Brotato Stats Guide (2026)

Every Brotato stat – Primary, DLC, and Secondary – explained in depth. Effects, formulas, item synergies, character interactions, and the strongest builds for each stat. Updated for the current Paws & Claws meta and the Abyssal Terrors DLC.

How Brotato Stats Work

Brotato has two main categories of stats. Primary stats (Max HP, Damage, Crit Chance, Engineering, and 13 more) are your core scaling levers — most shop items modify one or more primary stats at the cost of another. Secondary stats (Knockback, % Explosion Damage, % XP Gain, % Pickup Range, etc.) cover everything else: structure modifiers, economy, environment, and special projectile behaviour.

Along with picking up powerful weapons and choosing the right character, Primary Stats are the core way to scale into the late game. Click any stat below for the full breakdown — effects, formulas, all related items, builds that use it, and the best characters for stacking it.

Primary Stats (16)

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Primary stats are the primary way for your character to get stronger. They influence how much damage you deal, how much damage you can survive, and how fast you move. Most items in the shop modify one or more of your primary stats.

Max HP

The size of your health bar – the amount of damage you can take before dying.

HP Regeneration

Passive healing that restores 1 HP every few seconds, faster the higher the stat.

Life Steal

Each attack has a chance to heal you for 1 HP. Capped at 10 HP per second.

Damage

Multiplicative damage modifier that affects every attack except Engineering structures.

Melee Damage

Flat damage added to melee weapons that scale with the Melee Damage stat.

Ranged Damage

Flat damage added to ranged weapons that scale with the Ranged Damage stat.

Elemental Damage

Flat damage for elemental weapons + scales Burn DoT damage.

Attack Speed

Attack x% faster with weapons. Strongest scaling stat for fast multi-projectile builds.

Crit Chance

% chance for each hit to land as a critical (usually 2× damage). Caps at 100%.

Engineering

Damage and healing stat for structures (turrets, mines, gardens). The only primary stat that affects structures.

Range

Increases weapon reach. Ranged weapons get +x range; melee weapons get +x/2 range and slightly slower attacks.

Armor

Reduces incoming damage by a percentage. Each point gives +6.66% Effective HP.

Dodge

% chance to completely avoid an attack. Capped at 60% (70% Cryptid, 90% Ghost).

Speed

You move x% faster. No cap. Negative speed slows you down.

Luck

Drops more loot, raises shop & upgrade rarity. The economy stat.

Harvesting

Earn x materials and XP at the end of each wave. Compounds at +5% per wave.

DLC Stats

Added with the Abyssal Terrors DLC.

DLC

Curse

Abyssal Terrors DLC stat. Tradeoff: enemies + items become cursed (stronger AND more rewarding).

Primary Stats Reference Table

Effects, limits, and what happens when each Primary Stat goes negative – tested against the current 1.1.x patch and the 2026 meta.

Stat	Effect	Limit	Negative Effect
Max HP	Amount of damage you can take before dying.	No limit (game-engine cap of 999,999).	Acts like the stat is at 1.
HP Regeneration	You regenerate 1 HP every x seconds, where x shrinks with higher HP Regeneration.	No limit (the formula has soft diminishing returns).	Acts like the stat is at 0.
Life Steal	Your attacks have x% chance to heal you for 1 HP per hit.	Can only trigger once every 0.1 seconds → maximum 10 HP per second.	Subtracts from each weapon's base life steal chance, minimum 0%.
Damage	Increases all damage dealt by 1% per point. Does not affect Engineering structures.	No limit.	Decreases damage by 1% per point. Minimum damage from any weapon or effect is 1.
Melee Damage	Adds flat damage to weapons that scale with Melee Damage (depending on each weapon's scaling %).	No limit.	Subtracts flat damage from melee weapons. Minimum 1 damage per hit.
Ranged Damage	Adds flat damage to ranged weapons that scale with Ranged Damage.	No limit.	Reduces ranged weapon damage to a minimum of 1 per hit.
Elemental Damage	Adds flat damage to weapons that scale with Elemental Damage; also scales Burn damage per second.	No limit.	Reduces elemental weapon and Burn damage to a minimum of 1 per hit.
Attack Speed	You attack x% faster with weapons. 100% Attack Speed = double fire rate.	Diminishing returns at high values. Cannot exceed 12 attacks/second; melee weapons cap lower.	Increases weapon cooldown via a different (less punishing) formula.
Crit Chance	Adds x% chance to deal a critical hit on top of each weapon's base crit chance.	100% chance per hit.	Subtracts from each weapon's base crit chance, minimum 0%.
Engineering	Increases the damage and healing of your structures. Also scales the weapons Plank and Screwdriver.	No limit.	Reduces structure power. Minimum of 1 damage or healing per tick.
Range	Increases the range of your weapons by x. Ranged weapons gain the full bonus; melee weapons gain half.	No limit. All weapons have a 25 minimum range.	Reduces weapon range (halved penalty for melee). 25 range minimum.
Armor	You reduce incoming damage by x%. Each point of armor means it takes 6.66% more damage to kill you.	No limit (formula has soft diminishing returns on % reduction).	You take x% more damage instead. Hard diminishing returns – you can't go below 50% extra damage in practice.
Dodge	x% chance to dodge attacks (no damage taken).	60% by default. 70% on Cryptid, 90% on Ghost. The Padding item raises the cap to 70%.	Acts like the stat is at 0 (does nothing).
Speed	You move x% faster.	No limit.	You move x% slower. -100% Speed = standstill.
Luck	x% more chance to find consumables and crates from kills. Improves the rarity of shop items and level upgrades.	No limit, but several effects soft-cap (e.g. ~290 Luck for max Legendary chance).	Fewer drops, lower-rarity shop items and upgrades.
Harvesting	You earn x materials and XP at the end of a wave. The stat increases by 5% (rounded up) every time it activates.	No limit.	You lose x materials and XP at the end of a wave. The 5% interest does NOT happen.
Curse	Gives enemies a chance to spawn cursed (+25% Damage, +15% Speed, +150%+2%·Curse HP, +33% materials drop). Also chance for shop items/weapons to spawn cursed (stronger stats, weaker downsides).	Diminishing returns – max 50% cursed-enemy chance, 15% cursed-shop-item chance. Cursed HP scaling caps at 300 Curse.	Cannot go negative.

Secondary Stats (22)

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Secondary stats cover everything outside the core damage / defense picture. With the exception of Engineering (a Primary stat), structures benefit from secondary stats like % Structure Attack Speed, Piercing, Bounces, and Knockback. Economy stats like % XP Gain, Free Rerolls and % Pickup Range shape the long game.

Consumable Heal

Modifier on the amount healed by consumables (fruits and meat).

Top items: Alien Worm, Jerky, Lemonade …

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% Materials Healing

Chance to heal 1 HP when picking up materials. Currently only Cute Monkey provides it.

% XP Gain

Multiplies all forms of XP. Faster levels, faster scaling.

Top items: Bean Teacher, Black Belt, Celery Tea …

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% Pickup Range

Increases the radius at which you suck up materials and consumables.

Top items: Alien Tongue, Cauldron, Gnome …

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% Items Price

Modifier on shop prices. Cheaper items = more buys per wave.

% Explosion Damage

Increases damage from all explosions. Stacks ADDITIVELY with % Damage.

Top items: Dynamite, Explosive Shells, Honey

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% Explosion Size

Bigger explosion radius = more enemies hit per blast.

Top items: Explosive Shells, Honey, Plastic Explosive

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Bounces

Projectiles bounce to additional targets. Each bounce can crit and trigger Life Steal.

Piercing

Projectiles pass through additional enemies. Damage falloff is controlled by % Piercing Damage.

% Piercing Damage

Reduces (or removes) the damage falloff between piercing targets.

% Damage against Bosses

Multiplies damage against bosses (wave 20) and elite enemies (DLC).

% Structure Attack Speed

Increases the attack speed of turrets, landmines, and gardens.

Top items: Clockwork Wasp, Improved Tools

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Structure Range

Increases the targeting range of structures. Currently only Builder gets this stat.

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% Burning Speed

Burn DoT ticks faster, dealing more damage per second.

Burning Spread

Burning enemies ignite additional nearby enemies. Snake is the only source.

Knockback

Pushes enemies back further on hit. Several items convert Knockback into Damage.

Top items: Ball and Chain, Banner, Coil …

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% Double Material Chance

Chance to double materials when picking them up. Metal Detector is the source.

Free Rerolls

Free shop rerolls at the start of each shop. Dangerous Bunny is the source.

Trees

Increases the number of trees that spawn each wave (more fruit, more crates).

% Enemies

Modifies the number of enemies per wave. More enemies = more loot AND more pressure.

Top items: Black Flag, Candle, Gentle Alien …

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% Enemy Speed

Modifies enemy movement speed. Slower enemies = easier kiting.

% Reroll Price

Modifies the cost of rerolling the shop and level-up upgrades.

About this guide

Every stat is verified against the current Brotato 1.1.x patch and tested in-game by the Brotato Builds team. Item, character, and build cross-references are kept in sync with our own database of 233 items and 70+ characters – so every link you click is up to date.

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