Wood Beam

Wood Beam is a weapon that extends itself to hit enemies. It has a beam-like projectile, but acts as a solid object. Hitting an enemy with it from the side, like a baseball bat, deals significantly more damage and knocks them back. It deals 1 damage per second when not swung, but will deal 2, 8, 16, or 26 damage when swung, depending on how fast it is swung.

• The gun will use up 1 ammo per second extended, and a bit of ammo every time it hits enemies.

• [Bouncy Bullets] and other bounce effects will cause the Wood Beam to create a full-length beam upon impact with any object, up to as many beams as the ricochet currently allows.

• Homing effects can make Wood Beam curves.

• The Wood Beam deals no damage to chests. For this reason, it can be an excellent way to check for Mimics . Its length can also bypass locked doors, to check if the chest inside is a mimic.

• Wood Beam's damage multiplier from swing speed applies after [Unity] 's flat damage bonus. This makes [Unity] especially effective with Wood Beam, as [Unity] 's damage bonus will be multiplied by 2, 8, 16, or 26 depending on how fast the beam is swung.

• Wood Beam can reveal secret rooms, but it is ineffective at doing so, as it must be continuously fired at a wall for a long time before cracks begin to show.

• Strangely, the Wood Beam has a miniscule amount of recoil. It can only be realistically by observed by standing still and firing for a long duration, or with recoil increases like [Scattershot] .

• The Wood Beam's pickup quote is a reference to Teddy Roosevelt's "speak softly and carry a big stick" ideology.

• The Wood Beam being unlocked by donating blood to the vampire is a reference to vampire's alleged weakness to a wooden stake through the heart.

• The Wood Beam is a reference to a popular internet hoax/joke where users explained unlocking it as a secret, ultimate weapon in Super Metroid , usually by having the player do ridiculous things.

• The Wood Beam's name is a pun, as it is a beam type weapon, but also a literal beam of wood.

• The weapon increases Curse while being carried, as melee weapons are considered sacrilege in The Gungeon .

Give health to the Vampire 3 times.