Skully(Ship)

Skully

Sprite
Visitor No.	?
Favourite Drink	Bullets
Gameplay Trait	Annoying
Unlock Condition	When a Key is sold in a store, there will be a Skully. Buy the key without leaving and talk to the Skully. Buy Skully from Kleines for 200,000 scrap.

Skully is unique in that all Weapons picked up in the run influence the current one. Skully is one of two ships that was previously added in the Monolith: Relics of the Past DLC, the other being Arena Blaster. Both are now included with the base version of Star of Providence.

Gameplay Differences

Weapons picked up carry permanent keywords and can modify weapon stats. These do not change the base weapon. When ammo is depleted, the player keeps the weapon they have, and simply stays at zero ammo. Damage pickups, Artifact Weapons, and the Artifact Upgrade do not spawn while playing as Skully. Most weapons fire the same way, simply shooting a projectile similar to a revolver, though the look of the shot varies by weapon. Holy Water adds a permanent 5% damage and max ammo to the player's stats.

Stats

Using the starter weapon as a base, the stats of your ammo weapon are multiplied by what you pick up.

Damage

Separate from Damage%, this simply affects the base damage of each shot, which is then multiplied by Damage%.

Ammo Capacity

Affects the number of shots that can be fired before reloading.

Firing Speed

Affects rate of fire.

Projectiles

Affects how many bullets are launched with each shot.

If you have only two projectiles, they will fire in a v pattern, negating most upsides of having multiple projectiles.

Damage will be split between projectiles.

Pierce

Determines how many enemies a single projectile can pass through.

Shot Speed

Affects how fast shots travel.

Weapons

Below is an incomplete list of all weapons upgrades.

Weapon	Effects	Notes
Sword (Basic)	Damage 1.25x Fire Rate (?)	Wider bullet
Sword (Bloodlust)	Gain the Bloodlust keyword.	Bloodlust sets Skully on fire at after enough kills.
Sword (Reflecting)	Adds a secondary attack in the form of a sword swing that reflects bullets in front of you. Stacking this increases the fire rate.	While firing, very low chance to reflect bullets in front of you.
Drill (Basic)	Increases Pierce by 4	Drill that passes through terrain.
Drill (Tesla Coiled)	Damage 1.25x Fire Rate 0.8x +1 Chain Lightning	Drill that passes through terrain.
Drill (Multi Tool)	Damage 1.25x Fire Rate 0.8x +1 Projectile
Charge (Wide Spray)	Damage 0.95x Fire Rate 1.2x Shots become less accurate.	Does not actually charge up. "Shots become less accurate" means that it widens the degree to which your shot can deviate.
Charge (Quick-Charge)	Fire Rate 1.1x Reload Speed 1.1x	Does not actually charge up.
Charge (Standard)	Damage 1.05x Clip Size 1.2x	Does not actually charge up.
Laser (Laser Blast)	+1 Pierce Damage 1.05x
Vulcan (Standard)	Damage 1.1x +1 projectile.	Interestingly, the Vulcan shot is only one part, despite the sprite suggesting that it would be split.
Vulcan (Gatling)	Fire Rate 1.3x Damage 0.9x Shots become less accurate.	"Shots become less accurate" means that it widens the degree to which your shot can deviate.
Railgun (Phasing)	Damage 3x Fire Rate 0.35x Ammo 0.25x Gain the Phasing keyword.	Very fast traveling Railgun shot. No charge up.
Railgun (Homing)	Damage 3x Fire Rate 0.35x Ammo 0.25x Gain the Homing keyword.	Very fast traveling Railgun shot. No charge up.
Pulsar (Shotgun)	Damage 3.5x Fire Rate 0.4x Ammo 0.5x +3 Projectiles
Fireball (Explosive)	Shots have splash damage.

Excluded Items

Due to having different weapon mechanics, Skully loses access to some items, listed below:

• Upgrades
  • Artifact
• Cartridges
  • Broken Mirror
  • Gun
  • Scope

Star of Providence
Basic Mechanics	Weapons	Pickups	Cartridges	Ships
Unlockables	Achievements	Rooms	Shops	Floors
Upgrades	Enemies	Minibosses	Bosses	Jukebox