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

"skinned" means having any other skin tech.

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)

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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	17x 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, reek, tokamak	2020/03/13, block throwing
Halbach array	throwing a block will also throw other nearby blocks	mass driver, printer, not wormhole, pilot wave, tokamak
inflation	if holding a block 0.1x damage taken after throwing a block it expands 3x	mass driver, not pilot wave, tokamak, 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	not parasitism	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)
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)
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)
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 healing 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

Instant tech

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, 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

Guntech

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, harpoon, not Bessemer process	2021/09/12, harpoon tech
	needle gun	nail gun and shotgun fire mob piercing needles	nail gun, shotgun, not ice crystal, rivets, rotary cannon, pneumatic, incendiary, nail-shot, foam-shot, worm-shot, 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, rivets, not incendiary, supercritical fission	2022/06/19, stress concentatrion
	rivet gun	nail gun and shotgun slowly lob a heavy rivet	nail gun, shotgun, not ice crystal, needles, 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, needles	2020/08/29, nail gun
	ice crystal nucleation	nail gun uses energy to condense unlimitied freezing ice shards	nail gun, not rivets, 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, 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, mine	2022/12/17, added images
	supercritical fission	if nails, or rivetssrike mobs near their center they can explode	nail gun, mine, needles, nails, rivets, not incendiary, stress concentration	2020/10/20, worm hole mods
	irradiated nails	nails, needles, and rivets are radioactive 1.9x radioactive damage over 3 seconds	nail gun, nails, rivets, 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, 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 0.5x bullets per	shotgun
	Newtons 3rd law	1.7x shotgun fire rate and recoil	shotgun, not Noether violation
(Image Unavailable)	Repeater	shotgun immediately fires again for no ammo reduced 0.5x shotgun fire rate	Shotgun, Not Newton's 3rd Law
	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)

fieldtech

Tech	Description	Requirements (if any)	Update added (YYYY/MM/DD)
spherical harmonics	1.5x standing wave deflection energy efficiency shield deflection radius holds it's max range	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 radiation 3.5x damage over 3 seconds	bremsstrahlung	2022/5/10, tech: cherenkov radiation
flux pinning	after deflecting a mob it is 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 3x damage for 8 seconds	negative mass, pilot wave
dynamic equilibrium	increase damage by your last health loss (damage increase)	negative mass, pilot wave
neutronium	0.8x move and jump, but if your field is active 0.05x damage taken	negative mass
areostat	2x damage while off the ground 0.85x damage while on the ground	negative mass, grappling hook
annihilation	after colliding with non-boss mobs they 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 0.2x damage taken at 55 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 2x damage at 55 speed (1.00x)	negative mass, grappling hook	2020/11/25, pause menu on selection
bot prototypes	use to build 2 random bots and upgrade all bots to that type	molecular assembler, grappling hook, pilot wave	2020/12/11, nano bots
additive manufacturing	deflecting and thrown blocks do braking damage to mobs	standing wave, perfect diamagnetism, 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	throwing a block converts it to energy and a pulsed fusion explosion	plasma torch, molecular assembler, grappling hook, not printer, reel, swarf
degenerate matter	if your field is active 0.1x damage taken	plasma torch, grappling hook, pilot wave
plasma bot	use to trade your field 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 s t o p s t i m e 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 and a 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 second	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
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 worm damage	wormhole	2020/10/18, wormhole mods
invariant	while placing your wormhole use energy to pause time	wormhole, not eternalism	2022/1/13, invariant
charmed baryons	0.66x movement and jumping wormholes cost zero energy	wormhole, not affine connection
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