Planetary Dustoff – Items and Drops

Item Differentiation

Note: Credit goes to abigelow15

The biggest differentiation (in my humble opinion) of pickups in Planetary Dustoff are the following:

1. Items – These are objects that have positive effects, and generally green (or have a green border).
2. Anti-Items – These “bad” items have negative effects (some far worse than others), and are generally purple (or have a purple border)
3. Re-usable Power Ups – Attack-centric items (on a timer) that can be used by hitting the “Q” key.

Items

Since I just started playing this game, I haven’t discovered all the items yet (or I wasn’t keeping track… sorry) – so this is a work in progress. Here are some of the useful items you’ll find along the way:

• Space Faction Flag – Generate 1 Armor Each Level
• Pocket Mirror – Reflect Enemy Projectiles While Rolling (Dropped Off 1st Boss)
• Slime Necklace – Every 3rd Critter Kill Generates 1 Health
• The Plaster – Ammo Pickups Now Restore .5 Health
• Extra Pants – Generates +3 Armor When Going Into A Boss Fight
• Laser Bat – Shoot Faster After Picking Up Laser
• Laser Crystal – Hitting Enemy With Laser Has A Chance Of Spawning Gas Cloud
• Short Fuse – Gain Increased Fire Rate After Being Damaged
• Blazing Boots – Leaving A Burning Trail Behind You, Dealing DMG To Enemies
• The Digital Love – Spawns Turrets When Convenient
• The Pizza Slice – Gain 1 armor every 3rd time picking up health.
• The Coin Sack – +25 Coin
• The Spacenomicon – Rolling has a chance to summon allies.
• The Broken Weak Rifle – Chance to spawn bullet on attack.
• The Plasma Grape Juice – Every 10th kill while wielding a plasma weapon creates a plasma flurry
• The Shovel – Critter kills gives ammo
• The Small Extra Magazine – Small reload when rolling
• The Quick Draw Revolver – Projectile weapons fire additional shots on kill
• The Ammo Belt Box – LMGs don’t require reloading
• The Robot Rock – A small rock orbits and protects you.
• The Winged Boots – Roll is faster
• The Lightning-Fast Boots – Run faster and burst lightning while wielding a LIGHTNING weapon.
• The Horseshoe – Firing has a chance of replenishing ammo.
• The Heart of Gold – +2 Max Health
• The Sushi Rolls – First shot after rolling deals double damage.
• The Magnificent Top Hat – Counter attack when multiple enemies are nearby.
• The Laser Shield – Lose 200 LASER instead of HEALTH.
• The Heart Starter – Survive lethal damage once.
• The Somersault Sombrero – Shoot faster after rolling.
• The Space Cadet’s Guide to the Galaxy – Receive loot when landing on a planet.
• The Broken Zapper – Chance to electrocute a nearby enemy on kill.
• The Golden Bullet – Every 5th fired bullet deals double damage and is free.
• The Friendly Firefly – Attacks nearby enemies.
• The Undead Shield – Picking up AMMO and HEALTH grants shields.
• The Raven Tracking Chip A6 – Ammo pickups drop when you kill a critter.
• The Pistol Holster – Non-automatic pistols do not require reloading.

Anti-Items (“Bad” Items)

First of all, I should address the obvious question: “If these items are “bad” (and/or harmful), why should I even consider picking them up?”

Great question! It’s true – these items can absolutely ruin a potentially great run. However, they can also be a great benefit, because (if you defeat the boss) you can trade your anti-items for good items! After you defeat a boss, you’ll notice the NPC in the picture below:

You can trade as many Anti-Items as you have (no limit) – so if you pick up 3 during your run (god help you), you can trade them to the vendor (that appears when the boss dies) for 3 random, good items.

However… some Anti-items are FAR worse than others, and depending on what you’re trying to do, may make your run a nightmare. See below for some of them:

• The Raven – Picking Up Weapons Does +2 DMG To You
• Heartbreak – You Take Double DMG
• Half Eaten Donut – Ammo Pickups Half Amount
• Squirrels Tooth – Killing Critters Deals +1 DMG To You
• Cursed Medallion – Ammo Pickups Deal .5 DMG
• A Piece of Paper – You Feel Like Paying A Coin Too Little Or Too Much.
• The Undead Pizza Slice – Lose 1 MAX HEALTH when picking up HEALTH.
• The Parcel – Creates a deadly laser flurry when AMMO, COIN, or HEALTH are dropped.
• The Strong Spirit – Reloading uses more ammo
• The Banner of Heart – Enemies have +1 health

Active/Re-Usable Items

Some items you’ll find are “Active” items (i.e. you have to activate them by hitting the “Q” key). I’ve had 4 at a time (so far), and you can just hit “tab” to cycle between them.

Here are a few:

• Holographic Projector – Call In Planetary Backup. Drops 3 player clones around your character that don’t move. Lasts maybe 3-5 seconds.
• Throwing Knives – Throws knives (duh)
• Knights Shield – Reflects Projectiles For A Short Time
• The Undead Javelin – Throw a javelin (pretty strong forward attack with quick reload)
• Plasma Grenade – Throws a single purple grenade. Decent explosion
• Bomb – Throws 3 bundles of dynamite.