Annihilated Weapons and Items Guide
Every weapon and item shown in Annihilated so far, what their traits mean, and how to decide which cards to break, keep or steal.
Quick answer: Annihilated has 100+ weapons and items, each becoming a card with limited uses. Traits matter more than raw damage: "Cannot seize weapons" blocks Fatal Strike loot, destruction effects fire when the weapon breaks, and the final use is always the strongest.
The demo shows enough of the item pool to teach the vocabulary. The full game adds 100+ entries, but the decision pattern is already visible in eight cards. This guide covers what is confirmed, what the traits mean, and how to judge a new card when you meet it.
What weapons appear in the demo?
| Card | Uses | Damage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Sword | 2 | 22 | Starter blade, straightforward break |
| Ice Rod | 2 | 3 damage plus 15 heal | Cannot seize weapons, cannot crit |
| Magic Sword of Destruction | 4 | 30 | Cursor speeds up below 14 STR; destruction effect doubles |
| Soldier's Sword | 8 | 8 | Cannot seize weapons, cannot crit |
| Stiletto | Not shown | Low | Utility blade, likely for precise or quick hits |
| Hook Rope | Not shown | None | Utility item, not a damage card |
| Potion | Not shown | 0 | Healing consumable |
| Vampire Fang | Not shown | Low | Life-steal style weapon |
The exact numbers for Stiletto, Hook Rope and Vampire Fang are not exposed in the demo screenshots, so treat their descriptions as role guidance rather than stats.
What do the card traits mean?
Three trait families are confirmed:
Remaining Uses. The card can be played that many times. When the counter reaches zero, the weapon breaks and disappears. The break is the point: it triggers destruction effects and leaves a Curse.
Cannot seize weapons. The card can still kill a broken enemy, but the Fatal Strike will not steal equipment. Ice Rod and Soldier's Sword have this trait. On a boss, that is a real cost: you spend the finisher and get no loot.
Cannot crit. The card's damage is flat. This matters more in timing mode, where crits are part of the input payoff, and less in probability mode.
Magic Sword of Destruction adds a conditional modifier: when STR is below 14, cursor speed increases. That is a timing-style trait disguised as a stat check. If your STR is high, the card is a clean 30-damage finisher; if it is low, the input gets harder but the payoff does not change.
Which weapons should you break first?
Break the weapons whose value is concentrated in the final use. Keep the ones whose value is in repetition.
- Break first: Iron Sword, Magic Sword of Destruction, anything with a destruction effect or a seize trait.
- Keep longer: Potion, Hook Rope, Ice Rod if you need the heal, Soldier's Sword if you need eight cheap swings.
- Steal target: anything the enemy carries that fills a hole in your deck.
A two-use Iron Sword is a tutorial weapon. Its job is to teach that a weapon is a countdown. Once you have a stolen replacement, breaking it is free value.
Is Ice Rod a weapon or a heal?
Both. It deals 3 damage and heals 15, with two uses and no seize or crit. That makes it a sustain card that happens to attack, not a damage card that happens to heal.
In a first run, Ice Rod is worth keeping until the Priest is active or until Potions run low. It will not carry a boss, but it smooths the floors between bosses. Do not use its final charge as a finisher; it cannot seize, so the break is wasted on a boss.
How does stealing change the item pool?
Stolen equipment is how the pool grows during a run. A successful Fatal Strike takes the enemy's weapon, which means the deck's quality is tied to how many breaks you convert into executions.
That creates a priority order for encounters:
- Elites and bosses are worth a full stagger setup because their gear is the reward.
- Regular enemies are worth a quick kill, not a finisher.
- Enemies carrying a weapon type you lack are worth more than their health bar suggests.
If you finish a floor with the same weapons you entered with, you probably killed too cleanly. The economy wants a break per floor.
How should you judge a new weapon?
Ask four questions in order:
- Can it seize? If no, it is a damage or utility card, not a finisher.
- How many uses? More uses means a longer fuse and a later payoff.
- What happens on break? A destruction effect changes the card's role entirely.
- Does it check a stat? STR checks and similar modifiers make the card style-dependent.
Damage is the last question. A 20-damage card with a break effect that clears a wave is worth more than a 30-damage card with no trait.
The card's most important sentence is what happens when it shatters. That sentence decides whether the weapon is a finisher, a utility tool or a trap.
Official source: Annihilated on Steam ↗
What about the 100+ items claim?
The store says 100+ weapons and items. That is a pool size, not a checklist, and the full game is where most of it lives. Do not expect the demo's eight cards to represent the late-game options; expect them to represent the grammar.
The grammar is: uses, traits, break effect, stat check. Every new card is a variation on those four levers. Once you can read them, a 100-item pool is not overwhelming; it is a set of recognizable packages.
Pair this list with the Fatal Strike guide→ for break timing and the combat guide→ for turn order.
FAQ
Do weapons repair?
No repair system is mentioned. Weapons have limited uses and break permanently, which is why the break economy is central.
Can you carry unlimited items?
The store does not specify a slot limit. The demo shows a hand of cards rather than a full inventory screen, so expect a deck-size constraint rather than unlimited storage.
Are there armor or accessory slots?
Not confirmed. The confirmed equipment layer is weapons and items that become cards. Do not assume a traditional RPG paper-doll system.
Is the Vampire Fang a lifesteal weapon?
The name and the item's role in the card list suggest a life-steal style weapon, but the demo does not show its exact effect. Treat it as unconfirmed until the full game.