The Crowdfunder

 is an equipment in Risk of Rain 2.

It is different from most equipment in that it has no cooldown; instead, activating the Crowdfunder toggles it between an "on" and "off" state. When activated, the Crowdfunder will fire 3 shots per second, slowly increasing its fire rate over 10 seconds and visibly spinning faster. Once spun up, it fires 15 shots per second. Each bullet fired from the Crowdfunder deals 100% damage with a proc coefficient of 1.0, and also costs the holder 1 gold (though this cost scales with the holder's level).

If the holder has no gold remaining, the Crowdfunder stops firing, but will immediately begin firing again once the holder gains enough gold to finance it.

Tips

 * Although giving up gold for damage may not initially seem like a good tradeoff, the Crowdfunder's sheer damage output more than makes up for it. For reference, at its maximum fire rate, the Crowdfunder deals 2.5 times as much damage per second as, with 2.5 times the procs as well.
 * Since enemy level and gold drops increase considerably faster than player level (especially on higher difficulty), the Crowdfunder's consumption of gold is rarely an issue past the second stage, especially if the player has, or a.
 * The Crowdfunder becomes self-sustaining while holding the, but the player must not take damage and thus lose gold.
 * Having the enabled can make the Crowdfunder more usable, since players will not need money to obtain most items.

Version History

 * PC Patch v1.1.1.2
 * Bug Fixes
 * Fixed The Crowdfunder not working on characters without the display (i.e )


 * Early Access Content Update 5
 * Major Content
 * Added New Item Lore Entry: The Crowdfunder


 * Early Access 'Skills 2.0' Content Update
 * Gameplay Changes
 * Proc Coefficient: 0.2 ⇒ 1

Trivia

 * While in use, the Crowdfunder makes the same sound as the slot machines (while spinning) in Ratchet and Clank 1-3, Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank.
 * This item may be a reference to the Coin Gun from Terraria, an extremely rare and powerful weapon that shoots the player's coins as bullets.
 * It may also be a spiritual successor to the Golden Gun from the first Risk of Rain game, which was an uncommon item that boosted the holder's damage the more gold they had.
 * The Crowdfunder is unlocked by collecting $30,480 gold, a reference to the amount pledged on Kickstarter for the first Risk of Rain game.