Spare Drone Parts

The  are an item in Risk of Rain 2, added in the Survivors of the Void expansion.

The holder gains an ally, Colonel Droneman, who respawns every stage if destroyed. All the holder's allied drones get +50% attack speed (+50% per stack), have their cooldowns reduced by 50% (-50% per stack), have a 10% chance to fire a missile on hit that deals 300% total damage (similar to the ), and get a chain gun that fires 6 shots for 100% damage each which can ricochet to 2 other enemies.

Tips

 * Enemies that gain the Spare Drone Parts are exceedingly dangerous, as each enemy will spawn its own Col. Droneman that can swiftly kill players due to its long range and rapid damage. Besides the, which is the most common way for this to happen, a monster could gain the Spare Drone Parts if the and/or  is enabled, or the monster is a.
 * can also steal one during phase 4. Since the player wont have items, Col. Droneman will utterly shred them likely before they can even deal enough damage to get items back. It would be a good idea if planning to fight Mithrix to utilise a Scrapper and scrap the drone parts or use a white cauldron and try to get rid of them that way. If not, the best option is to take cover and try to get your items back from a long range before Droneman can get a beat on the player.
 * This leaves players with a small conundrum when playing eclipse; Drone parts can singlehandly carry until stage 5 themselves making them incredibly useful and almost a free win; but the player must ditch them before facing the final boss, as it's essentially impossible to fight a first loop droneman.
 * This item augments damage drones, while providing healing and utility drones an attack to contribute in offensive ways.
 * This item synergizes well with a drone build. While  provided defensive measures against most monsters, Spare Drone Parts allows drone minions to deal considerably more damage.

Version History

 * Survivors of the Void
 * (Undocumented) Added New Item: Spare Drone Parts

Trivia

 * The Spare Drone Parts are the successor to an item in the first Risk of Rain, the Arms Race, which worked in a similar manner.