Hiker build

How players win with Hiker Community consensus

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

Weapons Hiker boosts most Computed from rules

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

#	Weapon	Boost	DPS	Main stat	Hit	Cooldown
1	Combat Shotgun IV	×1	350.6	Ranged Damage	32 ×8	0.75 s
2	Machine Gun IV	×1	250.7	Ranged Damage	22	0.09 s
3	Minigun IV	×1	228.9	Ranged Damage	20	0.09 s
4	Obliterator IV	×1	223.2	Ranged Damage	700	3.23 s
5	Flaming Brass Knuckles IV	×1	170.3+ burn 7×18	Melee Damage	100	0.59 s
6	Power Fist IV	×1	170.3	Melee Damage	100	0.59 s
7	SMG IV	×1	160.8	Ranged Damage	24	0.15 s
8	Double Barrel Shotgun IV	×1	149.4	Ranged Damage	29 ×6	1.20 s
9	Fist IVStarting option	×1	143.1	Melee Damage	84	0.59 s
10	Revolver IV	×1	138.5	Ranged Damage	80	0.59 s

Starting weapons by the same measure

• Fist#9 of 89, 143.1 DPS at tier IV
• Taser#21 of 89, 104.1 DPS at tier IV
• Pistol#25 of 89, 100.6 DPS at tier IV
• Blowgun#27 of 89, 93.2 DPS at tier IV
• Meat Tenderizer#31 of 89, 85.9 DPS at tier IV
• Shovel#36 of 89, 77.1 DPS at tier IV
• Thief Dagger#37 of 89, 76.7 DPS at tier IV
• Whip#40 of 89, 69.9 DPS at tier IV
• Awl#45 of 89, 67.7 DPS at tier IV
• Carbon Bow#49 of 89, 63.2 DPS at tier IV
• Tranq Rifle#55 of 89, 59.1 DPS at tier IV
• Boomerang#56 of 89, 57.8 DPS at tier IV
• Pan Flute#61 of 89, 54.3 DPS at tier IV
• Flail#62 of 89, 54.2 DPS at tier IV
• Jousting Lance#64 of 89, 46.5 DPS at tier IV
• Sticky Grenade#69 of 89, 41.8 DPS at tier IV
• Hiking Pole#76 of 89, 34.7 DPS at tier IV
• Flute#79 of 89, 32.6 DPS at tier IV
• Crowbar#81 of 89, 31.1 DPS at tier IV
• Stick#83 of 89, 29.8 DPS at tier IV
• Lute#85 of 89, 23.1 DPS at tier IV
• Molotov Cocktail#87 of 89, 19.6 DPS at tier IV
• Hand#88 of 89, 15.6 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 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 Hiker's multiplier; prices rise each wave. Downsides are listed because they hit other stats.

What the modifiers change Computed from rules

Hiker's modifiers reward Speed ×1.10. At the reference profile the highest single-target damage comes from Combat Shotgun IV (350.6 DPS).

Speed ×1.10

Every point from items, level-ups and set bonuses counts ×1.10; penalties grow by the same factor.

steps you take during a wave → Max HP

+1 Max HP for every 80 steps you take during a wave.

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.