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Poacher

Primal Dread

  • Adds 1 hunting area which gives +3% Damage for every 15 enemies killed inside
  • -50% materials dropped by enemies killed inside the hunting area
Unlock
Kill 20 different enemy types in the Jungle (Trophy Hunter)
Winning a run unlocks
Mud Lover (item)

Build

Community build
Melee weapons, especially Meat Tenderizer, make it easy to kill inside the hunting area, which builds large % Damage; ranged builds need careful positioning.
Core weapons and items
Stats to buy
Ranged Damage
Top weapons at the reference profile
Combat Shotgun IV, Machine Gun IV, Minigun IV

Full Poacher build

Starting weapons

Pick one of 26 weapons. Weapons marked with a DLC name appear only when that DLC's Item Set is on.

How Poacher plays

A yellow circular hunting area on the Jungle floor with damage numbers inside it at wave 9.
Official Steam screenshot.

The Poacher places a hunting area each wave. Every 15 enemies killed inside it add +3% Damage, and enemies killed inside drop 50% fewer materials.

The trade is materials for permanent damage. A Steam player worked out that each +3% costs about 7 to 8 materials of lost drops, which is cheaper than buying %Damage items, and advised fighting outside the area for the first waves until the weapons you need are bought.

Winning with the Poacher unlocks Mud Lover (+60% Damage while standing in a puddle).

Sources

Reviewed against PC 1.2 and the 12 November patch.

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