crash-site equipment

[AlienRape]

Original Xcom Question: I have always wandered whether equipment left on the ground during a mission was scooped up after the mission was completed (if you won that is).
Does anyone know?

My guess is that alien corpses were but weapons weren't?

[luke83]

i assume they are as i have never picked up alien artefacts unless i needed the ammo . There was always something there to sell after each mission so im thinking yes.

[moriarty]

Alien stuff is definitely picked up, yes. It also shows up in the debriefing screen as "Alien Artifacts" and gives you points.

Funny thing is, if I remember correctly, you only get points for recovering "artifacts" - that is, unresearched alien stuff. as soon as it is researched, you no longer get the points for recovering it. you still get the item, though.