Ghost build

How players win with Ghost Community consensus

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

Weapons Ghost boosts most Computed from rules

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

#	Weapon	Boost	DPS	Main stat	Hit	Cooldown
1	Rail Gun IVStarting option	×1.24	74.3	Ranged Damage	68	0.95 s
2	Ghost Flint IVStarting optionGhost class bonus	×1.25	48.6	Melee Damage	50	1.06 s
3	Ghost Scepter IVStarting optionGhost class bonus	×1.20	74.5	Ranged Damage	60	0.83 s
4	Ghost Axe IVStarting optionGhost class bonus	×1.17	47.7	Melee Damage	70	1.51 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

• Rail Gun#1 of 89, 74.3 DPS at tier IV
• Ghost Flint#2 of 89, 48.6 DPS at tier IV
• Ghost Scepter#3 of 89, 74.5 DPS at tier IV
• Ghost Axe#4 of 89, 47.7 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 257.5 DPS.

Items for the stats this build buys Computed from item data

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

Items that turn Ghost's stats into more

• Retromation’s Hoodie+2% Attack Speed for every 1% Dodge you have

Items that use Ghost's effects

What the modifiers change Computed from rules

Ghost has no stat multiplier, so the weapon decides the stat. At the reference profile the highest single-target damage comes from Rail Gun IV (74.3 DPS).

Ethereal weapons +10 base damage

+10 Damage with Ethereal weapons. Eligible: Ghost Flint, Ghost Scepter, Ghost Axe, Scythe.

Dodge cap 90%

Dodge keeps paying until 90% instead of 60%. Armor vs dodge

Never offered to Ghost

• Duct Tape
• Ghost Outfit

Item groups: armor.

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.