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Brotato Nail

Tier 3 item · 8 builds in our database

The Nail is a solid Engineering item that boosts your weapon damage while scaling with your Engineering stat. It's particularly effective for builds focusing on ranged attacks.

Item Stats

EngineeringWeapon damage additionally scales with 20% Engineering+5
Ranged Damage-2

Meta Usage

tracked builds (curated + per-character meta) include Nail

Auto-Tier

From usage frequency across our build pool, weighted by difficulty

Top characters

Most often: Gangster

When to buy Nail

Consider picking up the Nail if you're playing as Cyborg or Gangster, especially if you have a decent Engineering stat (around 20+) and are aiming for a ranged damage build. It pairs well with items like Giant Belt and Hunting Trophy to maximize your damage output.

When to skip Nail

Skip the Nail if you're using characters that don't benefit from Engineering or if you're focusing on melee builds. It's also less effective if your build lacks synergy with ranged damage.

Items most often combined with Nail

Calculated from 8 builds in our database that ship Nail. Higher % = more consistent synergy.

Best characters for Nail

Characters that pick up Nail in our curated build pool — with notes on why the combo works where we have them.

Apprentice

1 build

Nail turns Apprentice’s free Engineering per level into direct weapon scaling, effectively adding a second damage stat to your ranged weapons. In the Endless build it’s a key bridge between engineering and ranged DPS.

Cyborg

1 build

Core to the Engineering Cyborg build: it lets weapons scale off Engineering, which Cyborg gains from his mid‑wave conversion, keeping damage high across the whole wave.

Farmer

1 build

Nail gives strong Engineering and makes weapon damage scale from it, which is perfect for Particle Accelerator builds where Farmer already has huge economy and can invest heavily into Engineering.

Gangster

2 builds

Boosts Engineering to empower structures like Medical Turret and adds Engineering scaling to weapon damage, helping Gangster survive the elites he spawns while still focusing on crit income.