Simulated: every Danger level and endless, up to 400 runs per build
Cryptid builds
In 400 simulated runs per weapon on Danger 5 (Brotato 1.1.15.4), Cryptid wins most often starting with Fist (5% of runs), Ghost Scepter (4% of runs), Ghost Axe (3% of runs). The winning Fist runs bought Plant, Coffee, Turret, Alien Worm and Mushroom most often.
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Quick answers (2)
- What is the best build for Cryptid in Brotato?
- In the site's simulation, starting with Fist: it won 18 of 400 runs on Danger 5; the winners bought Plant, Coffee, Turret, Alien Worm and Mushroom most.
- What weapon should Cryptid use?
- Fist (5% wins), Ghost Scepter (4% wins), Ghost Axe (3% wins).
Cryptid — what the builds are made from
- More trees spawn
- Gain 12 material and XP for every living tree at the end of a wave
- +3 HP Regeneration for every current living tree [+0]
- Dodge is capped at 70%
- +3 % Attack Speed until the end of the wave when you dodge an attack
- -100 % Life Steal
- -100 Range
- -50% materials dropped from enemies
Build 1: Fist · Melee Damage
5%won 18 of 400 simulated runs on Danger 5
18.5average wave reached
Weapons the winning runs ended with
Unarmed set bonus at 6: +15 % Dodge
Items the winning runs bought most
Plantin 72% of those runs · 15 materials
Coffeein 67% of those runs · 20 materials
Turretin 50% of those runs · 15 materials
Alien Wormin 50% of those runs · 15 materials
Mushroomin 44% of those runs · 25 materials
Goat Skullin 44% of those runs · 25 materials
Head Injuryin 44% of those runs · 25 materials
Cyclops Wormin 39% of those runs · 45 materials
Charcoalin 39% of those runs · 20 materials
Defective Steroidsin 33% of those runs · 20 materials
Build 2: Ghost Scepter · Ranged Damage
4%won 17 of 400 simulated runs on Danger 5
18.1average wave reached
Weapons the winning runs ended with
Ethereal set bonus at 6: +30 % Dodge, -5 Armor
Items the winning runs bought most
Plantin 65% of those runs · 15 materials
Turretin 59% of those runs · 15 materials
Esty’s Couchin 47% of those runs · 100 materials
Alien Eyesin 41% of those runs · 50 materials
Sharp Bulletin 35% of those runs · 25 materials
Ratzillain 35% of those runs · 30 materials
Alien Wormin 29% of those runs · 15 materials
Bonk Dogin 29% of those runs · 40 materials
Weird Ghostin 29% of those runs · 12 materials
Penguinin 24% of those runs · 25 materials
Build 3: Ghost Axe · Melee Damage
3%won 12 of 400 simulated runs on Danger 5
17.6average wave reached
Weapons the winning runs ended with
Ethereal set bonus at 6: +30 % Dodge, -5 Armor
Items the winning runs bought most
Plantin 58% of those runs · 15 materials
Esty’s Couchin 42% of those runs · 100 materials
Alien Wormin 42% of those runs · 15 materials
Charcoalin 42% of those runs · 20 materials
Turretin 33% of those runs · 15 materials
Baby Geckoin 33% of those runs · 18 materials
Defective Steroidsin 33% of those runs · 20 materials
Ball and Chainin 33% of those runs · 75 materials
Tylerin 33% of those runs · 62 materials
Sharp Bulletin 33% of those runs · 25 materials
Every starting weapon on Danger 5 (20)
| Weapon | Wins | Avg wave |
|---|---|---|
| Fist | 18/400 | 18.5 |
| Ghost Scepter | 17/400 | 18.1 |
| Ghost Axe | 12/400 | 17.6 |
| Hatchet | 5/400 | 18.0 |
| Claw | 1/40 | 15.7 |
| Rock | 0/40 | 18.1 |
| Shredder | 0/40 | 17.9 |
| Chopper | 0/40 | 17.4 |
| Screwdriver | 0/40 | 17.3 |
| Pistol | 0/40 | 17.1 |
| SMG | 0/40 | 17.0 |
| Ghost Flint | 0/40 | 16.8 |
| Knife | 0/40 | 16.6 |
| Plank | 0/40 | 16.3 |
| Cacti Club | 0/40 | 16.1 |
| Stick | 0/40 | 15.9 |
| Thief Dagger | 0/40 | 15.9 |
| Lightning Shiv | 0/40 | 15.3 |
| Pruner | 0/40 | 15.0 |
| Jousting Lance | 0/40 | 14.9 |
Endless mode
The three best Danger 5 builds, 200 endless runs each: the wave each run died on (runs stop at 100).
| Start with | Average | Median | Top 10% | Best | Longest runs bought |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.8 | 19 | 19 | 26 | ||
| 18.5 | 19 | 19 | 29 | ||
| 17.2 | 19 | 19 | 26 |
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: Gun · Ranged Damage
3,384 DPS from 6 weapons
Other Gun weapons for this build
Gun set bonus with 6 weapons
- +50 Range
Stat line it is judged on
40 Ranged Damage
40 % Damage
40 % Attack Speed
10 % Crit Chance
-100 % Life Steal
-100 Range
Items with the most of the build's stats per material
Coffee20 materials · +10 % Attack Speed, -2 % Damage
Ashes100 materials · +20 % Damage, +20 % Attack Speed, +100 Range
Bait25 materials · +8 % Damage
Triangle of Power65 materials · +20 % Damage, +1 Armor
Glass Cannon75 materials · +25 % Damage, -3 Armor
Injection20 materials · +7 % Damage, -2 Max HP
Knot80 materials · +15 % Damage, +15 Max HP
Focus110 materials · +30 % Damage
Build 2: Precise · Melee Damage
2,858 DPS from 6 weapons
Other Precise weapons for this build
Precise set bonus with 6 weapons
- +15 % Crit Chance
Stat line it is judged on
40 Melee Damage
40 % Damage
40 % Attack Speed
10 % Crit Chance
-100 % Life Steal
-100 Range
Items with the most of the build's stats per material
Coffee20 materials · +10 % Attack Speed, -2 % Damage
Ashes100 materials · +20 % Damage, +20 % Attack Speed, +100 Range
Bait25 materials · +8 % Damage
Triangle of Power65 materials · +20 % Damage, +1 Armor
Glass Cannon75 materials · +25 % Damage, -3 Armor
Injection20 materials · +7 % Damage, -2 Max HP
Knot80 materials · +15 % Damage, +15 Max HP
Focus110 materials · +30 % Damage
Build 3: Unarmed · Melee Damage
2,496 DPS from 6 weapons
Other Unarmed weapons for this build
Unarmed set bonus with 6 weapons
- +15 % Dodge
Stat line it is judged on
40 Melee Damage
40 % Damage
40 % Attack Speed
10 % Crit Chance
-100 % Life Steal
-100 Range
Items with the most of the build's stats per material
Coffee20 materials · +10 % Attack Speed, -2 % Damage
Ashes100 materials · +20 % Damage, +20 % Attack Speed, +100 Range
Bait25 materials · +8 % Damage
Triangle of Power65 materials · +20 % Damage, +1 Armor
Glass Cannon75 materials · +25 % Damage, -3 Armor
Injection20 materials · +7 % Damage, -2 Max HP
Knot80 materials · +15 % Damage, +15 Max HP
Focus110 materials · +30 % Damage
Best co-op partners
Two-player runs with each character's best solo weapon, simulated on Nightmare and Danger 5.
Jack95% Nightmare · 98% Danger 5
Masochist95% Nightmare · 97% Danger 5
One-Armed93% Nightmare · 97% Danger 5
Brawler90% Nightmare · 100% Danger 5
Cyborg90% Nightmare · 90% Danger 5
Sick87% Nightmare · 93% Danger 5
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.