Power Beam (Metroid Mod)

Power Beam

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	10 (Hunter)
Critical chance	11%

The Power Beam is a Pre-Hardmode Hunter weapon. It is modular, being able to equip Power Beam addons of which there are five types: Primary A, Primary B, Secondary, Charge and Utility.

The Power Beam has two firing modes: Uncharged and Charged. Uncharged shots fire basic projectiles. Charged shots require an addon that adds the Charge Effect, otherwise it will autofire uncharged shots. Should the Charge Somersault Attack be enabled, holding a fully charged shot and somersaulting into an enemy will cause contact damage to the enemy.

Firing the Power Beam fills the overheat meter, which prevents firing while it is full and will quickly deplete while it is not used. Firing Charged shots fills the overheat meter more, and holding a Charged shot will slow down the depletion of the overheat meter. The meter will also fill during a Shinespark and will interrupt the Shinespark if it becomes full.

The Power Beam also has a reserve of Universal Ammunition to be used with Affinity Weapons. It can hold up to 40 UA without any expansions.

The Power Beam cannot obtain a Modifier.

Recipe

Result Ingredients Crafting station Power Beam Chozite Bar (8) Energy Shard (3) Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil total: 1 row(s)

Addons

Addons change the Power Beam's functionality and stats. Stat changes are additive; for instance, equipping Wide Beam, which increases speed by 15%, will cancel out Nova Beam's 15% speed decrease.

Each addon has a version number. If the Power Beam is equipped with addons that have mismatched version numbers, then any outdated addons will be disabled, though they will still provide their stat modifications.

Primary A

Primary A addons change the amount of projectiles each shot fires.

There are currently 3 Primary A addons.

Appearance	Addon	Effect	Recipe
	Spazer Beam	Beam fires 3 shots at once, effectively tripling its damage +15% damage +50% overheat use +15% speed	3 Chozite Bar 12 Stinger 12 Jungle Spores 1 Topaz 12 Bee Wax
	Wide Beam	Beam fires 3 shots at once, effectively tripling its damage +50% damage +75% overheat use +15% speed	Spazer Beam 8 Hallowed Bar 10 Soul of Fright
	Vortex Beam	Beam fires 5 shots at once +75% damage +100% overheat use +25% speed	18 Vortex Fragment

Primary B

Primary B addons allow projectiles to pierce enemies and inflict debuffs.

There are currently 4 Primary B addons.

Appearance	Addon	Effect	Recipe
	Plasma Beam Green	Shots pierce enemies +50% damage +40% overheat use -15% speed	Metroid Mod/Unknown Plasma BeamUnknown Plasma Beam 5 Adamantite Bar / Titanium Bar 10 Cursed Flame 5 Soul of Light
	Plasma Beam Red	Shots pierce enemies +50% damage +40% overheat use -15% speed	Metroid Mod/Unknown Plasma BeamUnknown Plasma Beam 5 Adamantite Bar / Titanium Bar 10 Ichor 5 Soul of Light
	Nova Beam	Shots pierce enemies Shots set enemies ablaze with Cursed Flame, or Frost Burns them if Ice Beam is installed +115% damage +100% overheat use -15% speed	Plasma Beam Green / Plasma Beam Red 8 Chlorophyte Bar Emerald Solar Tablet Fragment
	Solar Beam	Shots pierce enemies Shots set enemies ablaze with the Daybroken debuff +150% damage +150% overheat use -15% speed	18 Solar Fragment

Secondary

Secondary addons allow projectiles to freeze enemies.

There are currently 3 Secondary addons.

Appearance	Addon	Effect	Recipe
	Ice Beam	Shots freeze enemies Each time the enemy is shot, they will become 20% slower After 5 shots the enemy will become completely frozen +40% damage +25% overheat use -30% speed	3 Chozite Bar 25 Ice Block 10 Bone Sapphire
	Ice Beam V2	Shots freeze enemies Each time the enemy is shot, they will become 20% slower After 5 shots the enemy will become completely frozen +115% damage +50% overheat use -30% speed	Ice Beam Frozen Core
	Stardust Beam	Shots freeze enemies Each time the enemy is shot, they will become 20% slower After 5 shots the enemy will become completely frozen +130% damage +50% overheat use -30% speed	18 Stardust Fragment

Charge

Charge addons transform the capabilities of the Power Beam.

Charge Effect

Addons that provide the Charge Effect allow the Power Beam to fire Charged shots and to perform the Charge Somersault Attack.

There are currently 3 Charge Effect addons.

Appearance	Addon	Effect	Recipe
	Charge Beam	Adds Charge Effect Charge by holding click Charge shots deal x3 normal damage, but overheat x2 the normal use	3 Chozite Bar Mana Crystal 2 Fallen Star
	Diffusion Beam	Adds Charge Effect Charge by holding click Charge shots deal x4 normal damage, but overheat x2.5 the normal use Damage and heat scaling affects all charge shots when in the array Adds a diffusion effect when fully charged and affinity effects	Charge Beam 10 Soul of Sight Illegal Gun Parts
	Luminite Beam	Adds Charge Effect Charge by holding click Charge shots deal x4 normal damage, but overheat x2.5 the normal use Damage and heat scaling affects all charge shots when in the array Adds a diffusion effect when fully charged and affinity effects Affinity effects are more powerful	5 Luminite Bar 2 Nebula Fragment 2 Solar Fragment 2 Vortex Fragment 2 Stardust Fragment

Affinity Weapons

Affinity Weapon addons consume Universal Ammunition and drastically change the Power Beam's functionality.

There are currently 7 Affinity Weapon addons.

Appearance	Addon	Effect	Recipe
	BattleHammer	Shots explode and have armor penetration +100% damage +50% knockback -40% speed +50% overheat use Cannot pierce walls or enemies	8 Gold Bar / Platinum Bar 2 Energy Shard 15 Chozite Bar 15 Jungle Spores Emerald 20 Grenade
	VoltDriver	Affinity Charge shots home, explode, and confuse +60% damage +50% overheat use -10% speed +10% noise	15 Chozite Bar 2 Energy Shard 10 Copper Bar / Tin Bar Topaz 30 Wire
	MagMaul	Shots bounce, roll and explode Affinity Charge shots ignite +45% damage +45% overheat use -75% speed Cannot freeze or pierce	15 Chozite Bar 2 Energy Shard 15 Hellstone Bar 25 Pink Gel Amber
	Imperialist	+500% damage Adds scope and, with affinity, stealth +250% overheat use Damage and Crit scale with Stealth Massive speed reduction	15 Chozite Bar 2 Energy Shard 2 Black Lens Ruby Illegal Gun Parts
	Judicator	Shots bounce Affinity Charge shots spray a freezing blast Affinity Can shadowfreeze, but otherwise cannot pierce tiles Non-affinity charge shots fire extra shots +100% damage +75% overheat use -45% speed	15 Chozite Bar 2 Energy Shard 25 Bone Amethyst 99 Ice Block
	ShockCoil	Fires a short range electric charge that restores energy Charges on enemy damage Range depends on addons Builds speed and charge when attacking an enemy No knockback Cannot pierce enemies Cannot pseudo-screw Probably still bugged	15 Chozite Bar 2 Energy Shard 30 Wire Sapphire Buggy
	Omega Cannon	210 base damage Collossal blast radius; screenwipe Direct hits have high armor penetrarion 10x overheat use Slow as the DMV Cannot Pierce walls or enemies	15 Luminite Bar 30 Vortex Fragment 30 Solar Fragment 30 Nebula Fragment 30 Stardust Fragment 30 Diamond Judicator BattleHammer VoltDriver MagMaul Imperialist ShockCoil

Special Beams

Special Beams drastically change the Power Beam's functionality and require a specific Primary Suit to be used.

There are currently 2 Special Beam addons.

Appearance	Addon	Effect	Recipe
	Hyper Beam	Increases base damage from 14 to 35, and base overheat use from 4 to 7 Slightly decreases firerate Adffected by addons regardless of version Main projectile has high armor penetration Disables freeze and other debuff effects Can only be used while wearing the Terra Gravity Suit or Vortex Augment	Meowmere / Last Prism / Rainbow Crystal Staff 5 Luminite Bar 10 Stardust Fragment 10 Solar Fragment 10 Nebula Fragment 10 Vortex Fragment
	Phazon Beam	Decreases base damage from 14 to 6, and base overheat use from 4 to 1 Dramatically increases firerate Affected by addons regardless of version Can only be used while wearing the Phazon Suit or Nebula Augment	S.D.M.G. / Lunar Flare / Star Wrath 5 Luminite Bar 10 Stardust Fragment 10 Solar Fragment 10 Nebula Fragment 10 Vortex Fragment

Utility

Utility addons allow projectiles to pierce terrain.

There are currently 3 Utility addons.

Appearance	Addon	Effect	Recipe
	Wave Beam	Shots penetrate terrain by a limited depth +25% damage +50% overheat use	3 Chozite Bar 8 Demonite Bar / Crimtane Bar Sapphire
	Wave Beam V2	Shots penetrate terrain by an extended depth +65% damage +75% overheat use	Wave Beam 8 Hallowed Bar 10 Soul of Might
	Nebula Beam	Shots penetrate terrain by an extended depth Shots home in on enemies +115% damage +100% overheat use	18 Nebula Fragment

UA

UA addons increase the amount of Universal Ammunition that can be held by the Power Beam.

There is currently 1 UA addon.

Appearance	Addon	Effect	Acquisition
Metroid Mod/UA Expansion	UA Expansion	Increases the maximum amount of UA the Power Beam can hold by 30. Can be stacked up to 12 times for a total of 400 UA.	Found in the world. Purchaseable from the Chozo Ghost during a Hardmode Blood Moon.