In combat
What status effects are in Zero Company?
At least five have been seen: Defense, Burning, Spotted, Disoriented and Invulnerability.
- Confidence
- Strongly supported
- Verified
- 15 August 2026
- Version
- pre-release (no retail build)
The short answer
At least five have been seen: Defense, Burning, Spotted, Disoriented and Invulnerability.
In full
What that means when you are planning
Defense reduces every incoming attack by a flat amount, which makes it worth more against many small hits than against one large one. Burning stacks and deals damage each turn — and it affects your own Operators too, so a fire bomb is not a free area denial.
Spotted comes from a Scout's attacks and removes range and smoke hit-chance penalties against the target. Disoriented comes from Sweeping Salvo and lowers enemy accuracy. Invulnerability comes from the Grit Talent in stacks, where one stack absorbs one attack in full.
None of these has a published duration or magnitude, and all of it comes from preview footage rather than from official documentation — so treat the list as a floor rather than a complete set.
What we don't know yet
The game has not been released. These are open questions we have chosen not to guess at.
- Durations and magnitudes for every effect listed.
- Whether this is the complete set — it is what appeared in a capped preview build.
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Related questions
- How many Talents are there in Zero Company?
- Eleven — ten a Custom Operator can choose between, plus Built-In Comlink, which only astromechs can take.
- Does Zero Company have fog of war?
- No. Enemies are visible.
Where this is covered properly
Sources
- Is Z-COM our new X-COM? Star Wars Zero Company gameplay deep dive
ChristopherOdd · Tier 3 — Hands-on preview · accessed 11 August 2026
Supports: 2:13–13:51 — Sweeping Salvo at 4 Advantage with three uses per mission; Hawks granting an ally 1 AP for 3 Advantage; Combat Recon granting 1 Advantage per unit scanned; the Grit Talent's stacking invulnerability; Heavy attacks taunting; the droideka ray shield; the Scout's Spotted status; Defense as flat damage reduction
- Star Wars Zero Company: turn-based tactics that aren't just for XCOM experts
IGN · Tier 3 — Hands-on preview · accessed 11 August 2026
Supports: 2:15–12:39 — Advantage earned from successful attacks; four difficulty settings; ringing a droideka with Overwatch cones; Bonds granting health and critical damage; changing Hawks' species at the Den; the Bespin guest mission; preview-build defects including shots passing through solid cover
- I played 54 hours of Star Wars Zero Company
Dantics · Tier 3 — Hands-on preview · accessed 11 August 2026
Supports: 5:26–11:55 — an injury is taken only on being reduced to zero health; normal, hard and expert named, plus an Ironman-style toggle; crisis operations; weapon mods slotted freely before missions; a second Specialization after cycle 18; every Bond level granting Focus Points and one of three joint training bonuses; the Sharpshooter's unmissable shot and the Soldier's rocket barrage