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 talismans 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.

Gear Level

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
Prisoners' Quarters	1
Promenade of the Condemned	2
Toxic Sewers	2
Dilapidated Arboretum	2
Prison Depths	3
Corrupted Prison	3
Ramparts	3
Ossuary	4
Ancient Sewers	3
Morass of the Banished	3
Black Bridge	3
Insufferable Crypt	3
The Nest	3
Stilt Village	4
Slumbering Sanctuary	4
Graveyard	4
Clock Tower	5
Forgotten Sepulcher	5
Cavern	7
Clock Room	5
Guardian's Haven	7
High Peak Castle	6
Derelict Distillery	6
Throne Room
Astrolab	7
Observatory	-

The Gear Level of an item will increase based on the number of active Boss Stem Cells.

Boss Cells	Bonus
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
On the ground (including gold doors)	-
Lore room	-
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

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.
  • Makes the item colorless.
  • Decreases cost of re-rolling affixes.
  • Forces at least one starred affix.
  • Allows equipping the same item twice.

Gear Power

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 bonus, and three affix slots.

Gear Power influences the number of affix slots on the item, and the overall damage boost it receives. A table detailing the effects of Gear Power on Weapons/Shields can be found below:

Gear Power	Damage Bonus	Affix Slots
1	+0%	0
2	+4%	1
3	+33%	1
4	+62%	1
5	+66%	2
6	+95%	2
7	+125%	2
8	+129%	3
9	+158%	3
10	+187%	3
11	+191%	4
12	+220%	4
13	+250%	4
14	+254%	5
15	+283%	5
16	+312%	5
17	+316%	6
18	+345%	6
19	+375%	6

Gear Power follows a pattern:

• The first boost adds +4% damage and an affix slot.
• The second boost adds +29% damage.
• The third boost adds +29% damage.
  • Every sixth boost adds +30% damage 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

Two variants of weapons and skills can be encountered: Colorless items and Legendary items.

Colorless Items

Colorless items, which are found in Cursed Chests, scale according to your highest stat. In addition, they are dynamically scrolled. 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

Legendaries are powerful variants of items, appearing as a random drop from enemies (1% and 6% for common mobs and Elites, respectively), 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
• Possibility to equip alongside non-legendary gear of the same type

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.

Weapons

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.

Crossbows and the Scythe Claws are 2 handed weapons that take up both slots. When equipped, they allow you to store a weapon within the backpack. This weapon cannot be used while you have a two-handed weapon, but if you switch to a one-handed weapon you can use the weapon that was stored.

Melee Weapons

Effect scaling

Most melee weapons' DPS increase based on the player's Brutality Stat, (except Scythe Claws which only scale with ), but some weapons also have alternate scaling with Tactics (e.g. Assassin's Dagger and Frantic Sword) or Survival (e.g. Nutcracker and Broadsword), which means their DPS will scale off the higher stat between the two.

List of melee weapons

This is a list of all obtainable melee weapons within the game.

Icon	Name	Description	Blueprint Location	Base DPS	Base Special DPS	Scaling
	Rusty Sword	Kills things. Sometimes...	Starter melee weapon until Random Starter Melee Weapon is purchased (found in secret tile near the place where the player starts afterwards)	138 DPS	N/A
	Balanced Blade	Damage increases up to +50% when you strike repeatedly. Inflicts critical hits after 10 successive hits.	Always unlocked	118 DPS	185 critical DPS 278 max DPS
	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 DPS	238 critical DPS
	Nutcracker	Inflicts a critical hit if the victim is stunned, frozen or rooted.	Always unlocked	155 DPS	386 critical DPS
	Blood Sword	Causes bleeding (5 DPS for 12 sec).	Dropped by Zombie (100%)	122 DPS	5 bleeding DPS
	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!	Dropped by Runner (100%)	32 DPS	90 bonus damage
	Oiled Sword	Douses the enemy with inflammable oil and inflict critical hits during 10 sec after hitting an enemy on fire.	Dropped by Bat (1.7%)	149 DPS	224 critical DPS
	Broadsword	The second and third hits are critical. Slow and heavy, but deliciously vicious.	Obtained from Tutorial Knight's corpse within the Prisoners' Quarters	164 DPS	273 critical DPS
	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.	Found above the starting point of the Promenade of the Condemned	100 DPS	300 critical DPS
	Frantic Sword	Inflicts a critical hit when you have less than 50% health or more than 50% Malaise. The weapon of choice for fighters who like to live dangerously.	Dropped by Kamikaze (0.4%)	137 DPS	285 critical DPS
	Cursed Sword	One hit and you're dead. So you like to play hardball, do ya?	Dropped by Conjunctivius on 3rd kill	553 DPS	N/A
	Shovel	Knocks back enemies and bombs. Any object can become a deadly weapon if it's moving fast enough...	Dropped by Purulent Zombie (Graveyard) (0.4%)	144 DPS	N/A
	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.	Dropped by Buzzcutter (0.03%)	144 DPS	347 critical DPS
	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.	Dropped by Disgusting Worm (0.4%)	109 DPS	305 critical DPS
	Wrenching Whip	Ignores shields, pulls victims toward you and inflicts a critical hit on the 3rd strike.	Dropped by Pirate Captain (0.4%)	129 DPS	187 critical DPS
	Impaler	Inflicts a critical hit if the victim is up against a wall.	Dropped by the Concierge on 4th kill	117 DPS	300 critical DPS
	Sadist's Stiletto	Inflicts a critical hit if the target is bleeding or poisoned. Hit 'em where it hurts.	Dropped by Impaler (1.7%)	109 DPS	235 critical DPS
	War Spear	Inflicts a critical hit when you strike several targets at the same time. Greater range but less speed.	Dropped by Hammer (10%)	149 DPS	306 critical DPS
	Rapier	Inflicts a critical hit immediately after a roll or a parry. It's all in the wrist.	Dropped by Scorpion (0.4%)	106 DPS	268 critical DPS
	Spiked Boots	Inflicts a critical hit if the kick interrupts an attack.	Dropped by Thorny (0.4%)	105 DPS	303 critical DPS
	Hayabusa Boots	The last hit inflicts area-of-effect damage and pushes enemies back.	Dropped by Dark Tracker (1+ BSC; 1.7%)	135 DPS	N/A
	Hayabusa Gauntlets	Inflicts critical hits if the victim has less than 40% HP. UselessUselessUselessUselessUselessUsel...	Dropped by Lancer (0.4%)	124 DPS	243 critical DPS
	Torch	Burns your enemies (15 DPS for 2.7 sec). Talk about mood lighting!	Dropped by Spawner (1.7%)	109 DPS	15 burning DPS
	Symmetrical Lance	Inflicts critical hits for 6 sec if you quickly kill 2 enemies with this weapon.	Dropped by the Hand of the King on 1st kill	192 DPS	288 critical DPS
	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.	Unlocked on 1st completed Daily Run (only one completion per day counts)	137 DPS	208 critical DPS
	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.	Unlocked on 10th completed Daily Run (only one completion per day counts)	181 DPS	281 critical DPS
	Giantkiller	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 DPS	465 critical DPS
	Shrapnel Axes	Metal shards burst from the axes when you strike enemies, inflicting approximately 130 damage.	Dropped by Demon (0.4%)	157 DPS	130 bonus damage
	Seismic Strike	Provokes terrestrial shock waves that root victims.	Dropped by Bomber (0.4%)	131 DPS	N/A
	Flawless	Inflicts critical hits if you haven't taken damage for at least 15 seconds.	Dropped by Slammer (0.4%)	104 DPS	270 critical DPS
	Vorpan	Inflicts a critical hit if the enemy is facing you. Grill. Fry. Burn. Reheat.	Found in Shop	161 DPS	289 critical DPS
	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	69 DPS	219 critical DPS
	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 DPS	400 critical DPS 70 shockwave damage
	Flashing Fans (TBS)	Repelling a projectile causes you to inflict critical hits for 8 seconds. Use the force Luke...	Dropped by Yeeter (0.4%)	145 DPS	217 critical DPS
	Scythe Claws (TBS)	Inflicts a critical hit if you previously used the other claw. Allows you to store a weapon in the backpack. Recovered from the stinking carcass of Mama Tick. Might come in handy.	Dropped by Mama Tick on 1st kill	119 DPS	430 critical DPS
	Rhythm n' Bouzouki (TBS)	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...	Dropped by Giant Tick (0.4%)	150 DPS	378 critical DPS
	Crowbar	Inflict critical hits for 8 seconds after destroying a door. Surprisingly effective when eradicating parasites.	Found in a lore room in the Prisoners' Quarters	174 DPS	284 critical DPS

(TBS): item only available with the Bad Seed DLC

Ranged Weapons

Effect scaling

Most ranged weapons scale with Tactics, though some crossbows only scale with Survival. A few of these weapons can also dual-scale with Brutality or Survival, meaning their DPS will scale off the higher stat between the two.

Ammunition

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 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

This is a List of all obtainable ranged weapons within the game.

Icon	Name	Description	Blueprint Location	Base DPS	Base Special Damage	Scaling
	Beginner's Bow	Ammo: 6 Ammo comes back after enemies are killed. The Jailer's son was getting pretty good at hunting rats with this...	Starter bow until Random Starter Bow is purchased (found in secret tile near the place where the player starts afterwards)	113 DPS	N/A
	Multiple-nocks Bow	Ammo: 24 Shoots 3 arrows at the same time.	Always unlocked	228 DPS	N/A
	Throwing Knife	Ammo: 8 Causes bleeding (22 DPS for 3 sec). Automatically targets the nearest enemy.	Always unlocked	14 DPS	22 bleeding DPS
	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 DPS	201 critical DPS (50 shock DPS)
	Firebrands	Burns enemies and the ground (19 DPS for 3 sec). Light my fire !	Always unlocked	8 DPS	19 burning DPS
	Frost Blast	Freezes enemies in front of you. No damage if the target is already frozen.	Always unlocked	48 DPS	N/A
	Bow and Endless Quiver	Unlimited ammo. Last shot is a critical hit! "You can never have too many arrows" - Legolas	Dropped by Undead Archer (0.03%)	81 DPS	133 critical DPS
	Marksman's Bow	Ammo: 8 Inflicts a critical hit at long range. Slow, but devastating at long range. A sniper's delight.	Found behind the Timed Door (closes after 8 minutes) before the Ossuary	55 DPS	327 critical DPS
	Infantry Bow	Ammo: 8 Inflicts a critical hit at close range. A bow specially designed for hand-to-hand combat.	Dropped by Undead Archer (1.7%)	78 DPS	217 critical DPS
	Quick Bow	Ammo: 15 Inflicts a critical hit if the target has 2 or more arrows stuck in its body. Speed at the cost of precision.	Behind the starting point in the Prisoners' Quarters, up some ledges on the wall	75 DPS	203 critical DPS
	Ice Bow	Ammo: 4 Briefly freezes enemies.	Dropped by Undead Archer (0.4%)	46 DPS	N/A
	Heavy Crossbow	Ammo: 15 Shoots several short-range bolts at once. Secondary Ability: Reload Reload the Heavy Crossbow. The next shot inflicts a critical hit. Allows you to store a weapon in the backpack. A point-blank blast.	Dropped by the Concierge on 3rd kill	280 DPS	560 critical DPS	N/A
	Repeater Crossbow	Ammo: 40 Rapid fires bolts inflicting critical hits on rooted targets. Secondary Ability: Quiver of Bolts Fires a volley of bolts rooting enemies and inflicting 15 DPS for 3 seconds. Allows you to store a weapon in the backpack.	Dropped by Dark Tracker (0.4%)	115 DPS	404 critical DPS
	Hokuto's Bow	Ammo: 2 † Marks the enemy, who then takes +75 DPS for 20 sec. If the enemy dies, the mark spreads. You don't know it yet, but you're already dead.	Dropped by Cannibal (1.7%)	25 DPS	75 bonus DPS
	Ice Crossbow	Ammo: 9 Freezes the enemy. Secondary Ability: Piercing Shot Fires piercing bolts, inflicting critical hits and returning bolts lodged in frozen enemies. Allows you to store a weapon in the backpack.	Dropped by the Time Keeper on 4th kill	60 DPS	N/A
	Explosive Crossbow	Ammo: 4 Bolts explode in the area of effect. Any enemy hit by a bolt suffers a critical wound. Secondary Ability: Cross Hit Hit 'em with the crossbow. Allows you to store a weapon in the backpack.	Can be found in the Promenade of the Condemned through the three locked doors	129 DPS	243 critical DPS
	Nerves of Steel	Ammo: 8 Inflicts a critical hit if the arrow is shot at right moment.	To the far right in the Ramparts, by jumping on top of an invisible platform; this weapon can only be unlocked under the special circumstance that the last tower does NOT have the exit to the next stage or the Stun Grenade blueprint	63 DPS	267 critical DPS
	Alchemic Carbine	Poisons its victims (20 DPS for 6 sec).	In a secret room in the Ancient Sewers, through a long hole obscured by vines that can be rolled through	9 DPS	20 poison DPS
	Lightning Bolt	Hold to inflict critical hits. Inflicts 50 shock DPS around the target for 3 seconds. Join the dark side.	Dropped by Inquisitor (1.7%)	114 DPS	331 critical DPS (50 shock DPS)
	Fire blast	Burns enemies and the ground surface in range. Inflicts critical hits when oil is present. Toasts enemies to a rich golden brown.	Dropped by Masker (1.7%)	150 DPS	196 critical DPS
	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 DPS	87 critical DPS
	Pyrotechnics	Launches multiple flaming projectiles. Inflicts critical damage on targets covered in oil.	Dropped by Caster (1.7%)	102 DPS	185 critical DPS
	Boomerang	Ammo: 1 † Comes back to you automatically. Old faithful.	Behind the third locked door in High Peak Castle (next to the exit to the Throne Room); requires the Spider Rune/Homunculus Rune or an amulet with two extra air jumps to reach the blueprint	89 DPS	N/A
	The Boy's Axe	Ammo: 1 Roots the victim. Deals 80 damage when recalled. Boi.	Dropped by Ground Shaker (1.7%)	110 DPS	214 max DPS
	War Javelin	Ammo: 1 † 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.	At the end of an obstacle course in Cavern (next to the exit to the Guardian's Haven)	110 DPS	N/A
	Magic Missiles	Automatically targets the closest enemy.	Dropped by Arbiter (0.4%)	111 DPS	N/A
	Hemorrhage	Ammo: 5 Causes bleeding (25 DPS for 3 seconds). Deals a critical hit if the target is bleeding or poisoned.	Dropped by Magistrate of Death (10%)	47 DPS	187 critical DPS (25 bleeding DPS)
	Sonic Carbine	Ammo: 20 Fires through enemies and keeps shooting when held down. Inflict critical hits to the targets behind the first enemy.	Found at the top of the exit tower in Astrolab; requires Apex key	167 DPS	167 critical DPS
	Blowgun (TBS)	Ammo: 5 Inflicts a critical hit if you hit an enemy from behind.	Dropped by Blowgunner (1.7%)	57 DPS	343 critical DPS
	Barrel Launcher	Launches an explosive barrel. Inflicts a critical hit if the barrel bounces off or has been reflected back and forth before exploding.	Dropped by Infected Worker (0.4%)	171 DPS	514 critical DPS

†: not affected by the Ammo mutation.

(TBS): item only available with the Bad Seed DLC.

Shields

Active effects

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

All Shields’ damage scales with the player's Survival stat, but some also scale with Tactics or Brutality.

Damage absorbed while blocking can only be increased by the Shield Absorb affix.

Passive effects

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.

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

This is a list of all obtainable Shields in the game.

Icon	Name	Description	Blueprint Location	Block Damage	Parry Damage	Absorbed Damage	Scaling
	Old Wooden Shield	Hold to absorb partial damage. Tap to try to parry and block all damage.	Starter shield until Random Starter Shield is purchased (found in secret tile near the place where the player starts afterwards)	15 damage	30 damage	75%
	Greed Shield	A successful parry knocks out enemies' teeth (1 per enemy) and transforms arrows into gold.	Always unlocked	40 damage	80 damage	75%
	Cudgel	Stuns blocked enemies. Stuns lasts longer if a parry is successful.	Always unlocked	20 damage	40 damage	75%
	Rampart	Absorbs more damage. Generates a force field for 2 sec on a successful parry.	Dropped by Shieldbearer (0.4%)	20 damage	40 damage	85%
	Bloodthirsty Shield	Blocked attacks inflict bleeding (20 DPS for 3 sec). Effect extended to nearby enemies on a successful parry.	Dropped by Shieldbearer (0.4%)	15 damage (20 bleeding DPS)	30 damage (20 bleeding DPS)	75%
	Assault Shield	Blocks attacks while charging forward.	Behind the 2-minute Timed Door in the transition before the Promenade of the Condemned	20 damage	40 damage	75%
	Parry Shield	Cannot be held up. Blocked grenades and shots are returned with added power.	Secret area in Stilt Village to the far right of the level; requires the Ram Rune and two Village Keys	N/A	40 damage	N/A
	Punishment	Blocked attacks inflict damage to nearby enemies. Critical damage if parry is successful.	Behind Bell Tower Key door in the Clock Tower	50 damage	80 damage	75%
	Knockback Shield	Blocked attacks knocks enemies back, they take +80 damage if they hit a wall. Double damage for a parry.	Dropped by Catcher (0.4%)	30 damage	60 damage	75%
	Spiked Shield	Inflicts major damage on blocked enemies.	Dropped by Cleaver (100%)	70 damage	140 damage	75%
	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.	Dropped by Purulent Zombie (Sewers) (0.4%)	40 damage	40 damage	15%
	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 Ancient Sewers	25 damage	50 damage	75%
	Thunder Shield	Inflicts 65 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 3 seconds.	Dropped by Defender (100%)	40 damage (65 electric DPS)	40 damage (50 shock DPS)	50%
	Ice Shield	Parrying an attack freezes nearby enemies. Reflected projectiles freeze enemies they hit.	Dropped by Shieldbearer (10%)	20 damage	40 damage	75%

Skills

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

Icon	Name	Description	Blueprint Location	Base Damage	Base Cooldown Time	Scaling
	Sinew Slicer	Fires spinning blades at nearby enemies, inflicting bleeding (10 DPS for 1.5 sec).	Always unlocked	20 DPS 10 bleeding DPS (1.5 sec)	10 seconds
	Wolf Trap	Launches 2 traps that root enemies increasing damage they take by 34 DPS for 5 seconds.	Always unlocked	34 DPS (5 sec)	14 seconds
	Double Crossb-o-matic	Shoots at 2 nearby enemies at the same time. Each shot inflicts 45 DPS.	Dropped by Zombie (0.4%)	45 DPS	10 seconds
	Heavy Turret	Shoots at nearby enemies. You inflict +15% more damage if you're near the turret.	Dropped by Slasher (0.4%)	55 DPS (0.8 sec)	12 seconds
	Barnacle	Shoots enemies who pass beneath it.	Dropped by Thorny (1.7%)	52 DPS (9 sec)	10 seconds
	Flamethrower Turret	Burns nearby enemies (18 DPS for 2 sec).	Dropped by Shocker (0.4%)	18 burning DPS (2 sec)	12 seconds
	Cleaver	Inflicts bleeding (6 DPS for 1.8 sec) on enemies that walk over it.	Dropped by Runner (1.7%)	50 DPS 6 bleeding DPS (1.8 sec)	8 seconds
	Crusher	Slows down then violently crushes enemies caught in its zone.	Dropped by Lacerator (10%)	200 damage	14 seconds
	Explosive Decoy	Turns you invisible for 2.5 sec and attracts nearby enemies. Explodes after 2.5 sec.	Dropped by Protector (0.4%)	22 damage (2.5 sec)	20 seconds
	Emergency Door	Deploys an ethereal door.	Found in a lore room in the Slumbering Sanctuary	1 damage	10 seconds
	Tesla Coil	Shoots lightning at nearby enemies and inflicts shock.	Dropped by Living Barrel (1.7%)	50 DPS 15 shock DPS (0.8 sec)	10 seconds
	Night Light	Lights up your path.	Skill cannot be unlocked; it only appears at the start of the Forgotten Sepulcher	N/A	120 seconds

Grenades

Effect scaling

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

Icon	Name	Description	Blueprint Location	Base Damage	Base Cooldown Time	Scaling
	Infantry Grenade	Quick to use, but not super powerful.	Always unlocked	70 damage	4 seconds
	Ice Grenade	Freezes its victims.	Always unlocked	35 damage (5 sec)	18 seconds
	Powerful Grenade	Causes a large explosion.	Dropped by Bombardier (10%)	200 damage	13 seconds
	Cluster Grenade	Breaks into 6 bombs (50 damage each).	Dropped by Slasher (1.7%)	50 damage per bomb (0.4 sc)	20 seconds
	Fire Grenade	Burns nearby enemies (25 DPS for 3 sec).	Dropped by Grenadier (1.7%)	12 damage 25 burning DPS (3 sec)	13 seconds
	Magnetic Grenade	Attracts anything nearby, inflicting 5 shock DPS zone damage for 3 seconds.	Dropped by Grenadier (0.4%)	12 DPS (5.5 sec) 5 shock DPS (3 sec)	16 seconds
	Stun Grenade	Stuns enemies (2.5 sec).	To the far right in the Ramparts; this weapon can only be unlocked under the special circumstance that the last tower does NOT have the exit to the next stage or the Nerves of Steel blueprint	30 damage (2.5 sec)	12 seconds
	Root Grenade	Roots nearby enemies causing 33 DPS for 4 seconds.	Behind the 15 minutes Timed Door in the Passage after the Black Bridge	33 DPS (4 sec)	16 seconds
	Oil Grenade	Spreads inflammable oil in its area of effect.	Dropped by Hammer (10%)	60 damage	10 seconds
	Swarm	Summons 4 biters to serve you (cumulative up to 8 max).	Dropped by Disgusting Worm (0.4%)	Not displayed (30 sec)	0.8 second
	Hunter's Grenade	Use this to annoy a monster. When its health is down to 40% or less, use Blueprint Extractor. Catch 'em all!	Unlocked from the Collector through the Specialist's Showroom upgrade Afterwards spawns behind golden door (which requires 7500 gold to unlock on base difficulty) within Specialist's Shop in Prisoners' Quarters	N/A	N/A

Powers

Icon	Name	Description	Blueprint Location	Base Damage	Base Cooldown Time	Scaling
	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 (10 sec)	30 seconds
	Death Orb	Creates a slow-moving but devastating orb.	Dropped by Cleaver (10%)	50 damage 125 DPS (12 sec)	20 seconds
	Tornado	Inflicts damage on all targets caught inside. Changes direction when it hits a wall.	Dropped by Guardian Knight (0.4%)	80 DPS (10 sec)	24 seconds
	Knife Dance	Launches a storm of knives around you, causing bleeding (40 DPS for 4 sec).	Dropped by Bat (0.4%)	5 damage per knife 40 bleeding DPS per knife (4 sec)	16 seconds
	Corrupted Power	Adds damage (+50 DPS for 8 sec) with each attack. You take +30% damage during this time.	Dropped by Protector (0.4%)	50 DPS (8 sec)	16 seconds
	Vampirism	Transforms all of your current health and 50% of your missing health into recovery.	Dropped by Inquisitor (0.4%)	N/A (0.75 sec)	30 seconds
	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...	Dropped by Catcher (0.4%)	40% bonus damage (1 sec)	3 seconds
	Phaser	Teleports you behind the enemy. The next attack inflicts +70 damage.	Dropped by Runner (0.4%)	70 damage	2 seconds
	Corrosive Cloud	Creates a toxic cloud that lasts 15 sec, inflicting bleed and poison damage (8 DPS for 2 sec).	Dropped by Purulent Zombie (Graveyard) (0.4%)	8 bleed DPS 8 poison DPS (2 sec)	20 seconds
	Lacerating Aura	Inflicts damage on nearby targets.	Unlocked on 5th completed Daily Run (only one completion per day counts)	85 DPS (4 sec)	12 seconds
	Wave of Denial	Repels all nearby enemies. If an enemy is thrown against a wall, it takes +90 damage.	Dropped by Bombardier (0.4%)	30 (120) damage (0.8 sec)	5 seconds
	Wings of the Crow	Causes you to float in the air dealing 50 shock DPS around you for 3 seconds. Craaaawwwww!	Dropped by Golem (10%)	50 damage 75 DPS 50 shock DPS (3 sec)	15 seconds
	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.	Dropped by Knife Thrower (1.7%)	32 (105) DPS	10 seconds 34 seconds after buff
	Ice Armor	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"?	Dropped by Ground Shaker (100%)	10 damage (2 sec)	20 seconds
	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
	Giant Whistle	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 (1 sec)	20 seconds
	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 (0.3 sec)	10 seconds
	Collector's Syringe	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 fourth boss on 1st kill	40 base DPS 240 max DPS (5 base sec)	20 seconds
	Smoke Bomb (TBS)	Releases a cloud of smoke making you invisible for 8 seconds. The first invisible attack inflicts +50% damage.	Dropped by Banished (0.4%)	1 damage (8 sec)	16 seconds
	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.	Dropped by Jerkshroom (100%)	50 (150) damage 300 explosion damage	1 second 25 seconds after exploding
	Blueprint Extractor	Use this on an enemy transformed by the Hunter's Grenade that has less than 40% health left.	Drops nearby transformed monster after Hunter's Grenade successfuly used	N/A	N/A
	Forgotten Map	Reveals your surroundings. Only works once.	Unlocked from the Collector through the Specialist's Showroom upgrade Afterwards spawns behind golden door (which requires 10000 gold to unlock on base difficulty) within Specialist's Shop in Prisoners' Quarters	N/A	N/A

(TBS): item only available with the Bad Seed DLC

Removed Gear

List of removed skills

List of removed powers

Icon	Name	Description	Blueprint Location	Base Damage	Base Cooldown Time	Scaling	Removed In
	Temporal Distortion	Slows down all enemies for 3.5 sec.	Dropped by Failed Experiment (0.4%)	N/A	20 seconds		v1.2.5

Amulets

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, the player will always start with an amulet on a pedestal in the passage from the jar room on 1 BSC and higher, with its tier increasing based on difficulty.

Name	Icon
Ruby Amulet
Topaz Amulet
Sapphire Amulet
Golden Amulet
Moonstone Amulet

Prisoner's Collar

"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
Prisoner's Collar