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Artificer

Base gameShop favours Explosive

+175% Explosion Damage
+4% Explosion Size for every 1 Elemental Damage you have
+100% Damage with Tool weapons
-100% Damage
Armor modifications are reduced by 50%

Unlock: Kill 15 enemies with a single explosion (Fireworks)
Winning a run unlocks: Explosive Shells (item)

Build

Community build: Explosion build: start Shredder and move to Rocket, Grenade or Nuclear Launchers, or use Planks; stack Explosion Size and Elemental Damage, which also enlarges explosions. Wrench and Screwdriver became viable after Tool weapons got +100% damage in 1.1.0.0.
Core weapons and items: Shredder
Plank
Rocket Launcher
Nuclear Launcher
Grenade Launcher
Wrench
Screwdriver
Stats to buy: Elemental Damage, Ranged Damage
Top weapons at the reference profile: Rocket Launcher IV, Grenade Launcher IV, Nuclear Launcher IV

Full Artificer buildSynergies: Frozen Heart and Elemental Damage, Strange Book and Elemental Damage, Explosions synergies

Starting weapons

Pick one of 5 weapons. Weapons marked with a DLC name appear only when that DLC's Item Set is on.

Sources

Brotato Wiki, Artificer: effects, unlock and starting weapons from the game files.

Reviewed 12 November 2026 against PC 1.2 and the 12 November patch.