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Unlocked through an assignment
Requires Driller Level 21
Purchased for:
8200 Credits
Jadiz 35 Jadiz
Magnite 65 Magnite
Umanite 100 Umanite
Initial Stats
Damage 7
Magazine Size 300
Rate of Fire
(per second)
7
Cooling Rate
(per second)
100%
Shot Width 60cm
Heat Generation 100%
Overheat Duration 2s


An ingenious mix of lab equipment and kitchen utensil, the Wave Cooker does exactly what its name implies: Point it at something organic, and watch it cook from the inside out until it bursts in a gout of viscous fluids. Recipe book not included.
— Weapon Description


The Colette Wave Cooker is an unlockable secondary weapon for the Driller. It is a hand-held microwave emitter composed of various metal parts and a series of electrical inductors. An arm brace secures the grip in the back with the trigger wired directly to the microwave generator. A single amplifying lens is positioned at the front, directing deadly microwave energy towards anything the weapon is aimed at.

The Wave Cooker, similar to Gunner's "Lead Storm" Powered Minigun and Driller's, feeds from a single ammo pool and has an overheating mechanic. This means that heat will be produced for as long as the trigger is held down, which is measured on the weapon's digital display. After firing for an extended period of time and completely filling the heat meter, the Wave Cooker will jam, rendering the weapon inoperable for five seconds.

When using the Wave Cooker, a cylindrical beam area-of-effect is generated and inflicts continuous damage onto any unobstructed target that is within its path from the player's direction. The invisible beam fires in a helical pattern in 24 distinct angles, with VFX only appearing from its point of impact and also has an effective infinite range. The weapon's crosshair attempts to depict the width of the beam based on the distance between the weapon and its impact point, however after a certain amount of distance, the width of the beam appears much smaller than the crosshair due to the perspective of a cylindrical projection with a static diameter. Due to the shape of the projectile, the affected area extremely close to the player and extremely far away does not line up with the crosshair on-screen.

Enemies damaged and killed by the Wave Cooker produces a bubbling visual effect.

Modifications[]

There are five tiers of modifications and each tier has two to three upgrades. Only one modification can be equipped per tier.

Colette Wave Cooker Modifications
Mod Effect In Game Description Price
Tier 1
Convex Lens
+2 Damage "A convex lens that focuses the microwaves and increase their damage output"
1000 Credits
Magnite 20 Magnite

Magnetron Tube
+100 Magazine Size "Adding a powerful magnetron tube and a new capacitor increases the total ammo"
1000 Credits
Umanite 20 Umanite

Concave Lens
+180cm shot width "A concave lens that curves the microwaves outward and increases their impact radius"
1000 Credits
Enor Pearl 20 Enor Pearl
Tier 2

Level 6


Heat Sink
-20% heat generation "Jamming a heat pipe into the magnetron seemed unsafe and irresponsible initially, but it really helped reduce heat build up! "
1800 Credits
Croppa 12 Croppa
Umanite 18 Umanite

Larger Power Supply
+2 Rate of Fire "By simply exchanging your power supply to a bigger model your rate of fire is increased"
1800 Credits
Jadiz 12 Jadiz
Enor Pearl 18 Enor Pearl

Thermoelectric Cooler
+50% Cooling Rate, -0.5s Overheat Duration "R&D fitted your weapon with a thermoeletric cooler, increasing its ability to cool down faster"
1800 Credits
Umanite 18 Umanite
Bismor 12 Bismor
Tier 3

Level 10


Densification ray
+Densification ray "Tweaking the transmitter wavelenght causes microwaves to densify organic matter temporarily, making harder for targets to move"
2200 Credits
Magnite 20 Magnite
Umanite 30 Umanite

Temperature Amplifier
+Temperature Amplifier "A new hybrid circuit makes microwaves compensate for sudden changes in temperature, causing them to heat or cool burning or frozen targets further and radiate their temperature to surrounding enemies "
2200 Credits
Umanite 20 Umanite
Enor Pearl 30 Enor Pearl
Tier 4

Level 14


Wide Lens Add-on
+Wide Lens Add-on "Push reload to activate the Wide Lens Add-on which curves the microwaves further, but the power required to use it takes a toll on the cooler, increasing heat per shot. Push reload to deactivate it. "
3800 Credits
Umanite 15 Umanite
Enor Pearl 25 Enor Pearl
Bismor 36 Bismor

Power Supply Overdrive
+Power Supply Overdrive "Push reload to put the power supply into overdrive, significantly increasing rate of fire. To compensate for the power flow the waves are focused inward at the cost of AoE radius. Push reload to deactivate it. "
3800 Credits
Croppa 15 Croppa
Umanite 36 Umanite
Enor Pearl 25 Enor Pearl
Tier 5

Level 18


Contagion Transmitter
+30% damage bonus against poisoned and corroded targets
+Contagion Transmitter
"A transmitter that enables rays to destroy poisoned and corroded cells in hit targets, increasing damage output with a chance to spread a poisonous vapor to nearby enemies. "
4400 Credits
Magnite 60 Magnite
Umanite 110 Umanite
Bismor 40 Bismor

Boiler Ray
+Boiler Ray "Exposure to the microwaves cause the liquids within biological targets to expand, giving them a chance to explode. "
4400 Credits
Umanite 60 Umanite
Enor Pearl 110 Enor Pearl
Bismor 40 Bismor

Exothermic Reactor
+25% Temperature Shock Chance
+Exothermic Reactor
"R&D has plugged in a temperature scrambler that makes the microwaves cause quick shifts in temperatures of burning or freezing targets, triggering a temperature shock that spreads a mist of extreme heat or cold. "
4400 Credits
Magnite 40 Magnite
Umanite 110 Umanite
Enor Pearl 60 Enor Pearl

Overclocks[]

Overclock calculations happen after modifiers.

Colette Wave Cooker [Expand/Collapse]
Overclock Effect In Game Description Price
Liquid Cooling System

-10% Heat Generation
+17% Cooling Rate
-0.2s Overheat Duration

"Extremely efficient cooling system that helps the weapon generate slightly less heat, makes it cool faster and will spend less time jammed."
7400 Credits
Jadiz 65 Jadiz
Umanite 95 Umanite
Bismor 125 Bismor
Super Focus Lens

1.5x Damage to targets within 4 meters

"A lens add-on that focuses the microwaves significantly, enhancing their damage output for up to 4 meters."
7550 Credits
Croppa 80 Croppa
Jadiz 105 Jadiz
Bismor 130 Bismor
Diffusion Ray

+3 Penetrations on each enemy
0.2x Movespeed on hit
-1 Damage

"With some mechanical stress to the heat generator the microwaves can penetrate deeper, being able to go through several enemies at once and slows them down. However the stress takes its toll on the generator and decreases its damage output slightly"
8300 Credits
Croppa 105 Croppa
Magnite 130 Magnite
Umanite 65 Umanite
Mega Power Supply

+100 Magazine Size
+3 Rate of Fire
-50% Cooling Rate
+1s Overheat Duration

"A bit on the larger side, but with a few modications to the weapon you can now use the most powerful power source R&D could smuggle back from the black market. The extra energy boosts rate of fire and total ammo at the cost of a lower cooldown and longer unjam duration."
8100 Credits
Croppa 95 Croppa
Magnite 65 Magnite
Umanite 140 Umanite
Blistering Necrosis

10% Chance to spawn blisters on hit
1.25x Weapon Heat generation
0.75x Cooling Rate

"Adding an experimental electron tube makes the microwaves generate more heat, boiling the skin of enemies in the shape of large blisters. The blisters bypass armor, enhances incoming direct damage and hurts the target when popped. The large amounts of heat generated comes at the price of a lower cooldown rate."
7850 Credits
Croppa 130 Croppa
Magnite 100 Magnite
Bismor 70 Bismor
Alpha Particle Contamination

+3 Damage
+5 Alpha particles fired per second
-Projectiles travel slowly
15% chance per shot to decrease your maximum ammo supply for the remainder of the mission

"Installing a lens of plutonium glass has more unexpected effects compared to the uranium sister. As you fire the weapon, the glass will slowly shatter, launching larger-than-gamma alpha particles. These particles have physical impacts that deal significant damage, though the lens assembly will gradually wear down over time."
8750 Credits
Magnite 70 Magnite
Enor Pearl 100 Enor Pearl
Bismor 120 Bismor
Gamma Particle Contamination

30% Chance to irradiate an enemy on hit
-1 Beam Damage
-50 Magazine Size
-50 Shot Width

"Installing a lens of uranium glass cranks the radioactivity of your microwaves to 11, while being safer than plutonium glass. Hit targets have a chance to be contaminated with radiation, suffering damage and emitting harmful radioactive waves to nearby enemies. The small size of the lens reduces microwave impact radius and damage, while the amount of power required reduces total ammo."
8350 Credits
Magnite 80 Magnite
Enor Pearl 130 Enor Pearl
Bismor 100 Bismor


Stats Breakdown[]

Understanding the Weapon[]

Unique Modifications[]

Unique Modifications

Temperature Amplifier
Temperature Amplifier is a modification that adds Heat or Cold area damage to the Colette Wave Cooker whenever it is striking a creature that is either On Fire or Frozen. If the target is on fire then the mod will add Heat damage in an AoE, and if the target is frozen then the mod will add Cold damage in an AoE. The area is centered where the Colette Wave Cooker strikes, not on the creature's center of mass, so it will spread temperature faster to enemies closer to where the weapon is pointing.

Area Damage

  • Damage: 3.5 Heat or Cold
  • Damage Radius: 2.5m
  • Max Damage Radius: 1.5m
  • Minimum Damage: 25%

Wide Lens Add-On
Wide Lens Add-On is a modification that when active increases the Colette Wave Cooker's shot width. It can be activated/deactivated by pressing the reload key (default [R]).
  • 1.25x Shot Width
  • +1.1 Weapon Heat Per Second

Power Supply Overdrive
Power Supply Overdrive is a modification that when active increases the Colette Wave Cooker's rate of fire. It can be activated/deactivated by pressing the reload key (default [R]).
  • +2.5 Rate of Fire
  • 0.1x Shot Width
  • +0.4 Weapon Heat Per Second

Boiler Ray
Boiler Ray is a modification that gives the Colette Wave Cooker a 50% chance of triggering an explosion at the point where the weapon last hit a creature when that creature is killed.


The explosion is not a death effect; it is an effect native to the weapon, so the effect will not be disabled by the Frozen status.

Explosion Statistics:

  • Damage: 100 Explosive
  • Damage Radius: 2.5m
  • Max Damage Radius: 1.5m
  • Area Damage Behavior: Radial

Exothermic Reactor
Exothermic Reactor is a modification that gives the Colette Wave Cooker a 25% chance to afflict Temperature Shock on a creature afflicted with either On Fire or Frozen. The creature will take 200 Disintegrate damage and immediately drop to its dousing or unfreeze temperature and spread either Heat or Cold to nearby creatures. This spreading effect will not affect the original creature.

Temperature Spread from On Fire:

  • Damage: 25 Heat
  • Radius: 2m

Temperature Spread from Frozen:


Contagion Transmitter
While a creature is afflicted with Neurotoxin, Corrosion, or is currently in contact with a Goo Puddle any damage dealt by the Colette Wave Cooker's beam has a 10% chance of afflicting the creature and nearby creatures with Contagion Transmitter's Neurotoxin. If a creature is afflicted with Contagion Transmitter's Neurotoxin and another source of Neurotoxin, it will not display both status icons. but the effects will work normally.

This modification also provides a 1.3x damage multiplier for the Wave Cooker's direct damage to creatures standing on a Goo Puddle, or afflicted with Neurotoxin from either the Neurotoxin Canister or the Gunner weapons. (the bonus will not apply if the creature is only afflicted with the Corrosion DoT, or the Contagion Transmitter's neurotoxin).

Contagion Transmitter's Neurotoxin:

  • Damage: 12 Poison
  • Interval: 0.75 - 1.25s
  • Duration: 10s

Unique Overclocks[]

Unique Overclocks

Gamma Contamination

Gamma Contamination gives the Colette Wave Cooker a 25% chance to apply a Radiation DoT to any enemy that is struck directly by the weapon. The radiation DoT is split into two different effects. The first is a direct DoT applied to the irradiated enemy, and the second is a radioactive field that surrounds the irradiated enemy. The irradiated enemy is not damaged by the radioactive field, but can be damaged by the radioactive fields of other nearby irradiated enemies. If more than one radioactive field is in contact with an enemy, the fields' damage does not stack.

Radiation DoT:

  • Damage: 5 Radiation
  • Tick Rate: 0.2-0.25s
  • Duration: 7s

Radioactive Field:

  • Damage: 3 Radiation
  • Tick Rate: 0.2-0.25s
  • Radius: 2.0m (visual field will vary by bug size)
  • Duration: 7s

Blistering Necrosis

Every time the Colette Wave Cooker deals damage directly to a creature, there is a 10% chance of creating a Blister on the body part that was damaged.

Blister properties:
- When damaged, they will transfer any damage received to the creature they are attached to, acting as a weakpoint.
- They can not inherit or gain any Status Effects.
- They have their own hitbox that is separate from the creature it is attached to, allowing some weapons to hit an afflicted creature multiple times. Creatures may also inflict self damage from their projectiles, depending on where the blister is attached.
- When its hit points reach 0, it deals a burst of damage in a very small AoE centered on its location. Popping a blister will also activate the on-kill effects of relevant modifications and overclocks.

Blister Stats:

  • Health: 50 (no scaling)
  • Weakpoint Multiplier: 1.5x (unless attached to a larger weakpoint)

Damage Transfer Properties:

Blister Pop Damage:

  • Damage: 80 Poison
  • Damage Radius: 0.1m
  • Max Damage Radius: 0.1m

Trivia[]

  • The Collete Wave cooker and the engineer’s Shard Diffractor both are really good anti boss weapons, because they both do damage through dreadnought’s armor / armour even though it won’t break or damage it.
  • This weapon’s name may be a reference to Colette Tatou, a cook from the 2007 Pixar movie Ratatouille.
  • The Collete Wave cooker is heavily implied to be constructed from a microwave oven. A microwave oven is a kitchen applicance commonly used to heat food via electromagnetic radiation at a frequency tuned to cause water molecules to vibrate intensely.
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