Brotato Weapons Guide & Tier List (2026)

Complete guide to all 76 weapons in Brotato. Compare the current weapon tier list, melee and ranged options, unique effects, unlock conditions, and which weapons work best with different character builds.

Weapon Tier List ⚔️ Melee Weapons (46)🎯 Ranged Weapons (30)

Brotato Weapon Tips

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Weapon Scaling: Weapons scale with your character's damage stats. Melee weapons scale with Melee Damage, ranged with Ranged Damage, and elemental with Elemental Damage.

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Weapon Tiers: Weapons can be upgraded from Tier I to Tier IV. Higher tiers have better base stats and often unlock additional effects.

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Weapon Synergies: Some weapons work better with specific characters. Match weapon types to your character's passive bonuses for maximum effectiveness.

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Weapon Slots: You can equip up to 6 weapons by default. Some characters like Multitasker can equip more, while One Armed can only use 1.

Brotato Weapon Tier List 2026

This weapon tier list is generated from our current community and metabuild data. Higher tiers show weapons that appear more often in successful builds, especially harder and Danger 5 setups.

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Melee Weapons

46 weapons • Scale with Melee Damage

Anchor

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Brick

Has a 1% chance to break and drop 10/30/60/120 materials on hit

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Cacti Club

Hitting an enemy spawns 3/4/5/6 projectiles dealing 50%/60%/70%/80% damage

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Captain's Sword

🔓 Win a run with Captain

Alternates between thrusting and sweeping attacksDeals +25/+50 Damage for every free weapon slot you have.

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Chainsaw

Cooldown is 1.83s/1.52s every 40/30 shots Deals 10%/20% of an enemy’s current health as bonus damage (1%/2% for bosses and elites)

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Chopper

🔓 Win a run with Multitasker

+1/+1/+1/+2 health healed from consumables

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Circular Saw

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Claw

🔓 Win a run with Cryptid

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DEX-troyer

50% chance to explode on hitHitting an enemy spawns a lightning projectile that bounces 5 times and deals 30 (+100%) damage

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Drill

100% chance to gain 1 material when killing an enemy with a critical hit.+10 % Attack Speed every 5 seconds until the end of the wave

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Excalibur

🔓 Win a run with King

Alternates between thrusting and sweeping attacks.-3 Armor for every weapon you have

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Fist

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Flaming Brass Knuckles

Deals -/8x5/12x6/15x7(100%) burning damage

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Ghost Axe

+1% Damage for every 20/18/16/12 kills in a wave with this weapon

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Ghost Flint

+1% Attack Speed for every 20/18/16/12 kills in a wave with this weapon

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Hammer

+2/+4/+6 Knockback

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Hand

+3/+6/+9/+18 Harvesting

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Hatchet

🔓 Win a run with Wildling

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Hiking Pole

+1 Range for every 70/60/50/40 steps you take during a wave

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Jousting Lance

+2/+3/+4/+5 % Speed -10/-15/-20/-25 % Damage while standing still

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Knife

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Lightning Shiv

Hitting an enemy spawns a lightning projectile flying towards another random enemy that bounces -/1/2/3 times and inflicts 5/6/8/11 + (80%) damage

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Lute

Enemies hit take 10% more damage for 3 seconds (max: 30%/50%/70%/100%)

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Mace

🔓 Win a run with Ogre

-3%/-6%/-10% Attack Speed

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Plank

Hits have 25%/30%/35%/40% chance to explode.

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Plasma Sledge

🔓 Win a run with Knight

Hits have 25%/50% chance to explode.

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Power Fist

🔓 Win a run with Brawler

Hits have 25%/50% chance to explode.

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Pruner

Spawns a garden that creates a fruit every 15/14/12/10 seconds

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Quarterstaff

🔓 Win a run with Apprentice

Alternates between thrusting and sweeping attacks +2% XP Gain/+5% XP Gain/+9% XP Gain/+15% XP Gain

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Rock

-/+1 Armor/+1 Armor, +2 Max HP/+2 Armor, +2 Max HP

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Scissors

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Screwdriver

A landmine spawns every 12s/9s/6s/3s dealing 10(100%) damage in an area

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Scythe

You take 3 damage per second (does not give invulnerability time).+3 % Damage when you take damage until the end of the wave

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Sharp Tooth

+1 % Life Steal for every 25%/20%/15%/10% of missing health

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Sickle

+20%/+30%/+40%/+50% damage against targets below 30% health

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Spear

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Spiky Shield

🔓 Win a run with Masochist

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Spoon

🔓 Win a run with Chef

Always crits when hitting burning targets

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Stick

Deals +4/+6/+8/+10 base damage for every additional stick you have

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Sword

Alternates between thrusting and sweeping attacks

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Thief Dagger

50%/56%/62%/80% to gain 1 material when killing an enemy with a critical hit with this weapon

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Thunder Sword

🔓 Win a run with Mage

Hitting an enemy spawns 2/4 projectiles that slow and damage enemies by 100%

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Torch

Deals 3x3/5x5/8x6/12x9(100%) burning damage. Burning spreads to 0/0/1/1 additional nearby enemies.

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Trident

+30%/+40%/+50% damage against targets above 80% health

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War Hammer

🔓 Win a run with Dwarf

Resets the cooldown of all offensive turrets when attacking

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Wrench

Spawns a Turret/Incendiary Turret/Laser Turret/Explosive Turret

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Ranged Weapons

30 weapons • Scale with Ranged/Elemental Damage

Blunderbuss

Cooldown is reset when you pick up a material. Pierces 2 enemies dealing -25% less damage with each pierce.

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Chain Gun

Cooldown is 2.04s every 100 shots. Pierces 1 enemy dealing -50% less damage with each pierce.

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Crossbow

Pierces up to 1/2/3/4 times on critical hit

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Double Barrel Shotgun

Pierces 2/2/2/3 enemies, dealing -30% less damage after each piercing

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Fireball

Projectiles explode on hit.Deals -/5x3/6x4/8x5 (+100%) burning damage

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Flamethrower

Deals -/1x3/3x5/5x8(100%) burning damage Pierces 99 enemies dealing 1 damage

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Flute

🔓 Win a run with Romantic

Hitting an enemy that has less than 60%/65%/70%/75% health has a 10%/15%/20%/25% chance to charm it for 8 seconds

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Gatling Laser

Pierces 3 enemies dealing -25% less damage with each pierce.

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Ghost Scepter

+1 Max HP for every 20/18/16/12 kills in a wave with this weapon

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Grenade Launcher

🔓 Win a run with Gangster

Every 2nd/3rd/4th shot has a longer cooldown: 3.7s/3.2s/2.7s. Projectiles explode on hit. Bounces 1 time.

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Harpoon Gun

Slows enemies in a radius around the projectile. Pierces 3/4/5 enemies dealing -25% less damage with each pierce

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Icicle

Pierces 1 enemy dealing -50% less to the second enemy

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Javelin

Every 5th/4th/3rd/2nd projectile has +100 % Crit Chance. Pierces 2/3/4/5 enemies dealing -25% less damage with each pierce.

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Laser Gun

Pierces 1 enemy dealing -25% less to the second enemy

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Medical Gun

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Minigun

Pierces 1/2 enemies dealing -50% less damage with each pierce.

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Nuclear Launcher

🔓 Win a run with Soldier

Projectiles explode on hit

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Obliterator

🔓 Win a run with Demon

Pierces through enemies

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Particle Accelerator

🔓 Win a run with Technomage

Deals 8x8/10x10 (+100%) burning damageSlows enemies by 1%/2% on hit for every 1 Engineering you have [0%]. Pierces through enemies. Can't bounce

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Pistol

Pierces 1 enemy dealing -50% less to the second enemy

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Potato Thrower

🔓 Win a run with Chunky

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Revolver

Every 6th shot has a longer cooldown: 2.07s/1.93s/1.80s/1.67s

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Rocket Launcher

Projectiles explode on hit

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Shredder

50%/65%/80%/100% chance for projectiles to explode on hit. Pierces 3 enemies dealing 100% damage

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Shuriken

Critical hits bounces 1/2/3/4 times

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Slingshot

Bounces 1/2/3/4 times

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SMG

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Sniper Gun

🔓 Win a run with Hunter

Hitting an enemy spawns 5/8 projectiles dealing 5 +(10%/15%)

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Taser

Slows enemies in a radius around the projectile

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Wand

Deals 3x3/5x5/8x6/12x9(100%) burning damage

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Best Brotato Weapons (2026 Meta)

Best Weapons in Brotato Overall

Slingshot, Lightning Shiv, SMG and Chainsaw are still among the safest top-tier weapons because they scale well, clear dense waves, and stay relevant against elites.

Best Melee Weapons

Ghost Flint Ghost Axe Wrench Stick Thief Dagger

Best Ranged Weapons

SMG Minigun Ghost Scepter Nuclear Launcher Slingshot

Best Beginner Weapons

SMG, Slingshot, Spear and Lightning Shiv are easy to build around because their scaling is clear and they solve early wave clear without rare items.

Best Endless Weapons

Weapons with bounce, piercing, explosions or percentage-based damage age best in Endless runs, especially when paired with strong economy and scaling items.