Brotato DBBrotato 1.1.15.4 · read from the game files · unofficial

Simulated: every Danger level and endless, up to 400 runs per build

Builder builds

In 400 simulated runs per weapon on Danger 5 (Brotato 1.1.15.4), Builder wins most often starting with Ghost Scepter (30% of runs), Plank (14% of runs), Laser Gun (12% of runs). The winning Ghost Scepter runs bought Turret, Sharp Bullet, Ratzilla, Plant and Alien Worm most often.

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Quick answers (2)
What is the best build for Builder in Brotato?
In the site's simulation, starting with Ghost Scepter: it won 121 of 400 runs on Danger 5; the winners bought Turret, Sharp Bullet, Ratzilla, Plant and Alien Worm most.
What weapon should Builder use?
Ghost Scepter (30% wins), Plank (14% wins), Laser Gun (12% wins).

Builder — what the builds are made from

  • You start with 1 Builder's Turret
  • Every 5 uncollected materials are converted into 1 % Structure attack speed and 1 Structure Range at the end of a wave
  • Engineering modifications are increased by 50%
  • +20 Harvesting
  • You can't have structures
  • -30% pickup range
  • Damage modifications are reduced by 75%

Build 1: Ghost Scepter · Ranged Damage

Start with Ghost ScepterEthereal · buy copies and this class

30%won 121 of 400 simulated runs on Danger 5

19.3average wave reached

Weapons the winning runs ended with

Ethereal set bonus at 6: +30 % Dodge, -5 Armor

Items the winning runs bought most

Build 2: Plank · Melee Damage

Start with PlankExplosive, Elemental · buy copies and these classes

14%won 56 of 400 simulated runs on Danger 5

19.1average wave reached

Weapons the winning runs ended with

Explosive set bonus at 6: +25 % Explosion Size

Elemental set bonus at 6: +5 Elemental Damage

Items the winning runs bought most

Build 3: Laser Gun · Ranged Damage

Start with Laser GunGun · buy copies and this class

12%won 49 of 400 simulated runs on Danger 5

19.1average wave reached

Weapons the winning runs ended with

Gun set bonus at 6: +50 Range

Items the winning runs bought most

Every starting weapon on Danger 5 (14)
WeaponWinsAvg wave
Ghost Scepter121/40019.3
Plank56/40019.1
Laser Gun49/40019.1
Rail Gun41/40019.0
Brick5/4019.1
Double Barrel Shotgun5/4019.1
SMG5/4019.0
Revolver4/4018.9
Medical Gun4/4018.9
Shredder2/4019.1
Taser2/4018.6
Flute1/4017.1
Slingshot0/4018.9
Javelin0/4018.5

Endless mode

The three best Danger 5 builds, 200 endless runs each: the wave each run died on (runs stop at 100).

Start withAverageMedianTop 10%BestLongest runs bought
Ghost Scepter21.6192936
Plank20.8192636
Laser Gun19.9192529
How the simulation works
  • Every Danger level and endless mode, Crash Zone; each starting weapon gets a first pass and the best ones many more runs. The game's waves (enemy groups, sizes, repeats and wave lengths from its wave files, the boss at wave 20, two on Danger 5), enemy HP and damage by wave and Danger.
  • Every material dropped is picked up; it is also XP. Harvesting pays at the end of each wave and grows 5% a wave. Crates drop at the enemies' own rates (more with Luck) and give an item of the wave's tier.
  • Shop: 4 slots a wave, each a weapon 35% of the time (a copy of one you hold 20%, one of the same class 35%), tier by the game's odds for the wave and Luck, prices by the game's formula; up to 3 rerolls. Two copies of a weapon combine into the next tier. Level-ups offer 4 upgrades of the game's tiers for that level.
  • Purchases and level-ups are chosen greedily: whatever raises damage-to-clear and survival most per material. Damage: every weapon's DPS by the game's formulas plus pierce, bounce, burning, explosions, lightning and other on-hit projectiles, turrets, landmines and pets; 60% of the wave spent hitting; melee hits 1.5 enemies, explosions 3.
  • Survival: 1% of a wave's enemies land a hit when the wave is cleared in time, more the longer they live; damage reduced by armor and dodge (the game's formulas), healed by HP regeneration and life steal. A run ends when a wave's hits exceed what the character can take. That share is the one tuned number: it was set so that the strongest builds win most Danger 5 runs, the weakest few.
  • Endless: after wave 20 the game repeats waves 11–20 at 60 s each and adds int(wave ÷ 10 × 2) groups of its endless enemies; enemy HP grows by the endless factor × 2.25 and damage by the endless factor (RunData.get_endless_factor), prices and rerolls too, and harvesting shrinks 20% a wave. Runs stop at wave 100.
  • Not modelled: dodging by moving, knockback, elites and hordes, curses, item effects that trigger on conditions (on dodge, on pickup, below HP…), consumables' healing, recycling and locking.
Damage model by weapon class (no run, one stat line)

Build 1: Blunt · Engineering

6× BrickTier IV · 198 damage every 0.97s on the build's stats · 218 DPS each

1,308 DPS from 6 weapons

Blunt set bonus with 6 weapons

  • +3 Armor
  • +6 Max HP
  • -10 % Speed

Stat line it is judged on

  • 60 Engineering
  • 10 % Damage
  • 40 % Attack Speed
  • 10 % Crit Chance
  • 20 Harvesting

Items with the most of the build's stats per material

Structures (their damage scales with Engineering; not in the DPS)

Build 2: Gun · Ranged Damage

6× SMGTier IV · 18 damage every 0.105s on the build's stats · 181 DPS each

1,088 DPS from 6 weapons

Other Gun weapons for this build

Gun set bonus with 6 weapons

  • +50 Range

Stat line it is judged on

  • 10 Ranged Damage
  • 10 % Damage
  • 40 % Attack Speed
  • 10 % Crit Chance
  • 20 Harvesting

Items with the most of the build's stats per material

Build 3: Elemental · Engineering

6× PlankTier IV · 92 damage every 0.67s on the build's stats · 156 DPS each

935 DPS from 6 weapons

Elemental set bonus with 6 weapons

  • +5 Elemental Damage

Stat line it is judged on

  • 60 Engineering
  • 10 % Damage
  • 40 % Attack Speed
  • 10 % Crit Chance
  • 20 Harvesting

Items with the most of the build's stats per material

Structures (their damage scales with Engineering; not in the DPS)

Best co-op partners

Two-player runs with each character's best solo weapon, simulated on Nightmare and Danger 5.

All co-op combos and how co-op scales

Player builds

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How the damage model works
  • Stat line of a late run: 40 in the build's damage stat, 40 % Damage, 40 % Attack Speed and 10 % Crit Chance, each times the character's own gain modifier (×1.25 for +25%, none for −100%), plus the character's flat stats. A stat the character converts into damage ("+2 Melee Damage for every 1 Armor") also gets 40.
  • The main weapon is one the character can start with — the one you pick at the start, buy copies of and combine up. Weapons that first appear at Tier III or IV (Minigun, the Legendary class…) are never starting weapons, so they are only alternatives. Judged at Tier IV (or the highest tier the character may hold), with the character's bonuses for that class or type. DPS as on the weapon pages: damage × projectiles × average crit ÷ cooldown; weapon effects, set bonuses, pierce and bounce not counted.
  • Engineering builds deal most of their damage through structures, which the DPS leaves out: their structure items are listed apart.
  • Items ranked by their plain stat changes per 100 materials of base price, weighted: the damage stat, % Damage and Attack Speed 1; % Crit Chance 0.5, Max HP 0.5, Armor 0.5, HP Regeneration 0.4, % Dodge 0.3, % Life Steal 0.3, % Speed 0.2, Luck 0.2, Harvesting 0.2; other damage stats 0. Each weight times the character's gain modifier; penalties count against the item. Items the character is never offered are left out.
  • Each build is one weapon class the character starts with or is boosted for; the three with the most DPS, each with a different main weapon.