Codex

The in-game encyclopedia: 90 entries covering enemies, weapons, events and gameplay tips. Weapon and enemy entries open the entity's own page, which carries the lore.

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	Azrael	Enemies	Azrael bears the name of the Angel of Death, once believed to guide souls beyond the mortal world.
	Bishop	Enemies	The bishop did not see the apocalypse as punishment, but as revelation.
	Blastfiend	Enemies	A demonic saboteur that lobs explosives across the battlefield, forcing its enemies into constant movement.
	Boneleaper	Enemies	Leaps at its prey with terrifying speed, shattering the ground and sending bone shards flying in all directions.
	Broodcaller	Enemies	An abomination that calls forth swarms of Doomspore to overwhelm its enemies in waves of destruction.
	Brother Cassian	Enemies	Once a devoted member of the Blood Brotherhood, Brother Cassian gave himself willingly to forbidden rituals deep beneath the cathedral.
	Brother Severin	Enemies	The corruption inside Brother Severin burns hotter than in the others.
	Brother Tharos	Enemies	Brother Tharos was once the shield of the Blood Brotherhood, an unbreakable warrior who protected the order during its darkest rituals.
	Detonant	Enemies	A gaunt, fast-moving fiend with a pulsating stomach.
	Doom Herald	Enemies	A harbinger of destruction, far more powerful than lesser demons.
	Dreadstalker	Enemies	A relentless hunter that never ceases its pursuit.
	Fleshweaver	Enemies	Extends every battle, reviving the fallen and keeping the hordes in the fight.
	Harrowfiend	Enemies	Circles its prey like a vulture, raining deadly projectiles from a distance.
	Hellhound	Enemies	A demonic sprinter that lunges at its prey with savage force, tearing through anything in its way.
	Ironmaw	Enemies	Nearly indestructible, an unyielding wall of flesh and fury.
	Malach	Enemies	An ancient guardian bound to the gates of hell.
	Raziel	Enemies	Raziel, the keeper of knowledge and divine secrets, stands as the final guardian deep within hell.
	Ruinborn	Enemies	Its reckless charges crush everything in its path.
	The Beast	Enemies	A towering abomination consumed by rage and blind devotion.
	Wretchchant	Enemies	Its eerie incantations empower nearby demons, making them even deadlier.
	Aegis Cycler	Weapons	After being upgraded, gains the Overkill ability.
	Annihilator	Weapons	Grants an additional projectile and a chance to stun enemies.
	Auto Cannon	Weapons	Auto Cannon permanently gains Critical Damage chance each time it kills an enemy, making it a weapon that benefits greatly from being acquir
	Blaster	Weapons	A fire-based weapon that has an additional projectile and Pierce by default, making it an ideal candidate for Bounce upgrades.
	Blazing Crossbow	Weapons	Blazing Crossbow has high damage and grants additional resources on enemy kills, making it a strong weapon to invest in.
	Chain Bolt	Weapons	Chain Bolt can trigger electric explosions on critical hits, making Critical Chance a high-priority stat.
	Detonator	Weapons	A Grenade Launcher–type weapon, making it a key tool for crowd control.
	Electrohammer	Weapons	A heavy melee weapon that performs wide swing attacks, dealing damage over a large area.
	Firestorm	Weapons	Firestorm is a weapon that always hits its target and can trigger explosions.
	Gatling	Weapons	The fastest weapon available in the Templar arsenal.
	Heavenfall Incinerator	Weapons	Gains the ability to ignite the ground on explosion, creating a burning area.
	Hellblade	Weapons	A fire-based melee weapon that alternates between a wide slash and a forward thrust.
	Infernal Crossbow	Weapons	In its upgraded form, it transforms into a Vortex-type weapon, making it scale extremely well with Pierce upgrades.
	Infernoblade	Weapons	A fire-based melee weapon that alternates between slashing and thrusting attacks.
	Infernothrower	Weapons	After being upgraded, increases its projectile count, projectile speed, and damage.
	Ion Rail	Weapons	After being upgraded, gains the Overkill ability.
	Lance	Weapons	A forward-thrusting weapon designed to hit enemies in a straight line, making it highly effective at eliminating enemies aligned in rows.
	Laser Rifle	Weapons	A laser-type weapon, meaning its shots pierce all enemies in a straight line.
	Light Beam	Weapons	Transforms the weapon into a laser-based weapon, allowing it to instantly pierce all enemies.
	Longshot	Weapons	Longshot gains additional value from Critical Damage chance, as its projectiles bounce when a critical hit occurs.
	Megacharger	Weapons	A high-damage electric weapon with an extremely high life leech value.
	Overdetonator	Weapons	Gains the ability to ignite the ground on explosion, creating a burning area.
	Railgun	Weapons	A laser-type weapon, meaning its shots pierce all enemies in a straight line.
	Sanctum Pike	Weapons	Performs a long-range thrust attack.
	Shockstring	Weapons	Gains a chance to trigger a double attack, which synergizes extremely well with upgrades that increase Projectile Count and Bounce, making t
	Shotgun	Weapons	A weapon that fires a large number of projectiles, making it an ideal candidate for Bounce and Pierce upgrades.
	Skystrike	Weapons	An Air Strike–type weapon whose projectiles chain to additional enemies upon impact.
	Solar Rifle	Weapons	After being upgraded, gains the Overkill ability.
	Spinshot	Weapons	A Vortex Emitter weapon that gains the most benefit from increasing Pierce.
	Stormbreaker	Weapons	Performs a wide slashing attack.
	Stormbringer	Weapons	Gains the ability to freeze enemies.
	Stormfall	Weapons	Gains a chance to trigger a double attack, which synergizes exceptionally well with upgrades that increase Projectile Count and Bounce, maki
	Super Blaster	Weapons	Gains a chance to trigger a double attack, which synergizes extremely well with upgrades that increase Projectile Count and Bounce, making t
	Super Shotgun	Weapons	Projectiles from the highest-tier shotgun gain the ability to explode on critical hits.
	Teslabringer	Weapons	Gains additional bounces, causing deployed mines to split into additional mines.
	Thunder Crossbow	Weapons	A very fast electric weapon with life leech.
	Trinity Blast	Weapons	Generates resources on critical hits.
	Twin Blast	Weapons	TwinBlast gains significant value when upgraded from a Machine Gun that provides Critical Chance on kill.
	Ubercharger	Weapons	Increases its Life Leech chance and gains an additional Bounce, while also acquiring the ability to freeze enemies.
	Blood Chalice	Events	A colossal biomechanical chalice deploys onto the battlefield and establishes a sanctified execution zone.
	Chest	Events	A container that grants Shards when opened.
	Corrupted Shards	Events	Corrupted Shards grow within the remains of the damned - embedded in fused human bones like a blasphemous crystal garden.
	Path of the Crux	Events	The banners of the Stations stand abandoned amid ruin and ash.
	Power Relay	Events	A volatile sanctified core pulses with unstable energy.
	Resurrection Spire	Events	A hell-forged spire of bone and iron anchors itself into the battlefield, reanimating corpses into skeletal servants.
	Sermon of Revelation	Events	Torn scripture pages lie scattered near the abandoned pulpit, remnants of a sermon interrupted by the apocalypse.
	Shrine	Events	Shrine grants a temporary Blessing when activated.
	Signal Array	Events	Mid-crusade, a signal array activates to transmit encrypted battlefield data to the Cathedral network.
	Air Strike	Tips	Air Strike weapons launch a projectile into the air that then descends onto an enemy.
	Aura Emitter	Tips	Damages all enemies within the weapon’s area of effect.
	Bounce	Tips	Bounce determines how many times a single projectile can ricochet after hitting an enemy.
	Critical Damage	Tips	Critical Damage represents the chance to deal double damage on hit and cannot exceed 100%.
	Electric Damage	Tips	Electric Damage applies Shock.
	Explosion	Tips	Both projectiles and melee hits can trigger an Explosion.
	Fire Damage	Tips	Fire Damage applies Burning.
	Frost	Tips	Frost applies Freeze, causing enemies to immediately stop their current actions.
	Gameplay Tips	Tips	This section contains gameplay tips and explanations of core mechanics.
	Grenade Launcher	Tips	Grenade Launcher weapons have a very high chance to trigger explosions.
	Holy Damage	Tips	Holy Damage does not apply any special status effects.
	Laser Weapon	Tips	Laser weapons fire an extremely fast beam that always hits its targets and pierces all enemies in a straight line, up to the limit defined b
	Melee Weapon	Tips	Melee weapons are close-range weapons that always pierce all enemies within their hitbox.
	Merge Weapons	Tips	Weapons can be merged to create more powerful versions.
	Mine Launcher	Tips	Mine Launcher weapons deploy proximity mines that detect nearby enemies and explode, meaning they always hit a target.
	Pierce	Tips	Pierce allows a projectile to pass through enemies.
	Projectiles	Tips	Projectiles define how many shots a weapon can fire.
	Ranged Weapon	Tips	Ranged weapons are the most common weapon type and fire projectiles toward enemies.
	Stagger	Tips	Stagger disrupts an enemy’s balance and interrupts their movement.
	Stun	Tips	Stun is a special status that prevents an enemy from performing any actions.
	Vortex Emitter	Tips	Vortex Emitter weapons fire projectiles that travel based on their Range value to a target point, where they begin to orbit in a circular pa
	Weapon Perks	Tips	Perks marked with a star (*) are unique weapon effects that do not stack with other perks of the same type, even if they provide percentage-

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See the Glossary for term definitions and Stats for the full stat reference.