Plasma Rifle
Weapon · WeaponAssaultRifle2★Plasma Rifle is 10th of 70 weapons by attack, at 2,046 against the 15,000 of Charge Rifle.
Nothing is crafted from it — it is an end product, so anything you make is meant to be used rather than banked as a component.
Details
It does not stack, so every spare copy costs an inventory slot. At 6,209,440 gold it is worth real money to a merchant.
Plasma Rifle Crafting Recipe
Paloxite Ingot×120
Bio Battery×75
AI Core×12
Ancient Civilization Core
Ancient Civilization PartsCrafting it takes 225 materials across 5 types.
Where to Find Plasma Rifle
Plasma Rifle is not something you find lying around — you craft it, and the recipe is below.
Ammunition Plasma Rifle Uses
Plasma Rifle fires Plasma Rifle Ammo, and nothing else — running dry mid-fight is the usual way this weapon lets you down, so keep the recipe unlocked before you rely on it.
| Ammo | Yield | Craft cost |
|---|---|---|
 Plasma Rifle Ammo | ×20 | Bio Battery ×1, Paloxite Ingot ×3, Soralite Ingot ×2 |
Schematics That Unlock Plasma Rifle
Plasma Rifle is not learned from the Technology tree — you need a schematic for it. One schematic grants the recipe, and they are world loot — chests, boss Pals and the late-game pools — rather than anything you research. Higher-rarity copies of the same schematic raise the quality of what you end up crafting.
| Schematic | Rarity | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
 Plasma Rifle Schematic 2 | 2★ | Treasure map digs (tier 5), Recycling Decayed Ancient Relics, Recycling Dormant Ancient Relics +5 more (grade 1/5/6) |
Alternatives and Upgrades
Step up from here and you get Single-Shot Rifle at 2,090 attack; step down and it is Musket at 2,000. That gap is the honest measure of whether an upgrade is worth the materials right now.
Other weapons at a similar tier, for when you want to weigh this against the rest of its class:
