Mycopunk New Weapons: 1.0

1.0 added two weapons: the Diffraction Driver primary and the Snowball Grenade. It also added seven upgrades to existing guns and six turbocharges, which matter more than the weapon count suggests — the launch build changed how several old weapons scale.

The two new weapons

Diffraction Driver

An ion scattergun with a spinning halo. Base damage 75, 3 rounds, 0.4 s reload, 130 RPM, 8–14 m falloff, 20° cone. Holding alt-fire spins the halo, shrinking the cone and pushing the effective range out past 30 m.

It unlocks with resources after player level 10. The design intent, per the developers, was a close-quarters middle ground between the Jackrabbit's bounce and the Carver's melee range.

Snowball Grenade

A cryo grenade unlocked from X11-B. It flies in a straight line and detonates on the second press, unlike the other five grenades which arc and burst on impact. 10 impact damage, a full 10-stack cryo application, 8 in the pouch, 26 nodes.

New upgrades on old weapons

The 1.0 notes list these additions, all of which are in the current node pools:

New turbocharges

Turbocharging is the mechanic that lets certain exotics gain a second, much stronger effect at a cost. 1.0 added six:

• Flamethrower (Jackrabbit) — more damage while you are ignited
• All Powdered Up (Jackrabbit) — more damage the higher you are above your target
• Breeding Season (Swarm Launcher) — spawned pellets hit harder
• Tinderbox (Gunship Cannon) — converts the Tinderbox element to shock or acid
• Pressure Cooker (Globbler) — magazine size +1
• Hearth & Home (Incendiary Grenade) — the grenade's own upgrade, tied to the fire pool

What changed in the launch patches

Patch 2.0.2 buffed pattern infusion: larger patterns now give more stat increase, and smaller patterns punish you less. Patch 2.0.3 made Gunship Cannon prism upgrades scale properly with pattern size, after an earlier patch had flipped some scaling the wrong way.

Both patches matter for anyone reading an Early Access weapon guide. A "best damage" number from July 2026 is not the number the gun puts out today.

FAQ

How many weapons did 1.0 add?

Two: the Diffraction Driver and the Snowball Grenade. The Mycologist, X11-B, Population Control and the Couch assignment came in the same patch but are not weapons.

Are the new weapons stronger than the old ones?

They are not a tier above the existing roster. The Diffraction Driver fills a range gap between the Jackrabbit and the Carver, and the Snowball adds control rather than damage. Stats for every gun are on the /guides/mycopunk-weapons-list page.

Do 1.0 weapons have fewer upgrades?

Slightly. The Diffraction Driver has 31 nodes and the Snowball 26, against 41 for the Cycler. The count is not a power measure; it reflects how many patterns the developers built for each gun.

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Sources

Weapon, grenade and heavy-weapon values were read from the Mycopunk 1.0 build and cross-checked against the official patch notes and the Steam store page. Rarity and unlock wording follows the Steam community guide index for the game.