Evolver

Evolver
Statistics
Type:	Semiautomatic
Quality:
Magazine Size:	24 (First 3 forms) 8 (4th form) 300 (5th form) 150 (6th form)
Max Ammo:	300 (First 5 forms) 150 (6th form)
Sell Creep Price:	21
Unlock Method:	Purchase from Professor Goopton for 35 .
Introduced in:
Ammonomicon Entry
Tamagunchi
This gun adapts. While some have disputed the claim that a gun can change shape or adapt to its new environment within the Gungeon, this weapon appears to be irrefutable proof of the phenomenon. Since its discovery, the number of self-proclaimed gunvolution deniers has increased by 4%.

Evolver is a gun introduced in A Farewell to Arms. The gun has a chance to evolve upon killing an enemy, which changes its appearance, modifies its stats, and refills its ammo. The six evolutions, in order, are: amoeba, sponge, flatworm, snail, a frog, and a dragon.

• The amoeba fires round projectiles that deal 6 damage.
• The sponge fires sponge shaped projectiles that deal 8.5 damage.
• The flatworm fires round projectiles that deal 11.5 damage.
• The snail fires a spread of three spiked snail shells that deal 11.5 damage each.
• The frog emits a red tongue which latches onto the nearest enemy, similar to the Abyssal Tentacle.
• The dragon fires a blue flame projectile which starts off slow and accelerates, dealing 37.5 damage. In this stage, the Evolver's maximum ammo drops to 150.

When killing an enemy with a different gun, it has a chance to devolve one level.

Notes

• Natural Selection - Having Irradiated Lead, Monster Blood or Big Boy speeds up the evolving process.
• The Powerhouse of the Cell - If the player also has Antibody, the Evolver evolves one stage and has a chance to evolve when killing an enemy with a different gun instead of devolving.
  • Note that, due to the ammo refill from evolving, dropping the Antibody and picking it up again will give the player an unlimited supply of ammo for the Evolver.
  • Also note that when dropping the gun to get the ammo refill, it will revert to the Sponge stage of evolving.
• In 6th stage, the Evolver can be reloaded once.

Trivia

• The flavor text "Tamagunchi" is a reference to the digital pets Tamagotchi.
• The gun's description is a reference to real life evolution denial. In this phenomena, some groups of people deny the existence of evolution for it's lack of concrete evidence.
• The synergy The Powerhouse of the Cell is a reference to the metaphor that the mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. More specifically, the phrase, "the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell" was a meme for some time, owing in part to it being used in a viral image criticizing the educational quality of the school system; this is also thematically similar to the anti-intellectual stance of denial described within its entry.

Gallery

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  1st stage of evolution.

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  2nd stage.

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  3rd stage.

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  4th stage.

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  5th stage.

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  6th stage.

See also

• Guns