30XX:Market Fluctuations

Market Fluctuations
All nut pickups are worth 5, but taking damage costs half your nuts.
Statistics
Type	Prototype
Appears on the right side of Very Safe Labs.
Appears once per run.

Market Fluctuations is a Prototype Augment. When obtained, any nut pickup the player obtains will grant them 5 nuts, instead of their usual value. However, taking damage from most sources will cause the player to lose half of their current nut total, rounded down to a minimum of 0. If multiple copies of this prototype are acquired, the effects will not stack, and if any copy was acquired with Prototype Resonator, the effects of that copy will take priority.

With Prototype Resonator, all nut pickups are worth 7 instead of 5, including large nuts.

Collecting System Restore will prevent the player from losing nuts when they take damage.

Interactions and Synergies

• Damage from Burn for Glory, Gears of Industry, Wincing Clover, and red vending machines will not cause the player to lose nuts.
• If incoming damage is negated due to the effects of items such as Brittle Guard, the player will not lose any nuts.
• The increase in nut value from Gears of Industry does not stack with Market Fluctuations.
• Having this prototype will change the effect of Blue Streak, dropping large nut pickups instead of small nut pickups upon taking damage, with the total value of the nuts dropped now also being rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5, to a minimum of 0.
• The negative effect of Market Fluctuations is overwritten by Blue Streak. Its money-dropping effect takes priority, allowing the player to pick up the nuts that would otherwise be permanently lost.
• When appearing as an offer from shops and the Smuggler due to the effects of Madness Fountain, this prototype costs 2 nuts and 1 Scrapbit respectively.

History

• Release 1.00.19: With Prototype Resonator, now also increases the value of large nuts to 7.
• Early Access 0.57.0: Acquiring this prototype with Prototype Resonator will increase the value of small nuts to 7 instead of 5 rather than reducing the amount of nuts lost on hit from 50% to 40%.
• Early Access 0.37.0: Released.