tech

tech (formerly called mods) are the main power ups in n-gon. They are found by killing mobs and rarely in the wild. They have 6 types: skins, tech, instant tech,   guntech,   fieldtech, and Junk.

The most significant source of tech is Boss kills.

List of tech

Skins

skins are a type of tech that change your appearance. You can (generally) only have one skin.

"skinned" means having any other skin tech.

Image	Skin preview	Name	Description	Requirements (if any)	Update added (YYYY/MM/DD)
		tungsten carbide	+500 maximum health lose health after hard landings	not skinned	2023/02/07, elasticity
		nitinol	1.3x movement and jumping 0.17 seconds of coyote time	not skinned	2023/02/07, elasticity (originally called squirrel-cage rotor, changed to elasticity at some point, changed to nitinol at some point)
		Higgs mechanism	4x fire rate while firing your position is fixed	not skinned, ship mode, automatic	2021/01/12, Higgs
		Verlet integration	3x damage after mobs die advance time 0.5 seconds	not skinned	2022/05/31, propagator (originally a regular tech called propagator, which instead gave 1.6x damage and could stack 9 times, renamed in 24/7/29, wikipedia)
		Hilbert space	4x damage after a collision enter an alternate reality	not skinned, Ψ(t) collapse, many-worlds	2021/5/6, non-unitary (Originally called non-unitary armor)
		aperture	every 4 seconds your damage cycles between 0.8x and 3x damage	not skinned	2023/02/04, skins
		diaphragm	every 4 seconds your damage taken cycles between 0.9x and 0.2x damage taken	aperture	2023/02/07, elasticity
		mass-energy equivalence	energy protects you instead of health	not piezoelectricity, CPT, annihilation	2020/04/13, pilot wave field
		depolarization	0.5x damage for 4.0 seconds after a mob dies 4x damage otherwise	not skinned	2024/02/08, depolarization
		CPT symmertry	after losing health, if you have above 85 energy rewind time for 20 energy per second	not skinned, standing wave, max energy reduction, retrocausality, mass-energy	2020/11/27, CPT (Originally called CPT reversal)

Normal

These are all the normal tech in the game.

Image	Tech	Description	Requirements (if any)	Update added (YYYY/MM/DD)
	1st ionization energy	convert current and future into give +14 maximum energy	mass-energy equivalence, not quenching	2020/09/26, ionization energy (originally called ionization energy)
	repolarization	the damage from depolarization resets after 1.25 seconds sooner after a mob dies	depolarization	2024/02/10, hyperpolarization (originally called hyperpolarization)
	causality bots	when you rewind build scrap bots that protect you for about 9 seconds	CPT, retrocausality	2020/12/10, CPT mods
	causality bombs	when you rewind drop several grenades	CPT, retrocausality	2020/12/10, CPT mods
	ternary	1.9x damage while your ammo is evenly divisible by 3 (1x)		2023/03/04, factory
	integrated armament	1.3x damage, but new replace your current and convert	only 1 gun	2020/07/27, level elevators
	arsenal	for each unused in your inventory 1.25x damage (1.00x)	at least 2 guns	2020/08/14, arsenal generalist mod
	cooling	for each unused in your inventory 1.25x fire rate (1.00x)	at least 2 guns	2021/01/08, complex spinstatistics
	pigeonhole principle	1.4x damage per , but your active cycles each level and you can't switch	at least 2 guns	2022/10/24, pigeonhole principle
	marginal utility	2x ammo per for [random gun]		2024/03/31, remove keyword
	Pareto efficiency	all your randomly get 5x or 0.2x ammo per	at least 3 guns	2024/01/31, remove keyword
	logistics	2x ammo per , but ammo is only added to your current	not non-renewables	2020/06/09, mod: logistics
	cache	15x ammo per , but you can't store additional ammo	not non-renewables	2021/10/06, cache
	catabolism	if you fire while out of ammo spawn and –2 maximum health	not non-renewables	2020/02/09, added several new mods
	non-renewables	2x damage you can't pickup	not catabolism, quasiparticles	2020/09/05, exciton-lattice (originally named exciton-lattice and later shortened to exciton)
	desublimated ammunition	if crouching alternating shots cost no ammo		2019/10/30, added spore mod
	gun turret	if crouching0.3x damage taken		2020/07/07, mod turret mode
	dead reckoning	if your speed is 0 1.5x damage		2021/01/12, rest frame
	kinetic bombardment	far away mobs take more damage up to 1.3x damage at 3000 displacement		2019/12/01, added 5 new mods, power up display, game balance
	microstates	use 1.01x damage per bullet or bot (1.00x)		2020/05/18, mod - microstates
	regression	bullet collisions increase vulnerability to damage by 1.05x for mobs and +1.025x for bosses		2021/11/28, affline connection
	simulated annealing	1.2x damage 0.8x fire rate		2020/05/31, fire delay mods (originally called electrostatic shots and electrostatic discharge)
	heuristics	1.3x fire rate		2019/10/30, added spore mod (originally called auto-loading heuristics)
	mechatronics	randomly gain between 1x and 1.3x damage		2023/06/15, sort
	dynamical systems	use 1.3x damage		2021/07/11, field research tech
	anti-shear topology	your bullets last 1.3x longer		2019/10/30, added spore mod (originally called corrosion resistant topology an lorentzian topology)
	fracture analysis	if a mob is stunned it takes 5x damage from bullet impacts	a stun effect	2019/12/13, added chronon gun
	remineralization	after mobs die gain 0.85x damage taken effects stack, but fade 10% every second (1.00x)		2025/01/05, demineralization
	demineralization	after mobs die gain 1.08x damage effects stack, but fade 10% every second (1.00x)		2025/01/05, demineralization
	shear stress	after mobs die they fire a nail at nearby mobs		2020/04/30, mod - impact shear (originally called impact shear)
	thermal runaway	after mobs die they explode		2020/02/17, added requirement text, thermal runaway mod
	zoospore vector	after mobs die there is a 10% chance they grow spores		2019/10/03, added spore mod
	exciton	after mobs die they have a +14% to spawn that give 2.25x damage for 10 seconds
	band gap	give an additional 1.75x damage but their duration is reduced by 1 second	exciton, quasiparticles
	polariton	also give 0.3x damage taken for 10 seconds	exciton, quasiparticles
	collider	after mobs die existing power ups collide to from new power ups		2023/01/29, SLOW OPENING DOORs, END OF THE WORLD literally
	bubble fusion	after destroying a mob's shield spawn 1-2 , , or (once per mob)		2020/06/23, bubble fusion
	enthalpy	8% chance to spawn after mobs die		2021/12/01, hammer + nail
	cascading failure	3x damage to mobs below 25% durability	reaction inhibitor	2024/01/04, winter vacation update
	reaction inhibitor	mobs spawn with 0.88x initial durability	not topological defect	2020/02/14, working on mods, added death at 12% mod
	scrap bots	after mobs die you have a 33% chance to build scrap bots that operate for 15 seconds	no other mob death tech	2020/04/07, mods
	scrap refit	after mobs die reset scrap bots to 15 seconds of operation	scrap bots	2021/04/08, refit
	nail-bot	construct a bot that fires nails at mobs		2019/12/07, added laser bot (originally called laser bot and guardian)
	nail-bot upgrade	convert your bots to nail-bots 4x fire rate and 1.4x nail velocity	2 or more nail bots and no other bot upgrade	2020/08/03, new level boss
	foam-bot	construct a bot thatsprays sticky foam at nearby mobs		2020/05/10, foam bots
	foam-bot upgrade	convert your bots to foam-bots 2.5x foam size and fire rate	2 or more foam bots and no other bot upgrade	2020/08/03, new level boss
	sound-bot	construct a bot emits expanding arcs aimed towards nearby mobs		2020/07/04, sound-bot
	sound-bot upgrade	convert your bots to sound-bots 6x wave damage	2 or more sound bots and no other bot upgrade	2020/07/04, sound-bot
	boom-bot	a bot defends the space around you ignites an explosion after hitting a mob		2020/06/29, plasma bot, boom bot
	boom-bot upgrade	convert your bots to boom-bots 4x explosion damage and size	2 or more boom bots and no other bot upgrades	2020/08/03, new level boss
	laser-bot	construct a bot that uses energy to emit a laser beam that targets nearby mobs	maximum energy above 50	2019/12/07, added laser bot
	laser-bot upgrade	convert your bots to laser-bots 2x damage, efficiency, and range	2 or more laser bots and no other bot upgrade	2020/08/03, new level boss
	orbital bot	construct a bot locked in orbit around you that stuns and damages mobs		2020/09/28, orbital bot
	orbital-bot upgrade	convert your bots to orbital-bots 4x orbital damage and 2x radius	2 or more orbital bots and no other bot upgrade	2020/09/28, orbital bot
	dynamo-bot	construct a bot that damages mobs and generates +8 energy per second when nearby		2021/01/29, cloning
	dynamo-bot upgrade	convert your bots to dynamo-bots +24 energy per second when nearby	2 or more dynamo bots and no other upgrade	2021/01/29, cloning
	perimeter defense	for each permanent bot 0.96x damage taken (1.00x)	at least 2 bots	2020/07/14, mod - bot fab
	network effect	for each permanent bot 1.04x damage(1.00x)	at least 2 bots	2020/11/29, late game bot mods
	bot fabrication	after you collect use them to build a random bot (+1 cost every 3 bots)	at least 2 research	2020/07/14, mod - bot fab mod - bot fab
	open-source	, , and have +1 bot choice 3x frequency for with bots	at least 2 bots	2022/07/24, robotics
	decorrelation	if your and keys are unused for 2 seconds 0.3x damage taken	not retrocasuality	2020/09/27, decorrelation
	anticorrelation	if your and keys are unused for 2 seconds 2x damage	not retrocasuality	2020/09/27, decorrelation
	mass driver	4x block collision damage	not wormhole, reel, or tokamak	2020/03/13, block throwing
	Halbach array	throwing a block will also throw other nearby blocks	mass driver, printer, not wormhole, pilot wave, or tokamak
	inflation	if holding a block 0.1x damage taken after throwing a block it expands 3x	mass driver, not pilot wave, tokamak, or wormhole	2021/05/19, inflation
	restitution	2.5x block collision damage after throwing a block it becomes very bouncy	mass driver, not pilot wave, tokamak, wormhole	2021/07/29, restitution
	flywheel	2.5x block collision damage after a mob dies its block is flung at mobs	mass driver, no other mob death tech	2021/04/19, throwing blocks are buffed
	buckling	if a block kills a mob there's a 50% chance to spawn either , , , , or	mass driver, not pilot wave, tokamak	2021/02/09, restitution (originally called inelastic collision)
	first derivative	0.85x damage taken taken per in your inventory while the 1st in your inventory is equipped (1.00x)		2019/12/01, added 5 new mods, power up display, game balance (originally called monogamy and later entanglement)
	dark matter	dark matter slowly gravitates towards you 0.4x damage taken inside dark matter		2021/05/24, MACHO
	axion	while inside dark matter 2x damage	dark matter	2021/11/28, affine connection
	dark energy	while inside dark matter generate 10 energy per second	dark matter
	MACHO	dark matter's effects are only active outside its range 1.6x to all dark matter effects	dark matter, not entropic dravity, dark star
	entropic gravity	crouching pulls the dark matter towards you 1.6x to all dark matter effects	dark matter, not MACHO	2024/05/11, invulnerable
	dark star	mobs inside dark matter are damaged 1.3x dark matter radius	dark matter, not MACHO	2023/08/22, dark star
	non-Newtonian armor	after mob collisions 0.4x damage taken for 10 seconds		2020/07/06, mod turret mode
	tessellation	use 0.6x damage taken		2021/07/11, field research tech
	Pauli exclusion	for 7 seconds after mob collisions become invulnerable and inhibit energy regen		2022/08/24, boost power ups
	spin-statistics theorem	for 1.9 seconds out of every 7 seconds become invulnerable and inhibit energy regen		2021/01/07, complex spinstatistics (originally called complex spin-statistics, and later spelled "spin–staistics" with an en dash)
	fermion	for 7 seconds after mobs die become invulnerable and inhibit energy regen		2024/05/11, invulnerable
	abelian group	3x damage while invulnerable	invincibility tech	2024/05/11, invulnerable
	refrigerant	after losing at least 5 health freeze all mobs for 7 seconds		2023/05/07, factory
	piezoelectricity	if you collide with a mob generate +2048 energy	not mass-energy	2020/01/05, shield rebalance, difficulty rebalance, piezo and static mods
	ground state	+300 maximum energy 0.66x passive energy generation	not time crystals	2020/03/29, ground state mod
	heat engine	1.4x damage –50 maximum energy	not CPT	2020/12/05, engine mods
	exothermic process	1.6x damage after mobs die –5 energy		2020/02/16, working on giving custom mod requirements (in progress, buggy) (originally called acute stress response)
	Gibbs free energy	1.006x damage for each missing energy(1.00x)		2020/12/05, engine mods
	overcharge	+100 maximum energy +5% Junk choices		2019/12/15, foam gun, mods: overcharge, supersaturate, many beyond adjustments
	Maxwells demon	energy above max decays 30x slower +5% Junk choices	energy above your max	2020/11/16, supercapacitor - overfill energy decays 66% slower (originally called supercapacitor)
	inductive charging	if crouched 7x passive energy generation otherwise 0x passive energy generation		2021/06/19, catabolism and inductive coupling (originally called inductive coupling)
	energy conservation	doing damage to mobs generates energy		2019/10/30, added spore mod (originally called energy siphon, then later field siphon and energy transfer)
	waste heat recovery	if a mob has died in the last 5 seconds generate 0.05x max energy per second		2020/02/15, added a few mods and added custom difficulty (originally called waste energy recycling, and later waste energy recovery)
	recycling	if a mob has died in the last 5 seconds recover 0.005x maximum health every second		2020/02/15, added a few mods and added custom difficulty (originally called scrap waste recycling, and later scrap recycling)
	torpor	if a mob has not died in the last 5 seconds 0.3x damage taken		2021/02/19, in game music
	stability	0.1x damage taken while your health is at maximum		2024/06/28, tokamak
	instability	2.5x damage while your damage taken is 1.00x fire rate		2024/06/28, tokamak
	control theory	2x damage while your health is at maximum		2024/06/28, tokamak
	homeostasis	missing health reduces damage taken down to a limit of 0.2x at 0 health (0.30x)	health below 60	2022/07/24, robotics
	negative feedback	1.006x damage for each missing health (1.45x)	health below 90
	Zenos paradox	0.2x damage taken –5% of current health every 5 seconds
	antiscience	–10 health after picking up 1.7x damage
	ergodicity	0.50x from 1.7x damage
	fluoroantimonic acid	if your health is above 100 1.35x damage	maximum health above 100
	induction brake	after using slow nearby mobs for 17 seconds	not eddy current brake
	adiabatic healing	2x from +4% Junk choices
	quenching	0.5x of over is added to maximum health	not mass-energy
	accretion	follow you, even between levels +4% chance to duplicate spawned power ups	not wormhole
	accretion disk	1.07x damage for each power up on this level +5% Junk choices (1.14x)	accretion
	self-assembly	at the start of each level for every 20 missing health spawn
	interest	at the start of each level spawn 5% of your , , , and (rounded up)
	anthropic principle	once per level, instead of dying use and spawn	at least 1 research
	weak anthropic principle	after anthropic principle prevents your death +60% duplication chance for that level	anthropic principle
	strong anthropic principle	after anthropic principle prevents your death 2.71828x damage for that level	anthropic principle
	quantum immortality	0.7x damage taken after dying continue in an alternate reality
	many-worlds	at the start of every level and enter an alternate reality	not Ψ(t) collapse or Hilbert space
	Ψ(t) collapse	after a boss dies spawn if you research enter an alternate reality	not many-worlds, Hilbert space, or pseudoscience
	decoherence	after a boss dies spawn options you don't choose won't reoccur	not superdeterminism
	coherence	after observing a choice that choice is avaiable for all future	decoherence
	peer review	after you research gain 1.05x damage and +1% Junk choices	at least 1 research, not superdeterminism
	pseudoscience	research 2 times for free, but +1% Junk choices each time	not Ψ(t) collapse or superdeterminism
	renormalization	47% chance to spawn after consuming +5% Junk choices	at least 4 research, not superdeterminism
	perturbation theory	if you have no in your inventory 2x fire rate	no research
	Bayesian statistics	1.05x damage per in your inventory (1.00x)	at least 2 research
	ansatz	after choosing , , or if you have no in your inventory spawn	no research, not superdeterminism, Ψ(t) collapse, or perturbation theory
	unified field theory	when paused you can click to change your 2x frequency for	not superdeterminism
	eternalism	1.3x damage, but time doesn't pause while choosing , , or	not unified field theory, paradigm shift, invariant
	brainstorming	randomize choices every 1.5 seconds for 10 seconds	not superdeterminism
	cross-disciplinary	have an extra or choice +5% chance to duplicate spawned power ups	not determinism
	emergence	, , or have +1 choice 1.1x damage	not emergence, cross-disciplinary, or integrated circuit
	technical debt	increase damage by 4x, but reduce damage by 0.15x for each you have (4.00x)
	meta-analysis	if you choose Junk you get a random choice and instead	some junk tech
	dark patterns	1.3x damage +15% Junk choices
	junk DNA	increase damage by twice your Junk chance (1.00x)	junk in tech pool
	mass production	have extra choices to spawn , , or +3% chance to duplicate owned power ups
	virtual particles	17% chance after mobs die to spawn [coupling effect]
	fine-structure constant	after a boss dies spawn lose after mob collisions
	residual dipolar coupling	clicking cancel spawns [coupling effect]	not superdeterminism
	commodities exchange	clicking cancel for , , or spawns 8-12 , ,	not superdeterminism
	options exchange	clicking cancel for , , or will randomize with 3x choices, once a level	not superdeterminism
	futures exchange	clicking cancel for , , or gives +6% power up duplication chance	below 100% duplication chance, not superdeterminism
	replication	+10% chance to duplicate spawned power ups +10% Junk choices	below 100% duplication chance
	metastability	+13% chance to duplicate spawned power ups duplicate explode with a 4 second half-life	below 100% duplication chance
	correlated damage	duplication increases damage (1.00x)	duplication chance > 3%
	parthenogenesis	+8% to duplicate spawned power ups duplication also duplicates mobs	some duplication chance
	stimulated emission	+20% chance to duplicate spawned power ups, collisions eject a random	below 1% duplication chance
	strange attractor	1.1x damage removing this increases duplication by +11%
	strange loop	1.1x damage removing this gives a random with remove
	null hypothesis	1.1x damage removing this spawns
	martingale	1.1x damage. removing this has a 50% chance return with 2x its damage (1.1x→1.2x)
	externality	1.1x damage removing this spawns 50
	deprecated	after removing this gain 1.08x damage per removed this game (1.08x)
	planned obsolescence	at the start of each level eject your oldest and gain 1.1x damage each time
	paradigm shift	when paused clicking your ejects them costs 1.0 health (1.3x cost each use)	not superdeterminism

Instant tech

These tech instantly apply their effects and cant be removed. They are not shown in the tech list and don't count to your total tech count.

Image	Tech	Description	Requirements (if any)	Update added (YYYY/MM/DD)
	ordnance	spawn and get 2x frequency for    +6% Junk choices		2021/03/16, planned obsolescence (originally named gun sciences)
	generalist	spawn 7 , but your equipped cycles each level and you can't switch	at least 2 guns and at least 5 unclaimed guns	2020/08/14, arsenal, generalist mod
	ad hoc	spawn a , , , , , or for each in your inventory	at least 2 guns	2021/01/07, complex spinstatistics (originally called specialist)
	applied science	get a random    for each of in your inventory	at least 2 guns	2021/11/11, applied science
	supply chain	spawn		2020/06/26, neocognitron pulse aim
	ersatz bots	double your bots remove all in your inventory	not experiment mode, at least 4 bots	2020/05/24, sniper mob balance, bot replication mod (originally called self-replication, and later bot replication)
	robotics	construct 2 random bots	at least 3 bots	2022/07/24, robotics
	bot manufacturing	use to build 3 random bots	at least 4 bots	2020/12/11, nano bots
	bot prototypes	use to build 2 random bots and upgrade all bots to a random type	at least 6 bots	2020/12/11, nano bots
	maintenance	2x frequency for with spawn
	path integral	your next has all possible choices +4% Junk choices	not determinism or brainstorm
	determinism	spawn , , or have only 1 choice	not emergence, cross-disciplinary, or integrated circuit
	superdeterminism	spawn you can't cancel and no longer spawn	determinism, not ansatz, pseudoscience, or brainstorming
	research	spawn next time increase amount spawned by +4
	ammo	spawn next time increase amount spawned by +7
	heals	spawn next time increase amount spawned by +7
	field coupling	spawn [coupling effect]
	quintessence	convert [amount of research] into [(amount of research)x3] [coupling effect]	having research
	Born rule	eject all your	more than 6 tech
	Occams razor	randomly remove half your for each removed 1.50x damage ~1.00x	more than 6 tech
	exchange symmetry	remove a random spawn	at least 4 tech, not superdeterminism
	Monte Carlo method	remove a random spawn	some duplication, at least 4 tech, not superdeterminism
	missile-bot	use to trade your missile for a bot that fires missiles	missiles, not launch system
	surfactant	use to trade your foam for 2 foam-bots and foam-bot upgrade	foam gun, no bot upgrades, fractionation, or pressure vessel
	fault tolerance	use to trade your drone for 5 drones that last forever	drones, not drone repair, anti-shear topology, or autonomous navigation
	optical amplifier	gain 3 random laser laser only turns off if you have no energy	laser gun, not pulse

  Guntech

These tech upgrade your gun. They can also upgrade certain fields or bots that have projectiles.

Image	Tech	Description	Requirements (if any)	Update added (YYYY/MM/DD)
	needle ice	after needles impact walls they chip off 1-2 freezing ice IX crystals	needle gun, needle gun, not nanowires	2021/08/21, needle ice
	nanowires	needles tunnel through blocks and map 1.2x needle damage	nail gun, needle gun, not needle ice	2021/12/04, grey intro
	ceramics	needles and harpoons pierce shields dircetly damaging shielded mobs	nail gun or harpoon, not Bessemer process	2021/09/12, harpoon tech
	needle gun	nail gun and shotgun fire mob piercing needles	nail gun or shotgun, not ice crystal, rivets, rotary cannon, pneumatic, incendiary, nail-shot, foam-shot, worm-shot, or ice-shot	2021/01/16, nail gun rework
	stress concentration	mobs below 50% durability die after you shoot them near their center with needles or rivets	needles or rivets, not incendiary or supercritical fission	2022/06/19, stress concentatrion
	rivet gun	nail gun and shotgun slowly lob a heavy rivet	nail gun or shotgun, not ice crystal, needles or pneumatic actuator	2021/01/16, nail gun rework
	pneumatic actuator	nail gun takes no time to ramp up to its fastest fire rate	nail gun, not rotary cannon, rivets, or needles	2020/08/29, nail gun
	ice crystal nucleation	nail gun uses energy instead of ammo to condense freezing ice nails	nail gun, not rivets or needles	2020/10/21, bug fix
	rotary cannon	nail gun has increased muzzle speed, maximum fire rate, accuracy, and recoil	nail gun, not pneumatic actuator or needle gun	2021/10/23, rotary cannon
	gauge	rivets, needles, super balls, and nails have 1.3x mass and physical damage	nails, nail gun, rivets, shotgun, super balls, or mine	2022/12/17, added images
	supercritical fission	if nails, or rivetssrike mobs near their center they can explode	nail gun, mine, needles, nails, or rivets, not incendiary or stress concentration	2020/10/20, worm hole mods
	irradiated nails	nails, needles, and rivets are radioactive 2x radioactive damage over 3 seconds	nail gun, nails, rivets, or mine, not ceramic needles	2020/05/19, file reoganiation, mod has it's own file
	6s half-life	nails, needles, rivets are made of plutonium-238 radioactive damage lasts +3 seconds	nail gun, mine, or irradiated nails, not 1s half-life	2020/06/04, minigun ramp up (was named "4s half-life" for a short amount of time before switching back to "6s half-life")
	1s half-life	nails, needles, rivets are made of lithium-238 4x radioactive damage for 1 second	nail gun, mine, irradiated nails, not 6s half-life	2021/10/09, refractory metal
	spin-statistics	after firing the shotgun you are invulnerable shotgun has 0.7x bullets per	shotgun
	Newtons 3rd law	1.7x shotgun fire rate and recoil	shotgun, not Noether violation
	Noether violation	1.5x shotgun damage shotgun recoil is reversed	shotgun, not Newtons 3rd law
	repeater	shotgun immediately fires again for no ammo reduced 0.5x shotgun fire rate	shotgun, not Newton's 3rd law
	nail-shot	shotgun drives a long clip of nails	shotgun, not incendiary, rivets, foam-shot, worm-shot, ice-shot, or needles
	foam-shot	shotgun sprays sticky foam bubbles	shotgun, not incendiary, nail-shot, rivet, worm-shot, ice-shot, or needles
	ice-shot	shotgun condenses ice IX crystals that freeze mobs	shotgun, not incendiary, nail-shot, rivet, foam-shot, or worm-shot
	freezer burn	mobs frozen while below 33% durability die	a freeze effect
	flash freeze	mobs frozen while above 66% durability have their durability reduced to 66%	a freeze effect
	crystallizer	after frozen mobs die they shatter into ice IX crystals	a localized freeze effect, no other mob death tech
	thermoelectric effect	after killing mobs with ice IX +100 energy	ice IX
	superfluidity	freeze effects are applied to a small area around the target	a localized freeze effect
	triple point	+5 second freeze duration	a localized freeze effect
	incendiary ammunition	shotgun, rivets, super balls, and drones are loaded with explosives	shotgun, super balls, rivets, or drones, not irradiated drones, burst drones, polyurethane, or Zectron
	rebound	after they collide with a mob, super balls gain speed, duration, and 1.3x damage	super balls, not incendiary
	Zectron	2x super ball damage, but after you collide with super balls they stop	super balls, not incendiary ammunition or uncertainty principle
	polyurethane foam	super balls and harpoons colliding with mobs catalyzes a reaction that yields foam bubbles	super balls or harpoon, not fragmentation
	autocannon	fire +2 super balls in a line 1.4x super ball velocity and gravity	super balls, but not the tech super ball
	super duper	randomly fire +0, +1, +2, or +3 extra super balls	super balls, but not the tech super ball
	super ball	fire just 1 large super ball that stuns mobs for 2 seconds	super balls, not super duper or autocannon
	phase velocity	wave particles propagate faster as solids 1.5x wave damage	wave, not phonon
	amplitude	1.4x wave damage 1.4x wave bullet amplitude	wave
	propagation	0.75x wave propagation speed 1.4x wave damage	wave
	bound state	wave packets reflect backwards 2 times 0.7x wave range	wave, not phonon
	frequency	wave has unlimited ammo 0.75x wave damage	wave
	phonon	waves are low frequency, high damage expanding arcs that propagate through solids	wave, not phase velocity, bound state
	isotropic	waves expand in all directions 0.6x range and 1.5x damage	wave, phonon, not uncertainty principle
	mechanical resonance	after a block gets vibrated by a phonon there is a chance it's flung at nearby mobs	wave, phonon
	sympathetic resonance	after a mob gets vibrated by a phonon a new resonance wave expands	wave, phonon
	cruise missile	2x missile explosive damage, radius 0.5x missile speed	missiles, not launch system
	ICBM	1.75x missile explosive damage, radius 0.5x missile speed	missiles, cruise missile
	launch system	5x missile fire rate 1.3x missile ammo per	missiles, not cruise missile
	iridium-192	explosion release gamma radiation 2x explosion damage over 4 seconds	an explosive damage source, not ammonium nitrate, nitroglycerin, chain reaction, fragmentation, or electric armor
	fragmentation	some detonations and collisions eject nails blocks, grenades, missiles, rivets, harpoon	grenades, missiles, rivets, harpoon, or mass driver, not iridium-192 or polyurethane foam
	ammonium nitrate	1.25x explosive damage, radius	an explosive damage source, not iridium-192
	nitroglycerin	1.7x explosive damage 0.7x smaller explosive radius	an explosive damage source, not iridium-192 or acetone peroxide
	acetone peroxide	1.7x explosive radius 1.4x explosive damage taken	an explosive damage source, not nitroglycerin
	shock wave	mines and sporangium stun for 3-5 seconds explosions stun for 0.5 seconds	mines, spores, or an explosive damage source, not iridium-192
	shaped charge	use to dynamically reduce all explosions to prevent health loss	an explosive damage source, not rocket propelled grenade
	MIRV	fire +1 missile or grenade per shot 0.88x explosion damage and radius	missiles or grenades
	rocket-propelled grenade	grenades explode on map collisions explosions drain energy, not health	grenades, not vacuum bomb, shaped charges, or mass-energy
	vacuum bomb	grenades fire slower, explode bigger, and suck everything towards them	grenades, not neutron bomb, chain reaction, or rocket-propelled grenade
	chain reaction	1.3x grenade radius and damage blocks caught in explosions also explode	grenades, not neutron bomb, chain reaction, or rocket-propelled grenade
	flame test	after grenades detonate they trigger a colorful cluster of small explosions	grenades, not neutron bomb, pyrotechnics, or fireworks
	pyrotechnics	after grenades detonate they trigger a colorful circle of explosions	grenades, not neutron bomb, flame test, or fireworks
	fireworks	after grenades detonate they trigger colorful petals of explosions	grenades, not neutron bomb, flame test, or pyrotechnics
	neutron bomb	grenades are irradiated with Cf-252 does radioactive damage over time	grenades, not fragmentation, vacuum bomb, iridium-192, pyrotechnics, fireworks, flame test, or chain reaction
	vacuum permittivity	1.2x radioactive range objects in range of the bomb are slowed	grenades, neutron bomb
	radioactive contamination	after a mob or shield dies, leftover radiation spreads to a nearby mob	radiation damage source
	nuclear transmutation	1.5x radiation damage nail, drone, neutron bomb, iridium, cosmic string, deflect	radiation damage source
	water shielding	reduce radioactive effects on you by 0.2x neutron bomb, drones, explosions, slime	neutron bomb, irradiated drones, or iridium-192
	ricochet	after nails hit a mob they rebound towards a new mob with 2.8x damage per bounce	nail gun, not rotary cannon, rivets, or needles
	booby trap	50% chance to drop a mine from power ups +15% Junk choices	mines
	elephants toothpaste	instead of nails mines catalyze a reaction that yields foam bubbles	mines, not blast ball, ricochet, irradiated nails, or supercritical fission
	blast ball	mines fire bouncy balls instead of nails	mines, not elephants toothpaste, ricochet, irradiated nails, or supercritical fission
	laser-mines	mines laid while you are crouched use energy to emit 3 unaimed lasers	mines
	sentry	mines fire one nail at a time mines fire 1.5x more nails	mines, not elephants toothpaste
	extended magazine	sentry mines fire 1.5x more nails	mines, sentry
	mycelial fragmentation	during their growth phase 1.7x sporangium discharge	spores
	cordyceps	sporangium infect mobs they attach to infected mobs resurrect and attack other mobs	spores
	colony	1.6x sporangium discharge 33% chance to discharge something different	spores
	cryodesiccation	1.25x sporangium discharge spores freeze mobs for 1.5 second	spores
	flagella	2x spore acceleration if they can't find a target spores follow you	spores
	mutualism	3x spore damage spores borrow 1 health until they die	spores
	necrophage	if foam, fleas, or worms kill their target they grow 3 copies	foam, spores, worms, fleas
	siphonaptera	spores metamorphose into fleas shotgun fires fleas	spores, not worms
	nematodes	spores metamorphose into worms shotgun fires worms	spores, not fleas
	K-selection	1.37x worm and flea damage	spores, shotgun, worms, fleas
	path integration	drones and spores travel with you through levels	spores, worms, flagella, drones
	ablative drones	after losing health there is a chance to rebuild your broken parts as drones		2019/11/10, added hornets and ablative synthesis, and ceramic plating (oringinally called ablative synthesis)
	reduced tolerances	2x drones per and energy 0.6x drone duration	drones, not irradiated drones
	delivery drone	if a drone picks up a power up, it becomes larger, faster, and more durable	drones
	von Neumann probe	after a drone expires it will use –4 energy and a nearby block to replicate itself	drones
	brushless motor	drones rapidly rush towards their target 1.33x drone collision damage	drones, molecular assembler, not irradiated drones or incendiary
	axial flux motor	1.66x drones rush frequency 1.44x drone collision damage	drones, brushless motor
	irradiated drones	the space around drones is irradiated 0.25x drones per and energy	drones, not reduced tolerances, incendiary, torque bursts, or ablative drones
	beta radiation	0.5x drone duration 2x drone radiation damage	drones, irradiated drones
	orthocyclic winding	1.66x drone acceleration 1.33x radiation damage	drones, irradiated drones
	electrostatic induction	foam bubbles are electrically charged, causing attraction to nearby mobs	foam
	uncertainty principle	foam, wave, and super ball positions are erratic 1.5x foam, wave, and super ball damage	foam, wave, or super balls, not isotropic or Zectron
	aerogel	foam bubbles float with 0.5x foam duration 2.8x foam damage	foam
	surface tension	1.4x foam damage	foam
	cavitation	25% chance to discharge a huge foam bubble 2x foam gun recoil	foam
	foam fractionation	if you have below 300 ammo 2x foam bubble size	foam
	ideal gas law	6x foam ammo per	foam, not non-renewables
	pressure vessel	build up charge while firing foam after firing discharge foam bubbles	foam
	capacitor bank	charge effects build up almost instantly blocks, foam, plasma ball, railgun, pulse, tokamak	mass driver, railgun, foam, pressure vessel, pulse, tokamak, plasma ball
	Bitter electromagnet	0.66x railgun charge rate 2x harpoon density and damage	harpoon, railgun
	railgun	hold and release fire to launch harpoons but, harpoons can't retract	harpoon, not UHMWPE, induction furnace, or quasiparticles
	alternator	0.05x harpoon energy cost	harpoon
	autonomous defense	if you collide with a mob fire harpoons at nearby mobs	harpoon
	Bessemer process	2.01x harpoon size and damage (effect scales by 1/10 √ harpoon ammo)	harpoon, not ceramics
	smelting	forge 10 ammo into a new harpoon fire +1 harpoon with each shot	harpoon
	UHMWPE	1.21x harpoon rope length (effect scales by 1/80 of harpoon ammo)	harpoon, not railgun
	induction furnace	after using harpoon/grapple to collect power ups, 1.8x harpoon or grapple damage for 8 seconds	harpoon, grappling hook, not railgun or brittle
	brittle	2.2x harpoon/grapple damage to mobs at maximum durability	harpoon, grappling hook, not induction furnace
	quasiparticles	convert current and future into that give 2.25x damage for 10 seconds	harpoon, laser, wave, frequency, not railgun or non-renewables
	relativistic momentum	lasers push mobs and blocks	laser, not pulse
	iridescence	if laser beams hit mobs near their center 2x laser damage	laser, not pulse
	lens	2.5x laser damage if it passes through a revolving 90° arc circular lens	laser
	compound lens	1.4x laser lens damage +30° lens arc	lens
	specular reflection	+2 laser beam reflections	laser, not diffuse beam, pulse, or slow light
	diffraction grating	+1 diverging laser beam	laser gun, diffuse beam, or slow light
	collimator	+1 laser beam align your diverging laser beams to be parallel	laser gun, diffraction grating, not diffuse beam, slow light, or pulse	2025/01/26, another combo
	diffuse beam	your laser beam is wider, but it doesn't reflect 3.2x laser damage	laser gun, not specular reflection, diffraction grating, slow light, or pulse
	output coupler	1.3x laser beam width 1.3x laser damage	laser gun, diffuse beam
	delayed-choice	your laser fires a 0.4 second delayed beam that does 0.7x damage	laser gun, diffraction grating, diffuse beam
	infrared diode	0.4x laser energy cost infrared light is outside visual perception	laser, not free-electron or pulse
	dye laser	0.75x laser energy cost 1.25x laser damage	laser, not pulse or infrared diode
	free-electron laser	3x laser energy cost 3x laser damage	laser, not pulse or infrared diode
	pulse	charge your energy and release it as a laser pulse that initiates an explosion cluster	laser gun, not specular reflection, diffuse, free-electron laser, optical amplifier

  Fieldtech

These tech upgrade your field.

Image	Tech	Description	Requirements (if any)	Update added (YYYY/MM/DD)
	spherical harmonics	1.5x standing wave deflection energy efficiency shield deflection radius is stable	standing wave, not surface plasmons	2021/06/05
	surface plasmons	if deflecting drains all your energy emit laser beams that scale with max energy	standing wave
	zero point energy	use +166 maximum energy	standing wave, pilot wave, time dilation
	expansion	using standing wave field expands its radius +77 maximum energy	standing wave	2021/06/05, tech: expansion
	electronegativity	1.0023x damage per energy (1.23x damage at max energy)	standing wave, wormhole, pilot wave
	bremsstrahlung	deflecting and thrown blocks do braking damage to mobs	standing wave, perfect diamagnetism, pilot wave
	cherenkov radiation	bremsstrahlung's effects are radioactive 3.5x damage over 3 seconds	bremsstrahlung	2022/5/10, tech: cherenkov radiation
	flux pinning	mobs deflected by your are stunned for up to 4 seconds	a field that can block
	eddy current brake	perfect diamagnetism slows nearby mobs effect radius scales with stored energy	perfect diamagnetism, not induction brake	2020/10/5, eddy current brake
	Meissner effect	1.55x perfect diamagnetism radius +22° perfect diamagnetism circular arc	perfect diamagnetism
	radiative equilibrium	after losing health 4x damage for 4 seconds	negative mass, pilot wave
	dynamic equilibrium	increase damage by your most recent health loss ([damage increase])	negative mass, pilot wave
	neutronium	0.8x move and jump, but while your is active 0.05x damage taken	negative mass, not equivalence principle
	equivalence principle	negative mass field doesn't cost energy	negative mass, not neutronium
	aerostat	2x damage while off the ground	negative mass, grappling hook
	annihilation	mobs you collide with are annihilated and –10 energy	negative mass, not mass-energy
	inertial mass	negative mass is larger and faster	negative mass
	Newtons 1st law	damage taken is proportional to your speed up to 0.05x damage taken at 60 speed (1.00x)	negative mass, grappling hook	2020/11/25, pause menu on selection
	Newtons 2nd law	damage is proportional to your speed up to 3x damage at 60 speed (1.00x)	negative mass, grappling hook	2020/11/25, pause menu on selection
	MOND	your speed counts as +20 higher (for Newton's 1st and 2nd laws)	Newtons 1st or 2nd law
	additive manufacturing	hold crouch and use to print a block with 1.8x density, damage, and launch speed	molecular assembler, pilot wave, not tokamak
	working mass	pressing jump in midair will print a block to jump off of	molecular assembler or pilot wave
	pair production	after picking up a power up +200 energy	molecular assembler, pilot wave, standing wave
	electric generator	after deflecting mobs molecular assembler generates +50 energy	molecular assembler
	combinatorial optimization	1.35x damage 0.65x fire rate	time dilation, cloaking, pilot wave
	tokamak	tokamak converts thrown blocks into energy and a pulsed fusion explosion	plasma torch, molecular assembler, grappling hook, not printer, reel, or swarf
	stellarator	the first 5 blocks detonated by tokamak spawn proportional to block size	tokamak
	inertial confinement	while holding a block charged with tokamak you can use energy to fly	tokamak
	degenerate matter	if your is active 0.1x damage taken	plasma torch, grappling hook, pilot wave
	plasma-bot	use to trade your for a bot that uses energy to emit plasma	plasma torch, not extruder, plasma ball
	plasma jet	use 1.5x plasma torch range	plasma torch, not plasma ball
	extruder	extrude a thin hot wire of plasma increases damage and energy cost	plasma torch, not plasma ball	2020/12/13, extruder
	refractory metal	extrude metals at a higher temperature increases effective radius and damage	extruder
	plasma ball	grow an expanding ball of plasma increases damage and energy cost	plasma torch, not extruder, plasma jet
	corona discharge	increase the range and frequency of plasma ball's electric arc	plasma ball
	retrocausality	time dilation uses energy to rewind your health, velocity, and position up to 10 seconds	time dilation, not CPT symmetry
	frame-dragging	when not moving time dilation stops time 0.6x damage taken	time dilation
	Lorentz transformation	use 1.5x movement, jumping, and fire rate	time dilation or pilot wave
	time crystals	2.5x passive energy generation +6.0 energy per second	time dilation or pilot wave, not ground state
	no-cloning theorem	+40% chance to duplicate spawned power ups after a mob dies -1% duplication	cloaking, time dilation
	metamaterial absorber	for each mob left alive after you exit a level there is a 25% chance to spawn a random power up	cloaking
	symbiosis	after a boss dies spawn tech after a mob dies -0.25 maximum health	cloaking
	boson composite	while cloaked you are intangible to blocks and mobs, but mobs drain energy	metamaterial cloaking
	patch	after cloaking recover 0.75x of your last health lost	metamaterial cloaking, not mass-energy	2022/7/26, patch
	dazzler	after decloaking stun nearby mobs for 2 seconds	metamaterial cloaking	2020/9/26, ionization energy
	topological defect	2.1x damage to mobs at maximum durability	cloaking, pilot wave, not reaction inhibitor	2024/1/4, winter vacation update
	hidden-variable theory	1.2x damage after you choose	pilot wave
	WIMPs	at the end of each level spawn and a dangerous particle that slowly chases you	wormhole, pilot wave, time dilation	2021/5/13, WIMPs
	vacuum fluctuation	use +11% chance to duplicate spawned power ups	wormhole, time dilation, negative mass, pilot wave	2021/7/11, field research tech (originally named virtual particles)
	transdimensional worms	after a block falls into a wormhole spawn a worm	wormhole	2022/4/11, wiggle
	geodesics	your bullets can traverse wormholes 1.5x damage	wormhole	2020/10/20, worm hole mods (originally named traversable geodesics)
	cosmic string	after tunneling through mobs with a wormhole stun them and do radioactive damage	wormhole	2020/10/18, wormhole mods
	invariant	while placing your wormhole use energy to pause time	wormhole, not eternalism	2022/1/13, invariant
	holographic principle	0.66x movement and jumping wormholes cost zero energy	wormhole, not affine connection	(originally named "charmed baryons")
	affine connection	wormholes can tunnel through anything for 2x energy cost	wormhole, not charmed baryons
	CIWS	grappling hook uses 10 energy to fire harpoons at nearby mobs	grappling hook
	swarf	after grappling hook impacts something eject nails splinters towards nearby mobs	grappling hook, not reel, tokamak	2023/11/25, grappling hook 2nd update (originally named rupture)
	reel	5x block collision damage up to +100 energy after reeling in blocks	grappling hook, not mass driver, swarf, tokamak	2023/12/3, grapple tech

Junk

Main article: Junk

These tech are usually either entirely cosmetic, absurd, or even hindering, and can only be obtained from increasing the Junk percentage.

removed tech

These tech have been removed from the game and are unobtainable in newer versions.

Image	Tech	Description	Requirements (if any)	Update added (YYYY/MM/DD)	Update removed (YYYY/MM/DD)
	parasitism	if a mob has died in the last 5 seconds 2x damage, no passive energy generation	not inductive charging	2021/11/20, Occam's razor (originally called predator)	2025/01/19, combos