Nuclear Knife

Nuclear Knife (Glowing) is the near-detonation state of the Nuclear Knife, indicating it has accumulated dangerous charges and is close to exploding. The prompt to get a kill immediately is urgent — landing one halves the charge count and prevents the catastrophic self-destruct. Part of the Radioactive item set.

When Nuclear Knife is Glowing, it means charges have exceeded 10, triggering the explosion warning. At this point, the knife's damage is very high (equal to current charge count), but you are one more turn without a kill away from losing the weapon and dealing its charge damage to your own cat. The Glowing state is both the knife's most powerful phase and its most dangerous — use the high damage to guarantee the kill that resets it.

If the knife is Glowing at the start of a turn, prioritize the kill above all other actions. Target the weakest enemy on the field to guarantee the charge halving rather than risking a miss or insufficient damage on a stronger target. In emergencies, abilities that guarantee kills at low HP thresholds are perfect partners. The Glowing state is ultimately a feature of the weapon's design — surviving it repeatedly to complete the sidequest and earn the Nuclear Gun is the goal.