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

 * Be advised that when Mithrix steals this item during his fourth phase, he will not gain a Col. Droneman himself but will leave the player's droneman defenseless by removing all bonuses to any drones the player has. (Col. Droneman does not actually have any attacks and its only source of damage is the generic chaingun that every drone gets when holding this item)
 * When the item is returned, the player will obtain a second Col. Droneman and both drones will obtain the chaingun as well (assuming the first one survives until then).
 * 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.
 * Although it is tempting to gather as many drones as possible, keep in mind the ally limit of 15; past this point, allies cannot be spawned by items or equipment (e.g. the Empathy Cores or The Back-up). If too many small drones or non-drone allies are on the team, these more powerful drone allies cannot be summoned once destroyed, lowering the team's damage output. This may not be much of an issue, however, since the weaponry provided by the Spare Drone Parts is so powerful to begin with.

Version History

 * PC Patch v1.2.2.0


 * no longer grants Col. Droneman to Turrets
 * 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.
 * Spare Drone Parts used to grant Col. Droneman to Engineer Turrets.