The Contact Beam is a weapon found during Chapter 4 of the Dead Space Remake (2023). Read on to learn more about the Contact Beam including a complete list of its stats, price, and upgrade locations and effects, as well as how to use its alt fire mode during combat!

Contact Beam Overview

Contact Beam Stats and Basic Info

Contact Beam
Heavy damage energy projector.
	Base	Max
Secondary Fire Damage (SFD)	400 pts	1000 pts
Capacity (CAP)	12	25
Reload Time (REL)	3.00 sec	2.11 sec
Primary Fire Damage (PFD)	75 pts	150 pts

Contact Beam Ammo Schematic Location

Item Unlock	Location
Contact Energy	Ammunition for the Contact Beam. These power cells run the Contact Beam's energy projector, but burn out quickly.

How to Get Contact Energy

How to Get the Contact Beam

Obtained during Chapter 4

In-Game View	Map View
Location Summary
Found inside the Records Office while passing through the zero-g hallway that leads to Mining Administration. ►Chapter 4: Obliteration Imminent Walkthrough

Contact Beam Bench Upgrades

All Available Bench Upgrades
Upgrades	No. of Nodes Available
Secondary Fire Damage (SFD)	6 Nodes
Capacity (CAP)	6 Nodes
Reload Time (REL)	3 Nodes
Primary Fire Damage (PFD)	3 Nodes
Specials	3 Nodes

Contact Beam Upgrade Locations and Effects

Upgrades	Effects	How to Get
Supersymmetry Tether	Increases size of Secondary Fire's projectile.	Purchased from the Store using 12000 Credits.
Portable Heliotron	Greatly increases ammo capacity.	Found in a Clearance Level 3 Room at the Biological Prosthetics Center in Medical.
Diffraction Module	Greatly increases explosion size of the Secondary Fire.	Found in a Master Override Box behind a Master Override Door in the Mining Deck.

Special Upgrades are brand new items introduced in the remake which extend the upgrade tree of the affected weapon. They also unlock special nodes you can purchase using power nodes which greatly boost the stats of the weapon.

How to Use the Contact Beam

Focus Down Limbs With the Beam

The Contact Beam specializes in continuous and devastating single-target damage with its primary fire, capable of tearing limbs rapidly and taking down most Necromorphs in seconds.

However, the weapon demands precise aim and proper positioning, as it has a hefty reload time and can run through ammo quite quickly.

Deal Heavy Damage With the Asteroid Cutter

When dealing with stronger Necromorphs, you can use the Contact Beam's Asteroid Cutter secondary fire to make short work of them. This firing mode can take down most Necromorphs in a single, fully-charged shot and instantly peels off the tough flesh of stronger foes.

Dead Space Remake Related Guides

List of All Weapons

All Weapons

Dead Space Remake Weapons
Plasma Cutter	Line Gun	Pulse Rifle
Ripper	Force Gun	Contact Beam
Flamethrower	Kinesis Module	Stasis Module
Hand Cannon