Dead Cells | Guide to All Skills and Spells

Dead Cells is a roguelike-Metroidvania hybrid developed by Motion Twin. Like any good roguelike game there are a bunch of different skills to unlock that make each playthrough feel different.

We wrote a guide below with all Dead Cells skills and spells currently in the game, what they do, how much damage they inflict, and where to get them.

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• Dead Cells | Guide to All Weapons

Skills

Bear Trap

• Description: Launches 2 traps which immobilize enemies for 6.5 seconds. Increases all damage taken by trapped enemies by 35%.
• Blueprint: Default.
• Damage: N/A
• Cooldown: 7 seconds

Biter Swarm

• Description: Summons a swarm of small biting creatures to attack for you.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Ugly Worms.
• Damage: N/A
• Cooldown: 7 seconds

Ceiling Turret

• Description: Fires rapidly on enemies passing below inflicting. You need to be close by for this to work.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Thornies.
• Damage: 52
• Cooldown: 5 seconds

Cluster Bomb

• Description: Explodes into 6 mini bombs inflicting damage.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Slashers.
• Damage: 42
• Cooldown: 4 seconds

Corrupted Power

• Description: You deal +70% damage for 8 seconds.You also take +30% extra damage during this period.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Defender.
• Damage: 60
• Cooldown: 15 seconds

Crusher

• Description: Violently crushes enemies in its area of effect.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Spinners.
• Damage: 200
• Cooldown: 7 seconds

Death Orb

• Description: Summons a slow moving but devastating orb of energy.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Meat Grinder.
• Damage: 100
• Cooldown: 9 seconds

Fire Grenade

• Description: Inflicts damage and burns nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Grenadiers.
• Damage: 12
• Cooldown: 8 seconds

Flamethrower Turret

• Description: Burns nearby enemies for 2 seconds.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Shocker.
• Damage: 10
• Cooldown: 6 seconds

Flashbang

• Description: Inflicts damage and stuns nearby enemies for 2 seconds.
• Blueprint: Default.
• Damage: 20
• Cooldown: 9 seconds

Grappling Hook

• Description: Pulls an enemy to you. Your next melee attacks on the victim deal 60% extra damage. “Yes, just like Scorpion…”
• Blueprint: Dropped by Catcher.
• Damage: N/A
• Cooldown: 3 seconds

Grenade

• Description: Explodes, inflicting damage.
• Blueprint: Default.
• Damage: 80
• Cooldown: 2.8 seconds

Heavy Turret

• Description: Fires on all nearby enemies and inflicts damage. Your own damage is increased by 15% if you are close to the turret.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Slashers.
• Damage: 60
• Cooldown: 5 seconds

Horizontal Turret

• Description: Rapid fires on nearby enemies, inflicting damage.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Zombies.
• Damage: 40
• Cooldown: 5 seconds

Ice Grenade

• Description: Explodes freezing nearby enemies and inflicting damage.
• Blueprint: Default.
• Damage: 35
• Cooldown: 9 seconds

Ivy Grenade

• Description: Immobilizes all nearby enemies for 3 seconds and inflicts damage while they are trapped.
• Blueprint: Located behind Timed Door in Collector’s Room.
• Damage: 30
• Cooldown: 8 seconds

Knife Storm

• Description: Launches a storm of knives around you which cause bleed damage for 4 seconds.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Bats.
• Damage: 40
• Cooldown: 8 seconds

Lure

• Description: You disappear for 6 seconds and leave a lure in your place which attracts all nearby enemies.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Defenders.
• Damage: N/A
• Cooldown: 10 seconds

Magnetic Grenade

• Description: Attracts anything close to it and deals damage.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Grenadiers.
• Damage: 12
• Cooldown: 8 seconds

Meat Grinder

• Description: Inflicts damage and bleeding to enemies walking on it.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Phazers.
• Damage: 35
• Cooldown: 5 seconds

Oil Grenade

• Description: Inflicts damage and covers nearby enemies with flammable oil.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Running Zombies.
• Damage: 20
• Cooldown: 4 secons

Phaser

• Description: You teleport behind an enemy. The damage of your next melee attack is increased by 150%.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Phazers.
• Damage: N/A
• Cooldown: 1.8 seconds

Tonic

• Description: Heals HP and completely protects you for 10 seconds. Single use.
• Blueprint: Dropped by The Watcher.
• Damage: N/A
• Cooldown: N/A

Toxic Cloud

• Description: Releases a toxic cloud of poison which inflicts damage for 4 seconds.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Host Zombies.
• Damage: 15
• Cooldown: 10 seconds

Vampirism

• Description: You recover HP per melee hit that you deal for 10 seconds. You also take +75% extra damage during this period.
• Blueprint: Dropped by Inquisitors.
• Damage: N/A
• Cooldown: 25 seconds

Spells

Fire Torrent

• Description: “Rare, medium or well-done?”
• Blueprint: Dropped by Fogger.
• Damage: 112

Frost Blast

• Description: Freezes enemies hit by the blast.
• Blueprint: Starter Spell.
• Damage: N/A

Lightning Bolt

• Description: Continuously casting deals critical hits. But be wary of too much power… “Join the dark side.”
• Blueprint: Dropped by Inquisitors.
• Damage: 108