Boosts

Boosts are temporary character-locked benefits available to players. They are unlocked through purchase with Daybreak Cash or Merit.

Boosts allow you to temporarily increase the rate at which you earn Experience Points, Nanites, both Experience Points and Nanites, or both Experience Points and Merit, by 50% for the listed duration. Some boosts also allow you to gain an additional 5% boost whenever you are in a squad, which will also be granted to all of your squadmates.

Most boosts are available for purchase in the Depot, however short 30-minute Experience or Nanite boosts can be purchased from the merit vendor in Sanctuary for Merit, and longer duration 'Heroic' boosts are available from Anniversary Bundles.

Players can equip up to two boosts at a time, which stack additively. If a player has two boosts of the same type equipped, they can receive 100% increased gains to that resource type (and provide up to 10% bonus squad experience, if applicable).

Unlike most items purchased with Daybreak Cash, Boosts are limited solely to the character they are purchased on, including those obtained from bundles.

To access boosts, go to the My Character menu tab, then Boost. Only one boost can be equipped in each slot at a time, although players can override a boost at any time.

Unavailable
The following boosts were previously available for purchase or as a reward from numerous events earlier in the game's lifespan, however are now no longer available and are listed for posterity only.

Alpha Squad
Although these boosts cannot be obtained by players who did not purchase the Alpha Squad package during the PlanetSide 2 Beta, anyone who did purchase that package will still receive an Alpha Squad boost on any new characters they create on that account.

Hyper Boosts
Initially available for purchase, and later given out as rewards to participants of certain in-game events.

Resource & Experience Boosts
Previously available as a reward from the Recruiter Rewards program which ended in June 2015, and then later re-added as random reward from Meltdown Alerts introduced in the September 26, 2017 Update (Critical Mass). Once again made unavailable after item drops were removed as a reward from alerts.