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Status and on-hit

Battery

Battery in the official inventory screenshot

Item overview

Battery gives eligible marked attacks a chance to produce lightning that can jump to another enemy. Place it around an attack that is equipped and regularly hitting targets.

  • On-hit
  • Lightning
  • Marked recipients
  • Weapons and throwables
Effect
Chance for lightning on hits from eligible marked attacks.
Spread
Lightning may jump to another enemy.
Eligibility
Eligible marked weapons and throwables.

Strengths

  • Adds an on-hit effect without replacing the marked attack.
  • A lightning jump can reach another enemy beyond the initial hit.

Weaknesses

  • It contributes no hits if the marked attack is inactive or out of range.
  • Battery does not provide the separate activation a Crossbow repeat setup needs.

When to pick it

An eligible attack is already landing hits and Battery can mark it.

When to skip it

The attack you intend to support is not equipped, cannot reach targets, or sits outside the marks.

Priorities

  1. Mark the attack that is actually hitting enemies.
  2. Preserve the connection when upgrading or rotating the weapon.
  3. For Crossbow repeats, add a suitable trigger source as well.

Builds and combinations

Battery adds a chance of lightning when a marked weapon or throwable hits. That lightning can jump to another enemy.

Mark a weapon that is equipped and hitting enemies reliably. Battery adds an on-hit effect; it cannot fix an attack that is inactive, outside its selector or unable to reach a target.

This offers a different kind of coverage from extra shots or attack speed. The original attack still has to land.

Battery supplies the named on-hit effect in the Crossbow and Walking Shoes build. In co-op, its selector can instead reach a partner’s eligible weapon.

Bananaperson can use marked throwable support on Special Banana. Follow the Banana build for the attack setup, then check whether the added Battery still reaches its receiver. For a shared bag, the co-op Battery build shows the support-to-partner arrangement.

Two Battery tiles appear beside the coil-shaped support in the lower-left portion of the bag. Official promotional screenshot.
Battery items among weapons and support equipment

Two Battery tiles appear beside the coil-shaped support in the lower-left portion of the bag. Official promotional screenshot.

Sources

Last updated 2026-11-02.

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