Wood Beam
A wooden beam, often used in construction. Not technically a gun, but you could probably smack some Bullet Kin around with it.
QualityBSell Creep Price30
Max Ammo900Reload Time0.9s
DPS10 (No Swing)Damage-
Fire Rate-Shot Speed40
Range10Force-
Spread-ClassLow Tier
Synergies
If the player also has [Pea Shooter] , [Pea Shooter] shots become larger, deal more damage, and explode.
[Pea Shooter]Notes
- Pea Cannon - If the player also has [Pea Shooter] , [Pea Shooter] shots become larger, deal more damage, and explode.
- 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] .
Trivia
- 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 .
Unlock Method
Give health to the Vampire 3 times.





