The Back-up

''"Backup" redirects here. For the common item, see .''

The Back-up is a returning equipment in Risk of Rain 2. Upon use, it summons 4 Strike Drones that will follow the player and attack nearby enemies with high rate of fire machine guns. After 25 to 28 seconds, the Strike Drones automatically self destruct.

Tips

 * On, using this equipment is extremely beneficial due to his granting every Strike Drone  until their duration runs out.
 * Due to its 100 second cooldown, it's best to use this in a horde of enemies or during the teleporter event as the drones have a high rate of fire.
 * This item has a hard cap of 20 drones that can be active at any one time. This cap is affected by other drones you may already have, and activating it will no longer have any effect if you have 20 drones already.
 * It's possible to gain permanent uptime of the drones by having a and at least 5.

Trivia

 * Prior to the Anniversary Update, the Strike Drones shared the same model as the.
 * The Back-up has a retro "walkie talkie" styled LCD screen, which can be read if examined in the logbook. It has a signal strength (or battery) indicator at the top, says that it's connected to Channel 2, and is set to 0/100 Voice Mod SVL (presumably standing for sound velocity levels).