Ranged Damage

Ranged damage is a flat damage stat just like Melee Damage and Elemental Damage . It increases the damage of most ranged weapons. You can find a complete list of weapons that scale with Ranged Damage on the Weapons page.

Negative Ranged damage will instead reduce the damage of your weapon down to a minimum of 1.

Items

Positive

These items increase your Ranged Damage.

Due to Item Tags, the Character(s) Cyborg, Generalist, Ranger have a higher chance to find these items in the Shop.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Alloy	Tier 3	+3 Melee Damage +3 Ranged Damage +3 Elemental Damage +3 Engineering +5 % Crit Chance -6 % Dodge	80			Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, Engineering, Crit Chance, Elemental Damage
Big Arms	Tier 4	+12 Melee Damage +6 Ranged Damage +3 Knockback -3 % Attack Speed -3 % Speed	105		Win a run with Generalist	Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, Knockback
Feather(DLC)	Tier 1	+1 Ranged Damage +3 % Dodge -3 % XP Gain	18			Ranged Damage, Dodge
Handcuffs	Tier 3	+8 Melee Damage +8 Ranged Damage +8 Elemental Damage Your Max HP is capped at its current value	80	1		Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, Elemental Damage
Heavy Bullets	Tier 4	+5 Ranged Damage +10 % Damage +10 Range -5 % Attack Speed -5 % Crit Chance	100			Ranged Damage, Damage, Range
Hedgehog	Tier 1	+2 Melee Damage +1 Ranged Damage -1 HP Regeneration	30			Melee Damage, Ranged Damage
Honey	Tier 3	+3 Ranged Damage +10 % Explosion Damage +5 % Explosion Size -3 % Speed -3 % Dodge	70			Ranged Damage, Explosive
Lens	Tier 1	+1 Ranged Damage -5 Range	20			Ranged Damage
Mutation	Tier 1	+1 Ranged Damage +1 Elemental Damage -3 Knockback	25			Ranged Damage, Elemental Damage
Reinforced Steel	Tier 2	+2 Ranged Damage +3 Engineering -3 % Speed	50			Ranged Damage, Engineering
Scope	Tier 2	+2 Ranged Damage +25 Range -7 % Attack Speed	48			Ranged Damage, Range
Small Magazine	Tier 2	+2 Ranged Damage +10 % Attack Speed -6 % Damage	60			Ranged Damage, Attack Speed
Wheat	Tier 3	+4 Melee Damage +2 Ranged Damage +10 Harvesting -2 Elemental Damage	85		Win a run with Farmer	Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, Harvesting

Negative

These items decrease your Ranged Damage.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Cape	Tier 4	+5 % Life Steal +20 % Dodge -2 Melee Damage -2 Ranged Damage -2 Elemental Damage	110			Life Steal, Dodge
Cute Monkey	Tier 1	+8% chance to heal 1 HP when picking up a material -1 Ranged Damage	25	13		Pickup
Energy Bracelet	Tier 2	+4 % Crit Chance +2 Elemental Damage -2 Ranged Damage	55			Crit Chance, Elemental Damage
Fuel Tank	Tier 2	+4 Elemental Damage -1 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	45			Elemental Damage
Lucky Charm	Tier 3	+30 Luck -2 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	75		Win a run with Lucky	Luck
Mastery	Tier 2	+6 Melee Damage -3 Ranged Damage	55			Melee Damage
Nail	Tier 3	+5 Engineering Weapon damage additionally scales with 20% Engineering -2 Ranged Damage	65	1		Engineering
Peaceful Bee	Tier 1	+4 % Dodge +4 Harvesting -1 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	18			Dodge, Harvesting
Shmoop	Tier 3	+6 Max HP +2 HP Regeneration -2 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	60			Max HP, HP Regeneration

Mechanics

These items use your Ranged Damage to deal more damage.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Baby with a Beard	Tier 3	One bullet dealing 1 (+100%) damage is fired from an enemy corpse when they die -50 Range	100			Ranged Damage
Sunken Bell(DLC)	Tier 3	Once per wave, you explode for 100 (+500%+500%+500%+500%) damage when you fall below 40% health	65	1		Explosive

Characters

The following Characters start with different Ranged Damage, or have mechanics related to their Ranged Damage.

Positive Characters

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks	Item Tags
Apprentice	+2 Melee Damage when you level up +1 Ranged Damage when you level up +1 Elemental Damage when you level up +1 Engineering when you level up -2 Max HP when you level up	Reach level 20	Quarterstaff	XP Gain
Cyborg	You start with 1 Minigun Ranged Damage modifications are increased by 200% 100% of your Ranged Damage are temporarily converted into Engineering halfway through a wave (1 Ranged Damage = 2 Engineering) Engineering modifications are reduced by 75% Melee modifications are reduced by 100% Elemental modifications are reduced by 100%	Reach 10 Ranged Damage and get 3 structures at the same time	Improved Tools	Engineering, Ranged Damage
Generalist	+2 Melee Damage for every 1 Ranged Damage you have +1 Ranged Damage for every 2 Melee Damage you have You can only equip 3 melee weapons and 3 ranged weapons at a time	Collect 2000 materials	Big Arms	Melee Damage, Ranged Damage
Ranger	+50 Range You start with 1 Pistol Ranged Damage modifications are increased by 50% You can't equip melee weapons Max HP modifications are reduced by 25%	Unlocked by default	Night Goggles	Ranged Damage, Range

Negative Characters

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks	Item Tags
Brawler	+50% Attack Speed with Unarmed weapons You start with 1 Fist +15% Dodge -50 Range -50 Ranged Damage	Unlocked by default	Power Fist	Melee Damage
Crazy	+100 Range with Precise weapons +25% Attack Speed You start with 1 Knife -30% Dodge -10 Engineering -10 Ranged Damage	Unlocked by default	Hunting Trophy	Crit Chance, Melee Damage
Diver(DLC)	You start with 1 Harpoon Gun -100% Harpoon Gun price +200 % Crit Damage with Precise weapons % Crit Chance modifications are increased by 25% +1 HP Regeneration for every 2 Melee Damage you have Enemies take 300% more damage for 3 seconds when hit by Ranged Damage -100 Ranged Damage +250 % Enemy health	Kill 1000 enemies that are more than 700 range away from you	Starfish	Crit Chance, Melee Damage
Mage	Elemental Damage modifications are increased by 25% You start with 1 Snake You start with 1 Scared Sausage Melee Damage Modifications are reduced by -100% Ranged Damage Modifications are reduced by -100% Engineering Modifications are reduced by -50%	Unlocked by default	Thunder Sword	Elemental Damage
Technomage	You start with 2 Turret +5 % Structure attack speed for every permanent 1 Elemental Damage you have +2 Elemental Damage for every 1 Structure you have +75% XP required to level up Melee Damage modifications are reduced by 100% Ranged Damage modifications are reduced by 100%	Reach 10 Elemental Damage and get 3 structures at the same time	Particle Accelerator	Elemental Damage, Engineering, Structure

Can't start with Ranged Weapons

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks	Item Tags
Dwarf(DLC)	+1 Engineering when killing at least 6 enemies with a direct weapon hit +1 Melee Damage for every permanent 2 Engineering you have You can't equip ranged weapons -20 % Dodge -100 % Attack Speed % Attack Speed modifications are reduced by 50%	Hit at least 25 enemies with a single melee attack	War Hammer	Engineering, Structure
Gladiator	+20% Attack Speed for every different weapon you have +5 Melee Damage You can't equip ranged weapons -40% Attack Speed -30 Luck	Kill 20000 enemies	Spider	Melee Damage
Knight	+2 Melee Damage for every 1 Armor you have +3 Armor You can't equip ranged weapons You can only equip tier 2 weapons or above % Attack Speed modifications are reduced by 50% Harvesting modifications are reduced by 80%	Win a run in Danger 4	Plasma Sledge	Armor
Ogre(DLC)	Enemies taking double their max health as damage explode for 15 (+50%-50%) damage +10 Melee Damage You can't equip ranged weapons -50 % Attack Speed -10 % Speed	Deal 1000 damage to an enemy in a single hit	Mace	Max HP, Melee Damage, Explosive (Item Tag)