundra Recon Pack and the Bot Accelerator.

EG-900 SMG and Tesla Enervator

• EG-900 SMG and Tesla Enervator.
• Originally available exclusively as pre-order bonuses, these are now available individually as DLC.

Scavenger Bot Upgrades

Bot Capacity Upgrade

The Bot Capacity Upgrade doubled the resource storage capacity of Scavenger Bots so more resources are delivered to the Bench.

Bot Accelerator

The Bot Accelerator decreases the time for the Scavenger Bots by 50% so resources are delivered to the Bench in 5 minutes versus the typical 10 minutes.

Bot Personality Pack

The Bot Personality Pack grants the Scavenger Bots with a personality module, allowing them to vocalize their thoughts when deployed. The personality resembles a butler with a British accent who is quite vocal about how unhappy he is to be in your employ.

Resource Packs

The game allows the players to purchase Resources for either real life currency or using Ration Seals acquired from the Scavenger Bots while playing the game. These packs also include random MK-V weapon components. Weapons made using a MK-V 'Tip', for example, had a gold skin. The resources and weapon components from resource packs carry over into any future game playthroughs, even in different save slots, and are provided at the first Bench encountered in any new game, usually the one on the CMS Roanoke first accessible in Chapter 3.

Ultra Weapon and Resource Pack

• One MK-V Weapon Part.
• 50% Chance of a second MK-V Weapon Part.
• 120 Tungsten, 400 Semiconductors, 1000 Scrap Metal, 200 Somatic Gel and 100 Transducers.

Epic Weapon and Resource Pack

• Two MK-V Weapon Parts.
• 50% Chance of a third MK-V Weapon Part.
• 240 Tungsten, 800 Semiconductors, 2000 Scrap Metal, 400 Somatic Gel and 200 Transducers.

There is no limit to the amount of Resource Packs that can be purchased.

• At one point, these Packs were meant to propagate to newly created Save Files, similar to Milestones for collecting all Artifacts, Logs, and Weapon Parts. This is no longer the case, despite the game still possessing a popup when connection to EA Servers is lost describing this feature, even if the game is relaunched afterwards to re-initiate connection before purchasing a Resource Pack. They are exclusive to the Save File slot that purchases them.

Previously, players experienced a bug near the launch of the game in the PC version of Dead Space 3, preventing the purchase of the Resource Packs.

Currently, Resource Packs on the PC platform can only be purchased on EA App purchased copies of the game and not Steam copies, even while the latter uses the EA App to launch the game. See Ration Seals for more information.

Awakened

Awakened is the first and only story DLC pack. Dead Space 3: Awakened released on March 12, 2013 on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, PC and Origin for 800 Microsoft points or $9.99.

Set directly after the events of Dead Space 3, Isaac and Carver wake up after falling through the sky with the juvenile Tau Volantis Bretheren Moon. When they learn that the Necromorph threat is not entirely put to an end, they both attempt to find a ship and return to Earth.

Bonus Content

• EG-900 SMG (Gamestop Pre-order Bonus).
• Tesla Enervator (Amazon Pre-order Bonus).
• First Contact Bundle: First Contact Suit and Negotiator (Limited Edition Content).
• Witness the Truth Bundle: Witness Suit and Evangelizer (Pre-Order Limited Edition Content).
• Planet Cracker Plasma Cutter (Dead Space 2 Reward).
• N7 Suit (Mass Effect 3 Reward).

Slim Jim Promotion

After entering a code, participants were allowed to choose the prize they wanted to unlock. These are alternate colored pre-built variant blueprints, and they can be successfully replicated using parts found in-game, albeit with default color palettes.

• Broadbow Arc Cutter (Slim Jim/EA Every Code Won Promotion Reward).
  • Note: The Broadbow Arc Cutter, the Negotiator Line Gun and the Sharpshooter Line Gun share identical statistics and none can use a Rotator Cuff.
• EL1 Rapido (Slim Jim/EA Every Code Won Promotion Reward).
• The Skewer (Slim Jim/EA Every Code Won Promotion Reward).