Soldier build

How players win with Soldier Community consensus

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

Weapons Soldier boosts most Computed from rules

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

#	Weapon	Boost	DPS	Main stat	Hit	Cooldown
1	Claw IV	×3.21	253.9	Melee Damage	75	0.41 s
2	Flamethrower IV	×3	33.3+ burn 42×5	Elemental Damage	2	0.06 s
3	Hatchet IV	×2.61	277.1	Melee Damage	113	0.42 s
4	Jousting Lance IV	×2.45	113.8	Melee Damage	98	0.89 s
5	Boomerang IVStarting option	×2.41	139.1	Melee Damage	53	0.40 s
6	Double Barrel Shotgun IVStarting option	×2.28	339.9	Ranged Damage	44 ×6	0.80 s
7	Blowgun IV	×2.28	212.8	Ranged Damage	35	0.25 s
8	Pan Flute IVStarting option	×2.32	125.8	Luck	17 ×5	0.69 s
9	Wand IVStarting option	×2.29	90.6+ burn 44×12	Elemental Damage	32	0.35 s
10	Flute IVStarting option	×2.28	74.2	Ranged Damage	38	0.52 s

Starting weapons by the same measure

• Boomerang#5 of 89, 139.1 DPS at tier IV
• Double Barrel Shotgun#6 of 89, 339.9 DPS at tier IV
• Pan Flute#8 of 89, 125.8 DPS at tier IV
• Wand#9 of 89, 90.6 DPS at tier IV
• Flute#10 of 89, 74.2 DPS at tier IV
• Machine Gun#15 of 89, 564.2 DPS at tier IV
• SMG#20 of 89, 361.8 DPS at tier IV
• Revolver#22 of 89, 311.6 DPS at tier IV
• Laser Gun#23 of 89, 309 DPS at tier IV
• Knife#24 of 89, 305.9 DPS at tier IV
• Icicle#26 of 89, 270 DPS at tier IV
• Taser#32 of 89, 234.2 DPS at tier IV
• Pistol#35 of 89, 226.3 DPS at tier IV
• Whip#48 of 89, 158.5 DPS at tier IV
• Carbon Bow#57 of 89, 143.8 DPS at tier IV
• Rail Gun#61 of 89, 136 DPS at tier IV
• Tranq Rifle#63 of 89, 133 DPS at tier IV
• Flail#67 of 89, 122.6 DPS at tier IV
• Lightning Shiv#72 of 89, 99.4 DPS at tier IV
• Javelin#73 of 89, 94.7 DPS at tier IV
• Sticky Grenade#74 of 89, 94.1 DPS at tier IV
• Crossbow#79 of 89, 87.4 DPS at tier IV
• Shredder#81 of 89, 78 DPS at tier IV
• Molotov Cocktail#88 of 89, 44.1 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 1627.2 DPS; Gatling Laser 1109.6 DPS; Excalibur 940.9 DPS; Scythe 547.2 DPS.

Burning weapons

Burn damage is not in the DPS column. Per application at the same profile (damage per tick × ticks; the strongest burn on an enemy is kept unless you own Pyromaniac): Wand 44×12, Particle Accelerator 45×10, Molotov Cocktail 38×7, Flamethrower 42×5, Fireball 42×5, Flaming Brass Knuckles 11×18.

Items for the stats this build buys Computed from item data

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

Items that turn Soldier's stats into more

• Coil+1% Damage for every 1 Knockback you have
• Frozen HeartWeapon and pet damage additionally scales with 10% Elemental Damage
• Power Generator+1% Damage for every permanent 1% Speed you have
• Strange Book+1 Engineering for every permanent 1 Elemental Damage you have

Items that use Soldier's effects

What the modifiers change Computed from rules

Soldier has no stat multiplier, so the weapon decides the stat. At the reference profile the highest single-target damage comes from Claw IV (253.9 DPS).

Soldier has no stat multiplier, conversion or class bonus. Pick weapons by the stat they scale with and buy that stat.

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.