Mechanic
Evolutions
An evolution turns a maxed weapon into a much stronger version.
How to evolve
- Get a weapon to level 5.
- Own its partner system (any level).
- Beat a boss and open its cache. If more than one weapon is ready, the cache evolves one, and the next cache gets the next.
When a weapon is ready, its icon in the HUD blinks. A weapon and its partner share a color in the HUD (green, violet, orange or teal), and evolved pairs turn gold. Evolutions show up in the Codex once you've made them.
| Weapon | System | Evolution | What it does | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pulse Cannon | + |  Overclock | = |  Storm Cannon | A torrent of piercing bolts. |
 Spread Shot | + |  Payload | = |  Hellfan | A wall of piercing needles. |
 Seekers | + |  Tractor Beam | = |  Swarm Barrage | Six missiles at once, huge blasts. |
 Arc Laser | + |  Capacitor | = |  Sun Lance | A near constant beam that melts bullets. |
 Orbit Drones | + |  Power Coils | = |  Aegis Ring | Six drones that eat every bullet. |
 Chain Zap | + |  Reflector | = |  Storm Web | Constant lightning across the sky. |
 Shockwave | + |  Hull Plating | = |  Nova Burst | Full rings in every direction that wipe out every bullet. |
 Railgun | + |  Targeting | = |  Gauss Lance | Three slugs that always crit. |
 Glaive | + |  Amplifier | = |  Halo | Five huge blades, thrown nonstop. |
 Singularity | + |  Salvager | = |  Event Horizon | Bursts of six black holes. Eaten bullets turn into XP. |
 Sawblade | + |  Stabilizer | = |  Sawstorm | Three huge chainsaws that shred bullets too. |
 Napalm | + |  Phoenix Core | = |  Inferno | Huge pools of fire that crawl after enemies. |
 Ricochet | + |  Bad Omen | = |  Doomsday | Orbs explode every time they bounce. |
 Ion Field | + |  Nanites | = |  Leech Field | Kills inside charge your ultimate. Every 40 heal you. |
 Orbital Strike | + |  Lucky Charm | = |  Kill Sat | Twin beams that always crit. |
Flak Cannon, Stasis Ray, Purge Beam, Flamethrower do not evolve.