Soldier's Syringe: You attack 15% faster: more shots and hits per second. Each extra syringe adds another 15%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Only speeds up attacks and animations: it does not lower skill cooldowns. Bandit does not shoot faster, he only reloads faster.
Tougher Times: Sometimes a hit that would land does nothing: with one bear, 13% of hits. More bears raise the chance, but less each time: it never reaches 100%.Stacking: Each bear adds less: one blocks 13% (not the 15% the game says) and ten block 60%. It never reaches 100%.Watch out: Luck (Clover) does not affect it. A blocked hit does not trigger enemy effects either, like Overloading Elite bombs. It does not stop Void Reaver implosions.
Lens-Maker's Glasses: 10% of your hits are critical and do double damage. Each extra pair adds 10%; with ten, every hit is a crit.Stacking: Capped at 10: with ten, every hit crits. The eleventh does nothing, unless you plan to turn them into Lost Seer's Lenses.Watch out: On Railgunner they give no crits: each pair adds 10% crit damage instead. Crit chance does not depend on the hit's proc coefficient.
Paul's Goat Hoof: You move 14% faster. Moving fast means dodging better. Each extra hoof adds 14%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Always on. While sprinting, Energy Drink is faster (25% versus about 20%).
A
Crowbar: You do 75% more damage to enemies that still have almost full health (over 90%), so your first hit lands much harder. Each extra crowbar adds another 75%.Stacking: No cap: each crowbar adds another 75%. With two, the first hit already beats a critical hit.Watch out: Only the hit that lands while the enemy is above 90% counts; missiles and lightning from other items do not get it. In a group, if an ally hits first, you lose it.
Tri-Tip Dagger: 10% of your hits make the enemy bleed, losing health for a few seconds. Each extra dagger adds 10% chance.Stacking: Each dagger adds the same: with ten, every hit that counts in full bleeds.Watch out: It shares its chance with Noxious Thorn (they do not roll separately), and with Shatterspleen only one bleed lands per hit. Attacks with low proc put shorter bleeds.
Armor-Piercing Rounds: You do 20% more damage to bosses. Each extra one adds 20%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Only works on enemies with a red health bar (bosses).
Bustling Fungus: Stand still for a second and a circle appears that heals you and allies inside. Each extra fungus makes it bigger and heal more.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: It heals based on the health of whoever is inside, turrets and drones too. Some skills push you slightly and break the circle.
Topaz Brooch: Every kill gives you a layer of temporary health (15) that wears off. Each extra brooch adds 15.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: The barrier decays on its own (3.33% of your health per second) and the brooch gives a fixed amount: with high health it falls off, and Aegis beats it once you heal well.
Backup Magazine: Your secondary skill (right click) gets one more use before its cooldown. Each extra magazine, one more.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: More uses, but it does not lower the secondary cooldown. Lets Engineer place more mines.
Energy Drink: You sprint 25% faster. Each extra drink adds 25%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Only while sprinting. Best on survivors who attack while sprinting: Mercenary, Huntress, False Son.
B
Sticky Bomb: 5% of your hits stick a bomb to the enemy that explodes shortly after. Each extra bomb adds 5%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: With full-proc attacks, one bomb averages about 9% more damage.
Medkit: Two seconds after taking a hit, you heal 20 plus 5% of your health. Each extra medkit heals another 5%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: If you get hit again within 2 seconds, the wait starts over: weak if you are hit constantly.
Monster Tooth: Every enemy you kill drops a little orb that heals you (8 health plus 2% of your max). Each extra tooth heals another 2%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: You have to get close to pick the orb up: much better on melee survivors.
Cautious Slug: When you are out of combat, you heal faster (+3 health per second). Each extra slug adds 3 more.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: What matters is not taking damage, not stopping your attacks (the game says «out of combat», which is wrong).
// uncommon (green)
Uncommon (green).
S
Ukulele: 25% of your hits release lightning that jumps to 3 nearby enemies. Each extra ukulele makes it jump to 2 more and reach further.Stacking: The chance stays at 25%; each copy adds 2 more enemies and more range.Watch out: The lightning has a very low proc coefficient.
AtG Missile Mk. 1: 10% of your hits fire a missile that does triple the hit's damage. Each extra one adds another triple to the damage.Stacking: The chance stays at 10%; each copy makes the missile stronger.Watch out: The missile crits if the hit did. With two, almost any attack triggers Runald's and Kjaro's Bands.
Hardlight Afterburner: Your movement skill (Shift) gets two more uses and comes back sooner. Each extra one, two more uses.Stacking: Each copy, two more charges.
Predatory Instincts: Raises your critical chance a little, and each crit makes you attack faster for a few seconds. Each extra one raises the speed cap.Stacking: Only the first gives the 5% crit; each copy raises the speed cap.Watch out: The game's «stacks 3 times» is about the buff, not the item: you can take as many as you like.
Kjaro's Band: When you land a very big hit (over 4 times your damage), a fire tornado also comes out. Once every 10 s. Each extra band, more damage.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: The hit itself must deal 400%: crits and Armor-Piercing Rounds do not count. It always fires with Runald's and they share the cooldown.
A
Runald's Band: When you land a very big hit (over 4 times your damage), an ice blast also hits that slows enemies a lot. Once every 10 s. Each extra band, more damage and a longer slow.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: The hit itself must deal 400%: crits and Armor-Piercing Rounds do not count. It always fires with Kjaro's and they share the cooldown.
Harvester's Scythe: Raises your critical chance, and every crit heals you 8. Each extra scythe heals 4 more per crit.Stacking: Only the first gives extra crit; healing adds the same with each one.Watch out: With little crit it heals little and unevenly; with more crit it beats Leeching Seed.
Hopoo Feather: One extra jump in the air. Each extra feather, one more.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Wax Quail does not boost these extra jumps.
Leeching Seed: Every hit you land heals you 1. Sounds small, but with fast-hitting survivors it adds up. Each extra seed heals 1 more.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: It heals per hit, not per damage: more hits, more healing. The number you see is rounded up.
Bandolier: Kills sometimes drop an ammo pack that makes all your skills ready again. Each extra bandolier, more often.Stacking: Per the game, 18% with one and 10% more per copy.Watch out: The pack restores one charge, not all (turrets, magazines). It does not reset equipment. Any ally can grab it.
Rose Buckler: While sprinting, you take a lot less damage. Each extra buckler, even less.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Best on survivors who attack while sprinting (Mercenary, Huntress).
Will-o'-the-wisp: Enemies you kill explode a second later and hurt the ones around them. Each extra one makes the blast bigger and stronger.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.
Fuel Cell: Your equipment gets one more use and recharges 15% faster. Each extra cell adds a use and faster recharge.Stacking: Each cell adds a charge; cooldown drops 15% of what is left and never reaches zero.
B
Wax Quail: Jump while sprinting and you launch 10 m forward. Each extra quail, 10 m more.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: It does not boost Hopoo Feather jumps. With several, slopes can launch you unpredictably.
Old War Stealthkit: Drop below 25% health and you turn invisible and faster for 5 s to escape. Recharges every 30 s; each extra kit recharges it sooner.Stacking: Each copy cuts a share of what is left: it drops less each time and never reaches zero.Watch out: It triggers together with Genesis Loop: they pair very well.
Berzerker's Pauldron: Kill 4 enemies within a second and you go into a frenzy for 6 s: faster movement and double attack speed. Each extra one adds 4 s.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: You do not need 4 kills within one second: just no more than a second between kills.
// legendary (red)
Legendary (red).
S
57 Leaf Clover: Everything based on chance is rolled twice and you keep the best: more crits, more item effects. Each extra clover, one more roll.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Does not affect Tougher Times. Each Purity cancels out one Clover.
Brilliant Behemoth: All your attacks explode and hurt nearby enemies. Turns any attack into an area attack. Each extra one, a bigger explosion.Stacking: Each copy makes the blast bigger; damage does not go up.Watch out: The blast copies the hit: if Lost Seer's Lenses instantly kill something, the blast can also kill a boss standing next to it.
Sentient Meat Hook: 20% of your hits fire hooks that chase up to 10 enemies. Each extra hook, more likely and more enemies.Stacking: The chance adds less each time (never 100%); targets add the same.
Ceremonial Dagger: Every kill fires 3 daggers that chase other enemies. It chains kills on its own. Each extra one, stronger daggers.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: The daggers do not avoid walls and get stuck.
Brainstalks: Killing an elite gives you 4 s with no cooldowns: use your skills non-stop. Each extra one, 4 s more.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Not zero cooldown: half a second remains.
A
Laser Scope: Your crits do triple damage instead of double. Each extra scope, another 100%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: On Railgunner it is worth ten Glasses.
Alien Head: All your skills come back 25% sooner. Each extra head, another 25% less.Stacking: Each copy cuts a share of what is left: it drops less each time and never reaches zero.Watch out: It applies before Purity: together they cut cooldowns a lot.
Unstable Tesla Coil: You fire constant lightning at 3 nearby enemies; it switches off every 10 s and comes back. Each extra coil, 2 more enemies.Stacking: Each coil, 2 more targets.
Rejuvenation Rack: All your healing is doubled. Each extra rack, more again.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.
Dio's Best Friend: An extra life: if you die, you come back with 3 seconds of being untouchable. It is used up.Stacking: One extra life per copy; used up on revive.
Frost Relic: Kills surround you with an ice storm that hurts and slows enemies; it grows with every kill. Each extra relic, bigger.Stacking: Each copy raises the storm's maximum size.
B
H3AD-5T v2: You jump higher and landing causes a huge blast: the higher you fall from, the harder it hits. Each extra one, faster recharge.Stacking: Each copy lowers the cooldown, less each time.
Happiest Mask: Enemies you kill sometimes come back as ghosts that fight for you for 30 s. Each extra mask, 30 s more.Stacking: The chance stays at 7%; each copy adds 30 s of ghost.Watch out: Some ghosts can still hurt or kill you (Lynx Totem, Grandparent).
Wake of Vultures: Killing an elite (the coloured ones) gives you its power for a few seconds (fire, ice, lightning...). Each extra one, longer.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: You can have every elite power at once.
// boss (yellow)
Boss (yellow).
S
Irradiant Pearl: Raises everything by 10%: health, damage, speed, all of it. Each extra one, another 10%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Not from printers or recyclers: only Cleansing Pools or a Shrine of Order.
Molten Perforator: 10% of your hits pull 3 lava balls out of the enemy that set things on fire. Each extra one, more damage.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: It deals 300% of the hit, not of base damage (the game is wrong). Misses small enemies; great on big ones and bosses.
Charged Perforator: 10% of your hits call down a strong lightning bolt. Each extra one, more damage.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: It deals 500% of the hit, not base damage. The strike is delayed and fast enemies can dodge it.
A
Shatterspleen: Your crits cause bleeding, and enemies that die bleeding explode and hurt the ones around them. Each extra one, a stronger explosion.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: It shares bleed with Tri-Tip Dagger. If the first crit kills, there is no explosion.
Titanic Knurl: More health (40) and faster healing. Each extra one, the same again.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Rejuvenation Rack multiplies its healing.
Genesis Loop: If you drop below 25% health, you explode and do massive damage around you. Recharges every 30 s; each extra one, sooner.Stacking: Each copy lowers the cooldown (the game's «−50%» is not accurate).Watch out: The 25% counts health plus shield. An unused Unstable Transmitter stops it from triggering.
Pearl: 10% more max health. Each extra pearl, another 10%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Not from printers or recyclers: only Cleansing Pools or a Shrine of Order.
Little Disciple: While sprinting, you fire wisps that chase enemies; the faster you go, the more you fire. Each extra one, more damage.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.
B
Queen's Gland: Every 30 s a beetle guard appears to fight for you. Each extra gland, another guard.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Engineer turrets do not inherit it.
Planula: Every hit you take heals you 15. Great against lots of small hits. Each extra one, 15 more.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: It heals before the hit lands, with damage over time and falls too; not with void fog.
// lunar (blue)
Lunar (blue).
A
Gesture of the Drowned: Your equipment recharges in half the time, but fires on its own as soon as it is ready, whether you want it or not.Stacking: Each copy cuts a share of what is left: it drops less each time and never reaches zero.
Shaped Glass: You do double damage but have half the health. Each extra glass doubles damage and halves health again.Stacking: Multiplies: 2, 4, 8 times the damage, and health halves each time.Watch out: It removes one-shot protection. At 25 copies you die instantly (game limit).
Purity: Your skills come back 2 s sooner, but luck turns against you: everything random rolls worse.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Cooldowns never go below half a second. Each Purity cancels a Clover. Does not affect Tougher Times.
Transcendence: All your health becomes shield, which refills if you avoid hits for a while, and you get 50% more. Each extra one, 25% more.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Healing items become nearly useless. Damage over time delays shield regeneration.
B
Brittle Crown: Your hits sometimes give you gold, but taking damage costs you gold. Each extra crown, more both ways.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.
Visions of Heresy: Replaces your main attack with a flurry of homing shards that explode. Each extra one, more charges.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.
// faq
FAQ.
What is the best item in Risk of Rain 2?
For almost any run, 57 Leaf Clover. Among common items, Soldier's Syringe and Tougher Times.
What happens if you have several Ukuleles?
The chance stays at 25%; each extra one makes the lightning jump to 2 more enemies and reach 2 m further.
Soldier's Syringe: You attack 15% faster: more shots and hits per second. Each extra syringe adds another 15%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Only speeds up attacks and animations: it does not lower skill cooldowns. Bandit does not shoot faster, he only reloads faster.
Tougher Times: Sometimes a hit that would land does nothing: with one bear, 13% of hits. More bears raise the chance, but less each time: it never reaches 100%.Stacking: Each bear adds less: one blocks 13% (not the 15% the game says) and ten block 60%. It never reaches 100%.Watch out: Luck (Clover) does not affect it. A blocked hit does not trigger enemy effects either, like Overloading Elite bombs. It does not stop Void Reaver implosions.
Lens-Maker's Glasses: 10% of your hits are critical and do double damage. Each extra pair adds 10%; with ten, every hit is a crit.Stacking: Capped at 10: with ten, every hit crits. The eleventh does nothing, unless you plan to turn them into Lost Seer's Lenses.Watch out: On Railgunner they give no crits: each pair adds 10% crit damage instead. Crit chance does not depend on the hit's proc coefficient.
Paul's Goat Hoof: You move 14% faster. Moving fast means dodging better. Each extra hoof adds 14%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Always on. While sprinting, Energy Drink is faster (25% versus about 20%).
Crowbar: You do 75% more damage to enemies that still have almost full health (over 90%), so your first hit lands much harder. Each extra crowbar adds another 75%.Stacking: No cap: each crowbar adds another 75%. With two, the first hit already beats a critical hit.Watch out: Only the hit that lands while the enemy is above 90% counts; missiles and lightning from other items do not get it. In a group, if an ally hits first, you lose it.
Tri-Tip Dagger: 10% of your hits make the enemy bleed, losing health for a few seconds. Each extra dagger adds 10% chance.Stacking: Each dagger adds the same: with ten, every hit that counts in full bleeds.Watch out: It shares its chance with Noxious Thorn (they do not roll separately), and with Shatterspleen only one bleed lands per hit. Attacks with low proc put shorter bleeds.
Armor-Piercing Rounds: You do 20% more damage to bosses. Each extra one adds 20%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Only works on enemies with a red health bar (bosses).
Bustling Fungus: Stand still for a second and a circle appears that heals you and allies inside. Each extra fungus makes it bigger and heal more.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: It heals based on the health of whoever is inside, turrets and drones too. Some skills push you slightly and break the circle.
Topaz Brooch: Every kill gives you a layer of temporary health (15) that wears off. Each extra brooch adds 15.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: The barrier decays on its own (3.33% of your health per second) and the brooch gives a fixed amount: with high health it falls off, and Aegis beats it once you heal well.
Backup Magazine: Your secondary skill (right click) gets one more use before its cooldown. Each extra magazine, one more.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: More uses, but it does not lower the secondary cooldown. Lets Engineer place more mines.
Energy Drink: You sprint 25% faster. Each extra drink adds 25%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: Only while sprinting. Best on survivors who attack while sprinting: Mercenary, Huntress, False Son.
Sticky Bomb: 5% of your hits stick a bomb to the enemy that explodes shortly after. Each extra bomb adds 5%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: With full-proc attacks, one bomb averages about 9% more damage.
Medkit: Two seconds after taking a hit, you heal 20 plus 5% of your health. Each extra medkit heals another 5%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: If you get hit again within 2 seconds, the wait starts over: weak if you are hit constantly.
Monster Tooth: Every enemy you kill drops a little orb that heals you (8 health plus 2% of your max). Each extra tooth heals another 2%.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: You have to get close to pick the orb up: much better on melee survivors.
Cautious Slug: When you are out of combat, you heal faster (+3 health per second). Each extra slug adds 3 more.Stacking: Each copy adds the same, no cap.Watch out: What matters is not taking damage, not stopping your attacks (the game says «out of combat», which is wrong).
Ukulele
AtG Missile Mk. 1
Hardlight Afterburner
Predatory Instincts
Kjaro's Band
Runald's Band
Harvester's Scythe
Hopoo Feather
Leeching Seed
Bandolier
Rose Buckler
Will-o'-the-wisp
Fuel Cell
Wax Quail
Old War Stealthkit
Berzerker's Pauldron
57 Leaf Clover
Brilliant Behemoth
Sentient Meat Hook
Ceremonial Dagger
Brainstalks
Laser Scope
Alien Head
Unstable Tesla Coil
Rejuvenation Rack
Dio's Best Friend
Frost Relic
H3AD-5T v2
Happiest Mask
Wake of Vultures
Irradiant Pearl
Molten Perforator
Charged Perforator
Shatterspleen
Titanic Knurl
Genesis Loop
Pearl
Little Disciple
Queen's Gland
Planula
Gesture of the Drowned
Shaped Glass
Purity
Transcendence
Brittle Crown
Visions of Heresy