Explorer
Effects
- More trees spawn
- You start with 1 Lumberjack Shirt
- +10% Speed
- +50% pickup range
- +33% Map Size
- +25% Enemies
- -50% materials dropped from enemies
- +10% Enemy Speed
- -40% Damage
- Unlock
- Kill 50 trees (Lumberjack)
- Winning a run unlocks
- Compass (item)
Build
- Community build
- Engineering avoids the -40% Damage penalty, with Pocket Factory the key item; Cacti Club spines also cut down the extra trees. Shredder explosion builds and Sticks are other recommended starts.
- Core weapons and items
- Stats to buy
- Elemental Damage, Melee Damage, Luck
- Top weapons at the reference profile
- Flamethrower IV, Boomerang IV, Pan Flute IV
Full Explorer buildSynergies: Power Generator and Speed
Starting weapons
Pick one of 29 weapons. Weapons marked with a DLC name appear only when that DLC's Item Set is on.
Awl Primal Dread
Blowgun Primal Dread
Boomerang Primal Dread
Cacti Club
Carbon Bow Primal Dread
Chopper
Crossbow
Crowbar Primal Dread
Ghost Axe
Hand
Hatchet
Hiking Pole Abyssal Terrors
Jousting Lance
Meat Tenderizer Primal Dread
Molotov Cocktail Primal Dread
Pan Flute Primal Dread
Plank
Screwdriver
Shovel Primal Dread
Shredder
Spoon Abyssal Terrors
Stick
Sticky Grenade Primal Dread
Taser
Thief Dagger
Torch
Wand
Whip Primal Dread
Wrench
Recent changes
- 12 November patch: starting weapons changed (+Boomerang).
Sources
- Brotato Wiki, Explorer: effects, unlock and starting weapons from the game files.
- Balancing Patch, 12 November 2026
Reviewed against PC 1.2 and the 12 November patch.