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The Charge Meter, depicted holding 5 charges, with the topmost circuit inactive due to its pin not being charged yet.

WX-78's main perk takes the form of their charge meter situated on the right of the UI. It slowly refills with charge over time. The meter has 6 bars wherein circuits can be plugged into, taking anywhere from 1 to all 6 of the bars depending on the circuit. Once the bars the circuit is attached to have been filled, the circuit will apply its effects.

When a Circuit is applied to the charge meter, it will attempt to take up the lowest unoccupied pins available. Removing a Circuit via Circuit Extractor will remove the highest, and thereby latest Circuit applied.

Every 90 seconds WX-78 will gain one unit of charge as long as they are not Starving and they are not Wet. If WX-78 becomes Frozen such as via the effects of a Blue Hound, two units of charge will be lost. Charge units will also be lost when using the Circuit Extractor to remove circuits, with the amount being equal to the amount of charge the Circuit was actively using. WX-78 can receive one unit of Charge by using a Lightning Rod that has been recently struck, being struck by lightning, eating Electric Milk or Volt Goat Chaud-Froid, or from fueled Winona's Generators and Winona's G.E.M.erators, which will use 90% of the generator's maximum charge, and 6% of the G.E.M.erator's maximum charge.

Additionally, Being struck by lightning will drain 33 Sanity Meter and restore 100 Health Meter.

WX-78 has half the aggro range from Clockworks and Damaged Clockworks. For instance, the Clockwork Rook normally has an aggro range of 12 metres, but only 6 metres towards WX-78.

WX-78 may consume Gears and will recover 60 Sanity Meter 75 Hunger Meter and 50 Health Meter from one. Upon death, they will drop anywhere from 1/3 of the gears they've ingested during their life (rounded down) to 1/2 of the gears they've eaten, up to a cap of 40.

WX-78 is also able to eat stale and spoiled Food without penalties. This allows them to stockpile food for increased lengths of time. Note that other Food penalties still take effect (such as eating Monster Meat).

Circuit Extractor Circuit Extractor - Extracts the top circuit in WX-78's system and removes an amount of charge equivalent with how many slots it took up.

Bio Scanalyzer Bio Scanalyzer - Allows WX-78 to scan living creatures to acquire blueprints for the below circuits

All of WX-78's Circuits
Icon Circuit Name Effect Slots Unlocked by scanning Crafting ingredients
Hardy Circuit Hardy Circuit +50 Health Meter maximum health 1 Spider Bio Datax2 Spider Glandx1
Super-Hardy Circuit Super-Hardy Circuit +150 Health Meter maximum health 2 Nurse Spider Bio Datax4 Spider Glandx2 Hardy Circuitx1
Processing Circuit Processing Circuit +40 Sanity Meter maximum sanity 1 Butterfly Moon Moth Bio Datax1 Petalsx1
Super-Processing Circuit Super-Processing Circuit +100 Sanity Meter maximum sanity

Regenerate +2 Sanity Meter per minute

2 Crawling Horror Terrorbeak Terrorclaw Bio Datax3 Nightmare Fuelx1 Processing Circuitx1
Beanbooster Circuit Beanbooster Circuit Regenerate +5 Health Meter every 30 seconds

+100 Sanity Meter maximum sanity Regenerate +2 Sanity Meter per minute

3 Bee Queen Bio Datax8 Royal Jellyx1 Super-Processing Circuitx1
Chorusbox Circuit Chorusbox Circuit Sanity aura of +5 Sanity Meter per minute

Plays faint melody and tends to nearby Farm Plants

3 Crab King Crabby Hermit Bio Datax4 Baritone Shell Bellx1
Gastrogain Circuit Gastrogain Circuit +40 Hunger Metermaximum hunger 1 Hound Bio Datax2 Hound's Toothx1
Super-Gastrogain Circuit Super-Gastrogain Circuit +100 Hunger Metermaximum hunger

Hunger drains 20% slower

2 Slurper Bearger Bio Datax3 Slurper Peltx1 Gastrogain Circuitx1
Acceleration Circuit Acceleration Circuit +25% movement speed 6 Rabbit Bio Datax2 Rabbitx1
Super-Acceleration Circuit Super-Acceleration Circuit Stacking movement boost with diminishing returns:

1 circuit gives 25% in total 2 circuits give 40% in total 3 circuits give 50% in total

2 Clockwork Rook Damaged Rook Ancient Guardian Bio Datax6 Gearsx1 Acceleration Circuitx1
Thermal Circuit Thermal Circuit +25 heat radius

+20 minimum temperature (Note: default min temperature is -20, meaning just one Thermal Circuit prevents WX from going below 0 degrees, making them safe from ambient freezing) Perishables in inventory spoil 25% faster Drying off rate increased by 10%

3 Dragonfly Red Hound Bio Datax4 Red Gemx1
Refrigerant Circuit Refrigerant Circuit +25 cold radius

-20 maximum temperature (Note: default max temperature is 90, meaning just one Refrigerant Circuit prevents WX from going above 70 degrees, making them safe from ambient overheating) Perishables in inventory spoil 25% slower Upon reaching 95 Wetness the moisture solidifies spawning 2 × Ice and resetting Wetness back to 0

3 Deerclops Blue Hound Bio Datax4 Blue Gemx1
Electrification Circuit Electrification Circuit 20 base Electric damage to attackers upon being hit (cannot occur more than once per 0.3 seconds)

(Note: as it is electric damage, base value have innate 1.5 multiplier to dry targets, and 2.5 multiplier to wet targets)

Grants lightning/electric insulation

Can charge Volt Goats

2 Volt Goat Bio Datax5 Electric Milkx1
Optoelectronic Circuit Optoelectronic Circuit Allows to see in the dark, much like Moggles, automaticaly activates during night 4 Moleworm Bio Datax4 Molewormx1 Firefliesx1
Illumination Circuit Illumination Circuit Displays a small light radius around the player 3 Depths Worm Bulbous Lightbug Skittersquid Bio Datax6 Light Bulbx1

Note: multiple circuits of the same type provide stacking effects unless stated otherwise.

Disadvantages

WX-78 has stats on the lower end of the spectrum without any circuits and may succumb to insanity or starvation quicker than other characters.

WX-78 takes damage from Rain at a rate of 3-9 damage Health Meter based on their wetness and a charge slot every 5 seconds when above 15 wetness, which is a huge threat and great care should be taken to avoid wetness.

Rain damage causes WX-78 to periodically emit Light as sparks fly off their body. The light emitted is frequent and bright enough to prevent Charlie from attacking, but comes at the cost of large amounts of Sanity due to being in complete darkness.

Prototype Tips

  • Note that WX-78 acts like a Lightning Rod and if any event launches multiple lightning strikes, all strikes will usually target WX-78.
  • Equipping an Umbrella alongside a hat that offers at least 10% rain protection like the Straw Hat will completely block the Rain, preventing any damage from being taken. Since the Umbrella does not degrade over time in the normal version of the game, it makes this drawback a non-issue.
    • WX-78 players may want to avoid using items that offer Lightning immunity (such as the Umbrella or Eyebrella) if they require healing, though they will take a hit to their sanity with each strike.
  • Using the Ice Cube or Fashion Melon as protection from Overheating is not advised, as the Wetness gained from those items will damage WX-78.
  • WX-78's gear consumption ability & light-providing circuits makes them one of the better equipped characters for traversing the Ruins.
  • Since they ignore spoilage and food loses all sanity restoration as soon as it turns stale, WX-78 players have at least double the time to utilize foods that grant high sanity but spoil quickly, giving them a distinct advantage over other characters in terms of sanity management.
  • In DST, WX-78's favorite food is Butter Muffin, meaning that they gain 15 bonus Hunger Meter when consuming the food.
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