Editing Cloak

* The unit takes damage. After a few seconds of taking no damage, the cloak will reactivate again. Damage-over-time effects (like being on fire or in acidic water) will prevent cloak from reactivating for an extended period.

* An enemy unit comes within proximity of the cloak. After a few seconds of no proximate enemies, the cloak will reactivate again.

* The unit is attacking or using buildpower. This includes reclaiming and repairing. An exception to this rule is the [[Phantom]], which is the only unit that can remain cloaked while attacking.

* The unit walks into range of a sonar-equipped enemy while being in water. This does not decloak the unit, but it will be visible as a radar dot.

Some units come equipped with a personal cloak. Their cloak costs a small amount of energy to maintain while stationary and a greater amount of energy while moving. These units are good for sneaking past heavy defenses to reach valuable economic targets at the back of the enemy base. They are also great for spying on enemy positions without being seen.

* Personal cloak disabled by enemy proximity remains disabled for 1.5 seconds.

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Area Cloakers ([[Cornea]], [[Iris]], [[Commander]]s with Area Cloak module) will render most units inside the cloaking radius invisible. Any other cloak-capable units that have their personal cloak on while inside the radius will not cost any energy to power their personal cloaks, and there is no additional cloak cost for moving, either. This can lead to a potent boost to your economy if you use this feature to negate the cloaking cost of several high-maintenance units, like [[Skuttle]]s or an [[Ultimatum]].

Units receive a standardized decloak radius when affected by area cloak. This is most useful for Skuttles and other walking bombs, as they can sneak much closer to enemies without their usual instant discovery. Of course this combination has other vulnerabilities, as an area cloaker must be nearby. The decloak radius change is not applied to units which are actively area cloaking. The large decloak radius of Iris cannot be mitigated.

All structures aside from Cornea (the Area Cloaker building) are not affected by area cloak. It is also impossible to cloak any shield-projecting unit such as [[Thug]], [[Felon]], [[Convict]] and [[Aspis]]. A personal cloak module has no effect on a shield-projecting Commander.

Area cloakers come with a jammer. This can be useful to conceal bases from radar even though they cannot be cloaked. The mobile version can help to hide and reposition armies stealthily.

 

* Area cloak disabled by enemy proximity stays disabled for 2.5 seconds.

All cloak-capable units (save [[Flea]]s, [[Blastwing]]s and crawling bombs) require a nominal energy upkeep to maintain their cloak.

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! Unit !! Stationary cost !! Moving cost

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|athena}} [[Athena]] ||2||5

|-

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|spiderantiheavy}} [[Widow]] ||4||12

|-

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|armcomdgun}} [[Ultimatum]] ||8||24

 

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|cloakaa}} [[Gremlin]] ||0.1||0.5

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|cloaksnipe}} [[Phantom]] ||1||5

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|striderscorpion}} [[Scorpion]] ||2||10

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|jumpbomb}} [[Skuttle]] ||5||15

{| style="clear:both;text-align:center"

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|staticjammer}} [[Cornea]] ||1.5||1||12

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|spherecloaker}} [[Iris]] ||1.5||1||15

{| style="text-align:center"

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|module_personal_cloak}} Personal Cloak Module ||5||10

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|module_cloak_field}} Area Cloak Module ||colspan="2"|15

Any units not listed here are assumed to have a decloak radius of exactly 75 [[elmo]]. Radii larger than 75 will be set to 75 when affected by an area cloaker.

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! Unit !! Radius

 

! Unit !! Radius

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|athena}} Athena ||125

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|striderscorpion}} Scorpion ||150

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|spherecloaker}} Iris ||180

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|staticjammer}} Cornea ||100

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|armflea}} [[Flea]] ||120

|style="text-align:left"|{{unit image|module_personal_cloak}} Commanders ||150