How to Get Beam Drone in Risk of Rain Returns
Risk of Rain Returns inherits all of the best aspects of the classic roguelike series, and makes for a seriously fun time with more than plenty of secrets to uncover and items for your survivor to wield. Among those items are Drones, which can provide some very crucial benefits in the heat of battle, be it firepower or health regeneration. The most powerful offensive drone is the Beam Drone, and they’re not always easy to come by. If you’re wondering where to find these, here is our handy guide forhow to get Beam Drone in Risk of Rain Returns.
What is the Beam Drone & How to Get Them in Risk of Rain Returns
TheBeam DroneinRisk of Rain Returnsis technically a special kind of drone, which you can only get by combining3 x Laser Dronesthat you’ve bought and activated during the game. The Laser Drones themselves are the rarest and priciest of the regular drones you’ll find in randomized spots.
They traditionally spawn from thesecond zone onwards to the final zone, though if onMonsoon difficultywe’ve been told that you may be able to find themas early as the first zone. We’ll re-confirm this with our own test runs.
Once you do find your first Laser Drone, like any other drone you’ll notice a bright green arrow pointing down at it, along with a price tag that’s typically higher than the other types of drones (e.g. – Gunner, Healing). However, they’re definitely worth it on their own, as they fire lasers at mobs of enemies that do a good chunk of damage on top of your own firepower.
The goal here, however, is to get three of them together, and you need to make sure they’re all active at the same time. If one goes down in battle, pay to repair it if possible or find another. The next objective is to locate aDrone Combination Station, which is abig blue contraption with yellow robotic arms(as seen above).
You may have passed these before with initial confusion, but these are used tocombine smaller drones into bigger, more powerful ones. This is where you want to hand over your three Laser Drones, so that it can be turned into aBeam Drone. This essentially gives you what one would call a floating death ray. When it comes to handling mobs of powerful enemies on higher difficulties, this death ray machine will be your best friend, especially if you’re going solo.
You also need to do this asEngineerin order to get theAmplifier achievement, which also unlocks theLaser Turret abilityfor that survivor. As if they weren’t cool and powerful enough already.
Alternatively, if you’d rather not go through the process of acquiring three laser drones and finding a combination station (it can be very tricky when against the clock and on your own), you can possibly find an existing Beam Drone on thefinal zone (Contact Light)of the game. It’ll be somewhere aroundthe Bridge area, and depending on the difficulty you’re playing on,it’ll cost you a few thousand gold to repair, give or take. It also only has a25% chanceto spawn, so you may need to attempt the zone more than once.
That concludes our guide tohow to get Beam Drone in Risk of Rain Returns. We hope you found this helpful, and let us know what you think of the Beam Drone. Is it best with Engineer, in your opinion, or another survivor class?
Be sure to check out all of our other guides for Risk of Rain Returns, including ourofficial reviewof the game.
