A Guide to E.G.O. Gifts

A comparison between E.G.O. Gifts of the same slot and which E.G.O. Gifts are best to keep locked in.

E.G.O. Gift Basics

E.G.O. Gifts are obtained off of working on Abnormalities. There is a random chance upon work completion that the agent who worked on the Abnormality receives the E.G.O. Gift, and each E.G.O. Gift has a certain "slot" that it goes into. There are 14 different slots: Hat, Helmet, Eye, Face, Mouth 1, Mouth 2, Cheek, Brooch, Neckwear, Left Back, Right Back, Hand 1, Hand 2 and Special.

Whenever a new E.G.O. Gift of the same slot of a previous E.G.O. Gift is obtained by an agent, the original one is replaced by the new one. However, employees level IV and above have the option to "lock in" E.G.O. Gifts on the deployment screen. Locked in E.G.O. Gifts will not be replaced and are permanent until they are unlocked. The purpose of this guide is to give a (relatively) easy way to compare different E.G.O. Gifts and whether or not they should be locked in to your employees.

Hat

Penitence (One Sin and Hundreds of Good Deeds)

SP +2
Success Rate of work on the corresponding Abnormality increased by 10%



In the Name of Love and Hate (The Queen of Hatred)

Success Rate +2, Work Speed +2, Movement Speed +4, Attack Speed +4





Bear Paws (Happy Teddy Bear)

SP +4
Attachment Work Success Rate increased by 3%



Horn (Beauty and the Beast)

HP +2, SP +2









Christmas (Rudolta of the Sleigh)

HP -4, SP +8





Faint Aroma (Alriune)

SP +4, Work Speed +2






Sheep's Clothing (Big and Will be Bad Wolf)

HP +9, SP -3
Special Drop: Rescued from Little Red while in the Wolf's stomach.




Inspired Courage/Reckless Foolishness (Crumbling Armor)

Blue Flame "Inspired Courage": Attack Speed +10, Movement Speed +10
"Reckless Courage" (1): Attack Speed +10, Movement Speed +10, HP -5
Orange Flame "Reckless Courage" (2): Attack Speed +15, Movement Speed +15, HP -10
Red Flame "Reckless Courage" (3): Attack Speed +20, Movement Speed +20, HP -20
Special Drop: Obtained after working Repression on the Abnormality

Upon completing repression work on Crumbling Armor, the employee will be granted this E.G.O. Gift. Employees with this E.G.O. Gift will be killed upon working Attachment on any Abnormality, and whenever they work Repression the E.G.O. Gift will progress to the next level, making it give more Justice at the cost of less HP.



Black Swan (Dream of a Black Swan)

HP -4, SP -4, Success Rate +10, Work Speed +10










Engulfing Dream (Void Dream)

SP +4





Cherry Blossoms (Grave of Cherry Blossoms)

HP +2, Movement Speed +2, Attack Speed +2





Feather of Honor (The Firebird)

SP +2, Movement Speed +4, Attack Speed +4





SO CUTE!!!! (Ppodae)

HP +4, Success Rate -2, Work Speed -2





Overview of Hat
This slot has a lot of E.G.O. Gifts, with most of them being low to medium usefulness. Personally the best one would be Feather of Honor or In the Name of Love and Hate, but you can lock in whatever one you find to be most useful, and try to replace Courage for most employees unless you have someone who won't need to bother with Attachment.

Also, I'll put this here, even though you can't get it in actual gameplay, for the sake of having everything.

Standard Training E.G.O (Standard Training-Dummy Rabbit)

HP +2, SP +2

Helmet

Syrinx (Nameless Fetus)

HP -2, SP -2, Movement Speed +6, Attack Speed +6
Reduces White damage by 5%





Lamp (Big Bird)

SP +3, Success Rate +3, Work Speed +3





Hornet (Queen Bee)

HP +2, SP +4





Laetitia (Laetitia)

SP +4






Heaven (The Burrowing Heaven)

HP +4, Success Rate +2, Work Speed +2





Diffraction (Dimensional Refraction Variant)

SP +6





Discord (Yin)

HP -10, SP -10, Movement Speed +20, Attack Speed +20
Heals as much the damage taken by a 8% chance





Pink (Army in Black)

Movement Speed +5, Attack Speed +5
When wearing the E.G.O. Set of the same Abnormality, its damage output is increased by 15%.





Hypocrisy (Parasyte Tree)

HP +3, SP +3





Adoration (Melting Love)

HP +5, SP +10, Success Rate -5, Work Speed -5
When both the E.G.O GIFT and E.G.O. Suit from Melting Love are equipped, a Red shield will be formed when more than 10 damage is taken while HP is under 20, but Movement Speed is reduced by 50% when the shield is active.





Overview of Helmet
This slot has the two Backer Aleph E.G.O. Gifts, and both of them give a good bonus to using their respective set of E.G.O Gear. Even if not using either of their E.G.O. Gear, Adoration and Pinks provide a helpful bonus, and if neither of those two, Syrinx or Discord is the best for Head 2, giving good stat increases while providing a useful passive buff.

Eye

Solitude (Old Lady)

Success Rate +3, Work Speed +3





Da Capo (Silent Orchestra)

Success Rate +4, Work Speed +4
While also wearing the same E.G.O. Suit, Absorb all White Damage taken instead.





Grinder Mk4 (Little Helper)

Success Rate +4, Work Speed +4
Insight Work Success Rate increased by 3%





Red Eyes (Eye)

Success Rate +3, Work Speed +3





Tough (You're Bald...)

Movement Speed +2, Attack Speed +2





Justitia (Bird of Judgement)

Movement Speed +6, Attack Speed +6 (Says +3 in game but is +6 in reality)
Repression Work Success Rate increased by 6%
Gives you immunity to the blindness debuff inflicted by The Firebird.




Smile (The Mountain of Smiling Bodies)

HP +5, SP +5















CENSORED (CENSORED)

SP +10





Today's Expression (Shy Look Today)

SP -2, Success Rate +4, Work Speed +4





Sound of a Star (Blue Star)

Movement Speed +10





Overview of Eye
This slot has all of the main Aleph's (Not White Night/Apocalypse bird or a Backer Abnormality) E.G.O. Gift except for Nothing There's E.G.O. Gift, so lock in whichever one of the Aleph Gifts you find is the most useful for that particular employee, and absolutely lock in Da Capo for employees who are wearing the Da Capo E.G.O. Suit.

Face

Cobalt Scar (Big and Will be Bad Wolf)

HP +4, Movement Speed +2, Attack Speed +2







Overview of Face
...There's only one possible E.G.O. Gift.

Mouth 1

Regret (Forsaken Murderer)

HP +2, SP +2


Crimson Scar (Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary)

HP +3, Movement Speed +3, Attack Speed +3,


Overview of Mouth 1
Lock in Crimson Scar, as it is better in most cases than Regret.

Mouth 2

Fourth Match Flame (Scorched Girl)

HP +4



Magic Bullet (Der Freischütz)

HP -5, SP -5, Movement Speed +10, Attack Speed +10
Max. and Min. Attack Power +3 when the Weapon from the same Abnormality is equipped.



Sanguine Desire (Red Shoes)

HP +4
When equipped with the same E.G.O. Weapon, decreases the Success Rate and Work Speed by -4 and increases the Attack Speed by +10.



Soda (Opened Can of Wellcheers)

Health +2



Ecstasy (The Dreaming Current)

SP +6



Lantern (Meat Lantern)

HP +5



Overview of Mouth 2
If an employee using the Magic Bullet E.G.O. Weapon has the Magic Bullet E.G.O. Gift, attack power is increased by 3 on an already strong weapon which has very long range and pierces Abnormalities. However, the Magic Bullet E.G.O. Weapon has the downside of also hurting your allies, and it falls out of use late game because of this. This combo can still carry you through the early game with enough caution, and the E.G.O. Gift has a good trade off even without the Magic Bullet E.G.O. Weapon. Or use Bloody Desire if that employee is equipped with the Bloody Desire E.G.O. Weapon.

Cheek

Mimicry (Nothing There)

HP +10
User's HP Healing increased by 5%



Harmony (Singing Machine)

HP +8, SP -4
When attacked by White Damage, recovery by 20% of damage and Attack Speed +10



Those who know the Cruelty of Winter and the Aroma of Roses (The Snow Queen)

HP +6, SP +6
Special Drop: Obtainable through Winning a Duel



The Sword Sharpened with Tears (Knight of Despair)

SP +2, Movement Speed +4, Attack Speed +4



Overview of Cheek
Despite being an Aleph, Mimicry isn't definitively the best of these, as Those who know the Cruelty of Winter and the Aroma of Roses is a very nice buff, but realistically either of those can work well.

Brooch

Noise (1.76 MHz)

Movement Speed +2, Attack Speed +2
SP -10, Attack Speed +10 when the Suit from the same Abnormality is equipped



Logging (Warm-Hearted Woodsman)

HP +2, Success Rate +2, Work Speed +2



Fragments from Somewhere (Fragment of the Universe)

Success Rate +2, Work Speed +2



Moonlight (La Luna)

HP +1, SP +1, Success Rate +1, Work Speed +1, Movement Speed +1, Attack Speed +1



Green Stem (Snow White's Apple)

SP +6
When the E.G.O. Weapon of the same Abnormality is equipped, its Min + Max Attack Power increases by 5



Overview of Brooch
All of these E.G.O. Gifts are pretty simple and give small buffs, and it is important to note that Noise's additional effect will help little to none as the Noise E.G.O. Suit is Teth class. Green Stem's additional effect is useful however, and make sure to lock it in on anyone who uses its' respective E.G.O weapon.

Neckwear

Galaxy (The Child of the Galaxy)

Success Rate +3, Work Speed +3
Heals a small amount of both HP and SP of the employee



Beak (Punishing Bird)

Movement Speed +2, Attack Speed +2



Harvest (Scarecrow Searching for Wisdom)

SP +4



Pleasure (Porccubus)

SP +10, Success Rate -6, Work Speed -6



Overview of Neckwear
None of these are particularly useful, so it shouldn't matter all that much which of these you lock in, if any at all.

Left Back

Paradise Lost (White Night)

HP +10, SP +10, Movement Speed +10, Attack Speed +10



Overview of Left Back
There is only one E.G.O. Gift for this slot, so don't bother locking it in. It won't hurt if you do, but it won't help either.

Right Back

Solemn Lament (Funeral of the Dead Butterflies)

HP +1, SP +1, Success Rate +1, Work Speed +1, Movement Speed +1, Attack Speed +1













Through Dark Twilight (Apocalypse Bird)

HP +7, SP +7, Success Rate +7, Work Speed +7, Movement Speed +7, Attack Speed +7
Special Drop: Given to all employees who survived through the suppression of Apocalypse Bird.






Overview of Right Back
Out of the two E.G.O. Gifts in this slot, one is a straight up upgrade, so always lock in Through Dark Twilight, especially for employees who work on Funeral of the Dead Butterflies often.

Hand 1

Gold Rush (King of Greed)

HP +6
Instinct Work Success Rate increased by 6%



Amrita (Heroic Monk)

HP +10, SP -4



Overview of Hand 1
These are both Waw class E.G.O. Gifts that have pretty similar effects. Either one works well.

Hand 2

Wrist Cutter (Bloodbath)

Success Rate +2, Work Speed +2



Spore (The Little Prince)

SP +5, Success Rate +2, Work Speed +2



Exuviae (The Naked Nest)

HP +5, SP +2



Gaze (Schadenfreude)

HP +4



Wingbeat (Fairy Festival)

Success Rate +2, Work Speed +2



Overview of Hand 2
These are all minor buffs, but Spore or Exuviae are the best to keep.

Special

Bless (Plague Doctor)

HP +6, SP +6, Success Rate +6, Work Speed +6, Movement Speed +6, Attack Speed +6
Special Drop: Obtainable through interaction



Overview of Special
You don't want this E.G.O. Gift in most cases, as it means eventual death for the employees equipped with it. However, there is no other E.G.O. Gifts for this slot, so once an employee has it, they are stuck with its strong buffs and their impending doom.

Conclusion

https://lobotomycorp.fandom.com/wiki/Home
A lot of the information was taken from the wiki.

Also, if you notice something important I missed, leave a comment about it. I'm sure there are multiple errors scattered around this guide.

12/5/20 - Updated the guide to match the translation update that happened in May, probably should of done that before, but oh well.

2/15/22 - Mixed some minor things here and there, as well as adding images to all of the E.G.O gifts, and adding the most important E.G.O gift of all, Standard Dummy E.G.O.

And remember to play library of ruina

[Vergilius]

in my own experience, i'd say galaxy is the best ego for neckwear

[so silly CRITter]

nice work

[Watereaters]

Also I heard the execution from Bless can be avoided with the Shelter, though it picks a random employee instead

[Watereaters]

Real managers grind EGOs for style over functionality

[Madboome]

to many to keep track of, thanks for making this :)

[Curu]

it helped me make a HP beast of an agent

[Venimur]

Yooo this helps a lot, thank ye lad!

[Kylotl]

@AkimGayming You can only do it for high-leveled employees, and can only do it from the deployment menu; you can't do it during the day itself!

[AkimGayming[UA]]

I can't find a way to lock gifts, only the option to togle the visibility, maby they took that option in one of the updates. I wary confused, can anybody help me to find the way to lock gits?

[LeoB100]

dumbas5 cherry blossoms is +2 sp not hp