Energy Core
⭐ LEGENDARY ITEMLooking for more items? Browse the full Megabonk Items index for effects, unlocks, and synergies.
🔓 How to Unlock Energy Core
- Progress through the game until you can challenge a Final Boss.
- Defeat a Final Boss twice (across runs). This permanently adds Energy Core to your item pool.
Source consensus (guides & community): unlock requires two Final Boss kills. See references below.
🔗 Best Uses & Synergies
Energy Core shines in ability-intensive loadouts where shorter cooldowns and dependable energy sustain translate directly into DPS or control uptime. Consider pairing with tomes and weapons that scale with frequent ability casts.
Cooldown Tome
Stacks conceptually with Energy Core’s cooldown reduction to increase cast frequency.
Regen Tome
Additional sustain tools help you maintain ability loops during longer encounters.
Lightning Staff & other spam-friendly weapons
Weapons that reward frequent casting (e.g., Lightning Staff, Aura, Aegis) benefit from reduced downtime.
Lightning Staff · Aura · Aegis
✓ Advantages
- Higher ability uptime for clears and boss phases
- Smooths energy economy in longer fights
- Fits most caster/control archetypes
✗ Considerations
- No direct defense—pair with sustain or mitigation
- Marginal in pure basic-attack builds
📋 Patch & History Notes
- 2025-09-26: player reports a legendary Energy Core sound bug on Steam discussions.
- 2025-10: community patch roundups and official news posts note broad updates; no balance numbers for Energy Core were documented publicly as of late Oct 2025. :contentReference[oaicite:14]{index=14}
If future official notes cite numeric changes to Energy Core, we’ll update this page with patch number and exact values.