Ironwood

Ironwood recipe

WoodLevel 3+IronLevel 3

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Ironwood

How to get Ironwood

1. Open the DLC content

   Own and install Risen Ballbylon and complete the base game. Wood is a new DLC base ball. Iron is a base-game ball. Check DLC access →

2. Get both ingredients to level 3

   Obtain Wood and Iron when offered in your run. Choose each ball again in level-up upgrades until both are level 3. Merely holding both balls is not enough.

3. Select Ironwood at a Fusion Reactor

   Pick up a Fusion Reactor when one drops and choose the Ironwood Evolution. Look for the exact target name rather than trying to create a regular mixed fusion. The finished ball should be named Ironwood.

Plan from the balls you currently hold →

What Ironwood does

Damages nearby enemies. This area damage increases with each hit, up to a cap.

Use & limits

The area damage grows through hits, rather than starting at its maximum. Growth stops at the cap, and the damage remains a nearby-area effect.

When to choose it

Choose Ironwood when you want successive hits to build the ball’s local area damage. Compare Bullet’s opposite pattern: Bullet begins with a bonus that weakens as it hits enemies.

If the Evolution is missing

Check the exact ingredient pair and both current levels. A recipe sharing one ingredient is a different target: check that both selected names match Ironwood’s pair. If an ingredient has not appeared, it is still missing; no fixed drop time, minimum reactor count or guaranteed offer is implied.

If its effect looks different

If the area damage no longer increases after more hits, it may have reached its cap. A distant enemy also lies outside the nearby damage area.

Continue planning

• BulletForce + Iron · Pierces enemies. It starts with bonus damage that decreases after each enemy hit, down to a minimum.
• IvyWood + Poison · Applies ivy stacks that deal damage every second. At maximum stacks, it consumes all stacks to damage every nearby enemy.
• Risen Ballbylon recipesAll 20 pairs, held-ball filtering and prerequisite paths.
• New ball wikiCompare the new evolutions and four new base ingredients.