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Base game character · Brotato 1.1.15.4

Farmer

Unlock: Reach 200 Harvesting

Two separate computed views

Opening pool and across-run DPS

“Your opening pick” compares Tier I records in the starting pool with one weapon equipped. “Across the whole run” compares every usable family at its highest usable tier.

Loadout identity

Starting choices and grants

Choose one unlocked entry from a normalized maximum pool of 14. A save’s visible pool can be smaller because unlock state and active DLC alter it.

Starting weapon pool

Relative to defaults

Base stat deltas

Harvesting
+20

Only direct character deltas are shown here; selected starting entries and weapon-set bonuses are not presented as base stats.

Your opening pick · pool-limited view

Tier I starting-pool DPS

This answers the first weapon-choice comparison. The across-run ranking below answers a separate question across every usable weapon family.

The normalized maximum starting-weapon pool contains 14 families. A save can display fewer because only unlocked entries appear, and active DLC can alter the pool.

Reading this list: all eligible pool entries are compared together because the opening selection is choose-one. Each value is expected direct primary-target DPS at Tier I with one weapon equipped.

How the opening-pool ranking is computed

Tier I, this character’s starting-weapon pool, and 1 equipped weapon. Default 10 Max HP and zero other default combat stats; no bonus stats beyond Farmer’s fixed direct base deltas. Stat-gain factors, matching character weapon-set or weapon-type bonuses, and equipment-linked effects are applied through the shared damage calculation. The equipment context is 1 equipped weapon, 1 unique weapon family, 1 Tier I weapon, 0 Tier IV weapons, and 0 duplicate items; item, material, structure, and pet counters are 0.

The target is not cursed, burning, or a boss. Every attack or projectile aimed at the primary target connects, and DPS is before enemy armor. Explosions, burning, spawned attacks, and later pierce or bounce targets are outside this metric.

1 of 14 pool records is later than Tier I and is not ranked.

Potato Thrower (pool record Tier II; family range II–IV). No hypothetical Tier I values are assigned.

  1. 1 Spear SpearTier I · Melee 10.13DPS
  2. 2 Double Barrel Shotgun Double Barrel ShotgunTier I · Ranged 9.04DPS
  3. 3 Pruner PrunerTier I · Melee 8.82DPS
  4. 4 Slingshot SlingshotTier I · Ranged 8.47DPS
  5. 5 Screwdriver ScrewdriverTier I · Melee 8.29DPS
  6. 6 Taser TaserTier I · Ranged 7.59DPS
  7. 7 Wrench WrenchTier I · Melee 7.25DPS
  8. 8 Quarterstaff QuarterstaffTier I · Melee 7.14DPS
  9. 9 Thief Dagger Thief DaggerTier I · Melee 7.12DPS
  10. 10 Stick StickTier I · Melee 6.31DPS
Show 3 more Tier I entries (13 ranked from 14 pool families)
  1. 11 Wand WandTier I · Ranged 1.15DPS
  2. 12 Hand HandTier I · Melee 1.00DPS
  3. 13 Torch TorchTier I · Melee 0.91DPS

Character-specific facts

Mechanics used or stated

Other declared mechanics

  • DeclaredHarvesting growth +3 Bespoke trigger, stacking, or unit behavior is not used in the ranking.
  • DeclaredConsumable stats while max: Harvesting +1 Bespoke trigger, stacking, or unit behavior is not used in the ranking.
  • DeclaredGold drops -50 Bespoke trigger, stacking, or unit behavior is not used in the ranking.

Wanted-tag roll

On a 5% conditional item roll, the pool is filtered to entries tagged Harvesting, Consumable when that filtered pool is non-empty.

Across the whole run · all usable families

Ranked by computed DPS for this character

Unlike the opening-pool view, this uses every usable weapon family at its highest usable tier and the full stated weapon-count context. 3 weapons change position versus the generic order.

Reading the Farmer-specific column: ↑ 5 = 5 places higher in this character’s ranking than in the generic, zero-bonus ranking; ↓ 5 = 5 places lower; — = same place. “generic #N” is the weapon’s rank with no character bonuses applied.

How this ranking is computed

Default 10 Max HP and zero other default combat stats; no bonus stats beyond Farmer’s direct base deltas; 6 equipped weapons from distinct families; the listed weapon is at its highest tier this character can use. Other equipped weapons are assumed Tier II or III. Item, material, structure, pet, and duplicate-item counters are 0 unless a note below says otherwise.

The target is not cursed, burning, or a boss. Every attack or projectile aimed at the primary target connects. DPS is before enemy armor. Character-local weapon bonuses and the stated equipment counters are applied through the calculator’s staged truncation, rounding, and timing rules.

Visible character-specific reorder: Sickle — up 2 from genericGhost Axe — down 1 from genericHiking Pole — down 1 from generic

Melee weapons

  1. 1 Excalibur ExcaliburTier IV —generic #1 373.37DPS
  2. 2 Scythe ScytheTier IV —generic #2 211.30DPS
  3. 3 Flaming Brass Knuckles Flaming Brass KnucklesTier IV —generic #3 132.74DPS
  4. 4 Power Fist Power FistTier IV —generic #4 132.74DPS
  5. 5 Fist FistTier IV —generic #5 106.19DPS
  6. 6 War Hammer War HammerTier IV —generic #6 104.23DPS
  7. 7 Brick BrickTier IV —generic #7 87.37DPS
  8. 8 Mace MaceTier IV —generic #8 86.36DPS
  9. 9 Captain’s Sword Captain’s SwordTier IV —generic #9 83.29DPS
  10. 10 Plasma Sledge Plasma SledgeTier IV —generic #10 82.49DPS
  11. 11 Hammer HammerTier IV —generic #11 81.57DPS
  12. 12 Knife KnifeTier IV —generic #12 79.21DPS
  13. 13 DEX-troyer DEX-troyerTier IV —generic #13 77.04DPS
  14. 14 Hatchet HatchetTier IV —generic #14 71.06DPS
  15. 15 Thunder Sword Thunder SwordTier IV —generic #15 70.38DPS
  16. 16 Sword SwordTier IV —generic #16 65.26DPS
  17. 17 Anchor AnchorTier IV —generic #17 61.76DPS
  18. 18 Trident TridentTier IV —generic #18 58.24DPS
  19. 19 Vorpal Sword Vorpal SwordTier IV —generic #19 57.26DPS
  20. 20 Thief Dagger Thief DaggerTier IV —generic #20 55.82DPS
  21. 21 Claw ClawTier IV —generic #21 55.28DPS
  22. 22 Rock RockTier IV —generic #22 53.91DPS
  23. 23 Spear SpearTier IV —generic #23 48.51DPS
  24. 24 Circular Saw Circular SawTier IV —generic #24 47.43DPS
  25. 25 Cacti Club Cacti ClubTier IV —generic #25 45.30DPS
  26. 26 Chopper ChopperTier IV —generic #26 44.30DPS
  27. 27 Jousting Lance Jousting LanceTier IV —generic #27 38.59DPS
  28. 28 Drill DrillTier IV —generic #28 37.87DPS
  29. 29 Chainsaw ChainsawTier IV —generic #29 34.22DPS
  30. 30 Quarterstaff QuarterstaffTier IV —generic #30 31.64DPS
  31. 31 Screwdriver ScrewdriverTier IV —generic #31 31.53DPS
  32. 32 Spoon SpoonTier IV —generic #32 31.19DPS
  33. 33 Plank PlankTier IV —generic #33 30.08DPS
  34. 34 Pruner PrunerTier IV —generic #34 29.92DPS
  35. 35 Spiky Shield Spiky ShieldTier IV —generic #35 29.60DPS
  36. 36 Scissors ScissorsTier IV —generic #36 28.92DPS
  37. 37 Sickle SickleTier IV ↑ 2generic #39 28.39DPS
  38. 38 Ghost Axe Ghost AxeTier IV ↓ 1generic #37 27.21DPS
  39. 39 Hiking Pole Hiking PoleTier IV ↓ 1generic #38 26.01DPS
  40. 40 Lightning Shiv Lightning ShivTier IV —generic #40 20.44DPS
  41. 41 Ghost Flint Ghost FlintTier IV —generic #41 18.77DPS
  42. 42 Sharp Tooth Sharp ToothTier IV —generic #42 18.35DPS
  43. 43 Wrench WrenchTier IV —generic #43 16.62DPS
  44. 44 Lute LuteTier IV —generic #44 14.13DPS
  45. 45 Stick StickTier IV —generic #45 11.11DPS
  46. 46 Brass Knuckles Brass KnucklesTier II —generic #46 10.79DPS
  47. 47 Hand HandTier IV —generic #47 1.38DPS
  48. 48 Torch TorchTier IV —generic #48 1.20DPS

Ranged weapons

  1. 1 Gatling Laser Gatling LaserTier IV —generic #1 141.18DPS
  2. 2 Obliterator ObliteratorTier IV —generic #2 127.42DPS
  3. 3 Rocket Launcher Rocket LauncherTier IV —generic #3 79.69DPS
  4. 4 Icicle IcicleTier IV —generic #4 79.06DPS
  5. 5 Particle Accelerator Particle AcceleratorTier IV —generic #5 76.42DPS
  6. 6 Pistol PistolTier IV —generic #6 72.12DPS
  7. 7 Revolver RevolverTier IV —generic #7 66.51DPS
  8. 8 Laser Gun Laser GunTier IV —generic #8 62.42DPS
  9. 9 Taser TaserTier IV —generic #9 60.72DPS
  10. 10 Medical Gun Medical GunTier IV —generic #10 59.42DPS
  11. 11 Nuclear Launcher Nuclear LauncherTier IV —generic #11 58.38DPS
  12. 12 Chain Gun Chain GunTier IV —generic #12 58.25DPS
  13. 13 Sniper Gun Sniper GunTier IV —generic #13 53.33DPS
  14. 14 Minigun MinigunTier IV —generic #14 49.84DPS
  15. 15 SMG SMGTier IV —generic #15 49.22DPS
  16. 16 Grenade Launcher Grenade LauncherTier IV —generic #16 46.45DPS
  17. 17 Double Barrel Shotgun Double Barrel ShotgunTier IV —generic #17 46.35DPS
  18. 18 Potato Thrower Potato ThrowerTier IV —generic #18 40.60DPS
  19. 19 Rail Gun Rail GunTier IV —generic #19 38.23DPS
  20. 20 Ghost Scepter Ghost ScepterTier IV —generic #20 37.08DPS
  21. 21 Harpoon Gun Harpoon GunTier IV —generic #21 29.71DPS
  22. 22 Shuriken ShurikenTier IV —generic #22 26.26DPS
  23. 23 Crossbow CrossbowTier IV —generic #23 25.01DPS
  24. 24 Shredder ShredderTier IV —generic #24 24.52DPS
  25. 25 Fireball FireballTier IV —generic #25 23.42DPS
  26. 26 Javelin JavelinTier IV —generic #26 21.05DPS
  27. 27 Flute FluteTier IV —generic #27 19.46DPS
  28. 28 Slingshot SlingshotTier IV —generic #28 18.73DPS
  29. 29 Blunderbuss BlunderbussTier IV —generic #29 14.07DPS
  30. 30 Flamethrower FlamethrowerTier IV —generic #30 9.68DPS
  31. 31 Wand WandTier IV —generic #31 1.74DPS

Metric boundary

What the across-run ranking does not claim

The lists compare expected direct damage to one primary target per second. They do not combine melee with ranged, and they do not model enemy armor, target density, positioning, closing distance, survivability, misses or spread, overkill, explosions, burning, spawned attacks, later pierce or bounce targets, or conditional target bonuses. Those omitted factors can change results observed during a run.