Builder build

How players win with Builder Community consensus

Summarised in our own words on 13 November 2026; check the patch date of each source against PC 1.2.

Weapons Builder boosts most Computed from rules

Builder: ordered by how much Builder's modifiers raise each weapon's damage compared with a character without modifiers, then by damage per second; weapons Builder doesn't boost fall back to raw DPS. Reference profile: Builder's own stats plus 20 points bought in the weapon's main scaling stat, both multiplied by Builder's modifiers; one weapon, its highest tier, no items, single target, every projectile hits. 89 of 95 equippable weapons scale with a stat Builder can raise.

#	Weapon	Boost	DPS	Main stat	Hit	Cooldown
1	Chainsaw IV	×1.25	86.9	Engineering	50	0.58 s
2	Awl IV	×1.19	80.9	Engineering	49	0.88 s
3	Screwdriver IV	×1.22	72.5	Engineering	44	0.88 s
4	Plank IVStarting option	×1.19	59.9	Engineering	57	0.98 s
5	Sickle IV	×1.16	53	Melee Damage	36	0.70 s
6	War Hammer IV	×1.08	135.3	Engineering	260	1.95 s
7	Brick IVStarting option	×1.07	109.5	Engineering	150	1.39 s
8	Particle Accelerator IV	×1.07	95.4+ burn 10×10	Engineering	150	1.62 s
9	Combat Shotgun IV	×1	350.6	Ranged Damage	32 ×8	0.75 s
10	Machine Gun IVStarting option	×1	250.7	Ranged Damage	22	0.09 s

Starting weapons by the same measure

• Plank#4 of 89, 59.9 DPS at tier IV
• Brick#7 of 89, 109.5 DPS at tier IV
• Machine Gun#10 of 89, 250.7 DPS at tier IV
• SMG#15 of 89, 160.8 DPS at tier IV
• Double Barrel Shotgun#16 of 89, 149.4 DPS at tier IV
• Revolver#18 of 89, 138.5 DPS at tier IV
• Laser Gun#19 of 89, 137.3 DPS at tier IV
• Medical Gun#26 of 89, 107.3 DPS at tier IV
• Taser#28 of 89, 104.1 DPS at tier IV
• Blowgun#33 of 89, 93.2 DPS at tier IV
• Shovel#41 of 89, 77.1 DPS at tier IV
• Ghost Scepter#54 of 89, 62 DPS at tier IV
• Rail Gun#56 of 89, 60.1 DPS at tier IV
• Tranq Rifle#57 of 89, 59.1 DPS at tier IV
• Boomerang#58 of 89, 57.8 DPS at tier IV
• Pan Flute#63 of 89, 54.3 DPS at tier IV
• Javelin#68 of 89, 42.1 DPS at tier IV
• Sticky Grenade#69 of 89, 41.8 DPS at tier IV
• Wand#73 of 89, 39.6 DPS at tier IV
• Shredder#77 of 89, 34.3 DPS at tier IV
• Slingshot#78 of 89, 33.7 DPS at tier IV
• Flute#79 of 89, 32.6 DPS at tier IV
• Molotov Cocktail#87 of 89, 19.6 DPS at tier IV

Legendary-only weapons

These exist only at tier IV, cost a Legendary shop slot and carry the Legendary set penalty of −20 Max HP per weapon of the class. At the same profile: Chain Gun 1051.5 DPS; Gatling Laser 493.2 DPS; Excalibur 418.2 DPS; Scythe 243.2 DPS.

Items for the stats this build buys Computed from item data

Ranked by points per base material after Builder's multiplier; prices rise each wave. Downsides are listed because they hit other stats.

Items that turn Builder's stats into more

• NailWeapon and pet damage additionally scales with 20% Engineering

Items that use Builder's effects

What the modifiers change Computed from rules

Builder's modifiers reward Engineering ×1.50. At the reference profile the highest single-target damage comes from Chainsaw IV (86.9 DPS).

Engineering ×1.50

Every point from items, level-ups and set bonuses counts ×1.50; penalties grow by the same factor.

Damage ×0.25

Counts ×0.25, including its penalties, which shrink by the same factor.

Never offered to Builder

• Rusty Antenna

Assumptions and method

• Damage per hit = round(trunc(base + Σ stat × scaling) × (1 + %Damage/100 + class %Damage/100)); crits average in as chance × round(hit × multiplier). Formulas are datamined from the game code; weapon numbers come from the game-file tables.
• Cooldown is the tooltip value, which includes the attack animation. Reload weapons average the long cooldown over its shot count. Attack Speed divides the tooltip, an approximation: the game divides only the cooldown frames.
• Not modelled: pierce, bounce, explosion splash, knockback, on-hit and kill-count effects, structures, and how often the weapon actually reaches enemies. Multi-projectile weapons assume every projectile hits the same target, which favours shotguns.
• Version: Brotato PC 1.2 with the 12 November 2026 patch. Reviewed 12 November 2026.