Chef build

How players win with Chef Community consensus

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

Weapons Chef boosts most Computed from rules

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

#	Weapon	Boost	DPS	Main stat	Hit	Cooldown
1	Pan Flute IV	×1.73	93.7	Luck	19 ×5	1.03 s
2	Flute IV	×1.32	43	Ranged Damage	33	0.78 s
3	Lute IV	×1.31	30.3	Melee Damage	34	1.14 s
4	Shovel IVStarting option	×1.09	83.9	Melee Damage	99	1.21 s
5	Combat Shotgun IV	×1	350.6	Ranged Damage	32 ×8	0.75 s
6	Machine Gun IV	×1	250.7	Ranged Damage	22	0.09 s
7	Minigun IV	×1	228.9	Ranged Damage	20	0.09 s
8	Obliterator IV	×1	223.2	Ranged Damage	700	3.23 s
9	Flaming Brass Knuckles IV	×1	170.3+ burn 7×18	Melee Damage	100	0.59 s
10	Power Fist IV	×1	170.3	Melee Damage	100	0.59 s

Starting weapons by the same measure

• Shovel#4 of 89, 83.9 DPS at tier IV
• Fist#13 of 89, 143.1 DPS at tier IV
• Knife#16 of 89, 134.9 DPS at tier IV
• Hatchet#23 of 89, 106.3 DPS at tier IV
• Blowgun#29 of 89, 93.2 DPS at tier IV
• Meat Tenderizer#33 of 89, 85.9 DPS at tier IV
• Whip#41 of 89, 69.9 DPS at tier IV
• Awl#46 of 89, 67.7 DPS at tier IV
• Cacti Club#53 of 89, 60.6 DPS at tier IV
• Screwdriver#55 of 89, 59.3 DPS at tier IV
• Pruner#58 of 89, 56.6 DPS at tier IV
• Chopper#59 of 89, 56.2 DPS at tier IV
• Flail#62 of 89, 54.2 DPS at tier IV
• Spoon#71 of 89, 40.7 DPS at tier IV
• Wrench#79 of 89, 30.4 DPS at tier IV
• Stick#80 of 89, 29.8 DPS at tier IV
• Torch#81 of 89, 26.3 DPS at tier IV
• Molotov Cocktail#88 of 89, 11.2 DPS at tier IV
• Wand#89 of 89, 11.3 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 722.9 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 Chef's multiplier; prices rise each wave. Downsides are listed because they hit other stats.

Items that turn Chef's stats into more

• Pearl+1% Damage for every permanent 10 Luck you have

Items that use Chef's effects

What the modifiers change Computed from rules

Chef has no stat multiplier, so the weapon decides the stat. At the reference profile the highest single-target damage comes from Pan Flute IV (93.7 DPS).

Elemental Damage ×0.25

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

Never offered to Chef

Item groups: elemental damage.

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.