Engineering

Increases the power of your structures. The other stats don't affect structures but specials do (piercing, bouncing, explosion etc.). There is no limit to this. If this is negative your structures have x decreased power down to a minimum of 1 damage or healing.

Items

Positive

These items increase your Engineering.

Due to Item Tags, the Character(s) Builder, Cyborg, Dwarf, Engineer, Technomage have a higher chance to find these items in the Shop.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By
Alloy	Tier 3	+3 Melee Damage +3 Ranged Damage +3 Elemental Damage +3 Engineering +5 % Crit Chance -6 % Dodge	80
Book	Tier 1	+1 Engineering	8
Cog	Tier 2	+4 Engineering +1 Knockback -4 % Damage	35
Compass	Tier 2	+5 % Speed +3 Engineering -3 % Crit Chance	40		Win a run with Explorer
Diploma	Tier 4	+10 Engineering +50 % XP Gain -3 Max HP	90
Duct Tape	Tier 1	+1 Armor +1 Engineering -2 Max HP	20
Exoskeleton	Tier 4	+3 Armor +5 % Crit Chance +5 Engineering +5 % Speed -2 HP Regeneration -2 % Life Steal	90
Metal Detector	Tier 2	+5% chance to double the value of picked up materials +6 Luck +2 Engineering -5 % Damage	40	20
Pencil	Tier 1	+2 Engineering -1 % Attack Speed -1 % Crit Chance	15
Robot Arm	Tier 4	+3 Melee Damage at the end of a wave +3 Engineering at the end of a wave -1 Max HP at the end of a wave	100		Win a run with Engineer
Toolbox	Tier 3	+6 Engineering -8 % Attack Speed	55

Negative

These items decrease your Engineering.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By
Ritual	Tier 2	+6 % Damage +2 % Life Steal -2 Engineering	60		Win a run with Ghost
Wolf Helmet	Tier 4	+10 Elemental Damage +20 Luck -5 Engineering	90

Mechanics

These items use your Engineering stat to deal more damage. They either place mines, or are turrets.

Due to Item Tags, the Character(s) Builder, Cyborg, Dwarf, Engineer, Technomage have a higher chance to find these items in the Shop.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price
Landmines	Tier 1	A landmine spawns every 12 seconds dealing 10 (+100%) damage in an area	15
Turret	Tier 1	Spawns a turret that shoots bullets dealing 10 (+80%) damage	15
Incendiary Turret	Tier 2	Spawns a turret that shoots flames dealing 8x5 (+33%) burning damage	40
Medical Turret	Tier 2	Spawns a medical turret that shoots bullets healing 3 (+5%) HP	40
Laser Turret	Tier 3	Spawns a turret that shoots piercing bullets dealing 20 (+125%) damage	65
Explosive Turret	Tier 4	Spawns a turret that shoots explosive bullets dealing 25 (+150%) damage in an area	80
Tyler	Tier 3	Spawns a little guy that slowly shoots 10 piercing lightning projectiles around him for 10 (+75%+75%) damage each	75

Characters

These Characters start with different Engineering, or have mechanics related to their Engineering:

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks	Item Tags
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
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
Pacifist	Gain 0.65 material and XP for every living enemy at the end of a wave You start with 1 Lumberjack Shirt -100% Damage -100 Engineering	Collect 10000 materials	Panda	Max HP, HP Regeneration, Armor
Engineer	+10 Engineering Engineering modifications are increased by 25% You start with 1 Wrench Structures spawn close to each other Damage modifications are reduced by 50%	Get 5 turrets on the map simultaneously	Robot Arm	Engineering