Gold-Plated Cables

Gold-Plated Cables

UncommonDefect

Your rightmost Orb triggers its passive an additional time.

Your orb at the front of the queue, the one that would be Evoked next, has its passive trigger count raised by 1. Lightning zaps twice, Frost blocks twice, Dark grows twice, Plasma pays 2 energy. It applies to every passive trigger of that orb, including ones from Loop. Uncommon Defect relic, 225 Gold, Laser Beams epoch.

Rarity

Uncommon

Character

Defect

Shop price

225 gold

Unlock

Laser BeamsKill 15 Bosses with the Defect

When to take Gold-Plated Cables

Take it when you plan to keep orbs parked rather than evoke every turn: a single Lightning or Frost orb up front doubles its output. Weak in an evoke-spam deck.

Cards that synergize with Gold-Plated Cables

At the start of your turn, trigger the passive ability of your rightmost Orb.

Loop triggers the same orb again, doubled.At the start of your turn, trigger the passive ability of your rightmost Orb.

Defragment and Biased Cognition raise each trigger's value.Gain 1 Focus.

Biased Cognition

Gain 4 Focus.
At the start of your turn, lose 1 Focus.

Defragment and Biased Cognition raise each trigger's value.Gain 4 Focus.
At the start of your turn, lose 1 Focus.

Channel 1 Plasma.
Exhaust.

Fusion up front pays 2 energy a turn.Channel 1 Plasma.
Exhaust.

Relics that synergize with Gold-Plated Cables

Infused Core adds 1 damage to each Lightning hit.At the start of each combat, Channel 3 Lightning. Lightning deals 1 additional damage.

Emotion Chip triggers all orbs again.If you lost HP during the previous turn, trigger the passive ability of all Orbs at the start of your turn.

Changes by version

19 Feb 2026ArtInternal playtest
Added assets

Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.

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