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| Crown of Haste | |
| Area: | Preloop Vaults |
| Pro: | Pickups are worth more |
| Con: | Pickups fade fast |
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| Selection | Idle | Walk |
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Tech
- Ammo and HP pickups will give +1 to each drop.
- Despite rads disappearing faster they are not worth any extra.
- Chests:
- Ammo chest variants & health chests do not give direct pickups so they are not effected.
- The exception to this is if they are opened by a portal, which creates pickups.
- IDPD chests is another exception as they spawn pickups directly under the player, thus are effected.
- Ammo gained from weapon chests and weapon drops are not effected.
- Similarly Rogue's portal strike canister/pickups are not effected.
- Enemies/Mutations:
- Extra number will apply on top of Second Stomach (+5 HP a pickup), as well as Fish's passive.
- Does not add on to non-pickup effects such as Lucky Shot or Bloodlust.
- Robot eating weapons counts as pickups and will effect those.
- Pickups will now disappear 3 times faster.
- This applies to any ammo drops, HP drops and radiation.
- Pickups will disappear faster with each loop and will stack with Haste, making the crown's negative effect worsen with each loop.
- (Rogue's portal strike pickup spawns if opened by a portal. While it does not gain an additional drop, it will also disappear faster.)
Crown of Haste's selection icon will have two lines on it that serve as a clock, with a minute and hour hand changing based on the local system's set time.
Strategy Guide
Crown of Haste is one of the better picks from preloop selection, though not being a high bar to begin with. The upside of extra HP and ammo is worth it if the downside is properly negated. For this reason Plutonium Hunger should be seen as a vital mutation while running this crown to make collecting pickups easier and reduce the risk for pushing towards pickups about to despawn.
For preloop, Haste will be the most useful as the pickup fade time is very manageable. The extra boost to health drops from +2 to +3 without using up a mutation slot is particularly useful, with the +1 to ammo drops being a nice bonus. The +1 will mean more to some ammo types than others - Bullets will go from +32 to +33 which is hardly worth it, but Explosive & Bolt weapons have the lowest ammo yield per pickup, meaning that they would benefit the most. Generally the crown is best used with a semi-aggressive playstyle in order to ensure pickups are collected, while killing most enemies at close or medium range.
While in loop the benefits of Haste drops off dramatically due to the nature of gameplay. In a normal run it's recommended to swap out for a loop crown instead right away, as missing pickups here may be much more frequent. If the crown is still being run such as for a weekly, keep leaning into a more aggressive playstyle to constantly collect more pickups. Any weapon that deals high damage and takes heavy ammo are good picks to suit this playstyle.
During meta play (loops 3+), Haste runs will start to struggle with how quickly pickups may despawn, particularly with rads for ushov. Many off-screen kills from SPC will have pickups that will be easily missed, meaning a bit slower play may be worth it - mainly shooting SPC towards close by enemy groupings to ensure pickup collection. Popo Freaks may have to be heavily leaned on if rad management ever becomes an issue, even if that means waiting for them to respawn while in a corner during low rad moments. Any half-baked meta build without Plutonium Hunger will likely fall apart at this point.
Character/Mutation Notes:
- Plutonium Hunger is a must take to have this crown be viable.
- Rabbit Paw synergizes well with this crown for a higher volume of health/ammo.
- Not high priority, but Stomach could be taken for health builds (like Crystal) or Muscle for ammo builds (like YV), to better benefit from Haste.
- Eyes' active helps work around Haste's downside, especially with Thronebutt.
- Horror's Meltdown helps handle rad management for longer runs, though Anomaly still may make rebuilding ammo/rads easier.
- Rebel & Crystal particularly benefit from the health boosts if their mutation set is built around it.