Charge

Charge Meter

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Charge is a mechanic implemented by Seeking Mechanisms and most of the weapons crafted with Dubious Plating and Mysterious Circuitry. Items that use this mechanic will display remaining charge in their tooltips. For these items, charge is required and also depleted when used, similarly to ammunition. Unlike ammunition, it does not directly require an extra inventory slot. The amount of damage on a weapon is dependent on its charge under the equation: Total Damage = Base Damage * (1.087 - 0.08 / (Current Charge / Max Charge + 0.07))

While the amount of charge is displayed on the tooltip as a percentage, charge is actually a number that varies from 0 to 250, depending on the tier and usage of the item. The amount of charge depleted per use is a constant that varies between each item. The amount of charge lost is calculated after item use, meaning the damage penalty will only apply for the next attack.

Charge can be added to weapons via the Charging Station, by inputting the item into the top slot, and a Draedon Power Cell at the bottom slot. Each Draedon Power Cell increases the amount of charge by 1 unit and is created every 15 seconds at a player-placed Power Cell Factory.

The amount of charge depleted in one single use and the maximum charge for each item is as follows:

Items	Charge per Use	Max Charge
Gauss Dagger	0.05	50
Pulse Pistol	0.05
Star Swallower Containment Unit	0.08
Taser	0.05
Tracking Disk	0.08
Frequency Manipulator	0.04	85
Gauss Pistol	0.05
Hydraulic Volt Crasher	0.032
Matter Modulator	0.075
Mounted Scanner	0.85
Cyan Seeking Mechanism	10	100
Green Seeking Mechanism
Onyx Seeking Mechanism
Red Seeking Mechanism
White Seeking Mechanism
Yellow Seeking Mechanism
Galvanizing Glaive	0.075	135
Gatling Laser	0.015
Gauss Rifle	0.1125
Pulse Turret Remote	1
System Bane	0.085
Freedom Star	0.04 (small orb) 0.05 (large orb) 0.06-1 (laser)	150
Heavy Laser Rifle	0.125	190
Plasma Caster	0.32 (primary) 0.12 (secondary)
Pulse Dragon	0.32
Snake Eyes	1
Wave Pounder	0.5
The Anomaly's Nanogun	0.8 (primary) 0.375 (secondary)	250
Phaseslayer	0.12
Plasma Grenade	0.2
Pole Warper	1.25
Pulse Rifle	0.24
Tesla Cannon	0.75
Dynamic Pursuer	0.5	320

Notes

• The Freedom Star, Gatling Laser, Hydraulic Volt Crasher, and Phaseslayer consume charge on each frame the item is used. The values above are equal to the amount of charge used multiplied with the amount of use time of these weapons.