Destroy the Sun Comet Catcher: Unlock Cost and Mechanics

The Comet Catcher is an end-tier weapon in Destroy the Sun on Roblox, purchased for $38,000 cash at the RV upgrade computer to capture celestial comets and launch them into the sun for massive burst cooling. It serves as the primary burst option in the game, dealing thousands of degrees Celsius in reduction per launch while wiping out waves of defensive sun creatures with heavy area splash damage.

How Do You Unlock the Comet Catcher?

The Comet Catcher is unlocked directly through the computer terminal inside the parked RV after you earn cash totaling $38,000 during your run. In the standard weapon progression, players begin chucking ice cubes, buy the ice cannon for $225, and can upgrade into the cryo ray for $16,000 or $16,500 before reaching the comet launcher. Purchasing the tool immediately unlocks the Roblox badge Heavy Lifting.

The weapon can be purchased on both available maps, beach and exoplanet, provided players save sufficient cash between survival waves. The RV door locks whenever the sun triggers a defensive event, meaning purchases must take place between waves before new entities swarm the arena.

How Does the Comet Catcher Work in Battle?

The Comet Catcher is a heavy launcher that pulls floating meteors from the sky into your control so you can hurl them into targets. Players hold the fire button while aiming at a nearby orbiting celestial body to lock onto it and tractor it in. Releasing or aiming towards the sun launches the comet across the arena, producing an explosion upon impact.

Each projectile requires ice ammo from your backpack reserves to initiate the capture. Connecting directly with the central bullseye of a weak point on the sun produces high burst values, ranging from 1,000°C to over 3,500°C depending on your active stats and perk multipliers. While rapid-fire weapons slowly chip away at the sun's baseline temperature, a clean comet strike removes chunks of 1% to 2% of the star's overall mass in a single detonation.

Holding down your aim locks the projectile to your reticle, allowing you to reposition before letting go. If you do not have enough ice in your pack, the tractor beam will fail to grip approaching meteors, requiring a quick retreat to the freezer machine or the activation of your instant refill skill.

What Are the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Comet Catcher?

The Comet Catcher offers massive burst cooling and sweeping mob clearing, but its heavy ice consumption and charge speed require careful timing compared to continuous beam weapons.

During solar instability events, the sun deploys shields and spawns hostile minions such as Solar Ghouls, Solar Eyes, and Leeching Wisps. The Comet Catcher excels at crowd control because its celestial blasts eliminate standard grunts in one shot through splash impact. Larger targets like the Solar Brute and Pumpkin Reaper absorb significant damage, though multiple hits or follow-up spray from rapid weapons are required to take them down completely.

Which Upgrades and Perks Optimize the Comet Catcher?

Stat upgrades purchased at the terminal maximize the weapon's effectiveness by speeding up handling and boosting burst damage:

1. Backpack Capacity: Max out your ice reserves to over 200 units so you can grab consecutive comets without dry-firing.
2. Cooling Power: Invest in cooling power upgrades to scale the flat Celsius reduction dealt by each detonated comet.
3. Attack Speed: Higher attack speed rates quicken the capture animation, letting you sling meteors into the sky faster.
4. Active Abilities: Trigger Critical Rush before launching a comet to cover the sun in purple super weak points, multiplying the explosion value when striking the center.
5. Passive Perks: Select Critical Mass and Homesick when clearing instability rounds to earn extra cooling multipliers when firing from outside the RV boundary.

Players attempting speedruns on the official Roblox game page or working toward the Underpowered badge can evaluate their strategy based on these timing requirements, as defeating the sun without anyone on the team purchasing the Comet Catcher unlocks that specific badge challenge.

Sources: 🎃 Destroy the Sun: official Roblox data

Sources: 🎃 Destroy the Sun: official Roblox data

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Official details in this guide follow Destroy the Sun on Roblox, which describes the game in its own words.

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