The Crowdfunder

**The Crowdfunder** is an equipment in Risk of Rain 2.

It is different from most equipment in that it has no cooldown; instead, activating the Crowdfunder toggles it between an "on" and "off" state. When activated, the Crowdfunder will fire 3 shots per second, slowly increasing its fire rate over 10 seconds and visibly spinning faster. Once spun up, it fires 15 shots per second. Each bullet fired from the Crowdfunder deals 100% damage with a proc coefficient of 1.0, and also costs the holder 1 gold (though this cost scales with the holder's level).

If the holder has no gold remaining, the Crowdfunder stops firing, but will immediately begin firing again once the holder gains enough gold to finance it.

## Notes

* Correction: The in-game description of *Cost increases over time.* is incorrect.
* The Crowdfunder's attacks are actually hitscans; the "bullets" fired are purely visual.
* and  have no effect when using the Crowdfunder.
	+ This makes it an especially good equipment option when using .
* Having a  causes the Crowdfunder to always be active. This can make it difficult to buy anything, as the player is constantly losing gold. This is particularly problematic in the early game, when players likely do not have the firepower to rapidly kill monsters (and the monsters do not drop much gold anyways), but it becomes less of an issue late game due to difficulty scaling, as mentioned previously.

## Tips

* Although giving up gold for damage may not initially seem like a good tradeoff, the Crowdfunder's sheer damage output more than makes up for it. For reference, at its maximum fire rate, the Crowdfunder deals 2.5 times as much damage per second as  , with 2.5 times the procs as well.
* Since enemy level and gold drops increase considerably faster than player level (especially on higher difficulty), the Crowdfunder's consumption of gold is rarely an issue past the second stage, especially if the player has ,  or a .
	+ The Crowdfunder becomes self-sustaining while holding the , but the player must not take damage and thus lose gold.
* Having the Artifact of Sacrifice enabled can make the Crowdfunder more usable, since players will not need money to obtain most items.
* The Crowdfunder can be a great way to get multiple stacks of effects such as bleed.

## Lore

```
Order: The Crowdfunder
Tracking Number: 783*****
Estimated Delivery: 05/09/2056
Shipping Method: Standard
Shipping Address: 206 29th Ave, High Chariot, Mercury
Shipping Details:

The wealthy overlords on Primas V went to great measures to break the will of the lower class. They kept the threat of injury and death constant, which helped to keep their servants in check, but this was only half of their method.

To further highlight the vast differences in status, their extravagant weapons were fueled by currency - they were literally throwing money at them.

I don’t have to tell you how that turned out for them. It’s why my client is in hiding now and has to pawn these things off. He thanks you for your patronage in these trying times.
```

## Version History

PC Patch v1.1.1.2
* Bug Fixes
	+ Fixed The Crowdfunder not working on characters without the display (i.e )

Early Access Content Update 5
* Major Content
	+ Added New Item Lore Entry: The Crowdfunder

Early Access 'Skills 2.0' Content Update
* Gameplay Changes
	+ Proc Coefficient: 0.2 ⇒ 1

## Trivia

* While in use, the Crowdfunder makes the same sound as the slot machines (while spinning) in Ratchet and Clank 1-3, Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank.
* This item may be a reference to the Coin Gun from Terraria, an extremely rare and powerful weapon that shoots the player's coins as bullets.
	+ It may also be a spiritual successor to the Golden Gun from the first Risk of Rain game, which was an uncommon item that boosted the holder's damage the more gold they had.
* The Crowdfunder is unlocked by collecting $30,480 gold, a reference to the amount pledged on Kickstarter for the first Risk of Rain game.