Traits

Virulence

Stat

Raises your damage.

• +12% (Common) · 16% · 19% · 24% · 30% · 38% · +50% (Prismatic)
• Compounds with every pick

Rapid Replication

Stat

You fire faster.

• 8% faster (Common) up to 34% faster (Prismatic)
• Compounds with every pick

Streamlined Capsid

Stat

Raises your move speed.

• +6% (Common) up to +25% (Prismatic)
• Compounds with every pick
• Like every speed bonus, it counts for 60% of its value, up to the organ's speed cap (1.5× base speed in the Nasal Passage, up to 3.6× in the Brain)

Lipid Envelope

Stat

Raises max HP and heals that much.

• +15 (Common) · 20 · 24 · 30 · 38 · 48 · +63 (Prismatic)

Segmented Genome

Stat

Adds projectiles to every shot.

• +1 projectile per shot (40% damage); +2 at Mythic or Prismatic
• Offered rarely, and rarer still each time you take it

Neuraminidase Boost

Stat

Shots pierce through extra cells.

• +1 pierce (Common–Rare), +2 (Epic, Legendary), +3 (Mythic), +4 (Prismatic)
• One of the five shot-changing traits that form synergies

Reassortment

Stat

Your signature ability charges faster and refills right away.

• Charges 30% faster (Common) up to 126% faster (Prismatic)
• Compounds with every pick

High-Affinity Binding

Stat

More critical hits, and harder ones.

• +5% crit chance and +25% crit damage (Common) up to +21% and +105% (Prismatic)
• Crit damage adds to the 2× multiplier: one Common pick makes a critical hit deal 2.25×
• Picks add their strength together

Pyrogenic Fever

Effect · Level 2

Shots set cells burning.

• 4 damage/s (Common) up to 17 damage/s (Prismatic), for 3 s
• Burn damage shows as small orange numbers over the cell every half second

NSP4 Enterotoxin

Effect · Level 2

Shots poison cells, stacking up to 10 times.

• 1.5 damage/s per stack (Common) up to 6.3 (Prismatic)
• Poison damage shows as small green numbers over the cell every half second

Cold Adaptation

Effect · Level 2

Shots have a 30% chance to slow a cell for 2 s.

• Slows by 25% (Common) up to 57% (Prismatic); never more than 60%
• One slow at a time per cell

M2 Ion Channel

Effect · Level 2

Shots turn electric: they tear through shields, can shock, and arc to a nearby cell.

• +60% damage to shields (Common) up to +252% (Prismatic)
• Doesn't affect armor

Lytic Burst

Projectile · Level 4

Shots burst on impact, hurting cells around them.

• Burst deals 40% (Common) up to 168% (Prismatic) of the shot's damage
• The blast grows with each pick
• Shot-changing trait (synergies)

Cell-to-Cell Spread

Projectile · Level 4

Shots jump on to more cells for 60% damage.

• 1 jump (Common, Uncommon), 2 (Rare–Legendary), 3 (Mythic, Prismatic)
• Shot-changing trait (synergies)

Fomite Ricochet

Projectile · Level 4

Shots bounce off walls and tissue.

• 1 bounce (Common, Uncommon), 2 (Rare, Epic), 3 (Legendary, Mythic), 4 (Prismatic)
• Shot-changing trait (synergies)

Endosomal Recycling

Projectile · Level 4

Shots fly out to full range and come back, hitting again on the return.

• Each extra pick adds another round trip at 60% of the previous trip's damage
• Offered rarely, rarer each pick
• Shot-changing trait (synergies)

Satellite Virus

Projectile · Level 4

Satellite virions orbit you and hit cells they touch.

• 1 satellite (Common) up to 4 (Prismatic), at most 8 in total
• 10 damage each (Common) up to 23 (Prismatic)

Syncytial Pulse

Projectile · Level 4

You pulse damage around you on a timer.

• Every 3.0 s for 12 damage (Common) to every 2.4 s for 50 (Prismatic); never faster than every 1.5 s

Lateral Budding

Projectile · Level 4

Small homing darts bud off both your sides on a timer.

• Every 1.5 s (Common) down to 0.7 s at most
• Each dart deals 45% (Common) up to 77% (Prismatic) of your damage
• Every 2 strength adds another pair, up to 3 pairs
• Darts don't carry your other shot traits

Superinfection Exclusion

Projectile

Your shots push the first cell they hit away.

• Pushes 52 (Common) up to 122 (Prismatic)
• Each cell at most once a second; bosses stand firm

Stolen Membrane

Defence · Level 9

A shield that soaks hits and recharges.

• 16 shield (Common) up to 67 (Prismatic)
• Recharges after 6 s without damage
• Shown as a cyan line under your health bar

Glycan Armor

Defence · Level 9

Armor that absorbs 35% of each hit and regrows.

• 24 armor (Common) up to 101 (Prismatic)
• Regrows after 7 s without damage
• Shown as a grey line under your health bar

Incubation Period

Survival · Level 9

+1 extra life: next time you'd die, you go dormant and respawn.

• Revive with 40% health (Common) up to 72% (Prismatic), never more than 75%
• Very rarely offered, rarer each pick
• Also needs the Extra Lives mechanic (Level 5)

Heat Shock Hijack

Defence · Hazards (Level 8)

Map hazards hurt you less.

• Bile jets, synapse arcs, sneezes and coughs and air-sac wall slams deal 26% less (Common) up to 60% less (Prismatic)
• Each pick cuts the damage again
• Only offered once Hazards have unlocked

Shedding Burst

Dash

Every dash bursts where you leave, then leaves a ring that keeps hitting.

• Burst: 18 damage (Common) up to 76 (Prismatic)
• Ring: 6 up to 25 damage every half second
• More dash-burst levels make the ring bigger and longer-lasting

Febrile Wake

Dash · Level 2

Dash bursts leave a ring that sets cells burning.

• 6 damage/s (Common) up to 25 (Prismatic), for 3 s
• Shares one ring with your other dash-burst traits

Toxic Wake

Dash · Level 2

Dash bursts poison cells and leave a toxic ring.

• The burst adds 2 (Common) up to 8 (Prismatic) poison stacks
• The ring adds 1 more stack every half second

Cold Snap

Dash · Level 2

Dash bursts leave a chilling ring that can slow cells for 2 s.

• Slows by 30% (Common) up to 60% (Prismatic)

Ion Surge

Dash · Level 2

Dash bursts leave a charged ring that jolts cells.

• Jolt: 10 (Common) up to 42 (Prismatic)
• Then 14 up to 59 electric damage per hit

Aerosol Plume

Dash

Makes dash bursts and their rings bigger.

• 30% bigger (Common) up to 126% (Prismatic)
• Only offered once you hold a dash-burst trait

Transcytosis

Dash

Your dash becomes a teleport through cells and tissue walls.

• Reaches 20% farther (Common) up to 52% (Prismatic)
• Lands at the farthest safe spot along the line, never in a wall or pit

Tail Contraction

Dash

Where a dash ends, a shockwave knocks cells back and hurts them.

• Knocks cells 80 (Common) up to 176 (Prismatic) back and deals 100% up to 228% of your damage
• Shockwave radius 97 up to 135
• Knocked cells slide and can bump into others

Spring-Loaded Fusion

Dash

Hold dash to charge it: an arrow shows how far you'll go.

• Fully charged it goes 85% (Common) up to 197% (Prismatic) farther than a normal dash; a tap is a short hop
• Charges fully in 0.85 s (Common) down to 0.53 s (Prismatic)
• With Tail Contraction the dash shoves cells in your path out to the sides
• With Transcytosis it stays a dash and blasts cells away at take-off and landing

Helper Virions

Companion

A little helper virion follows you and shoots the nearest cell every 1.1 s.

• Each shot deals 28% (Common) up to 54% (Prismatic) of your damage
• Each pick adds another helper, up to 4

Guide RNA Library

Power-up · Level 2

Every power-up, CRISPR included, lasts longer.

• +2.5 s (Common) up to +10.5 s (Prismatic)

Spacer Acquisition

Power-up · Level 2

Every power-up, CRISPR included, appears more often.

• +60% (Common) up to +252% (Prismatic)

Cas Cascade

Power-up · Level 2

Every power-up starts and ends with a blast around you.

• 4× your damage (Common) up to about 9× (Prismatic)
• The blast grows with each pick

Gene Drive

Power-up · Level 2

Every kill while a power-up is running keeps it going longer.

• +0.4 s per kill (Common) up to +1.7 s (Prismatic)
• With CRISPR, every cell you cut extends it

Elemental Potency

Power-up · Level 2

Elemental power-ups are stronger.

• +30% (Common) up to +126% (Prismatic)

Oncolytic Payload

Cancer · Level 7

Deal more damage to tumors and their cells.

• +40% (Common) up to +168% (Prismatic)