Skully (Ship)

Skully

Sprite
Visitor No.	?
Favourite Drink	Bullets?
Gameplay Trait	Modular Weapons
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 a unique character in that his primary gameplay gimmick revolves around modifying a limited inventory of modules that affect his default weapon. He does not find other weapons, as other ships do. Weapon drops are instead replaced with the aforementioned modules. When Skully runs out of ammo, the effects of these modules are not lost, but he instead suffers from a 10% damage and 20% fire rate loss (multiplicative).

Skully was originally released as part of the Relics of the Past DLC, which is now included by default with Star of Providence. Originally, Skully's gameplay worked quite differently from the current iteration (implemented in the Into Oblivion update). Rather than the module-based inventory system implemented now, players would find Weapon drops that would modify Skully's stats directly, without any limit to how many modifications the player could make. The original version of the character is documented below and is still available to play on a previous version of the game on Steam.

Skully's new menu, accessed by right clicking when using the map

Skully's inventory screen, accessed when adding a new module or by pressing the left shift key when in the previous menu

Story

Skully is of no significance to the plot of the game and any actions taken by him are not canon. Nevertheless, he continues to shape the lives of those that choose to play as him.

Modules

Skully has access to a variety of modules in his modern form, which grant him powers depending on their descriptions and shape. These modules come in a variety of different shapes and sizes, with stronger modules tending to be larger, harder to fit modules compared to their smaller counterparts.

Changes to stats

Into Oblivion Skully retains few of the existing stats from his previous iteration, such as damage, ammo capacity and firing speed, however each module now grants Skully several different effects that have replaced the direct stats of projectiles, pierce and shot speed. Two new stats have also been added: Crit Chance and Crit Damage.

Crit Chance

This stat tracks the chance each individual shot / attack has of becoming a critical hit, indicated by a flash emanating from Skully. These attacks take the Crit Damage modifier and add it onto Skully's default, increasable damage. This stat can paradoxically go over the 100% mark, leading to guaranteed critical hits

Crit Damage

This stat tracks the % increase in damage a shot that is considered "Critical" will deal, most modules that increase Crit Chance will also increase Crit Damage.

Module Sizes

Modules come in four size categories comprising 6 different shapes: a 2x1 rectangle, a 3x1 rectangle, a 3-block angle shape, a 2x2 square, a 4-block T-shape, and a 5-block plus-sign formation. The shape of a module depends on its rarity:

■■	▛ or ■■■	▜▘ or ⸬	+

List of Available Modules

Below is a list of all the modules Skully can acquire:

Module	Effects	Shape	Notes
Berserker's Heart	Crit Chance: +5% Max HP: +1
Bullet Sharpener	Damage: +3% Piercing Goes through first enemy
Corner Sights	Haphephilia Increased damage when touching a wall		Grants +10% damage while active
Efficient Battery	Firerate: +5% Refill Ammo: 20% Gain a shield: +1
Improved Carburetor	Damage: +4% Max Ammo: +5% Refill Ammo: +10%
Larger Pockets	Max Ammo: +10% Refill Ammo: +25%
Lighter Alloying	Firerate: +5% Max Ammo: +5%
Rear-View Mirror	Backshot Also shoots behind you		Stacking fires an additional projectile behind the player per module.
Rubberized Bullets	Firerate: +5% Ricochet Bounces off of walls
Sack of Ammo	Max Ammo: +5% Refill Ammo: +100%
Surplus Buzzsaw	Razor Gain a razor		Identical to 1 projectile from the Razor weapon. Stacking adds an additional razor per module.
Tiny Blue Sword	Damage: +5%
Backup Sword	Side Blade Bonus melee sword slash on a cooldown	or	Slash is notably smaller than the Sword weapon's range. Has a 2.5 second cooldown. Stacking decreases cooldown by 0.5s.
Belt Mechanism	Max Ammo: +10% Gatling Weaker, but fires rapidly	or	Firing effect is canceled out by the High Caliber keyword. Stacking further increases fire rate and reduces accuracy.
Cadmium Alloyed Rounds	Bio-Electric Spawns a temporary Thunderhead on kill	or	Only one thunderhead can be active at a time.
Coil Wrapped Rounds	Chain Lightning Arcs between enemies	or
Edged Casings	Damage: +5% Crit Chance: +5% Crit Damage: +5%	or
Experimental Bioweapon	Damage: +4% Swarming Chance of firing a swarmer	or
Forked Barrel	Triple Fires in threes, but fires slower	or
Fractured Runestone	Runes Gain two orbital runes	or	Stacking adds 2 more runes per module.
Gunpowder Reclaimer	Recycle Regain ammo when bombing	or	Restores 10% ammo per bomb.
Impact Feeder	Damage: +5% Firerate: +5%	or
Improved Scope	Crit Chance: +10%	or
Layered Casings	Burst Fires in short bursts	or
Mass Injector	Damage: +5% High Caliber Stronger, but fires slower	or	Firing effect is canceled out by the Gatling keyword.
Napalm Packets	Damage: +5% Overheat Area of effect damage over time	or
Nitrogen Cooling	Firerate: +10% Freeze Slows enemies on hit	or
Reinforced Sights	Firerate: +5% Crit Chance: +5% Gain a shield: +1	or
Survival Kit	Max Ammo: +5% Refill Ammo: +50% Max HP: +1 Gain Bombs: +1 Gain a shield: +1	or
Weak Spot Highlighting	Crit Chance: +10% Crit Damage: +5%	or
7-Slot Chamber	Refill Ammo: +77% Lucky Sevens Every 7th shot is a critical hit	or
Adamantite Tips	Damage: +20%	or
AI Controlled Bullets	Homing Homes onto enemies	or
Board Oracle	Firerate: +10% Temporally Destabilized May reverse in time on hitting a wall	or
Bullet Compressor	Core Compression Chance to fire a big shot High Caliber Stronger, but fires slower	or	High Caliber's effect is canceled out by the Gatling keyword.
Death Knight's Cleaver	Reap Conjures ghostly slashes on kill	or	Creates two grey lines in a cross formation when an enemy is killed, similar to Phantom Edge. Stacking adds an additional slash per module.
Extradimensional Magazine	Max Ammo: +20% Void Erase bullets on kill	or
Game Wizard Pack	Third Party Cheats Multiplier changes are doubled Multiplier partly affects damage	or	Both multiplier gain and loss from taking damage are doubled. Damage increase scales with multiplier, up to +50% at 3.0x.
Hidden Blades	Crit Chance: +10% Lashout Attack with a ring of blades on crit	or
Hunter Attachment	Hunter Add-on Chance to fire an additional homing shot	or	Homing shots are fired perpendicular to the crosshair and behave as if they have the Homing, Instant Hit and Phasing keywords.
Huntsman's Tools	Refill Ammo: +30% <Anti-Race keyword> +35% damage vs. <race>, purges them	or	Race is randomly selected when this module is found, even when they are disabled in Kleines' shop.
Kingmaker	Max Ammo: +20% Cleaner Killing strong enemies summons Wiseguys	or	Wiseguys persist between rooms but despawn after a brief time.
Memento Mori	Execute Instantly kills lesser enemies	or
Ominous Fan	Harvest While you fire, a scythe chases enemies	or	A scythe appears while the fire key is held, similar to Grimm's attack and disappears when it is released. Stacking does not add additional scythes.
Reverb Amplifier	Echo Damage increases on bounce Ricochet Bounces off of walls	or
Rune-Engraved Hammer	Gain a shield: +1 Arcane Feedback Increased damage per unique keyword	or	Grants 10% damage per each unique keyword
Seerstone Fragment	Vigil It watches over you	or	Spawns 2 Eternal Vigil eyes while firing.
Unstable Propellant	Crit Chance: +5% Volatile Releases a burst of bullets on crit	or
Viral Payload	Max HP: +1 Infested Enemies release swarmers on death	or
Vorpal Rifling	Crit Chance: +15% Crit Damage: +10%	or
4-D Shifter	Phasing Warps through boundaries
Blessed Thrusters	Imbue Walls fire lasers after you dash into them
Bullet Expressor	Shockwave Fire many more bullets at a slower rate		Has a very wide cone of fire. Projectiles are spread in a fixed pattern, with more bullets aimed towards the cursor.
Ire Amplifier	Bullet Catch Catching green bullets redirects them Ricochet Bounces off of walls		Touching green bullets fires a Homing Instant Hit projectile.
Jormungandr's Fang	Damage: +20% Wall-Breaker You destroy most walls
Ring of Death	Shredder Gain a ring of fast spinning razors		Ring consists of 6 small razors which starts adjacent to you and expands when you fire.
Sacred Goblet	Arcane Vessel Fill it with power		Up to 3 sigils at a time will spawn around the room, decaying over time if not collected. Collecting them lets you fire a laser scaling with the number collected (3 maximum).
Spectre's Cowl	Max HP: +2 Revenge Absorb bullets while recently hurt to fire your weapon instantly		After taking damage, your weapon can briefly fire with no cooldown as long as enemy bullets are near you.
Unbound Relic	Living Walls The walls assist you		Wall blocks within a radius fire at enemies, similar to the Relic enemy.
Weathered Soulstone	4th Visitor Failed, but may help you yet		A spectral ship moves and fires bullets identically copying the player's actions, but with around a second of delay. It has the same firerate as your current weapon but does not copy any other modifiers.
Sacred Arms	Sacred You gain an enchanted staff		Summons a staff next to Skully that automatically fires lasers at nearby enemies. Only dropped by The Warden.
Grasp of Entropy	Entropic Entropic energies infuse your runes		Works identically to its weapon counterpart, but with 4 runes instead of 12. Deals damage but does not charge its runes without ammo. Either this or Edge of Reality will be dropped by ChaosGod.
Edge of Reality	Rescindant Beware that which gazes from without Side Blade Bonus melee sword slash on a cooldown		Fires a projectile that passes through walls and enemies on sword slash. Dealing damage with the slash or projectile has a chance to summon a claw which damages enemies. Other sources of Side Blade decrease the slash's cooldown. Either this or Grasp of Entropy will be dropped by ChaosGod.

Pre-Into Oblivion Gameplay (Relics of the Past)

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 the player has only two projectiles, they will fire in a V-shaped 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 the player. 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 the player's 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.
Sacred Goblet (Unique)	Unknown, high damage.	Periodically creates glowing yellow runes on the ground in combat. Upon 'collecting' one, the next time the player's gun is shot, it unleashes a powerful railgun blast that pierces all walls and enemies.

Excluded Items

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

• Upgrades
  • Artifact
  • Salvage
  • Packrat
• Cartridges
  • Broken Mirror
  • Gun

Trivia

• The module system added in the Into Oblivion update was suggested as an addition by beta tester ZarroTsu, inspired by similar system found in the Megaman Battle Network series. According to Zarro, dev AlexMdle implemented a prototype version of the system in the beta branch by the following day.
• Unlike the Skully enemies, Skully's skullrig (the green part of his "body") is attached to his sprite as opposed to being separate.

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