Vortex Beater
Weapon · WeaponAssaultRifle4★Vortex Beater is 48th of 70 weapons by attack, at 450 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
At 15 weight each it eats carry capacity fast, so bring a mount or park a chest nearby. At 541,800 gold it is worth real money to a merchant.
Vortex Beater Crafting Recipe
Hallowed Bar×480
Pal Metal Ingot×240
Electric OrganCrafting it takes 745 materials across 3 types, and the bottleneck is almost always the 480× requirement — line that up first and the rest follows.
Where to Find Vortex Beater
Vortex Beater is not something you find lying around — you craft it, and the recipe is below.
Ammunition Vortex Beater Uses
Vortex Beater fires Assault 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 |
|---|---|---|
 Assault Rifle Ammo | ×20 | Refined Ingot ×1, Gunpowder ×2 |
Schematics That Unlock Vortex Beater
Vortex Beater 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 |
|---|---|---|
 Vortex Beater Schematic 4 | 4★ | Yakushima (grade 5) |
Alternatives and Upgrades
Step up from here and you get Assault Rifle at 512 attack; step down and it is Assault Rifle at 448. 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:
