🗾 KATANA

High-Speed Melee • Ninja Starter • Desert Unlock

REAL-DATA GUIDE

⚙️ Base Damage

Auto-targets the nearest enemy; primarily single-target strikes.

📈 Upgrade Options

Damage • Crit% • Crit DMG • Quantity • Size

Projectile Count/Size enable more coverage and extra hits.

🔓 How It Drops

5% from Desert Stage 1 tumbleweeds

Stage 1 only; Stage 2 drops other weapons (e.g., Shotgun).

🪙 After It Drops

Purchase with Silver

Buy in Unlocks/Shop to add Katana permanently.

🥷 Ninja Synergy

Starter • +0.5% evasion/level

Successful evades can execute the attacker (boss exceptions may apply).

🔓 How to Unlock Katana

Desert Stage 1 tumbleweed drop (5%) → buy with Silver

🏜️ DESERT STAGE 1 ONLY

Find and break tumbleweeds on Desert Stage 1. Each has a 5% chance to drop Katana. Once it drops, purchase with Silver in Unlocks/Shop.

1) Enter the Desert map and select Stage 1 (first area of any Desert Tier).

2) Approach rolling tumbleweeds and interact to break them.

3) If you continue to Stage 2, the tumbleweed drop table changes (e.g., Shotgun).

4) After Katana drops once, buy it with Silver to add permanently.

💡 Note: No item or stat modifies the 5% drop chance; it's pure RNG.

⚙️ Katana Mechanics

What it does & how it scales

🎯 Targeting & Damage

Katana auto-targets the closest enemy and has 11 base damage. It shines in single-target DPS, especially with Crit-focused upgrades.

Targeting: Closest enemy
Base DMG: 11
Type: Melee slashes (primarily single-target)

📚 Upgrade Pool

Rolls among Damage, Crit Chance, Crit Damage, Projectile Count, Size. Quantity/Size increase coverage and multi-hits; Damage/Crit scale burst.

Best tomes: Cooldown, Quantity, Damage, Crit Chance/DMG, then Size

🥷 Ninja Interaction

Ninja starts with Katana, gains +0.5% Evasion/level, and can execute enemies on successful evades—synergizing with aggressive, mobile play.

Playstyle: Bait attacks → evade → counter

🏗️ Practical Build Patterns

Use tomes that are universally strong for Katana

🥷 Evasion Executes (Ninja)

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