The Shard Reaper is a weapon in Tools of Destruction. It is a shotgun manufactured by GrummelNet Industries that fires a blast of high-velocity shards of trillium ore. It is a close-to-medium range weapon which deals more damage the closer it fires to enemies, and has a medium rate of fire.
The Shard Reaper can be purchased upon reaching Mukow for 35,000 bolts, and can be upgraded to the Nitro Reaper with use, which fires shards that can freeze enemies. In challenge mode, the Omega Nitro Reaper can be purchased for 7,500,000 bolts.
Characteristics[]
The Shard Reaper is a light gray and dark blue carbine with four panels angled outwards from the barrel. It fires thirty blue shards of trillium ore.[1]
The Nitro Reaper has a longer design, with four dark purple panels that are angled inwards towards the barrel. It injects highly compressed liquid hydrogen in each shard.[2]
Combat[]
The Shard Reaper in action.
The Shard Reaper is a close-to-medium range weapon that deals more damage to enemies the more shards it hits them with. It can therefore be versatile as a medium-range weapon (while not as limited as the Shock Ravager) against larger foes, or a close range weapon against multiple foes grouped together. To use the weapon optimally, the player must ensure that all shards it fires hit enemies. While the weapon will be outclassed by other weapons eventually, it remains useful against larger groups of weak enemies such as cragpoles.
The Shard Reaper can be upgraded with raritanium to give it More ammo, More damage, Wider shot and Faster shooting]]. Faster shooting is very useful in improving its limited rate of fire, whereas Wider shot allows you to hit more enemies at once. The Pyrocidic Nano-Clusters, its special upgrade, causes each shard to explode for 25% damage after attaching to an enemy or the ground. Aside from the damage bonus this also allows any shards not hitting enemies to not be wasted if they damage enemies in range.
With use, the Shard Reaper can upgrade to the Nitro Reaper, which fires shards that contain liquid nitrogen, freezing enemies and slowing their movement. This upgrade makes the weapon much more versatile and more useful against bosses, making enemies more vulnerable to allow the player to attack them with a weapon that deals more damage. The freeze effect lasts for five seconds at V5, and ten at VX, although stronger enemies are more resistant to being frozen.