Duct Tape
Combines the currently equipped gun with the next carried gun. It isn't pretty, but sometimes wondrous things can be accomplished with a roll of tape. Just look at the Bundle of Wands, or the Magitek Hybrid!
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Description
Duct Tape is an active item .
Effects
- Usage:
- - The item must be used on two different guns, which tapes the first gun to the second gun. This consumes the first gun and makes the second gun, the base gun, fire projectiles from both.
- - The maximum ammo of the two guns is combined.
- - The base gun's synergies and effects apply to the consumed gun, while the consumed gun loses its own synergies and effects.
- - Duct Tape does not work with infinite ammo guns such as starter guns,
Gunther,
Blasphemy,
Dueling Laser,
Elimentaler, and
Casey. - - With multiple Duct Tapes, multiple guns can be taped together, causing the resulting gun to fire the projectiles of all combined guns.
- - The same gun cannot be added twice.
- Ammo and Magazines:
- - The maximum ammo of the two guns is combined, and firing it uses the amount of ammo taken to fire both guns; typically 2 ammo per shot is consumed.
- - In addition to the taped gun's ammo consumption,
Crown of Guns still consumes 3 ammo per shot. - - In addition to the taped gun's ammo consumption,
High Kaliber still consumes 6 ammo per shot. - - The ammo given by
Microtransaction Gun when duct-taped to another weapon is 400, regardless of the amount of money the player has. - - Using Duct Tape to attach a gun that reloads to a no-reload gun, such as the
Vulcan Cannon, will make the secondary gun useless once you've emptied the initial magazine. - - Weapons with single-round magazines do not automatically reload after every shot if they are taped to another gun.
- - Weapons with no reload such as
Demon Head can remove reload time when used as the base weapon in a combination; however, the player will need to manually reload every time the other gun's magazine is depleted. If the player can reload fast enough manually, beam-type weapons give the first gun an infinite clip. - - Duct taping synergized infinite ammo guns, like the
AKEY-47 with the Akey Breaky synergy or
Betrayer's Shield with the Betrayer's
Lies synergy, will give the resulting gun infinite ammo. - - This only works if the synergizing gun is taped to the other gun while not holding the synergizing item, then the synergizing item is picked up afterward.
- Weapon Types:
- - Charged guns will still need to be charged when combined with a non-charged gun.
- - If used with a gun that alternates between ammo types, such as
M16,
Triple Crossbow, or
Boxing Glove, only the currently equipped ammo will be used in the newly formed gun. - - Weapons that follow the player's cursor, such as the
RC Rocket, will be fired directly forward for a short period before they can be guided by the cursor.
- Synergies and Unique Effects:
- - The base gun's synergies and unique effects apply to the consumed gun.
- - If another gun is taped to the
Vorpal Gun, every bullet shot has a chance to fire a critical shot. - - The consumed gun loses its synergies and unique effects.
- - If
Patriot is taped to another gun, its fire rate will no longer increase as it is fired. - - If
Really Special Lute is taped to another gun, its buff will no longer function. - - If
Face Melter is taped to another gun, it no longer deploys its amp turret upon reload. - - If
AC-15 is taped to another gun it loses the ability to change forms. If taped while powered up, the gun will maintain its powered form even when the player loses armor, effectively giving the
Nanomachines synergy for free. If taped while unpowered, the gun cannot become powered at all. - - If
Microtransaction Gun is taped to another gun, it will no longer take away money per shot. - - Using Duct Tape on either gun in a dual wield synergy, such as
Smiley's Revolver and
Shades's Revolver, will remove all the effects of that synergy.
- Recommendations:
- - Use Duct Tape with similar weapon types to increase damage output, such as two charged weapons, two weapons with similar magazine size, or two beam weapons.
- - Use high-damage, low-ammo weapons for an ammo increase, such as
Makeshift Cannon with
Cactus. - - Use long-reload weapons to decrease their downtime.
- - Use utility pairings, such as an oil-type gun with a fire-type gun.
- -
Black Hole Gun works well with any beam weapon. - -
Composite Gun works well with any other weapon. - - To shred bosses, combine any beam weapon with
Yari Launcher.
Synergies
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Notes
- Prior to v1.0.10 , the item could only be used once and taped the currently held gun to the next held gun. The maximum ammo of the first gun became the maximum ammo of the combined gun, and the magazine of the consumed gun was not visible.
- Neither gun's clip size or rate of fire is affected.
- If
Chamber Gun is taped to another gun it maintains whichever form it was when consumed, effectively bypassing special floor-specific forms (such as the Abbey's overpowered stake-thrower)
- Taping a gun to the
Hyper Light Blaster will only refund ammo when the
Hyper Light Blaster shots hit.
- Duct tape seems to keep synergies that change the second gun's appearance but not those that don't.
- Munchers regard the taped guns as one gun, not two and will not provide a new gun in exchange unless an additional gun is fed, for a total of three guns, as well as consuming the Duct Tape.
Trivia
- Duct Tape may be a reference to the movie Aliens, In which Ripley tapes together an AR and flamethrower near the end of the movie while prepping for a rescue. This is further supported by the icon being black (same color as in the film), as opposed to the silver normally associated with Duct Tape. The item may also be a reference to Doom 3 which was heavily meme'd upon release for not allowing you to use both a flashlight and weapon at the same time, with many players maligning Mars' apparent lack of duct tape.
- The Ammonomicon description mentions two weapons, the
Bundle of Wands and the Magitek Hybrid. Nothing is known about the latter. Strangely, the
Staff of Firepower is not mentioned despite featuring duct tape in its design and Ammonomicon entry.
Unlock Method
Purchase from
Ox for 10 .

