Gear
Dead Cells provides players with Gear in the form of:
- Weapons, which have limited but different movesets.
- Skills, which cause a variety of effects but must cool down between uses.
- And Amulets, passive items which grant powerful offensive or defensive benefits. They can also grant points to Brutality, Tactics or Survival.
Gear items are not automatically collected — they must be picked up with the Interact key/button. Unwanted gear can usually be converted into gold if the Recycle upgrade has been unlocked.
Most Gear appears with one or more Affixes, which add effects or situational benefits. Only non-starter, Level 1 Gear, and unique amulets lack affixes.
If you're looking for a missing item, but you have everything listed below, you might be missing the Merchandise Category upgrade from the Graveyard.
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Gear Level[edit | edit source]
Gear Level is the roman numeral next to an item's name and is the base Gear Power of the item. Each biome has a base Gear Level value, which is the minimum level an item can be on any given biome. A table can be found below with each biome's base Gear Level.
Biome | Gear Level |
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Prisoners' Quarters | 1 |
Promenade of the Condemned | 2 |
Toxic Sewers | 3 |
Dilapidated Arboretum | 2 |
Prison Depths | 3 |
Corrupted Prison | 3 |
Ramparts | 3 |
Ossuary | 3 |
Ancient Sewers | 4 |
Morass of the Banished | 3 |
Black Bridge | 4 |
Insufferable Crypt | 4 |
The Nest | 4 |
Stilt Village | 4 |
Slumbering Sanctuary | 4 |
Graveyard | 4 |
Clock Tower | 5 |
Forgotten Sepulcher | 5 |
Cavern | 7 |
Clock Room | 6 |
Guardian's Haven | 7 |
High Peak Castle | 6 |
Derelict Distillery | 6 |
Throne Room | - |
Astrolab | 7 |
Observatory | - |
The Gear Level of found items will increase based on the number of active Boss Stem Cells.
Boss Cells | Bonus |
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0 | - |
1 | - |
2 | - |
3 | +1 |
4 | +3 |
5 | +3 |
Additionally, the Gear Level of an item will also be affected by where it was found in the biome.
Location | Bonus |
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On the ground (including gold doors) | - |
Lore room[a] | - |
Choice altar | - |
Dropped from boss | - |
Dropped from normal enemy | - |
Regular chest | +1 |
Cursed chest | +1 |
Legendary altar | +1 |
Shop | +2 |
Challenge Rift chest | +2 |
Dropped from elite | +2 |
Gear Quality[edit | edit source]
The player can spend cells at The Blacksmith's Legendary Forge to permanently upgrade all the Gear Quality attribute of all weapons and skills across runs.
Gear Quality is the term used to refer to the "upgrade level" of an item. It is displayed as a +, ++, S, or L after the roman numerals (referred to as the Gear Level). Gear Quality gives the item the following attributes:
- Gear Quality of + adds +2 to Gear Power.
- Gear Quality of ++ adds +4 to Gear Power.
- Gear Quality of S adds +6 to Gear Power.
- Gear Quality of L adds +3 to Gear Power.[b]
- Makes the item colorless.
- Decreases cost of re-rolling affixes.
- Forces at least one starred affix.
- Allows equipping the same item twice.
Gear Power[edit | edit source]
Gear Power is the term used to refer to the "outputted level" of an item. This is a hidden value that represents the actual power of the item after taking into account its Gear Level and Gear Quality. Gear Power is calculated by taking the Gear Level of the item and adding the bonus from the Gear Quality. As an example a Heavy Crossbow IV++ has a Gear Level of 4 (as indicated by the roman numerals) and the Gear Quality of ++ adds a bonus +4 to Gear Power, resulting in a Gear Power of 8. This means the item will have a +129% damage boost, and three affix slots.
Gear Power influences the number of affix slots on the item, and the overall damage boost/reduction it receives. A table detailing the effects of Gear Power on weapons/skills can be found below:
Gear Power | Damage Boost | Damage Reduction | Affix Slots |
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1 | +0% | -0% | 0 |
2 | +4% | -0% | 1 |
3 | +33% | -1% | 1 |
4 | +62% | -2% | 1 |
5 | +66% | -2% | 2 |
6 | +95% | -3% | 2 |
7 | +125% | -4% | 2 |
8 | +129% | -4% | 3 |
9 | +158% | -5% | 3 |
10 | +187% | -6% | 3 |
11 | +191% | -6% | 4 |
12 | +220% | -7% | 4 |
13 | +250% | -8% | 4 |
14 | +254% | -8% | 5 |
15 | +283% | -9% | 5 |
16 | +312% | -10% | 5 |
17 | +316% | -10% | 6 |
18 | +345% | -11% | 6 |
19 | +375% | -12% | 6 |
Gear Power follows a pattern:
- The first bonus adds a +4% damage boost and an affix slot.
- The second bonus adds a +29% damage boost or -1% damage reduction.
- The third bonus adds a +29% damage boost or -1% damage reduction.
- Every sixth bonus adds a +30% damage boost instead.
- The cycle then repeats.
It should be noted that an item may have more affix slots than affixes available for that item. In that case, the item will just have empty slots that do not show up.
Gear Variants[edit | edit source]
Two variants of weapons and skills can be encountered: Colorless items and Legendary items.
Colorless Items[edit | edit source]
Colorless items, which are found in Cursed Chests, scale according to your highest stat. This means that if your highest stat at the time is Brutality, the colorless item is Brutality. If later on your highest stat is Tactics, your item will now scale with Tactics. For example, a Colorless Torch, which is a pure Brutality item, scales with Survival if you have higher Survival than Brutality. Colorless items are marked with a white color, rather than the colors of the base item's scaling stats.
Legendary Items[edit | edit source]
Legendaries are powerful variants of items, appearing as a random drop from enemies (1% and 6% for common mobs and Elites, respectively[c], and as rewards after beating a boss without getting hit, or from Legendary Altars.
Legendary altars have a base 2% chance of spawning per biome, increasing by 15% for each biome where an altar did not spawn, meaning that most successful runs can expect to run into at least one of them. These altars grant 66% damage reduction to nearby enemies (indicated by a shield icon above the enemy's head), and the item can only be retrieved from the shrine when all enemies with this icon have been defeated. Alternatively, moving enemies, if they get far enough away from the altar and provided that no other enemies get close to the altar, allows to retrieve the item on it.
Legendary items cannot be upgraded, but they have powerful advantages over normal items:
- Colorless — scales with your highest stat
- A specific affix (predetermined for each base item) with a 15% chance to be applied after all other affixes, ignoring the usual affix generation rules
- Cheap re-rolling cost
- Can be equipped alongside another weapon of the same type. One could, for example, carry two Powerful Grenades at once if one or both of them were legendary.
Legendary items are marked with a gold color, rather than the colors of the base item's scaling stats.
The item pool for Legendary items is not limited to unlocked items, but heavily skewed towards them. It therefore is possible, but not likely, to get any Legendary item other than the Symmetrical Lance on a fresh save. On saves with all items unlocked, the chances of a given item appearing seems to be equal. [1]
Gear Value[edit | edit source]
Every piece of gear has its own Gold value that is determined by a number of factors including gear level as well as each item's own specific base price. This value is used when buying items from shops as well as in determining the price for opening a gold door.
The equation for the value of a piece of gear is:
(Base price) × (100% + Quality Impact + Modifier Impact) + 100 × (Item level - 1)
- Quality Impact is a percentage that is different between gear qualities.
Quality Cost Impact Basic +0% + +30% ++ +60% S +90% L +30%
- Modifier Impact is the sum of all the Cost Impact values of each modifier on a piece of gear.
- Item level is the Roman Numeral next to the gear's name.
Recycling Prices[edit | edit source]
If the player has the upgrade Recycling I or Recycling II, they can recycle any gear or food on the ground, and can collect 7% (Recycling I) or 15% (Recycling II) of the total value of that item.
- For Amulets, their prices are also calculated by the same formula of gear prices. Their base price is 5,000 Gold. There is currently no way to purchase amulets so their total value is only relevant to recycling.
Weapons[edit | edit source]
The player can only carry 2 weapons at a time. Picking up a third displays a menu that compares all three weapons, and asks the player if they want to discard a carried weapon for the new one.
If the backpack upgrade is unlocked, picking up a third item allows the player to store an item. While in the backpack, the stored weapon cannot be used (unless the player also has a mutation relating to the backpack), however holding down the interact key allows the player to drop the backpacked weapon and swap it to use as normal.
Melee Weapons[edit | edit source]
Effect scaling[edit | edit source]
Most melee weapons' DPS increase based on the player's Brutality Stat, however weapons that are much slower (e.g Scythe Claws and Broadsword) will have their DPS only increase based on the player's
Survival stat. Some weapons also have alternate scaling with
Tactics (e.g. Valmont's Whip and Shrapnel Axes) or
Survival (e.g. Giantkiller and Shovel).
List of melee weapons[edit | edit source]
This is a list of all obtainable melee weapons within the game.
Icon | Name | Description | Blueprint Location | Base DPS | Scaling |
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Rusty Sword | Kills things. Sometimes... | Always unlocked | 138 | ![]() |
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Balanced Blade | Damage increases up to +50% when you strike repeatedly. Inflicts critical hits after 10 successive hits. | Always unlocked | 118-177 (184-277) | ![]() |
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Spite Sword | Inflict a critical hit if you took damage less than 8 sec ago, or if you're cursed. A rusty weapon that reveals its power when things get tough. |
Drops from Buzzcutters (0.03%) | 144 (255) | ![]() |
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Assassin's Dagger | Inflicts a critical hit when you stab your enemy in the back. Light but deadly if you know how to use it. |
Secret are near the start of the Promenade of the Condemned | 100 (300) | ![]() |
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Blood Sword | Causes bleeding (3.5 DPS for 12 sec). | Drops from Zombies (100%) | 122 | ![]() |
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Twin Daggers | Inflicts a critical hit on the 3rd consecutive strike. Two daggers for the price of one. Slice and dice... guaranteed to please. |
Always unlocked | 154 (238) | ![]() |
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Broadsword | The second and third hits are critical. Slow and heavy, but deliciously vicious. |
Drops from Tutorial Knight's corpse in the Prisoners' Quarters | 164 (273) | ![]() |
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Shovel | Knocks back enemies and bombs. Any object can become a deadly weapon if it's moving fast enough... |
Drops from Purulent Zombies (Graveyard) (0.4%) | 144 | ![]() |
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Cursed Sword | One hit and you're dead. So you like to play hardball, do ya? |
Dropped by Conjunctivius on 3rd kill | 553 | ![]() |
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Sadist's Stiletto | Inflicts a critical hit if the target is bleeding or poisoned. Hit 'em where it hurts. |
Drops from Impalers (1.7%) | 109 (191) | ![]() |
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Swift Sword | Inflicts a critical hit if you have an active speed buff. Forget about taking your time. To get real results, strike hard and fast. |
Daily Run - First Completion | 137 (208) | ![]() |
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GiantkillerRotG | Inflicts a critical hit if the victim is an elite enemy or a boss. The bigger they are... |
Dropped by the Giant on 1st kill | 127 (465) | ![]() |
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Shrapnel Axes | Metal shards burst from the axes when you strike enemies, inflicting approximately 130 damage. | Drops from Demons (0.4%) | 157 | ![]() |
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Seismic Strike | Provokes terrestrial shock waves that root victims. | Drops from Bombers (0.4%) | 131 | ![]() |
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War Spear | Inflicts a critical hit when you strike several targets at the same time. Greater range but less speed. |
Drops from Hammers (10%) | 149 (306) | ![]() |
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Impaler | Inflicts a critical hit if the victim is up against a wall. | Dropped by the Concierge on 4th kill | 117 (300) | ![]() |
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Symmetrical Lance | Inflicts critical hits for 6 sec if you quickly kill 2 enemies with this weapon. | Drops from the Hand of the King on 1st kill | 192 (288) | ![]() |
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Rapier | Inflicts a critical hit immediately after a roll or a parry. It's all in the wrist... |
Drops from Scorpions (0.4%) | 106 (268) | ![]() |
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Meat Skewer | The first attack pierces the enemy, placing you behind it. Your next attack inflict critical hits. Now you see me, now you don't. |
Daily Run - Tenth Completion | 181 (281) | ![]() |
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Nutcracker | Inflicts a critical hit if the victim is stunned, frozen or rooted. | Always unlocked | 155 (386) | ![]() |
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Spartan Sandals | Knocks back enemies, dealing damage where they land. Deals 90 extra damage if the enemy hits a wall. The final strike in the combo will knock back any enemy. This. Is. DEAD CELLS! |
Drops from Runners (100%) | 32 | ![]() |
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Spiked Boots | Inflicts a critical hit if the kick interrupts an attack. | Drops from Thornies (0.4%) | 105 (303) | ![]() |
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Hayabusa Boots | The last hit inflicts area-of-effect damage and pushes enemies back. | Drops from Dark Trackers (1+ BSC; 1.7%) | 135 | ![]() |
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Hayabusa Gauntlets | Inflicts critical hits if the victim has less than 40% HP. UselessUselessUselessUselessUselessUsel... |
Drops from Lancers (0.4%) | 124 (243) | ![]() |
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Valmont's Whip | Ignores shields. Inflicts a critical hit if the tip of the whip strikes the enemy. Popularized by the well-dressed Baron Valmont du Cul. |
Drops from Disgusting Worms (0.4%) | 109 (305) | ![]() |
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Wrenching Whip | Ignores shields, pulls victims toward you and inflicts a critical hit on the 3rd strike. | Drops from Pirate Captains (0.4%) | 129 (187) | ![]() |
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Oiled Sword | Douses the enemy with inflammable oil and inflict critical hits during 10 sec after hitting an enemy on fire. | Drops from Bats (1.7%) | 127 (165) | ![]() |
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Torch | Burns your enemies (15 DPS for 2.7 sec). Talk about mood lighting! |
Drops from Spawners (1.7%) | 90 | ![]() |
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Frantic Sword | Inflicts a critical hit when you have less than 50% health or more than 50% Malaise. The weapon of choice of fighters who like to live dangerously. |
Drops from Kamikazes (0.4%) | 137 (285) | ![]() |
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Flawless | Inflicts critical hits if you haven't taken damage for at least 15 seconds. | Drops from Slammers (0.4%) | 104 (270) | ![]() |
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Flint | Hold the attack to inflict a critical hit and create a flaming trail. The Concierge was always ready to give an extra hand. |
Dropped by the Concierge on 1st kill | 224 (400) | ![]() |
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Tentacle | Ignore shields and project you towards the enemy and inflicts a critical hit if you attack again while bumped. Free hugs! |
Dropped by Conjunctivius on 1st kill | 100 (166) | ![]() |
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Vorpan | Inflicts a critical hit if the enemy is facing you. Grill. Fry. Burn. Reheat. |
Available in the Shop free of charge - 4th run onward only | 161 (289) | ![]() |
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Flashing FansTBS | Repelling a projectile causes you to inflict critical hits for 8 seconds. Use the force Luke... |
Drops from Yeeters (0.4%) | 145 (217) | ![]() |
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Scythe ClawsTBS | Inflicts a critical hit if you previously used the other claw. Recovered from the stinking carcass of Mama Tick. Might come in handy. |
Dropped by Mama Tick on 1st kill | 119 (430) 2nd Mode: 203 (964) |
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Rhythm n' BouzoukiTBS | Inflicts critical hits if you strike at the right time. The last hit repeats indefinitely if you keep the tempo going. Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues! Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues... |
Drops from Giant Ticks (0.4%) | 133 (330) | ![]() |
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Crowbar | Inflict critical hits for 8 seconds after destroying a door. Surprisingly effective when eradicating parasites. |
Lore room in the Prisoners' Quarters | 174 (284) | ![]() |
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Hattori's Katana | Hold to dash through enemies in front of you inflicting critical hits. | Drops from Weirded Warriors (1.7%) | 176 (266) | ![]() |
- RotG: Rise of the Giant DLC
- TBS: The Bad Seed DLC
Ranged Weapons[edit | edit source]
Effect scaling[edit | edit source]
All ranged weapons scale with Tactics, however a few of these weapons can also dual-scale with
Brutality (e.g Firebrands and Infantry Bow) or
Survival (e.g Frost Blast and Ice Shards), meaning their DPS will scale off the higher stat between the two.
Ammunition[edit | edit source]
Some Ranged Weapons use ammunition, which will be restored automatically after a short while. Ammunition that is impaled in enemies takes significantly longer to retrieve unless the ammo is removed by a successful parry or the enemy is killed. Most of these weapons can get affixes that slightly increases their total ammo supply. Some weapons that do not have ammunition can be used repeatedly, namely magic items, while some can only be used again when the thrown weapon has been retrieved, such as the Boomerang. Some weapons with ammo cannot benefit from the effect of the Ammo mutation, they are denoted with † in the following table (some of which include: Hokuto's Bow, War Javelin, and Boomerang).
List of ranged weapons[edit | edit source]
This is a list of all obtainable ranged weapons within the game.
Icon | Name | Description | Blueprint Location | Base DPS | Scaling |
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Beginner's Bow | Ammo comes back after enemies are killed. The Jailer's son was getting pretty good at hunting rats with this... |
Always unlocked | 113 | ![]() |
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Multiple-nocks Bow | Shoots 3 arrows at the same time. | Always unlocked | 228 | ![]() |
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Bow and Endless Quiver | Unlimited ammo. Last shot is a critical hit! "You can never have too many arrows" - Legolas |
Drops from Undead Archers (0.03%) | 81 (133) | ![]() |
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Marksman's Bow | Inflicts a critical hit at long range. Slow, but devastating at long range. A sniper's delight. |
Timed Door Room between Promenade of the Condemned and Ossuary | 55 (327) | ![]() |
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Sonic CarbineRotG | Fires through enemies and keeps shooting when held down. Inflict critical hits to the targets behind the first enemy. | Secret area in Astrolab; requires Apex Key | 167 (333) | ![]() |
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Infantry Bow | Inflicts a critical hit at close range. A bow specially designed for hand-to-hand combat. |
Drops from Undead Archers (1.7%) | 78 (217) | ![]() |
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Quick Bow | Inflicts a critical hit if the target has 2 or more arrows stuck in its body. Speed at the cost of precision. |
Secret area at the beginning of Prisoners' Quarters - 3rd run onward only | 75 (203) | ![]() |
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Ice Bow | Briefly freezes enemies. | Drops from Undead Archers (0.4%) | 46 | ![]() |
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Heavy Crossbow | Shoots several short-range bolts at once. Second Ability: Reload Reload the Heavy Crossbow. The next shot inflicts a critical hit. A point-blank blast. |
Dropped by the Concierge on 3rd kill | 280 (560) | ![]() |
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Repeater Crossbow | Rapid fires bolts inflicting critical hits on rooted targets. Second Ability: Quiver of Bolts Fires a volley of bolts rooting enemies and inflicting 15 DPS for 3 seconds. |
Drops from Dark Trackers (0.4%) | 115 (404) 2nd Mode: 73 |
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Ice Crossbow | Freezes the enemy. Second Ability: Piercing Shot Fires piercing bolts, inflicting critical hits and returning bolts lodged in frozen enemies. |
Dropped by the Time Keeper on 4th kill | 60 2nd Mode: 47 (235) |
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Explosive Crossbow | Bolts explode in the area of effect. Any enemy hit by a bolt suffers a critical wound. Second Ability: Cross Hit Hit 'em with the crossbow. |
Puzzle tower in the Promenade of the Condemned; requires 3 Gardener's Keys | 143 (243) 2nd Mode: 55 (191) |
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Alchemic Carbine | Poisons its victims (20 DPS for 6 sec). | Secret area in the Ancient Sewers | 9 | ![]() |
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Boomerang | Comes back to you automatically. Old faithful. |
Ending area of High Peak Castle; requires Castle Key | 89 | ![]() |
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HemorrhageRotG | Causes bleeding (25 DPS for 3 seconds). Deals a critical hit if the target is bleeding or poisoned. | Drops from Magistrates of Death (10%) | 47 (187) | ![]() |
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The Boy's AxeRotG | Roots the victim. Deals 80 damage when recalled. Boi. |
Drops from Ground Shakers (1.7%) | 110 | ![]() |
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War JavelinRotG | Impales all enemies in its path. If they're close to a wall they take 90 extra damage. The javelin must be retrieved (if not, it comes back automatically after 10 seconds). Reactivate to teleport to the javelin. | Secret area near the end of the Cavern | 110 | ![]() |
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Hokuto's Bow | Marks the enemy, who then takes +60 DPS for 20 sec. If the enemy dies, the mark spreads. You don't know it yet, but you're already dead. |
Drops from Cannibals (1.7%) | 25 | ![]() |
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Nerves of Steel | Inflicts a critical hit if the arrow is shot at right moment. | Secret area at the end of Ramparts | 63 (267) | ![]() |
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Throwing Knife | Causes bleeding (22 DPS for 3 sec). Automatically targets the nearest enemy. | Always unlocked | 14 | ![]() |
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Electric Whip | Ignored shields and inflicts 50% of the base damage on nearby enemies. Also inflicts 50 shock DPS around the target for 3 seconds. | Always unlocked | 112 (201) | ![]() |
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Firebrands | Burns enemies and the ground (19 DPS for 3 sec). Light my fire ! |
Always unlocked | 8 | ![]() |
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Ice Shards | Slows down enemies during 5 sec. Inflicts critical hits on targets standing in water or covered in oil. | Dropped by the Time Keeper on 3rd kill | 58 (87) | ![]() |
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Pyrotechnics | Launches multiple flaming projectiles. Inflicts critical damage on targets covered in oil. | Drops from Casters (1.7%) | 102 (185) | ![]() |
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Lightning Bolt | Hold to inflict critical hits. Inflicts 50 shock DPS around the target for 3 seconds. Join the dark side. |
Drops from Inquisitors (1.7%) | 114 (331) | ![]() |
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Fire blast | Burns enemies and the ground surface in range. Inflicts critical hits when oil is present. Toasts enemies to a rich golden brown. |
Drops from Maskers (1.7%) | 150 (196) | ![]() |
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Frost Blast | Freezes enemies in front of you. No damage if the target is already frozen. | Always unlocked | 48 | ![]() |
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Magic MissilesRotG | Automatically targets the closest enemy. | Drops from Arbiters (0.4%) | 111 | ![]() |
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BlowgunTBS | Inflicts a critical hit if you hit an enemy from behind. | Drops from Blowgunners (1.7%) | 57 (343) | ![]() |
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Barrel Launcher | Launches an explosive barrel. Inflicts a critical hit if the barrel bounces off a wall or has been reflected back and forth before exploding. | Drops from Infected Workers (0.4%) | 171 (514) | ![]() |
- RotG: Rise of the Giant DLC
- TBS: The Bad Seed DLC
Shields[edit | edit source]
Active effects[edit | edit source]
Holding down a shield's assigned button holds it up after 0.37 seconds. Attacks that hit the front of the shield are reduced by the shield’s damage absorption percentage (usually 75%) before any other damage reduction effects. Shields’ block damage, listed as their regular damage, is also dealt to enemies using melee attacks.
Blocking, apart from mitigating damage, also blocks Malaise infection.
Tapping a shield's assigned button instead attempts a parry. If no attacks connect within the parry window, the player cannot block or parry again for 0.6 seconds. If a non-shockwave attack hits the shield during the parry window, the attack deals no damage, you can block/parry again immediately, and additional effects occur depending on the attack:
- Melee attackers take parry damage, indicated on the shield as its critical damage value.
- Ranged attacks are reflected for 80 base damage.
- Bombs are reflected for 90 base damage.
- Explosions are absorbed without retaliation.
- Purulent Zombie eggs turn into three biting worms, which attack enemies.
Note: Attacks are also automatically parried if they land within the first 0.2 seconds of holding up the shield and the shield's button is still held.
Effect scaling[edit | edit source]
All Shields’ damage scales with the player's Survival stat, but some also scale with
Tactics (e.g Parry Shield and Knockback Shield) or
Brutality (e.g Assault Shield and Bloodthirsty Shield).
Damage absorbed while blocking can only be increased by the Shield Absorb affix.
Passive effects[edit | edit source]
Carrying a shield creates a force field for half a second when the player takes damage. This barrier absorbs most damage, but not damage-over-time from status effects like poison or darkness. Some enemy attacks do not activate the force field, such as that of Lacerators.
Since active force fields reduce the rally effect’s recovery by 65%, carrying a shield makes it more difficult to recover recently-lost health.
List of shields[edit | edit source]
This is a list of all obtainable Shields in the game.
Icon | Name | Description | Blueprint Location | Base Block Damage | Base Absorbed Damage | Scaling |
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Old Wooden Shield | Hold to absorb partial damage. Tap to try to parry and block all damage. | Always unlocked | 20 (40) | 75% | ![]() |
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Front Line Shield | Melee attacks inflict 20% extra damage for 6 seconds after a successful parry. The tears of the community are engraved upon the inside of this shield. |
Secret area in the Ancient Sewers | 25 (50) | 75% | ![]() |
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Cudgel | Stuns blocked enemies. Stuns lasts longer if a parry is successful. | Always unlocked | 20 (40) | 75% | ![]() |
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Punishment | Blocked attacks inflict damage to nearby enemies. Critical damage if parry is successful. | Puzzle door in Clock Tower; requires Bell Tower Key | 50 (80) | 75% | ![]() |
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Knockback Shield | Blocked attacks knocks enemies back, they take +80 damage if they hit a wall. Double damage for a parry. | Drops from Catchers (0.4%) | 30 (60) | 75% | ![]() |
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Rampart | Absorbs more damage. Generates a force field for 2 sec on a successful parry. | Drops from Shieldbearers (0.4%) | 20 (40) | 85% | ![]() |
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Assault Shield | Blocks attacks while charging forward. | Timed Door Room in Promenade of the Condemned | 20 (40) | 75% | ![]() |
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Bloodthirsty Shield | Blocked attacks inflict bleeding (15 DPS for 3 sec). Effect extended to nearby enemies on a successful parry. | Drops from Shieldbearers (0.4%) | 15 (30) 15 (15) bleeding DPS |
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Greed Shield | A successful parry knocks out enemies' teeth (1 per enemy) and transforms arrows into gold. | Always unlocked | 40 (80) | 75% | ![]() |
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Spiked Shield | Inflicts major damage on blocked enemies. | Drops from Cleavers (1.7%) | 70 (140) | 75% | ![]() |
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Parry Shield | Cannot be held up. Blocked grenades and shots are returned with added power. | Secret area in Stilt Village | 0 (40) | 0% | ![]() |
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Force Shield | Generates a temporary force field when held up. It regenerates slowly when the shield is not held up. Parries speed up the process. | Drops from Purulent Zombies (Sewers) (0.4%) | 40 (40) | 15% | ![]() |
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Thunder ShieldRotG | Inflicts 50 electric DPS in front of you for 8 seconds when blocking, or all around you after a successful parry. Use again to stun all nearby enemies. Inflicts 50 shock DPS around for 2 seconds. | Drops from Defenders (100%) | 40 (40) 50 (50) shock DPS |
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Ice Shield | Parrying an attack freezes nearby enemies. Reflected projectiles freeze enemies they hit. | Drops from Shieldbearers (10%) | 20 (40) | 75% | ![]() |
- RotG: Rise of the Giant DLC
- TBS: The Bad Seed DLC
Skills[edit | edit source]
Skills are secondary abilities that can be used in combat. The player does not normally start with skills without the Recycling Tubes upgrade and must find them throughout the run.
The player has two skill slots. Upon picking up a third skill, a menu which compares all three appears, allowing the player to choose which of the three skills to discard.
Skills cannot trigger Rally nor cooldown reduction mutations.
Skills are roughly split into three types: traps and turrets, grenades, and miscellaneous powers.
Traps & Turrets[edit | edit source]
Effect Scaling[edit | edit source]
All deployable skills scale with Tactics, although a few also scale with Brutality or Survival.
List of Deployables[edit | edit source]
Below is a list of all deployable skills that can be found within the game.
Icon | Name | Description | Blueprint Location | Base Damage | Base Cooldown | Scaling |
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Double Crossb-o-matic | Shoots at 2 nearby enemies at the same time. Each shot inflicts 45 DPS. | Drops from Zombies (0.4%) | 45 DPS 9 damage |
10 seconds | ![]() |
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Sinew Slicer | Fires spinning blades at nearby enemies, inflicting bleeding (10 DPS for 1.5 sec). | Always unlocked | 20 DPS 3.3 damage |
10 seconds | ![]() |
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Heavy Turret | Shoots at nearby enemies. You inflict +15% more damage if you're near the turret. | Drops from Slashers (0.4%) | 55 DPS 55 damage |
10 seconds | ![]() |
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Barnacle | Shoots enemies who pass beneath it. | Drops from Thornies (1.7%) | 52 DPS 19.8 damage |
10 seconds | ![]() |
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Flamethrower Turret | Burns nearby enemies (18 DPS for 2 sec). | Drops from Shockers (0.4%) | 18 DPS |
12 seconds | ![]() |
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Cleaver | Inflicts bleeding (6 DPS for 1.8 sec) on enemies that walk over it. | Drops from Runners (1.7%) | 50 DPS |
10 seconds | ![]() |
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Wolf Trap | Launches 2 traps that root enemies increasing damage they take by 34 DPS for 5 seconds. | Always unlocked | +34 (enemy debuff) DPS |
14 seconds | ![]() |
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Crusher | Slows down then violently crushes enemies caught in its zone. | Drops from Lacerators (10%) | 150 damage | 14 seconds | ![]() |
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Explosive Decoy | Turns you invisible for 2.5 sec and attracts nearby enemies. Explodes after 2.5 sec. | Drops from Protectors (0.4%) | 22 (single grenade) damage | 20 seconds | ![]() |
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Emergency Door | Deploys an ethereal door. | Special lore room in the Slumbering Sanctuary | 1 damage | 10 seconds | ![]() |
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Tesla Coil | Shoots lightning at nearby enemies and inflicts shock. | Drops from Living Barrels (1.7%) | 25 DPS |
10 seconds | ![]() |
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Night Light | Lights up your path. | Always unlocked | N/A | 120 seconds | ![]() |
- RotG: Rise of the Giant DLC
- TBS: The Bad Seed DLC
Grenades[edit | edit source]
Effect scaling[edit | edit source]
Grenades are unique in that most of them scale with the Brutality stat, though some of them scale with
Tactics or
Survival.
List of grenades[edit | edit source]
Icon | Name | Description | Blueprint Location | Base Damage | Base Cooldown | Scaling |
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Powerful Grenade | Causes a large explosion. | Dropped by Bombardiers (10%) | 200 damage | 13 seconds | ![]() |
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Infantry Grenade | Quick to use, but not super powerful. | Always unlocked | 70 damage | 4 seconds | ![]() |
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Cluster Grenade | Breaks into 6 bombs (50 damage each). | Drops from Slashers (1.7%) | 50 damage | 20 seconds | ![]() |
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Magnetic Grenade | Attracts anything nearby, inflicting 5 shock DPS zone damage for 3 seconds. | Drops from Grenadiers (0.4%) | 12 DPS 2.4 damage |
16 seconds | ![]() |
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Stun Grenade | Stuns enemies (2.5 sec). | Secret area at the end of Ramparts | 30 damage | 12 seconds | ![]() |
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Ice Grenade | Freezes its victims. | Always unlocked | 35 damage | 18 seconds | ![]() |
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Fire Grenade | Burns nearby enemies (25 DPS for 3 sec). | Drops from Grenadiers (1.7%) | 25 DPS 12 damage |
13 seconds | ![]() |
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Root Grenade | Roots nearby enemies causing 33 DPS for 4 seconds. | Timed Door Room after the Black Bridge | 33 DPS |
16 seconds | ![]() |
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Oil Grenade | Spreads inflammable oil in its area of effect. | Drops from Hammers (0.4%) | 100 damage | 10 seconds | ![]() |
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Swarm | Summons 8 biters to serve you. | Drops from Disgusting Worms (0.4%) | 15 (single biter, 120 max) DPS 6 damage |
10 seconds | ![]() |
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Hunter's Grenade | Use this to annoy a monster. When its health is down to 40% or less, use "Blueprint Extractor". "Catch 'em all!" |
The Collector - through Specialist's Showroom upgrade | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
- RotG: Rise of the Giant DLC
- TBS: The Bad Seed DLC
Powers[edit | edit source]
List of powers[edit | edit source]
Icon | Name | Description | Blueprint Location | Base Damage | Base Cooldown | Scaling |
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Death Orb | Creates a slow-moving but devastating orb. | Drops from Cleavers (0.4%) | 125 DPS 50 damage |
20 seconds | ![]() |
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Tornado | Inflicts damage on all targets caught inside. Changes direction when it hits a wall. | Drops from Guardian Knights (0.4%) | 80 DPS 8 (tick) damage |
24 seconds | ![]() |
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Knife Dance | Launches a storm of knives around you, causing bleeding (40 DPS for 4 sec). | Drops from Bats (0.4%) | 40 (bleeding effect) DPS 5 (impact damage per knife) damage |
16 seconds | ![]() |
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Corrupted Power | Adds damage (+50 DPS for 8 sec) with each attack. You take +30% damage during this time. | Drops from Protectors (0.4%) | +50 (item boost) DPS |
16 seconds | ![]() |
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Vampirism | Transforms all of your current health and 50% of your missing health into recovery. | Drops from Inquisitors (0.4%) | N/A | 30 seconds | ![]() |
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Tonic | Grants you 50% of your missing health as bonus health, reduces damage taken by 20% and protects you from the Malaise for 10 seconds. | Always unlocked | N/A | 30 seconds | ![]() |
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Grappling Hook | Pulls an enemy towards you. The next attack on this enemy inflicts +40% damage and stuns for 1 sec. Yes, just like Scorpion... |
Drops from Catchers (0.4%) | 1 (hook impact) damage | 3 seconds | ![]() |
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Phaser | Teleports you behind the enemy. The next attack inflicts +70 damage. | Drops from Runners (0.4%) | 70 damage | 2 seconds | ![]() |
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Corrosive Cloud | Creates a toxic cloud that lasts 15 sec, inflicting bleed and poison damage (8 DPS for 2 sec). | Drops from Purulent Zombies (Graveyard) (0.4%) | N/A | 20 seconds | ![]() |
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Lacerating Aura | Inflicts damage on nearby targets. | Daily Run - Fifth Completion | 85 DPS 8.5 (damage tick) damage |
12 seconds | ![]() |
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Wave of Denial | Repels all nearby enemies. If an enemy is thrown against a wall, it takes +90 damage. | Drops from Bombardiers (0.4%) | 30 damage | 5 seconds | ![]() |
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Wings of the Crow | Causes you to float in the air dealing 50 shock DPS around you for 3 seconds. Craaaawwwww! |
Drops from Golems (10%) | 75 DPS 50 damage |
15 seconds | ![]() |
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Blueprint Extractor | Use this on an enemy transformed by the "Hunter's Grenade" that has less than 40% health left. | The Collector - through Specialist's Showroom upgrade | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
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Forgotten Map | Reveals your surroundings. Only works once. | The Collector - through Specialist's Showroom upgrade | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
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Great Owl of War | Summon a Great Owl pet (32 DPS). Activating this skill again will anger the Great Owl (105 DPS). The Great Owl disappears if you take any damage. | Drops from Knife Throwers (0.4%) | 32 (105) DPS |
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Lightspeed | Dash forward and inflicts 90 damage to the enemies on the way. Activate again to dash back. Look behind you! I said "Behind" |
Dropped by the Time Keeper on 1st kill | 90 damage | 7-10 seconds | ![]() |
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Giant WhistleRotG | Inflict 500 damage to the most dangerous enemy around... most dangerous ACCORDING to the Giant. Give me five! |
Dropped by the Giant on 3rd kill | 500 damage | 20 seconds | ![]() |
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Telluric Shock | Leap in the air and violently land back on the ground to inflict 150 damage to the enemies around. Ready to rumble? |
Dropped by the Hand of the King on 1st kill | 150 damage | 10 seconds | ![]() |
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Contains spoilersCollector's SyringeRotG | Spin the syringe around you to inflict damage. Activate again to add 40 DPS (up to 5 times) and 5 secs, for a mere few cells. Become the Spin Doctor. |
Dropped by the Collector on 1st kill | 40-240 DPS 4-24 damage |
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Smoke BombTBS | Releases a cloud of smoke making you invisible for 8 seconds. The first invisible attack inflicts +50% damage. | Drops from Banished (0.4%) | +50% (item boost) damage | 16 seconds | ![]() |
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Mushroom Boi!TBS | Spawns a friendly mushroom boi which charges and interrupts enemies inflicting 50 damage and 100 extra damage if the enemy hits a wall. Trigger it again to inflict 300 damage and violate your soul. | Drops from Jerkshrooms (100%) | 50 damage | 1 second (25 seconds) | ![]() |
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Ice ArmorRotG | Covers you in ice that absorbs one attack and explodes freezing nearby enemies. If you don't take a hit it explodes after 8 seconds. So that's what they mean by "Well preserved"? |
Drops from Ground Shakers (100%) | 10 damage | 20-30 seconds | ![]() |
- RotG: Rise of the Giant DLC
- TBS: The Bad Seed DLC
Amulets[edit | edit source]
You may only equip one amulet at a time, but their effects are powerful...
"A fine object, adroitly hidden under your clothes to make less work for the artists."
Amulets come in Ruby, Topaz, Sapphire, Golden, and Moonstone. They are most frequently acquired by defeating Elite enemies or by opening Timed or Perfect Doors. Amulets can also be found within Challenge Rift chests, on corpses, or by rummaging through loot in lore rooms. Amulets carry one or more affixes, grant damage reduction, and can give the player more Stats.
Amulets have gear levels which are the same as the Biome gear level. However, Higher BSC introduce a minimum amulet level, which increases the gear level of amulets found in biomes that have a lower gear level than this to the minimum.
As amulets are leveled items, their gear levels affect the quantity and quality of the Affixes on the amulets found, as well as the number of Stats and the % of damage reduction they grant.
Amulets follow a special pattern that determines what bonus is given every tier. Every 3 tiers adds an extra stat to the amulet, up to 4 stats at XII tier.
As of the Update of Plenty[2], the player will always start with an amulet on a pedestal in the starting area of the Prisoners' Quarters on 1 BSC and higher, with its tier increasing based on difficulty.
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Ruby Amulet | |
Topaz Amulet | |
Sapphire Amulet | |
Golden Amulet | |
Moonstone Amulet |
Prisoner's Collar[edit | edit source]
"Nothing worth mentioning, except maybe a vague whiff of dead rat..."
The player starts every run with the Prisoner's Collar equipped. It gives no benefits of any kind.
Name | Icon |
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Prisoner's Collar |
Removed Gear[edit | edit source]
List of removed skills[edit | edit source]
List of removed powers[edit | edit source]
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Temporal Distortion | Slows down all enemies for 3.5 sec. | Was dropped by Failed Experiment (0.4%) | N/A | 20 seconds | ![]() |
v1.2.5 |
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Amulets are unaffected by the difficulty bonus on 3+ BSC
- ↑ From 3+ BSC, it adds +6 to Gear Power.
- ↑ Note that the drop chance for Elites is global, meaning that it is 6% regardless of the number of Elites present in a biome, so long as there is at least one. The base drop rate per mob is 1%, and increases by 2% for each biome without a drop.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Test done by fighting the Concierge 80 times on a fresh save and 49 times on a 100% save. probability to get a Legendary from the starter pool was 71% on a fresh save and 12% on a 100% save. The theoretical probability assuming equal chance to drop all items is 16%.
- ↑ https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/588650/view/2507891201989091159
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