Robot

## C-Skin

Unlocked by eating any ultra weapon

*Robot is a versatile character that can eat weapons in a pinch, giving it a free pickup of ammo or health. Robot also finds better weapons earlier.*

## Features

Robot finds better weapons earlier than other characters.

Weapon drops are calculated off of the difficulty number. Difficulty is the number of portals you entered, it determines the amount of enemies spawning in the area.

If a weapon is meant to drop on difficulty 11 that would mean the weapon drops in area 5-3 from enemies, 5-2 from Weapon Chests and 4-1 from Cursed Chests (check the Weapon Chest drops table).

Robot's passive reduces the difficulty number for weapon drops by 1, (5-2 from enemies, 5-1 from Weapon Chests and 3-3 from Cursed Chests).

## Special

Robot can eat the weapon it's currently holding and transform it into some ammo and/or HP.

* Eating a regular weapon it generates ammo or health equal to one ammo or health pickup.
* Eating a Golden Weapon it gains ammo and/or health of an amount equal to four pickups.
* Eating an Ultra Weapon will generate one mini pickup and additionally give Robot 14 rads.
* Eating a Cursed Weapon will generate one mini pickup and cause Robot to take 7 damage which can be lethal.

Robot cannot eat their weapon if it is their only weapon.

## Throne Butt

Adds additional ammo or health that is equal to one Mini Ammo Chest or Mini Medkit pickup when eating a weapon.

* Doubles the amount of ammo/health received when eating a regular weapon. Causes the normal effect to happen twice per each weapon (the triggered effects can be different; e.g. +8 shells, +2 health for one gun).
* If Robot eats a Golden Weapon it gains ammo and/or health of an amount equal to five mini pickups.
* Eating an Ultra Weapon will generate two mini pickups and additionally give Robot 14 rads.
* Eating a Cursed Weapon will generate two mini pickups and cause Robot to take 7 damage which can be lethal.

## Ultra Mutations

*All of Robot's Ultra Mutations cause all of the weapons left in the stage to be eaten.*

 Regurgitate |  | Eating weapons has a 43% chance to drop chests.
 Extra Storage |  | You can carry three weapons.
 Multifunctional |  | Earing a weapon drops it like a turret.
The turret fires the eated weapon.
This does not use any of your ammo.

## Gameplay

Robot is a great character to start out with for its near limitless supply of ammo. This allows the player to stock up on weapons with scarce ammo (Triple Machine Gun, Laser Minigun), making killing hordes of enemies that much easier. With Robot's passive ability 'Better Tech' it will also find stronger weapons sooner making this character the strongest in the early stages of the game (weapon wise).

## Unlock Method

Robot is unlocked by reaching the Frozen City area.

## Tips

### Useful Mutations

* Throne Butt - Choosing Throne Butt is always a welcome addition as it will double the amount of consumables Robot receives.
* Second Stomach - Eating guns will heal you for double the amount.
* Back Muscle - Robot's ability creates health and ammo which means sometimes you will reach the max ammo capacity. Back muscle will allow you to carry a greater supply and will ensure you rarely run out of ammo.
* Open Mind - Robot's ability to eat spare weapons means that this mutation's random effects will always be useful, and it is a guaranteed extra resource on every level.
* Heavy Heart - Increases the chance for enemies to drop weapons which is always useful when playing Robot.

 Trivia

* Robot installs updates instead of mutating.
* If Robot levels up twice or more on one area, the mutation select screen will have a message: "Do not turn off Robot".
* *"Robot tries to blend in and imitates being a mutant."* - JW
* During loading screens as Robot, you have a chance to get the following messages in hexadecimal:
	+ 6B696C6C 616C6C 68756D616E73 / kill all humans
	+ 726F626F74 / robot
	+ 3C33 / <3
	+ 7461737479 / tasty
* One of Robot's loading screen tips says: *"I'm afraid I can't let you do that"*, which is a quote of HAL 9000, a sentient computer from A Space Odyssey.
* Robot is also a playable character in the past Vlambeer game Super Crate Box.
* In the past Robot was used for combat by the I.D.P.D. and still can absorb their technology from the Hyper Weapons it eats which unlocks the B-Skin. Robot chose to ignore it's old programming and will not hesitate to kill any I.D.P.D. units it comes across.
* Prior to update #6, Robot's B-Skin was purple, matching high-tech weapons which also were purple back then. The color of both was changed to the same blue as I.D.P.D. troops have.
* Prior to Update 23, Multi Functional would cause robot to produce lightning occasionally, and it would produce more lightning as well as rads when eating a weapon.
* Eating a Golden Weapon when playing using the A-Skin will turn you into a golden Robot (pictured in the spoiler).
* Robot's unused race\_back is "Find even better weapons".