Power-ups

Power-ups are glowing objects the Drowned sometimes drop when they die. Walk over them to pick them up: their effect benefits the whole squad (except the Gatling, which goes to whoever picks it up) and a voice announces it.

When a power-up drops#

• Each regular Drowned or Ankou hound killed by a player has a 2.2% chance to drop a power-up.
• 4 power-ups per round at most: past that, nothing more drops until the next round.
• Drowned killed by a trap or a Kaboom drop nothing.
• The Diver always drops a power-up, on top of the round’s limit.
• The last hound of a hound round always drops a Max Ammo, also on top of the limit.
• Difficulty: odds ×0.75 on Realistic, ×0.5 on Easy, ×1.5 on Discovery (see Rounds and difficulty).

A power-up dropped behind a barrier is placed on the inside, where you can reach it.

Picking up a power-up#

• A power-up stays on the ground for 26 seconds; it blinks during the last 6 seconds, then vanishes.
• Just walk over it, standing: a downed player can’t pick one up.
• Timed power-ups (Insta-Kill, Double Points, Fire Sale, Gatling) last 30 seconds. Picking up a second identical one during the effect resets the timer to 30 seconds; it doesn’t add up.

The draw cycle#

Power-ups are not rolled at random one by one: they come out of a shuffled deck that holds:

When the deck runs out, a new one is shuffled. As a result:

• after seeing 3 Double Points go by, you have to wait for the next deck to see another;
• the Gatling and the Fire Sale come out about once every 16 power-ups, the Mystery Elixir much more rarely.

A power-up that would be useless is skipped: no Fire Sale during a Fire Sale (nor on a map where the box has only one spot), no Mystery Elixir if nobody can receive a perk anymore.

Effects in detail#

Max Ammo#

Fills the magazines and reserves of every weapon and the grenades of each player, standing or downed.

Insta-Kill#

For 30 seconds, every hit kills a regular Drowned or a hound outright, whatever the round. Divers, special creatures and bosses take their normal damage.

Double Points#

For 30 seconds, all points earned by the squad are doubled (see Points).

Kaboom#

An explosion kills every regular Drowned, hound and rat in play (not Divers or bosses). Each player earns 400 points, but the victims give no kill points and drop no power-ups. The Drowned killed count toward the round.

Carpenter#

Every barrier is rebuilt, and each player earns 200 points.

Fire Sale#

For 30 seconds, the Mystery Box costs 10 points and a temporary box appears at every spot on the map (see The Mystery Box).

Gatling#

Whoever picks it up gets a rotary machine gun for 30 seconds, with 999 rounds and no reloading. It temporarily replaces the weapon in your hands, which you get back afterward; if you go down, it disappears. Switching weapons (weapon key or scroll wheel) stows it right away, without waiting for the 30 seconds to run out.

Bonus Points#

Each player receives between 50 and 500 points (in steps of 10).

Mystery Elixir#

Each standing player receives a free perk picked at random among the map’s perks they don’t have, even beyond the perk limit.

Gumballs that affect power-ups#

• Morgane’s Hourglass: for one round, power-ups stay twice as long on the ground and last twice as long.
• Fishing Net: for 4 rounds, the Drowned drop far more power-ups, with no per-round limit.
• Pocket Kaboom, Double Down, Eager Carpenter, Smuggler’s Stash, Express Fire Sale, Barrage, Infernal Machine, Stroke of Luck, Starfall: spawn power-ups on demand.

Tips#

• Don’t grab a Kaboom or a Carpenter right away at the end of a round: wait until the horde is large, or until Double Points drops.
• An Insta-Kill is the time to pull out the knife (130 points per kill, 260 with Double Points).
• A power-up on the ground doesn’t vanish at the end of the round: it keeps its 26 seconds. You can kill the last Drowned, then pick it up during the break.
• The Gatling is ideal for a hound round or for breaking out of an encirclement.

Checked against the game on November 6, 2026