The Spirit Ship, through the use of its drone called the Spirit is able to deliver damage to any area in the level without limit. It can be used to deal supporting damage to creeper or to damage and cut digitalis paths.
Before the Spirit Ship can be used, the player must designate a path for the Spirit drone to travel along and deal damage in. To do this, hold the Use key (default: E) while the Spirit ship is selected, then using the mouse cursor, hold left click to drag a path. You can repeat this action to erase the previous path and draw another path.
The Spirit drone will launch as soon as the Spirit Ship's ammunition storage reaches maximum, and will automatically return to the ship when the Spirit's ammunition storage is depleted.
You can change the behavior of the Spirit drone using the UI panel in top left while the Spirit Ship is selected.
The BOMB setting has two modes:
The LAUNCH setting can be used to determine whether or not the Spirit drone should launch automatically when the ship's ammunition is full (AUTO), or if the drone is to be released manually by the player (MANUAL).
The RECALL button will force a currently deployed Spirit drone to go back to the ship.
The LAUNCH button will manually launch the drone, but only if the ship's ammunition is filled.
The small Cancel button in the bottom right will clear the currently drawn path, also forcing the Spirit ship to return if it is deployed.
The Spirit Ship is an excellent supporting ship that can deal damage to the creeper from anywhere, and also fills a major supporting role in cutting off digitalis routes, if digitalis is present.
Help Tab transcript
Help Tab transcript
Spirit Ships launch Spirits. These are trans-dimensional ships capable of direct flight through terrain. Select a Spirit Ship, then while holding the “Use” key, click and draw a path for Spirits to follow.
Story Unlock
Story Unlock
You unlock your one and only Spirit ship by collecting the tech module on Arcturus: Enigma (mission 12).
Unit JSON
Unit JSON
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Ships | Apex Ship • Coilship • Cryon • Defender • Digger • Duster • Frigate • Gunship • Maker • Part Ship • Spirit Ship |
Other Player Units | CBomb • Dark Echo • Darkling • Nullifier • Ore Miner • Portal • Reactor |
Parts | Excavation Lathe • Kelvin Freeze Cannon • Mark 1 Cannon • Mercury Rocket Launcher • Sentinel Cannon |
Enemies | Bot • Digimaker • Emitter • Fixed Emitter • Part Emitter • Phantom Emitter • Rift Inhibitor • Spawner • Thrower |
Map Elements | AC Ore Emitter • B.O.B. • Hibernation Pod • IXE Core • Info Cache • Tech Module • T.O.M. • Upgrade Gem |