Power-ups and cannons

Three power-ups float through space in PewPewPew: Double Shot, Health and Shield. Grab them by flying through them. Here is what each one does and how to get more of them.

The three power-ups

Double Shot

Works the moment you pick it up: your cannon goes up one level, from single to double to triple. It lasts until you are shot down. Once you have the triple cannon, more Double Shots do nothing.

Health

Goes into your power-up slot. Use it to fill your life bar to full at once.

Shield

Goes into your power-up slot. Use it for a few seconds where no bolt and no rock can hurt you. Using a second one while the first is still up does not add time.

Your power-up slot

• The slot holds one power-up, Health or Shield. Picking up the other one swaps it in.
• Use it with E, Ctrl or Shift on a keyboard, or the USE button on a phone, which shows HEAL or SHIELD so you know what you carry.
• The slot is empty again in every new life, so use what you hold before a fight goes wrong.

Where power-ups come from

• Rocks break into smaller rocks when you shoot them. Shoot one of the smallest rocks apart and it may drop a power-up.
• A dropped power-up flies off with the rock's motion and slows down until it stops, so chase it before someone else does.
• In a room without rocks, power-ups appear on their own every few seconds instead.
• Each power-up is equally likely to be any of the three. Too many on the map at once and the oldest one fades away.
• When you set up a room of your own you choose how often they come: Off, Rare, Normal or Lots. See play with friends.

Single, double and triple cannon

A bigger cannon also hits a wider area, so near misses become hits. Life grows back between hits, so in a long chase it can take one more. Every ship starts with the room's start cannon: single in quick play, and your pick in a room of your own.

Shields you did not pick up

• Every new life starts with a short shield, so you are never shot down the moment you appear.
• Rocks do not hurt you while any shield is up, either.