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Weapon

Plague Spitter

Infection / Epidemic

Infect hosts, spread spores, and steer Virulent Torrent into crowds or a lone boss.

Spit infection into a host and watch it spread. Poison ticks faster with every stack, and poisoned deaths pass the plague on.

Development snapshot: This page shows how Plague Spitter plays in the v0.70 development snapshot. Balance, visuals, upgrade details, and presentation may still change over time.
Plague Spitter
Auto-fire weapon Infection / Epidemic
15 Weapon levels shown
Ultimate Unlocks through weapon evolution, then keeps scaling

Baseline

What it starts with

  • Base Damage: 7.8
  • Cadence: 0.9s
  • Range: 16m
  • Shots/Cycle: 1
  • Projectile Speed: 20
  • Crit Chance: 2.5%
  • Damage Variance: 10%

Weapon track

Current progression from pickup through Ultimate Ascended

Level 1 Rare

Plague Spitter

Spit poison that infects one host. A poisoned enemy that dies releases a spore at a nearby enemy.

Level 2 Common

Septic Splatter

Spit impacts infect up to 2 nearby enemies and Poison deals +10% damage.

Level 3 Common

Fever Pitch

Poison can reach 4 stacks and lasts 20% longer. Higher stacks tick increasingly faster.

Level 4 Common

Twin Vectors

Fire +1 Poison Projectile per attack. Spits prefer separate low-infection targets.

Level 5 Common

Airborne Contagion

Reaching maximum Poison triggers an immediate tick and infects 2 nearby enemies.

Level 6 Common

Mutant Culture

Poison can reach 5 stacks and deals +10% damage.

Level 7 Common

Plague Host

At 5 Poison stacks, enemies become Plague Hosts: they spread infection and every 5th Poison tick hits harder.

Level 8 Common

Death Bloom

Poisoned enemies leave a short-lived infectious miasma when they die.

Level 9 Common

Pandemic Volley

Fire +1 Poison Projectile per attack, for 3 before Additional Projectiles.

Level 10 Legendary

Virulent Torrent

Channel a steerable spew that Poisons and Saturates all it soaks. Fewer targets Saturate faster and tick faster.

Level 11 Rare

Accelerated Mutation

Virulent Torrent cooldown reduced by 20%.

Level 12 Rare

Flooded Lungs

Virulent Torrent lasts 20% longer and its cone is 15% wider.

Level 13 Rare

Toxic Saturation

Virulent Torrent builds Saturation faster and reaches an even more violent maximum tick rate.

Level 14 Rare

Epidemic Spray

Heavily Saturated enemies vent plague into nearby enemies beyond the Torrent.

Level 15 Legendary

Terminal Rupture

When Virulent Torrent ends, heavily Saturated enemies rupture. Stronger Saturation creates a stronger final burst.