🎯 Weapon Overview
Bone throws a projectile that bounces between nearby enemies, letting a single
throw hit multiple targets. It’s Calcium’s starting weapon and fits his Speed Demon
playstyle—moving faster over time and converting that speed into damage, as long as you avoid taking hits.
🌟 Why Bone Works
- Bouncing Clear: Natural multi-target coverage against clustered waves.
- Safety: Ranged throws keep distance while enemies get chain-hit.
- Speed Synergy: Calcium’s speed->damage scaling amplifies Bone’s output if you keep your
stacks.
⚔️ Mechanics & Upgrade Priority
Core Mechanics
- 🎯 Bounces: On hit, Bone searches for a nearby target and
continues. More Projectile Bounces = longer chains.
- ➕ Projectile Count: More bones thrown per attack dramatically
increases total hits.
- 💨 Attack/Move Speed: Faster attacks and movement (with correct
items) multiply clear speed.
- 📏 Projectile Speed: Helps bones reach the next target sooner,
improving chain consistency.
Suggested Priority
Projectile Count
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Top value for screen coverage
Projectile Bounces
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Defines Bone’s identity
Attack Speed
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Pairs with speed builds
Projectile Speed
⭐⭐⭐☆
Smoother chaining
💡 Practical Tips
- Fight in density: Bounces thrive on grouped mobs; in sparse
fights, consider a single-target sidearm.
- Don’t get hit (Calcium): Taking damage reduces Calcium's momentum (about 25% early, less at higher levels) and
lowers damage output.
- Keep moving: Circular kiting keeps enemies packed and you safe.
🏗️ Best Bone Builds
💨 Calcium Speed Demon (Bone Core)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Character: Calcium — speed increases over time; damage scales with speed.
Tomes
- Agility (Movement Speed) → fuels passive
- Quantity (Projectile Count) → more bones
- Damage / Precision (optional later)
Key Items
- Turbo Skates — converts Move Speed to Attack Speed (cap ~+40%/stack)
- Turbo Socks — +15% Move Speed
- Golden Sneakers — economy from moving (pairs with speed)
- Feathers — higher jumps / mobility comfort
- Anvil — extra stat line on weapon upgrades
Play pattern: stay untouched, keep speed
stacking, let bounces clear screens.
🔄 Bounce Duo (Bone + Lightning Staff)
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Idea: Double down on chaining damage. Lightning Staff chains between targets while Bone
bounces—together they erase packs reliably.
Focus
- Quantity & Bounces across both weapons
- Cooldown/Attack Speed to tighten uptime
- Size (for Lightning chain consistency)
Great wave clear, swap to single-target option
for bosses if needed.
🎯 Hybrid Clear + Boss (Bone + Revolver)
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Why: Bone handles crowds, Revolver supplies focused DPS and scales well
with crit.
Build Notes
- Quantity / Bounces for both weapons
- Crit stats primarily for Revolver
- Keep mobility so Bone stays online
✅ Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- Natural multi-target coverage via bounce
- Default unlock, beginner-friendly basics
- Excellent with Calcium’s speed-to-damage scaling
- Safe ranged play, good kiting
Weaknesses
- Needs density—weak on isolated targets
- Boss DPS usually requires a partner weapon
- Requires Count/Bounce investment to shine
👥 Character Synergy
💀
Calcium
★★★★★
Best match: Speed Demon turns movement into damage; Bone provides safe, scaling clear.
🗡️
Bandit
★★★★☆
+1% Attack Speed per level helps throw more bones—aggressive scaling.
🦊
Fox
★★★☆☆
Luck per level increases overall quality of picks; indirect help to Count/Bounce upgrades.
🤖
CL4NK
★★★☆☆
Bone still benefits from global crit/AS, but CL4NK prefers Revolver for peak crit builds.
🆚 Comparisons
Bone vs. Lightning Staff
Lightning Staff: Chains between targets for very reliable AoE; benefits from Size and uptime
stats.
Bone: Higher projectile counts possible and great with speed scaling; needs density to shine.
Bone vs. Wireless Dagger
Wireless Dagger: Smart-targeting projectiles with bounce; can scale with Duration in some
setups.
Bone: Simpler chain logic, strong early crowd control when Count/Bounce roll in.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Is Bone only good on Calcium?
No. It’s best on Calcium, but still usable on others (e.g., Bandit for attack speed). For
bosses, add a single-target weapon.
How many bounces should I aim for?
Get several Bounce upgrades by mid-game and keep stacking Quantity. More chains + more projectiles =
exponential hits.
What items are must-haves in speed builds?
Turbo Skates (speed → attack speed) and Turbo Socks (+move speed). Pick
Golden Sneakers if you want economy while moving.
🏆 Meta Snapshot
Tiering: Generally placed around B-Tier on community lists—very solid,
especially in Calcium speed comps.
