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.
 * The can also Spare Drone Parts during the last phase of the fight. Since the player has no items, they will have little power to fight back against Col. Droneman. If this is a daunting prospect, players should use a Scrapper or a white cauldron to remove the Drone Parts prior to the fight. If this is not possible, the next best option is to take cover and try to get items back from outside of Col. Droneman's range.
 * Luckily, since the Spare Drone Parts lend themselves so well to acquiring many drones, the player can try to bank on their own drones distracting the final boss's Col. Droneman for long enough. However, without a huge swarm of drones, this might be less worth relying on.
 * This leaves players with a small conundrum when playing mode: the Spare Drone Parts can singlehandly carry a run until stage 5, making them incredibly useful and almost a free win; but since Eclipse can only be beaten by fighting the final boss, the player must contend with an enemy Col. 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  provides defensive measures against most monsters, the 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.
 * The extra chain gun from the Spare Drone Parts can be seen mounted on each individual drone. However, there is a 10% chance that a small mechanical arm holding a gun will be mounted on the drone instead. This difference is purely cosmetic.