Weapons

What it is

Weapons are the player ship’s offensive tools. Each run starts with one weapon and adds more from level-up rewards and chests, up to a slot cap. Every weapon auto-fires at nearby enemies on its own cadence, levels up from 1 to 20 over the run, and at level 20 can be merged with another level-20 weapon of any tag to produce a permanent legendary version. Nineteen base weapons exist plus ten legendary merge results, each with its own damage tag, family, and behavior.

Damage tags

Every weapon belongs to exactly one of four exclusive damage tags. The tag drives the visual palette, which artifacts and passives trigger off it, and which legendary it produces when paired. Legendary weapons carry two tags simultaneously and fire damage signals for both.

Tag	Color identity	Behavior signature
Bullet	White / silver	Kinetic projectiles, single-target, blood-splatter exit wounds
Bomb	Dark red	Explosive shells / arc lobs / blast radius AoE
Energy	Electric blue (violet for magnetic family)	Chains, beams, plasma, tethers, pierce-all behavior
Fire	Orange / yellow	Cones, persistent fire patches, area aura

There are two damage resolution types. Normal damage routes through enemy shield before hull; true damage bypasses the shield and goes straight to hull. Every shipped weapon uses normal damage unless its description below says otherwise.

Weapon families

The family field decides how projectiles are spawned, drawn, and how collision is resolved.

Family	Behavior
Projectile	Standard travelling bullets, arcs, plasma rounds
Sniper	Beam-trace hitscan — damage applies the frame it fires
Beam	Persistent shape (cone) where the visual and hitbox are the same object
Explosive	Arc-lobbed shells that detonate on impact with blast radius
Chain	Hits one target then arcs to nearby targets with damage falloff
Homing	Projectiles steer toward their target
Sweep	Orbits the ship, contacts enemies on intersection

Auto-aim modes

Target mode	Which enemy fires picks
Closest	Nearest enemy by edge distance
Furthest	Farthest enemy still inside range — used by long-range mortar / railgun
Flanking	Enemies perpendicular to ship facing — used by cannon / revolver
Low HP	Lowest-HP enemy in range — finishes wounded targets

Rarity and tier scaling

Drop weights are flattened at runtime: every non-legendary weapon has equal weight in chests. The ten legendaries never appear in chests and are only obtainable by merging two level-20 weapons of the parent tag pair.

Level scaling formula

Every weapon’s primary stats follow stat(level) = base + scaling × (effectiveLevel − 1), where effectiveLevel is a remap of the raw level through the weapon’s scaling curve. The six scaling curves shape how growth feels from L1 to L20.

Scaling curve	Shape	Effective level at L10 (relative)
Linear	Even growth across all levels	5.74
Linear fast	15% jump at L1, then linear	5.87
Front loaded	Big early gains, plateaus late	8.16
S curve	Slow start, fast mid, slow end	6.20
Exponential	Late-game burst	2.86
Steep exp	Heavy late-game burst	2.30

Damage multiplier (applied on top of base damage)

Damage scales separately from the per-stat formula via piecewise anchors, then is further multiplied by a low-level buff that decays from level 1 to level 7.

Level	Damage multiplier	Low-level buff	Total damage multiplier
1	1.00×	1.30×	1.30×
2	1.083×	1.25×	1.354×
4	1.25×	1.15×	1.4375×
7	1.6875×	1.00×	1.6875×
8	2.00×	1.00×	2.00×
12	3.00×	1.00×	3.00×
16	5.00×	1.00×	5.00×
20	7.50×	1.00×	7.50×

Legendary weapons start at level 1 already multiplied by the level-20 baseline of 7.50×, so a freshly-merged legendary hits like a maxed normal weapon and grows from there.

VFX tier breakpoints

Level range	VFX tier
1 to 3	1
4 to 7	2
8 to 13	3
14 to 20	4

Horizontal modifier rates

The horizontal upgrade track adds modifiers that stack across all owned weapons. Each weapon defines its own per-step rates.

Modifier	Rifle	Shotgun	Most weapons	Flame / fire-ring / sweep / defy
Damage per step	+4%	+4%	+4%	+5% (flame, fire-ring, defy) / +4% (sweep)
Fire rate per step	+10%	+10%	+10%	+10% (flame, fire-ring) / +8% (sweep, defy)

Area mode (how the Area horizontal applies)

Area mode	Effect
Blast	Grows blast radius
Blast strong	Grows blast radius at higher rate
Chain radius	Grows chain-jump search radius
Beam splash	Adds splash damage off the beam
Beam width	Widens the beam
Bonus explosion	Adds an extra explosion on hit
Cone width	Widens the cone
Blade size	Grows the orbiting blade
Splash	Grows splash radius on hit
Line spread	Widens the line / orbit balls
Arc thickness	Thickens the shield arc

Bonus projectile track (from More Projectiles horizontal)

A separate horizontal track adds extra projectiles per shot. The curve is per-weapon. Sample points:

Weapon	At 0 stacks	At 5 stacks	At 10 stacks	At 15 stacks	At 20 stacks
Rifle	+0	+2	+3	+4	+5
Coilgun	+0	+2	+3	+4	+5
Shotgun	+0	+2	+3	+4	+5
Railgun	+0	+1	+2	+3	+4
Missile	+0	+2	+3	+4	+5
Lightning	+0	+2	+3	+4	+5
Revolver	+0	+2	+3	+4	+5
Cannon	+0	+2	+4	+6	+7
Mortar	+0	+2	+3	+4	+5
Disc	+0	+1	+2	+3	+4
Flame (embers)	+8	+12	+14	+20
Sweep	+0	+1	+1	+2	+3
Line	+0	+0	+1	+1	+2
Magnetar	+0	+0	+1	+1	+2
Fire ring (blades)	+0	+1	+1	+2	+3
Burst	+0	+0	+1	+1	+2

Fire trail and barrier ignore the More Projectiles track.

Base weapons

Nineteen weapons make up the base roster. Each card below lists the headline stats at level 1, level 10, and level 20 (raw values from the spec, before the damage multiplier curve and any horizontal modifiers).

Auto Rifle — bullet projectile

Standard auto-fire single-shot rifle. Picks the closest target, fires straight, near-perfect homing once the round is in flight. Linear scaling.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per shot	50	334	650
Fire rate (shots/s)	3.0	37.1	75.0
Projectile speed	550	604	665
Projectile size	5.0	5.9	6.9
Acquire range	183	210	240
Warmup	0.15 s	0.15 s	0.15 s
Travel range multiplier	2.4×	2.4×	2.4×

Shotgun — bullet projectile

Wide-spread pellet cone, projectiles pierce every enemy in their line. Linear-fast scaling means L1 already feels punchy.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per pellet	14	60	181
Fire rate (shots/s)	0.70	0.91	1.45
Pellet count	5	5	13
Pellet count at L5/L10/L15/L20	5 / 7 / 10 / 13	—	—
Spread (degrees)	18	18	18
Projectile speed	480	532	591
Projectile size	12.0	14.7	17.7
Acquire range	151	178	208

Railgun — bullet sniper

Long-range piercing beam, picks the furthest target in range. Long warmup, heavy damage. Steep exponential scaling — most growth happens after level 14.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per beam	850	1071	11000
Fire rate (shots/s)	0.32	0.34	0.91
Beam width	36	38	128
Acquire range	380	419	1124
Beam length multiplier	1.7×	1.7×	1.7×
Warmup	0.55 s	0.55 s	0.55 s

Missile — bomb homing

Slow-flying missile cluster, targets lowest-HP enemy in range, explodes on contact with blast radius. Front-loaded scaling — strong early levels.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per missile	41	254	536
Fire rate (shots/s)	0.56	0.75	1.02
Missiles per volley at L1/L5/L10/L15/L20	2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6	—	—
Blast radius	87.5	123	172
Projectile speed	160	192	234
Homing strength	12.0	16.9	22.7
Fire rate jitter	±20%	±20%	±20%
Acquire range	274	307	348

Lightning — energy chain

Picks the closest target, then chains to nearby enemies. Each jump deals 88% of the previous jump’s damage. Chain count rises sharply across levels.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per arc	75.3	463	979
Fire rate (shots/s)	0.20	0.39	0.52
Chain count at L1/L6/L10/L15/L20	5 / 20 / 60 / 150 / 300	—	—
Chain radius	93	188	287
Jump damage falloff	0.88 per jump	—	—
Acquire range	249	301	363

Revolver — bullet homing burst

Fires a homing-bullet burst at the closest enemy, with each round splashing on contact. Exponential scaling — most growth is in the late levels.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per round	90	274	1170
Fire rate (bursts/s)	0.768	1.20	3.29
Burst pattern (rounds/burst) at L1/L5/L10/L15/L20	6 / 8 / 12 / 18 / 24	—	—
Seeker count at L1/L5/L10/L15/L20	8 / 10 / 16 / 28 / 40	—	—
Splash radius	18	21	61
Spread (degrees)	55	55	55
Projectile speed	170	178	227
Homing strength	16	22	54

Cannon — bomb explosive

Arc-lobbed cannonball volley fired perpendicular to ship facing (flanking aim). High blast, low fire rate. 25% chance each fire to double-fire.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per shell	96	633	1248
Fire rate (shots/s)	0.30	0.39	0.49
Shell count at L1/L5/L10/L13/L16/L19	1 / 3 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8	—	—
Blast radius	140	175	274
Projectile speed	520	564	658
Arc time	0.8 s	0.8 s	0.8 s
Fire rate jitter	±20%	±20%	±20%
Double-shot chance	25%	25%	25%
Acquire range	204	258	318

Mortar — bomb explosive

Long-range arc-lobbed shells that prioritize the furthest enemy. Big AoE, slow cadence. Scatter radius shrinks at higher levels (more accurate).

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per shell	50	334	650
Fire rate (shots/s)	0.60	0.70	0.94
Shell count at L1/L5/L10/L15/L20	3 / 4 / 6 / 9 / 12	—	—
Blast radius	120	257	408
Scatter radius	40	34	29
Arc time	1.4 s	1.4 s	1.4 s
Fire rate jitter	±20%	±20%	±20%
Acquire range	296	341	391

Disc — energy projectile (boomerang)

Plasma ring pierces every enemy on the way out, returns to ship and pierces again on the way back. Has a level 1 to 10 damage buff that decays linearly. Tagged energy despite the projectile look.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per pass	38	295	580
Fire rate (shots/s)	0.30	0.50	0.73
Projectile size	36.4	65.0	99.7
Projectile speed	450	540	640
Return speed	840	1058	1296
Early-level damage buff (L1)	+120%, fades to 0 at L10	—	—
Acquire range	262	298	338

Flame — fire projectile (cone stream)

Short-range fire ember stream. Many small particles flow forward in a cone. Front-loaded scaling.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per ember	14.4	80.6	187.2
Fire rate (shots/s)	6.0	8.4	11.4
Ember count at L1/L7/L14/L20	15 / 17 / 28 / 38	—	—
Cone width (degrees)	65	65	65
Projectile speed	380	412	452
Projectile size	2.5	2.9	3.5
Acquire range	165	192	222

Sweep — energy sweep blade

A single energy blade orbits the ship and damages enemies it sweeps through. Contact cooldown gates re-hits on the same enemy. Has a level 1 to 7 early damage buff. Linear scaling.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per hit	42	106	178
Fire rate (shots/s)	0.20	0.42	0.67
Orbit radius	190	254	325
Orbit speed	4.0	8.5	13.6
Blade size	3.0	5.7	8.7
Blade count	1	1	1
Contact cooldown	0.18 s	—	—
Early-level damage buff (L1)	+150%, fades to 0 at L7	—	—
Acquire range	208	226	246

Line — energy projectile (tesla line)

Two orbiting energy balls fire and remain connected by a piercing damage line between them, sweeping across enemies. Linear scaling.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per tick	31.2	79.85	131.80
Fire rate (shots/s)	0.20	0.42	0.67
Projectile speed	120	147	177
Ball spread (orbit radius)	55	110	170
Orbit speed	30	37.2	45.2
Contact cooldown	0.08 s	—	—
Acquire range	220	256	296

Barrier — energy sweep arcs (forward-locked)

Forward-facing shield-style energy arcs orbit in front of the ship, piercing all enemies in their path and pulling nearby ones inward. Always fires regardless of enemies.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per tick	224	1497	2913
Fire rate (shots/s)	1.4	1.65	1.93
Orbit radius	110	137	167
Orbit speed	9.0	12.2	15.8
Blade size	18	24.75	32.25
Pull radius	100	213	340
Pull force	1200	2564	4080
Acquire range	200	218	238
Contact cooldown	0 (continuous)	—	—

Defy — fire beam (shader cone)

A live persistent fire cone in front of the ship. The visual and the hitbox are the same shape — damage ticks once per fire rate to any enemy inside the cone. Front-loaded scaling. Defy is tagged legendary rarity but functions like a base weapon (it is in the base roster, not an unlock).

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per tick	9	56	124
Tick rate (ticks/s)	10.0	12.9	16.7
Cone length (range × 1.3)	273	318	372
Cone width (degrees)	32	32	32
Acquire range	210	264	324

Fire trail — fire projectile (zone drop)

Drops a persistent fire patch beneath the ship on each fire. Patches damage anything that walks through them. Fires regardless of enemy presence.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Total damage per patch	70	416	801
Fire rate (patches/s)	1.0	1.45	1.95
Linger duration	4.0 s	4.9 s	5.9 s
Patch radius	75	97.5	122.5
Acquire range	200	236	276

Total damage is spread evenly across the patch lifetime — a 4.0 s patch with 70 total damage ticks 17.5 damage per second.

Fire ring — fire sweep blades

Multiple orbiting fire blades. Linear scaling.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per hit	36	90	150
Fire rate (shots/s)	0.20	0.42	0.67
Blade count at L1/L5/L10/L15/L20	3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 8	—	—
Orbit radius	130	180	235
Orbit speed	5.0	8.6	12.6
Blade size	8	12.05	16.55
Contact cooldown	0.18 s	—	—
Acquire range	180	198	218

Burst — bullet sniper (hitscan)

Instant-cast hitscan rifle. Each fire snaps three bullets at the three closest enemies in range. No travelling projectile, no visible beam — muzzle flash plus on-target impact only. More Projectiles upgrades stack additional simultaneous shots, each picking a different enemy. Linear scaling.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per shot	38	236	456
Fire rate (shots/s)	1.6	2.5	3.5
Shots per cast	3	3	3
Beam width	6	7.8	9.8
Acquire range	228	263	302
Warmup	0 s	—	—

Magnetar — energy projectile (tesla line, violet)

A wider-orbit, slower variant of Line. Two orbiting energy balls connected by a piercing damage tether. Long range, violet-magenta palette. Linear scaling.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per tick	42.0	94.2	152.2
Fire rate (shots/s)	0.15	0.33	0.53
Orbit radius	85	157	237
Orbit speed	25	31.3	38.3
Projectile speed	100	122.5	147.5
Projectile size	18	24.3	31.3
Acquire range	350	404	464
Travel range multiplier	5.0×	—	—

Coilgun — energy projectile (rifle shape)

A precision electromagnetic accelerator. Single bullet per shot, faster than rifle, bigger hits, longer reach. Linear scaling.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per shot	95	545	1045
Fire rate (shots/s)	1.8	24.3	49.3
Projectile speed	700	772	852
Projectile size	7.0	8.4	9.85
Acquire range	240	276	316
Warmup	0.20 s	—	—
Travel range multiplier	3.5×	—	—

Legendary weapons

Legendaries are produced by merging two level-20 weapons whose tags form one of ten alphabetical pairings. The result inherits both tags simultaneously and replaces both source weapons in the player’s loadout. Legendaries never appear in chests. Each legendary starts at level 1 with the level-20 baseline damage multiplier (7.50×) already applied, and continues to level up from there on the normal level-up pool.

Merge pair table

Pair	Result	Weapon name
Bomb + bomb	Hellrain	Off-screen artillery rain
Bomb + bullet	4-Way Burst	Quad-direction simultaneous hitscan
Bomb + energy	Railstorm	Instant beam + decay cascade explosions
Bomb + fire	Carpet Bomber	Screen-pinned bomber fly-bys with firebombs
Bullet + bullet	Mega Bullet	FAMAS 3-round burst, slow massive bullets
Bullet + energy	Wave Gun	Curved blue plasma arc machine gun
Bullet + fire	Trailblazer	High-RoF rounds leaving fire trail patches
Energy + energy	Star Halo	Stars orbit, spin, then burst outward
Energy + fire	Plasma Mortar	Blue plasma arc lobs with persistent fire zones
Fire + fire	Phoenix	Continuous 360° fire aura around ship

Mega Bullet — bullet + bullet

FAMAS-style triple-burst of slow, massive brass bullets. Each round pierces every enemy in its line and continues offscreen. Built for single-target rape and very long range. Linear scaling, with a long travel range multiplier.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per bullet	2300	2300	2300
Fire rate (bursts/s)	1.4	1.85	2.35
Rounds per burst	3 (via cadence)	—	—
Projectile speed	380	416	456
Projectile size	36	40.5	45.5
Acquire range	1300	1462	1642
Travel range multiplier	22.0×	—	—

Hellrain — bomb + bomb

Off-screen artillery rain. Each fire spawns one bomb. A white dotted telegraph circle marks the impact site, a shadow grows under it, then the bomb falls straight down and detonates. ±50% random jitter on fire rate so the cadence feels chaotic.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per bomb	5500	5500	5500
Fire rate (bombs/s)	1.6	2.27	3.0
Blast radius	140	194	254
Telegraph duration	0.6 s	—	—
Strike radius from ship	320	374	434
Fire rate jitter	±50%	—	—

Star Halo — energy + energy

Stars stream from the ship front into a circular formation, rigid-body spin three revolutions (no damage during spin), then burst radially outward and explode at their final positions. Fires on a timer regardless of enemy presence. Ring radius is capped to 50% of the portrait viewport width at fire time.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per star	3000	3000	3000
Fire rate (casts/s)	0.20	0.42	0.67
Stars per cast at L1/L4/L8/L12/L16/L20	5 / 8 / 12 / 18 / 24 / 30	—	—
Ring radius	200	245	295
Spin revolutions	3	—	—
Spin duration	3.2 s	—	—
Star explosion radius	110	137	167
Post-spin burst-out distance	60	114	174

Phoenix — fire + fire

Continuous 360° fire-damage aura around the ship. Ticks fire damage on every enemy inside the radius. A flaming Phoenix outline renders behind the ship.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per tick	1100	1100	1100
Tick rate (ticks/s)	3.0	4.35	5.85
Aura radius	240	348	468

4-Way Burst — bomb + bullet

Four simultaneous hitscan beams snap at the four closest enemies (≥30° apart), each detonating a blast on impact. No projectiles travel. Tagged bullet (primary) + bomb (secondary).

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per shot	1800	1800	1800
Fire rate (shots/s)	5.0	6.8	8.8
Simultaneous beams	4	4	4
Blast radius	110	146	186
Acquire range	520	592	672

Wave Gun — bullet + energy

Machine-gun firing curved blue plasma arcs at the closest enemy. Each arc pierces every enemy in its line and continues beyond. Soft fade over the last 25% of the arc’s travel.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per arc	1400	1400	1400
Fire rate (shots/s)	8.0	12.5	17.5
Projectile speed	420	465	515
Projectile size	32	39.7	48.2
Acquire range	600	708	828
Travel range multiplier	3.0×	—	—

Trailblazer — bullet + fire

Revolver-style high-RoF rounds that leave persistent fire patches along their flight path. Bullets pierce, fly very long range, and the fire patches keep ticking on enemies after the round has passed. Wide random spread fills a cone with chaotic flame rounds.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per round	600	600	600
Fire rate (shots/s)	18.0	25.2	33.2
Rounds per cast	3	3.9	4.9
Projectile speed	720	792	872
Projectile size	22	26.95	32.45
Spread (degrees)	28 (random)	—	—
Acquire range	1100	1262	1442
Travel range multiplier	14.0×	—	—

Railstorm — bomb + energy

Anime-style beam. Instant flash strike along the firing line, then the beam sprite persists about 2 s with alpha decay. During the decay window, random cascade explosions sequentially erupt along the beam path, weighted to start near the ship and drift outward.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Initial beam damage	2200	2200	2200
Fire rate (shots/s)	0.30	0.525	0.775
Beam width	180	234	294
Beam decay duration	2.0 s	—	—
Cascade explosions at L1/L5/L10/L15/L20	6 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 14	—	—
Cascade blast radius	130	152.5	177.5
Acquire range	2000	2405	2855
Travel range multiplier	5.0×	—	—
Warmup	0.30 s	—	—

Carpet Bomber — bomb + fire

Screen-pinned bomber silhouettes fly across the viewport from the left, dropping firebombs in vertical lines that explode on impact and leave persistent fire patches.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per bomb	4800	4800	4800
Fire rate (bombs/s)	0.4	0.616	0.856
Bombs per pass at L1/L5/L10/L15/L20	6 / 8 / 10 / 14 / 18	—	—
Blast radius	130	175	225
Fire rate jitter	±30%	—	—
Acquire range	600	708	828

Plasma Mortar — energy + fire

Lobs slow-moving balls of blue plasma fire on a high arc. On impact: explodes and leaves a persistent blue-fire damage zone that ticks energy damage to any enemy inside. Targets the furthest enemy in range. Linear scaling.

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per shell	3500	3500	3500
Fire rate (shots/s)	1.4	1.94	2.54
Shells per fire at L1/L5/L10/L15/L20	1 / 2 / 2 / 3 / 3	—	—
Blast radius	160	214	274
Projectile speed	320	356	396
Arc time	1.0 s	—	—
Scatter radius	80	71	61
Acquire range	1100	1280	1480
Travel range multiplier	5.0×	—	—

How it works (gameplay flow)

• Each weapon auto-targets a chosen enemy by its target mode (closest, furthest, flanking, low HP) at the moment the cooldown expires.
• Once acquired, the weapon spends its warmup time, then fires. Some weapons (fire trail, barrier, Star Halo) bypass the acquire step and fire whenever ready.
• Damage on hit = base damage × level multiplier × low-level buff × horizontal damage modifier. Damage-tag artifacts and passives may also stack their own multipliers here.
• After firing, cooldown is set to 1 / fire rate. Bomb-family weapons (mortar, cannon, missile) apply a ±20% jitter to the cooldown, and Hellrain applies ±50%, so cadence feels organic.
• Level-up rewards offer to bring an existing weapon up one rank, or add a new one if a slot is open. At rank 20, that slot becomes a merge candidate. Merging two rank-20 weapons of any tag pair consumes both slots and produces the matching legendary at rank 1.
• Range, AoE, and projectile count grow via the horizontal upgrade track: Area, More Projectiles, Damage, Fire Rate. Each weapon’s areaMode decides what the Area horizontal grows for it.
• VFX intensity steps up at level 4, level 8, and level 14 — bigger flashes, denser particles, brighter trails.

Interactions

• Damage tags trigger tag-conditional artifacts, passives, and affixes. Legendaries carry two tags so both sets of conditions fire.
• Horizontal modifiers (Damage, Fire Rate, More Projectiles, Area) stack across the whole loadout. Each weapon spec defines its own per-step rates and its area mode.
• Shields absorb normal-damage hits before hull. True-damage weapons skip the shield entirely (no shipped base weapon is true-damage by default; the field exists for piercing affixes).
• Destructibles (crates, walls, etc.) can be damaged by any weapon whose canHitDestructibles is true — every shipped weapon has this enabled.
• Ship feel is driven by each weapon’s recoil profile (squash/stretch + kick), camera shake on fire and on hit, ship pulse strength, sonar pulse scale, and screen post-FX duration.
• Mods, artifacts, and passives can scale damage, fire rate, range, blast radius, chain count, pierce count, and other per-tag bonuses. See the respective gameplay pages.

What it does NOT do

• Weapons are not manually aimed. Auto-aim picks the target every fire — there is no joystick aim or fire button.
• Weapons do not fire when no valid target is in range, except the four always-fire weapons (fire trail, barrier, Star Halo, Phoenix aura).
• The rarity field on a weapon spec does not affect chest drop weights. All non-legendaries are flattened to equal drop weight at runtime.
• Legendary weapons never appear in chests or rewards — they exist only as merge results.
• A weapon does not carry over between runs. Level resets to 1 at the start of every run; the metagame layer governs which weapons are available to pick from.
• Damage does not scale linearly with level. The piecewise damage curve plus the per-stat scaling curve combine for an aggressive late-game multiplier (about 7.5× the base at level 20).
• Enemy weapons use a separate, flat (un-leveled) stat table and do not share any of the player scaling rules.