ror2-game-questions

[quasi topaz]

Btw if you are using spiked fist on loader I would refrain from picking up breaching fin. Breaching fin makes spiked fist proc bands

[devout lichen]

TY, but rn im just using loader to speed through stuff for logs, gonna reset once i search this stage

[hidden compass]

ive been seeing in runs these blue things with spikes around them, and i offer a lunar coin to them and it says a blue orb appears, what does it mean? ive never noticed anything happen when i do it.

[quasi topaz]

Newt altar, if activated before the telelorter event will allow a blue portal to spawn once the event has been completed. This is how you enter the bazaar

[hidden compass]

oh

ive been there once in a multiplayer run and i didn't know how so there will just be a blue portal near the teleporter once i start it up and i can enter it?

[hoary sedge]

it appears after you complete the tp event but yeah

[hidden compass]

ok

thanks

[sterile frigate]

anyone on?

[crisp timber]

Nope. we're all dead

[sterile frigate]

having a problem, cant figure out how to connect with a ps5 user, im on pc?

[steady stone]

You can't, crossplay is between epic and steam

[sterile frigate]

the hell? the website says it supports full crossplay even lists pc players as able to play with console players

[spice jungle]

Anyone got tips for beating the game with the false son on monsoon?

[steady stone]

The website?

[sterile frigate]

sec looking for the page i was reading on it

[crisp timber]

What are you struggling with, specifically? There's a ton of possible tips, but it's kinda hard to determine what you might already know or not know

[sterile frigate]

PlayStation 4/5: The game can be played on both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, enabling cross-platform play with other consoles and PC users.

specifically says pc cant play with mobile

[steady stone]

ror2 mobile rofl

[sterile frigate]

but specifically say ps users can play with pc users

[steady stone]

ror2 isnt actually on mobile, so i dont know where you got that

it would blow up your phone

[sterile frigate]

https://canwecrossplay.com/is-risk-of-rain-2-crossplay/

[dusky raven]

What is this

[crisp timber]

this website has lied to you

[steady stone]

yeah that's just like, wrong, its probably an ai generated article tbh

[dusky raven]

This is categorically untrue, ai slop

[steady stone]

reddit normally has good answers for that stuff, if you google whether a game is crossplay

[sterile frigate]

wow we all bought it thinking we could play together

[dusky raven]

Dead internet strikes again

[sterile frigate]

indeed, well guues we getting 4 refunds ty google><

[crisp timber]

I mean for the future, I'd just check the official steam page

[steady stone]

steam should let you refund with no questions, but best of luck with the console!

[crisp timber]

If you don't see this, there's no crossplay

[sterile frigate]

thanks

[high forum]

holy ai generated

that's crazy

"Particularly with its multicultural cast of characters"

[idle mulch]

Is there an enemy cap/limit? if so is it different when spawning elite enemies?

[spice jungle]

I just don't know what items pare well with the false son im now getting the hang of after not likeing him that much for a while and because I just got annihilated by a clay dunestrider

[spice jungle]

Sorry if this kinda makes no sense

[crisp timber]

So movement and damage are always good. But in addition to that, basically anything that increases his max HP grants you growth, so you’re looking at Bison steaks, infusion, prayer beads, stone flux pauron, growth nectar.

Also for false son specifically, luminous shot is probably your best green, since you can easily enable it with spikes and the slam lets it scale incredibly well.

[cobalt quiver]

Those categories can sometimes be outdated though.
Its manually set by the developers I think.

[livid wedge]

It is. Epic and steam are two different platforms

It's misleading but it's not a lie

Op, nevermind

I misread

[oak granite]

hey is gearbox ever gonna fix the bug with recycler not working within 20 feet in multiplayer

[livid wedge]

I've neve had that bug

[clear whale]

Gearbox Feet Level

[steep basin]

Gearbox Feet Level

[bright marsh]

hi what is the best biuld for cheff ? or some good items on him

[lavish jacinth]

chef is a proc character so any on-hit effects are going to be good, I don't think there's anything that's super specific to him other than maybe if you're using sear and since he has a lot of built-in debuffs

[bright marsh]

oke oke thx : D

[valid turtle]

REX is one of my top 4 favorite survivors, why do most people not like him?

(the other 3 being engi, cap, and bandit)

[waxen saddle]

no mobility

[valid turtle]

He actually has great mobility, it jsut takes skill to us e his utility properly

[mellow crystal]

He has a different style of play and slightly higher skill floor compared to other survivors

So the same reasons people dislike merc and arti

[valid turtle]

actually more like OK mobility, but better than engi and cap

[valid turtle]

Well arti is one of my least favorite

Merc is ok though

[waxen saddle]

arti is the worst survivor in both games (ror2 and ror returns)

[mellow crystal]

In 2025 </3

[glacial knoll]

obliterate this man

[lavish jacinth]

his playstyle is pretty different and he has a gimmick that ends up working against him more often than not, especially now that we have so many items that reward not getting hit

[waxen saddle]

people hates on the one who speaks the truth

[lavish jacinth]

or perhaps you're the one who's wrong

[waxen saddle]

well idk i just find arti skills are underwhelming for me

especially in ror returns

[glacial knoll]

I heard her being the worst in Returns but definitely not the worst in 2

never really comes up as a contender

[lavish jacinth]

I don't remember her being that bad in returns but I haven't touched it in over a year

[mellow crystal]

Returns arti is more just jank to play iirc
Like pre-p3 false son

[glacial knoll]

last played; 18 months ago

[lavish jacinth]

especially that stupid sun thing

but yeah that's kinda how I remember it, her kit was weird to use but I think technically good

although I remember some jank with her primary doing way less damage than it was supposed to or something

[valid turtle]

Nearly. Huntress is worse.

In Rorr tho? Yeah

[quasi topaz]

Generally feels bad to play for a lot of people. Personally I feel like his hitbox is too big, his base movement is too slow, eclipse makes his kit a lot worse to play(unless you're crazy), and the sound that plays when you jump while sprinting gets annoying really fast.

[lavish jacinth]

rex's sound design sucks in general ngl

listening to his primary for an hour makes me wanna mute the game lol

[mellow crystal]

His base movement is identical to other survivors

[quasi topaz]

Ik its identical but it feels slower yk

Maybe its just because hes bigger than most survivors

[mellow crystal]

Yeah I think he's as tall as commando without the plant

Or taller actually

[quasi topaz]

I think hes about the same general size as mul-t

[valid turtle]

I agree, I just really like his playstyle; he's very unique

[dawn ice]

im having a bug where using the yes chef version of ice box isnt getting rid of yes chef

it lets me use it for ice box and then again for free. does anyone know whats causing this?

[lavish jacinth]

yeah, that's a known bug

[dawn ice]

is there a fix? i havent had this happen to me before

[lavish jacinth]

there are probably mods to fix it, but otherwise no

[dawn ice]

bummer

thank you for the helpo

[quasi topaz]

Just use ice box and then any other ability, you basically get 2 yes chef abilities with it, if you dont want to abuse the bug switch over to sear or use another ability away fron enemies

[fierce bluff]

The mod's chef tweaks, makes chef playable with high attack speed without hurting you finger too

[lilac wolf]

is harvester scythe on viend a viable item or I should just scrap it?

[waxen saddle]

scrap

[lilac wolf]

alr

[lavish jacinth]

nah, scythe is decent on him

the 2% corruption that he gains from a crit will outweigh the small amount lost from scythes' flat healing, so long as you don't stack a bunch of them

so it's a decent way to heal while in corrupt form

[lilac wolf]

noted , thanks

[smoky oak]

Seeker looks sick!! Is she a DLC character? Or can I get her base game

So far, the coolest characters I've seen are DLC and I'm like "nooooooo"

[steady stone]

Seeker is in the Seekers of the Storm DLC

[smoky oak]

nooooooo

[steady stone]

SOTS:

[smoky oak]

thanks

oh, btw, what survivor gives "fantasy caster" other than artificer? Didn't really vibe with her

not-dlc, that is

[steady stone]

kinda gives fantasy, but is hard to play as
Not many others give magic, though

There's a good amount of magic modded characters, though

[smoky oak]

Got her once, but I interacted with a thing and got obliterated

sad

[smoky oak]

i need to get more people, still, only have like, 5 people unlocked

But thanks

[steady stone]

Yeah, it's good to complete the game first, but might give some more playtime after

[smoky oak]

oh, alr did it a couple of times, or do you mean a different ending?

[steady stone]

100%ing it, it's very fun

[smoky oak]

That's the goal

Played like, 6 or so matches and alr at 48%

shouldn't take longer than a week, I hope

[terse anvil]

is crit goggles good on bandit? I know he already has guarenteed crits from the back but the goggles could give him crits from any direction, also does fire rate affect his load speeds?

[steady stone]

crit goggles do have a use especially on his revolver from the front, but may prove less useful than normal and you might have a time where you want to scrap and print something else
as for fire rate, yeah, attack speed scales his reload

[terse anvil]

are there any really good items I should be on the look out for? I imagine that crowbar is good because he has such a high base damage

[steady stone]

crowbar is good with his revolver, but his shotgun will find less value

in general he's pretty good with proc, since his primary hits rapidly and pretty hard, and the revolver can hit really rapidly or insanely hard depending on which one

[spice jungle]

I have achieved my goal thank you for the help and i not understand the power that luminous shot holds

[terse anvil]

2 questions, can damage over time crit and if so can harvesting sythe still heal?

[lost saddle]

is lunar stakes good

or at least some what good, even if its only decent ill still play with it

[fallen bridge]

stakes are arguably a bit better than spikes since you can get 3 ruin per stake

[lost saddle]

okok very good thank you

[short bolt]

What’s should I be doing in monsoon

I stand around boxes until I get enough coins for it then go around and do the boss for every stage

But I keep losing my runs

[lost saddle]

keep trying till you dont lose your run

maybe try different survivors

[fallen bridge]

full looting & prioritising dmg & mobility items over dmg mitigation/healing, focus on dodging dangerous hits, try to build around your survivor's kit ... they are fairly general tips that can be applied in places other than monsoon

[crisp timber]

no. debuffs do not crit

[short bolt]

What should I be doing for commando for example?

[fallen bridge]

leaning into on-hit procs mainly (bleeds/other base dmg procs too), he gets a lot of value from a majority of items

[short bolt]

So like these

[fallen bridge]

not really crowbar, none of commando's attacks deal too much dmg so he gets more value from other dmg multipliers etc

[short bolt]

Ohhh ok

[fallen bridge]

"proc items" moreso refer to etc

[short bolt]

So I wanna get those and if I see a 3d printer I should get those

[fallen bridge]

to some extent yes, atg & sticky stack the best of those & you do not really need more than 1 uke or meathook

but procs are much stronger if you diversify them so do not go all into a single proc printer

[short bolt]

So my strategy of just farming by boxes is good?

[fallen bridge]

yes, always open every chest on every stage

items outscale time

[tepid gate]

Doing God's work

[brittle shuttle]

the closest youll get to "magic"

seeker using soul heretic using whatever the fuck she uses void fiend using magical void piss blasts tm and false son having lightning

[smoky oak]

so basically, either DLCs that i don't have or finding heretic mid game

hm

[brittle shuttle]

Pay to use magic

[winter plaza]

Tbf if you don't dislike artificer she's even got a mage skin

[cobalt quiver]

do drones' microbots also gain faster recharge speed from cap's attack speed stacking? or only cap's microbot?

[lavish jacinth]

afaik it's only cap's microbot, but drone microbots will be affected by anything that buffs the attack speed of drones, like

[bright marsh]

hi what is the beast at like 6 h runn

excep enginier

[lavish jacinth]

by that point your survivor hardly matters since your items are going to be doing like 99% of the work

ig someone with good proc rates like commando would be good since proc items are so powerful lategame, but it's really just whoever you want

[bright marsh]

oke oke i went with cheff 😄

[pallid mirage]

How often do you guys get god runs

[livid wedge]

Maybe 1 in 10. Most of the time they're average

[pallid mirage]

Feel like it'll never happen again

[livid wedge]

Nah, you'll get another one

[lavish jacinth]

the fact that they don't happen often is what makes them a god run

[pallid mirage]

It felt good making my game freeze and lag at times

[livid wedge]

Ye, they shouldn't very frequent

Makes them more fun

[pallid mirage]

I guess that what makes them special also what does the leaf clover do

I've never gotten it before

[lavish jacinth]

+1 luck, it increases the odds of most chance-based items activating

[pallid mirage]

Is there a certain percent or just guaranteed

[lavish jacinth]

specifically, failed RNG rolls get re-rolled +1 time, so like would effectively have two 10% chances instead of one

[livid wedge]

It's a reroll

[mellow crystal]

Basically if every %-based effect is a dice roll, each point of luck gives you another dice, and you pick the highest number out of those dice

[livid wedge]

It'll never make something guaranteed but it will increase the chance

[mellow crystal]

And for negative luck from you instead pick the lowest

[livid wedge]

Also, merely grammar but die is the singular

[mellow crystal]

True but the average person probably won't know that so dice is easier to use

[livid wedge]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[pallid mirage]

So it just gambling except you have a higher chance of winning

[lavish jacinth]

kinda yeah

[livid wedge]

You literally get another chance to succeed per clover

[lavish jacinth]

it doesn't directly affect the chance of winning

but you get more chances to win

(the exact way that it works isn't super important though, functionally it does just make random procs more likely)

[pallid mirage]

OHHHHH I get it

[livid wedge]

Yeah, the math is very math. The important info is that it gives better odds

And is a good item

[lavish jacinth]

one of the best reds

[pallid mirage]

Can't wait to try it out

[lavish jacinth]

if you do wanna know the math tho, the wiki has all of it https://riskofrain2.wiki.gg/wiki/57_Leaf_Clover

[pallid mirage]

Oh yeah Ben's raincoat is amazing

[lavish jacinth]

....nah....

[livid wedge]

I like it but I know it's one of the not good reds

[pallid mirage]

Well on paper it sounds good, not red item good but good

[livid wedge]

It not blocking freeze is absolutely dumb

Since freeze is a status effect and not a debuff

[lavish jacinth]

it also doesn't do anything to mitigate damage (other than the useless 10% barrier, I guess), it JUST removes a single debuff

[pallid mirage]

Wow that's ass

[livid wedge]

It could really use a glowup

[lavish jacinth]

blocks damage AND prevents debuffs, and is a lot more common to get. Braincoat's only advantage is a shorter base cooldown

[livid wedge]

What'd be nice is if it blocked debuffs for like a couple seconds before going on cd

[lavish jacinth]

something like that, yeah

[livid wedge]

Kind of like the scarf from returns

Maybe a bit more barrier

15 or 20

%

Not sure how we'd stack it like that, though

Without it being super strong

Maybe make the cd 10s and additional reduces that by a %

I think that would make it playable

[lavish jacinth]

or longer duration but CD stays the same, like how stealthkit used to be

actually wait, did pre-rework stealthkit have a cooldown? I don't even remember loll

[livid wedge]

Yeah, but I think I'd rather get it sooner for more barrier again

It did not have a cd

Only a chance that increased the less health you had

[lavish jacinth]

while we're at it, can we bring back OG stealthkit

[livid wedge]

I think clover actually affected that too, lol

[lavish jacinth]

yeah

back when stealthkit was actually good 😔

[livid wedge]

I was just about to post that screen too lol

Eh, I like it's current form. It just needs to trigger instead of waiting until everything else to trigger

Like, if an elixir triggers, you should also get the stealthkit

[lavish jacinth]

yeah, giving it the lowest priority of the low-health items was just adding insult to injury

[livid wedge]

Same either gloop

[lavish jacinth]

at least gloop is above elixir

[livid wedge]

Uhh

It never seems to proc before but maybe I'm not paying enough attention

[lavish jacinth]

I know for a fact that it did, I made a feedback report about it when sotv came out. I'm preeetty sure it still does but maybe something changed with the transmitter rework

[livid wedge]

Fair enough

[lavish jacinth]

either way I miss old stealthkit
it had synergy with out-of-danger items which was cool, and it actually activated often enough to feel useful

oh and rex synergy

[radiant plinth]

Is there gonna be a switch 2 version?

[daring cloak]

Maybe

Nothing has been confirmed but its definitely in the realm of possibilities

[vast fiber]

first time playing chef post-update, is his M2 just a normal ranged attack now? I was shocked I hit a Vagrant with it from the ground

[quasi topaz]

You throw the cleaver and it auto comes back

Still a range you need to be at but it feels a lot better

[brittle shuttle]

m2 as in sear

[vast fiber]

Sear, I mean. cleaver def feels better tho

[brittle shuttle]

and yeah sear has quite the range on it now

[quasi topaz]

Yeah sear range is really far

[vast fiber]

damn, they really did a 180 with our cooking boi

[keen wedge]

The extra-threatening message of "the primordial teleporter aligns with the moon" appears when I enter the 4th area (which usually doesn't matter because I get insta killed by one of those bronze guys if I stand still for more than a second), but I would like to know, does that mean I have to do anything special to find this primordial teleporter, or does it spawn randomly as usual?

There was a rather large chasm in the center of the map which I didn't bother going down, instead opting to search the high cliffs, where I found no teleporter. But if the teleporter aligns with the moon, why would it be underground?

[lavish jacinth]

the primordial teleporter isn't special, it just replaces the normal teleporter on that map.
It does have the unique ability to be realigned to either the moon (default) or to the planet, which will determine whether you go to the final boss or loop when using it

[keen wedge]

Spoilers

[lavish jacinth]

it can be a little annoying to find since the map is so big, and it emits blue particles instead of the usual orange ones (there's a setting to make the particles easier to see though)

[keen wedge]

Ooh that's what I needed to know, thanks

I'll mess around in the settings menu

[lavish jacinth]

it's under that umbrella settings thing on the first page

[lavish jacinth]

also assuming you're talking about sky meadows, none of it is really underground, tbf. The "underground" area does have something important in it though

[keen wedge]

I assume the umbrella settings don't affect achievements or anything?

[lavish jacinth]

nah, they're just QoL

[keen wedge]

It's a hole, it's under a lot of ground, what else would it be

[lavish jacinth]

I mean the whole map is way up in the sky, so...

[keen wedge]

I'll check it out next time I slog back there though, thank you

Another thing, does item rarity increase as you play runs?

[lavish jacinth]

nope

[keen wedge]

Because I found 2 red items in my most recent one, and I've never seen red ones before

That's not exactly true I found happiest mask once

[lavish jacinth]

that's just luck then

reds have a 1% chance to spawn from small chests and a 20% chance from large chests and rusted lockboxes

[keen wedge]

Also I found Big Gun Drone, who was a big help

[lavish jacinth]

there's also always a guaranteed red item ||on stage 4, either in a legendary chest that spawns in pre-set spots on Abyssal Depths/Sundered Grove or by beating the secret boss on Siren's Call||

[keen wedge]

I will neglect to read that, for fear of cheapening my game experience

[lavish jacinth]

you'll know it when you find it

(probably)

[keen wedge]

Also, blast shower seems terrible

Unless there's some enemy I haven't yet encountered that causes extreme disease

[lavish jacinth]

it's very niche, there are a few enemies with nasty debuffs (mostly lategame or in the DLC stuff)

but one cool thing about it is that it can also remove the cooldown on certain items

if an item has an internal cooldown that appears on your healthbar as a debuff, blast shower will be able to reset it instantly

there's one specific set of items it's really good with but idk if you want that spoiled either lol

[keen wedge]

I do not

My favorite aspect of the game so far is certainly that a ukulele is perhaps the best item in the game

[lavish jacinth]

but yeah, outside of very specific builds with those items, blast shower is kinda mid compared to most equipment

[keen wedge]

I don't know why I'm wasting time being verbose

[quasi topaz]

From personal experience gasoline is the solution to all problems (mostly joke but it makes things really easy early and mid game)

[keen wedge]

I do love gasoline, especially with ukulele. Most "on kill" items are massively buffed by the uke.

[scarlet dagger]

Oooh so you love on kill items?

Then you will love

[quasi topaz]

builds are so insanely broken if you can get the right items

[scarlet dagger]

[quasi topaz]

I prefer e8

[scarlet dagger]

Fair

I like doing when I want to goof off with stupid build ideas

[tepid gate]

Squid polyp build

[quasi topaz]

I only do when I wanna get achievements or unlocks

[scarlet dagger]

That too

[scarlet dagger]

Oooh new idea...

Hehehehe

[quasi topaz]

Add in

[lavish jacinth]

literally exists for that build

[scarlet dagger]

Oh yes

Danke

[quasi topaz]

Could also add in for the fireworks

[lavish jacinth]

the best thing about doing polyp builds is that they show how hard polyp gets slept on as an item

[quasi topaz]

Love polyps when they work

[scarlet dagger]

Ye

[quasi topaz]

Only gotten them to work on the final boss when reviving drones (polyps get nuked on spawn)

[lavish jacinth]

if you mostly play e8 then they're not as good yeh

[scarlet dagger]

What survivor tho? Engi?

[quasi topaz]

They feel good throughout a run otherwise

[mellow crystal]

I've honestly never played even for stuff like that or unlocks just because monsoon sac n swarm is basically the same thing but stage 1 and 2 aren't a bore

[quasi topaz]

Command makes any difficulty easy

[lavish jacinth]

if you wanna do the ultimate polyp build

use diablo strike to kill your own polyps, get ghost polyps, use bungus to keep them alive

to make ghosts easier to get

[quasi topaz]

Which reminds me i have to keep trying at the maao run

[dusty scarab]

Unless your mercenary.

[quasi topaz]

Shurikens and skill issue

[mellow crystal]

skill issue.. 😔

[lavish jacinth]

that sounds like a skill issue ngl

[mellow crystal]

Oh my god even fucking fax agrees with it 😭

[lavish jacinth]

I don't normally like giving "skill issue" as a response but sometimes that is the answer lol

???

[quasi topaz]

Omfg

[lavish jacinth]

oh right, the server bots hate steam links lol

[mellow crystal]

Yeah agreed, it's just funny watching you of all people say it

[quasi topaz]

Dyno the silencer

[lavish jacinth]

I was just trying to link Fade's merc guide lmao, it's literally in the pins already

[mellow crystal]

Does said merc guide include whirlwind cancelling

[quasi topaz]

Talking about this?

[lavish jacinth]

yeah

[mellow crystal]

FUCK YEAH

[primal plume]

will my shield regenrate if i get damaged but only in my barrier?

or does it count as being in danger?

[crisp timber]

Counts as being in danger

[lilac wolf]

does cautios slug disrupt viend's corruption meter?

[lavish jacinth]

no

[lilac wolf]

thanks

[pallid mirage]

Give me the most important bit of information that'll go a long way for ror2

[lavish jacinth]

always full-loot stages, be efficient but don't rush

ig that's more advice than information but whatever, it's still probably the most important thing to know

[pallid mirage]

Thing is it's hard not to rush cause I don't want to be super out leveled but I guess by the time you're on the last level the difficulty is either maxed out or about to be

[lavish jacinth]

items will make you stronger faster than the timer can make you weaker, and you'll never outrun the timer no matter how fast you go

so full-clearing is overall the best strategy

also, difficulty scales with stage count as well as time, so you really do wanna make the most of each stage.
Full looting and getting at least one item per minute is a pretty good rule of thumb but not a hard requirement, it's fine to spend time on stuff like printers

learning stage layouts also helps a lot so that you can explore quickly, ideally you want to route it so that you check the whole stage without much backtracking and end up at the teleporter

[pallid mirage]

Thank you and this will be a game changer for me instead of just rushing and missing items all the time

[smoky oak]

what was the requirement to get Cap?

[wintry fjord]

Beat the game

[smoky oak]

wait, then why did it only appear now?

i'm confused

[livid wedge]

Specifically by leaving on fhe escape shuttle on the moon

[wintry fjord]

Yeah

[smoky oak]

with the beams and shit

pilars, idr the name

[wintry fjord]

Yeah pillars

[smoky oak]

||whats the diff between a beam and a pillar?||

[wintry fjord]

The pillars make beams so you can see where they are

[livid wedge]

Yeah, beams are emitted by pillars yet to be completed

To make them easier to spot at a distance

[wintry fjord]

Yeah but if you can find a way up the tree you can get into the arena without having to do it

[quasi topaz]

A good portion of the characters have innate pillar skips if you really dont want to do pillars

[smoky oak]

nono, like, the difference bewteen the thing beam and the thing pillar

[smoky oak]

not in-game, but like, the object that supports a house

[wintry fjord]

Oh a beam is across pillars are up and down

[wary cypress]

Does Artificer's primary still have stutter in multiplayer, it's rubber banding behind my character before firing out, not sure if this is a connection thing or not since everything else seems fine

[mellow crystal]

that's just standard projectile lag due to ping i'm p sure

[wary cypress]

Ahh okay

[smoky oak]

guys, wtf does the BEADS OF FAITH do?

is it related to that obelisc that obliterates you?

[mellow crystal]

yup
obliterate there and see what happens

assuming you're talking about

if it's the green ones, those are different

[wheat otter]

what items should i be stacking on chef? running ice box and yes chef

[opal frigate]

Hello, I unlocked Captain, Loader, Engineer and artificer, which one of them would you consider the "best" to run? I saw Loader in the highest tier in some tierlists but it doesn't look really that good maybe I'm using the character the wrong way

in my question I forgot to mention that when I'm looking for the "best" character between these I'm talking about multiplayer and not singleplayer so I'll have some people covering other roles during the runs with that "best" character

[quasi topaz]

Better to put them in an easiest to hardest to use due to skill ceilings and floors.
Frome easiest to hardest to play i would say it goes: engineer, captain, artificer, loader. (Of the ones mentioned)
In terms of "best" they all have their own strengths but when just starting out I would use whats comfortable and then learn as you play. Engineer is by far the easiest to play due to you basically having 3 of him

[quasi topaz]

Chef is really good with proc items so prioritze those along with the generally good items

[hoary sedge]

also loader is ranked that high bc she has basically the best mobility in the game outside of seeker, and very very high damage potential, but you do need to be pretty familiar with the movement to reach the full extent of the damage

[quasi topaz]

Loader definitely requires a lot of practice to get a handle on her movement

Been playing a lot of loader and my movement is still only decent with her

[hoary sedge]

yeah loader is probably one of the highest skill ceilings in the game

[crisp timber]

Out of curiosity, how are you using Loader?

[short bolt]

Think of yourself as a enraged gorilla with a grappling hook

[clear whale]

Whats that one gif from a mobile game ad where a gorilla mauls someone

[clear whale]

Engineer is easy enough

Place sentry, win

[tender temple]

Flying gorilla

[lilac wolf]

is this a mod or I can somehow change map palette in vanilla?

[clear whale]

Its a mod

[lilac wolf]

aw shucks

thanks

[brave cedar]

Do eclipse increase the amount of enemies? Esp. eclipse 2? It doesn't say that, but I just started getting lag from the amount of enemies there are even though I've never had that issue b4

[lavish jacinth]

nope

it's the same as monsoon

[brave cedar]

I have no idea why it's lagging, then. Maybe I spent more time clearing out enemies in the past or smth

[steady stone]

if it was fine for E1 and then you went straight into E2 with lag, your computer might be heating up and needs a quick thing of compressed air/dusting

[lavish jacinth]

check task manager too, see if anything's using up memory in the background

[hard edge]

Just got false son,what items should I heavily prioritize other than the health gain items?

[last zephyr]

Depends on your main

[lavish jacinth]

false son works with basically everything

he slightly leans towards procs due to lunar ruin working really well with them, and his charged slam having a 1.5 coeff if you fall for more than 0.5s. But he also has some decent burst options so you can just use whatever, really

his only real antisynergy is since it removes growth, but he's still really strong even without it

[brittle shuttle]

i think theres quite a few items false son isnt necessarily good with but not bad

But yeah if you wanna skip thinking you can kinda just grab everything and itll work

[grim idol]

I'm using engineer and bustling fungus is pretty useful for my turrets. Is there an item I can substitute it for when I use the mobile turrets

[fallen bridge]

unfortunately not

[lavish jacinth]

it's not exactly the same but it does help with their survivability quite a bit, so long as you don't lose your own elixirs

[fallen bridge]

not really a "substitute" since it works great on both turrets

i think the question was asking about items to have in place of bungus for mobile turrets

[lavish jacinth]

I mean yeah, there's nothing that's a 1:1 replacement, but elixir is kinda the next best thing

[grim idol]

so what would you say it better between regular turrets with bungus or mobile turrets with elixir

[lavish jacinth]

regular turrets are kinda just better in general

[grim idol]

alr

[lavish jacinth]

not that mobile turrets are awful or anything, they're totally usable

[fallen bridge]

by taking mobile turrets you just lose the bungus synergy, elixir is not exclusive to them

[onyx plume]

how is attackspeed calculated?

attack speed boost from items, are they additive or multiplicative?

[lavish jacinth]

additive

[high forum]

additive

jinx!!! you owe me a fax machine

[onyx plume]

also is there a cap to attackspeed?

[lavish jacinth]

with the exception of which are multiplicative

[high forum]

i think 60fps lol

[lavish jacinth]

yeah, 60 per second is the hard cap, but it's lower for some skills

[onyx plume]

um... so

[mellow crystal]

there's no intentional cap but there is a technical cap which is as the others said

[onyx plume]

how much total attackspeed boost is that ?

[high forum]

yeah sorry lol, more like a cap because of animations and stuff more than a number

don't worry about it

[onyx plume]

like in terms of boost from ats boost items

[lavish jacinth]

wdym

[high forum]

it would take an unreasonable amount to reach that point

not a realistic amount of items in a run

[onyx plume]

like how many syringes would it take to reach that hard cap

[lavish jacinth]

and due to rounding jank, most of the attack speed items you'd pick up wouldn't even do anything

[high forum]

like, hundreds and hundreds, right?

[lavish jacinth]

varies for every ability

[onyx plume]

maybe taking engi's turret as an example

[cunning zephyr]

good question

[lavish jacinth]

no idea what the exact number is

[high forum]

you'd need a crazy amount of to make engi's turrets reach the technical cap

[cunning zephyr]

yeah

like

a not okay amount

[onyx plume]

ah i see

[high forum]

not an amount you'd get without purposely trying to reach it, anyways lol

[cunning zephyr]

yeah

[high forum]

not something you'd have to worry about maxing out on in a regular run

[onyx plume]

so in a typical run, i woudln't have to worry about capping out my ats

[high forum]

not like crit or anything

[cunning zephyr]

yeah

[lavish jacinth]

worth noting that commando does have a weirdly low AS cap on his primary, I think like 24 syringes (which is actually a bug iirc, it should be higher)

[cunning zephyr]

oh

[lavish jacinth]

skills are also susceptible to rounding issues, since attacks can't be less than a frame long. So sometimes you'll pick up a syringe and it won't do anything, but then the next syringe will be do slightly more than normal. And sometimes those gaps can get really huge

[onyx plume]

also is purity insta take on artificer

[lavish jacinth]

nah, she still benefits from luck

she does benefit a lot from CDR but purity's downside can still hurt her more than the reduction helps

[onyx plume]

yeah i thought so as well

would rather benefit from bandolier

[crisp timber]

Or just like, proc items

[hoary sedge]

yeah if you don't have many good proc items and most of your damage is coming from flat multipliers and bands then purity is a good pickup on her

otherwise probably hold off

[grim idol]

how do you get the seed of life

[quasi topaz]

Beat the false son for the first time to unlock iirc.

[grim idol]

thanks

[cunning zephyr]

Should i get seekers of the storm now or wait and see if i want alloyed collective

[lavish jacinth]

AC probably won't be out for a while as far as we know

[cunning zephyr]

ok

[lavish jacinth]

it'll likely be this year but they haven't given a date yet

[scarlet dagger]

I would take SOTS

[cunning zephyr]

ok, thanks for the feedback

[lavish jacinth]

so you should probably buy sots right away, because as soon as they do they'll announce that AC is coming out next week

[cunning zephyr]

heheheha

yeah

[frigid vapor]

Is there perhaps a way to see or detect Mithrix's spinning attack (where he starts sending those left and right walls where if you get hit it can 2 shot you)?

I dont know what the attack is called

[lavish jacinth]

the official name is big spinny

[frigid vapor]

Fair

[lavish jacinth]

and there is, he starts using it once he's below 75% hp, and after that point he'll always alternate between that and the big ground shockwave attack on a 30s cooldown, so you can roughly predict when it's about to happen

[frigid vapor]

So around like 30 to 50 seconds?

and below 75% health

[lavish jacinth]

generally yeah, it won't be perfectly exact since he can't use it if he's in the middle of another attack, but I think he always tries to use it if it's off cooldown

and once it starts you can avoid it pretty consistently by staying close to him and moving along with the lines

[frigid vapor]

i always predict it once hes standing and doing nothing

[frigid vapor]

Alright, thanks for everything. We almost always die at this part and its kinda getting annoying. Thanks anyway

[lavish jacinth]

it's pretty easy to deal with once you get a feel for it but it does take a little bit of practice

[mellow crystal]

big tip is to get close to him during it since rotation is slower closer to the center

[frigid vapor]

holy, that is smart but its risky

Especially since i started liking Mercenary

[mellow crystal]

merc can actually panic i-frame the pizza slices with dashes and evis if you think you're about to mess up

[frigid vapor]

Yeah i learned that accidently by using the dashes while he was slamming his hammer

[lavish jacinth]

it's actually not, at least compared to staying at a distance

if you're far away, the lines will be moving so fast that dodging them is basically RNG

if you're up close they'll be slower relative to you, so you can move and stay between them more easily.

[quasi topaz]

I thought the official name was the forbidden pizza attack

[lavish jacinth]

Gearbox didn't make it, so they don't get to name it

wait I'm an idiot

[quasi topaz]

even prior that dev diary I always saw people calling it pizza because well, I mean just look at it

[lavish jacinth]

and those people are wrong

it's like the inverse of a pizza

and it is big and it spins

also big spinny sounds funnier

[quasi topaz]

Or it splits the arena into a pizza

[peak jacinth]

bizz > suncles

[keen wedge]

Do armor piercing rounds work on bosses that spawn normally in the later stages?

[fallen bridge]

no, only teleporter/special bosses are affected

[dusky raven]

if the healthbar is red, its a boss

unless the monsters have infusion bit thats an edgecase

[lavish jacinth]

*specifically a red healthbar at the top of the screen

[dusky raven]

wait my scrapper just made the noise

like the scrapping sound

I thought it was bugged and didn't do that anymore?

[viral sorrel]

does icbm affect the droneman missile on engi turrets

[fallen bridge]

are you playing mul-t

[dusky raven]

I am

wait is that the only time it does

[dusky raven]

it does not sadly

[fallen bridge]

that is it then, the scrap sound is part of mul-t's soundbank so by playing as them the sound is loaded properly

[lavish jacinth]

what matter of unholy jank is that

[fallen bridge]

geared box

[lavish jacinth]

first chef's existence is the only thing holding the fabric of the universe together, now mul-t is hoarding all the scrapper noises

[fallen bridge]

can't forget the malevolent blue hexagon god ...

[viral sorrel]

where would ror2 be without mods lmao

[fallen bridge]

probably not as popular or longlasting but i think the core game itself is good enough to warrant a reasonably large playerbase

[lavish jacinth]

I mean, the console playerbase exists

[fallen bridge]

oh right

[inner portal]

😠

[crude sedge]

i used the note editing trick to unlock all the characters and items would it be funner to make a new save and do it the legit way

[lavish jacinth]

It might be

Unlocking stuff is kinda the main thing to do in the game

But some people hate doing unlocks and just enjoy the core gameplay

[crude sedge]

i enjoyed the core gameplay alot but i realised i was getting a bit bored so i thought id do it all the legit way as god intended

[lavish jacinth]

Then go for it

Imo it's more fun to have a goal for a run that has a tangible reward, but that's just me

And there are plenty of unlocks that suck lmao

But it's still nice to have something to do

[quasi topaz]

Has the difficulty scaler always had a red outline or is my game freaking out

[fallen bridge]

your game is freaking i think

[quasi topaz]

Back to normal the next stage

I'll have to pay attention more when I'm on sulfur pools to see if its stage specific

[vital ether]

do the wisps from artifact of soul have the chance to drop an item on death with artifact of sacrifice on?

[fallen bridge]

nop

[versed crescent]

Does anyone know why I have a friendly void reaver?

[steady stone]

Turret died, larva corrupted boss item on it to zoea

[fallen bridge]

your turret died w/ larva & corrupted your yellow items

[brittle shuttle]

crab :)

[versed crescent]

gotcha thx

[supple yoke]

If you are playing with the artifact that gives enemies items or scavs with old guiatine [idk how u spell it], if you have an aspect does the guiatine come into affect?

[fallen bridge]

no, players are immune to those kinds of %-hp executes

[supple yoke]

Aight ty

[crude sedge]

are there any good lunar items for huntress

[steady stone]

the typical, but is a bit stronger since she has pretty good dodging (with triple blink)

just spam your R ability as to not remain vulnerable hovering in the air with it

the typical being like

[keen wedge]

Nothing feels better than picking up ukulele on my daily commando run

Add in gasoline and it is a delectable meal

I didn't mean to post that in game questions

[frigid vapor]

What difficulty is that?

[lavish jacinth]

eclipse

it's an alternate game mode

[frigid vapor]

Oooh okay, thanks

[broken tapir]

does void cradle kill you, if you try to use it while having shaped glass in your inventory?

[quasi topaz]

It takes 50% of your current max hp

Shaped glass cuts your max hp

[broken tapir]

👍

[primal plume]

just beat eclipse 8 for the first time. Was that line here before or did it appear after beating e8? It's only the characters with e8 beaten

[worthy cedar]

how can i find this stupid arancid portal thing

[quasi topaz]

It shows up as long as that character has access to eclipse 8

[primal plume]

Oh so ig e7 unlocks it

[primal plume]

The what?

[lavish jacinth]

you know, the rancid portal
sends you to the rot dimension

[hearty ivy]

Find my 5 pebbles

[lavish jacinth]

above shaded citadel

[glacial knoll]

secret character spider acrid

[lavish jacinth]

"arancid" is actually a portmaneau of "acrid arachnid" except for the part where it isn't

[livid wedge]

I have to share that

[prime frigate]

Does the achievement for not healing until the 3rd tele just mean no healing items?

[livid wedge]

Nothing that shows up as a green healing number

Regen items are allowed, luke knurl and cautious slug

[prime frigate]

Could I cheese it with seeker or void fiend, then?

[glacial knoll]

No.

[lavish jacinth]

if you see a green number over your head, that counts as healing

[prime frigate]

Ok

Thx

[lavish jacinth]

Acrid's self heal would work though since it's regen

or just use if you wanna cheese it

[prime frigate]

Interesting

Ok

I did it, thanks yall

[keen wedge]

Can the jade elephant block [final boss]'s pizza cutter looking attack

[livid wedge]

It reduces the damage, yes

But it deals a lot of damage

[keen wedge]

But does it reduce it enough

I had 2 armor platings and 2 buffalo steaks and the red egg that gives a heal on taking damage and it still one shot me

[fallen bridge]

depends on your definition of "enough"

[keen wedge]

Oh and like 3 shield generators

[fallen bridge]

i would not bank on tanking pizza at all on most survivors, but you may have better odds on mul-t/loader/acrid/false son/etc

those items you listed do very little against pizza, you want sources of armor or outright mitigation etc

but still, best not to try to facetank it

[hoary sedge]

yeah will save you if you fuck up the movement but youre never really gonna intentionally not dodge

[lavish jacinth]

none of those would really be very good at countering big spinny

(yes that's what it's called)

specialize in reducing small, rapid hits, like burn damage or titan beams or whatever, not huge bursts. And bison steak just sucks in general

[keen wedge]

All I want to do is be able to be hit by the thing at full health and Not Die

Preferably as Commando

[lavish jacinth]

I mean, you could also just not get hit by it

unless you're really dead set on facetanking it for some reason

but you can dodge it pretty consistently by getting close to it and moving along with the lines. the closer you are, the slower they'll move relative to you.
And once he's below 75% in phase 3, he'll always alternate between big spinny and the big ground shockwave thing with a 30s cooldown, so you can sorta predict when it'll happen

mithrix hits like a truck but he has pretty consistent attack patterns

[hoary sedge]

also if you're at full health it's one of the only big dangerous attacks that oneshot protection actually works on

[lavish jacinth]

^ all damage is hard capped at 90% of your max health, so as long as you're above 90%hp, you won't die from a single hit

emphasis on single, multihits can still wreck you

not something you wanna rely on but it helps in specific cases

[fallen bridge]

osp really only helps when big tanky enemies (scav mithrix) get n'kuhana & a healing source

[lavish jacinth]

eh, there are more use cases than that

vagrant novas and big spinny are probably the two most common places it'll come into play in normal circumstances

or just getting clapped in the back of the head by an elite brass contraption or something

[hoary sedge]

unless said elite is blazing or overloading or voidtouched

in which case you still die

[fallen bridge]

i forget about vagrant nova but odds are, getting hit by a single pizza & getting crippled will make it pretty likely that you will die to a spawn or another pizza

[winter plaza]

I think being able to get away with messing up once is pretty good, and the more healing you have the more useful it is

[spiral lily]

Hello!
I've recently been playing ror2, as railgunner, but im a little lost on the items I should be getting?
Ive tried to follow some tier lists on which items to get first, keep, scrap. but majority of them seem to be all about damage? which makes sense... but I cant stay alive long enough in higher stages.

Does anyone have any ideas/decent websites on items for damage as well as health so i can stay alive as railgunner in higher stages? - Any help appreciated!

[steady stone]

the damage items being good is because of "total" damage items, multiplying the damage that is actually being done to the monster (compared to base damage, the base stat) since she hits in hard bursts
an example is ATG, if that proccs, it will do 300% of the damage of the attack that activated it, meaning it will absolutely devastate an enemy
with that, crowbar is a very good item, as many enemies will simply get killed in one hit while above the health threshold

in terms of staying alive, you can maintain relatively good mobility by jumping around while shooting, as at the peak of your jump, due to gravity decelerating you, your speed is 0 and wont be moving your cursor around, meaning you can adjust accordingly, and reload while landing

your m1 unscoped also propels you ever so slightly, meaning you can stay in the air longer or go higher up if you shoot downwards while going up

combining the R skill with the mine can also stack momentum, leading to going all the way to the mithrix arena if done right

[glacial knoll]

Opal, Tougher Times, Medkit, Monster Tooth, Slug

[steady stone]

oh yeah, i guess i latched on too hard to the trouble staying alive part

the logbook should be able to tell you what's total vs base damage, though, in terms of what damage items like mentioned

dont slack on aoe either though, like gas, since youll be overwhelmed if it's truly all damage items

[glacial knoll]

Tierlists aren't really too helpful especially for newer players

[steady stone]

some of it can just be if an item feels right for you, especially

i know some ppl who still scrap headstompers

[brave cedar]

I prioritize gas/ukulele on railgunner just cause the piercing on the special can be a little slow to setup

[viral sorrel]

in general i feel like a lot of newer players underestimate the importance of mobility items

[opal frigate]

I'm new and I barely take anything about mobility

[viral sorrel]

mobility is very important !!

[brave cedar]

Very

[viral sorrel]

if you can dodge attacks entirely, you wont rely as much on healing/damage reduction items

and in general taking less damage is good

[opal frigate]

Only the drinks and maybe the double jump thing when I'm using a character with no mobility moves, other than that nothing

[viral sorrel]

the goat hooves are best for movespeed

[brave cedar]

^

[viral sorrel]

at least consistent movespeed

and yes the double jump feather is very good also

[opal frigate]

I was told they were the worst

[viral sorrel]

oh dear

by who

[opal frigate]

Idk a friend that is trying to plat the game

He told me to take the drinks

[brave cedar]

Goat hooves + drinks is the basics of movement items imo

[viral sorrel]

the drinks are ok but only boost your speed when youre sprinting

the goat hooves give you speed all the time

[brave cedar]

Feather is a lil uncommon and u won't find it on every run, so

But it's always a solid take

[opal frigate]

Oh

I'm not planning on doing random items runs soon

I just got the artifact so I'll be fine

[viral sorrel]

if youre commanding it then go for goat hooves over drinks

what items do you normally end up taking most the time

[opal frigate]

X10 glasses for 100% crit and the green items that proc with crit rate

[viral sorrel]

the green items give you 5% chance

[opal frigate]

For white I also get drinks, boost for attack speed and the bears

[viral sorrel]

so if you have both the green crit items you only need 9 glasses :p

[opal frigate]

I'm referring to the items that boost attack speed when doing crit

[viral sorrel]

but the crit chance on the greens doesnt stack

[opal frigate]

And the ones that heal on crit

[viral sorrel]

yes those give you 5% crit chance each

[mellow crystal]

Only the first stack tho

[opal frigate]

Wdym

How many should I get of the heal ones normally

[brave cedar]

Meaning if u get a 2nd one it doesn't give u another 5% crit

[opal frigate]

I normally get at least 5

For the heal ones

[viral sorrel]

the scythe that heals you gives you +5% crit chance no matter how many you have
the headdress that gives you attack speed gives you +5% crit chance also no matter how many

[opal frigate]

I didn't know they also give crit chance

[viral sorrel]

yeahh the game doesnt tell you lmao its okay

[brave cedar]

It does?

[viral sorrel]

do it ?

[brave cedar]

If u actually read the item description

[viral sorrel]

does it say in the logbook

[opal frigate]

So if I get the headdress and also the heal one I can just get 9 glasses for the 100%? That's good to know if it's true

[viral sorrel]

ohhhh okok

[brave cedar]

Like, if u click on it in the inven

[opal frigate]

I'll manage the items better

[brave cedar]

That too

[viral sorrel]

also the bear that blocks damage stacks funny

the more stacks you get the less impactful the next one is

like going from 3 to 5 bears is way more noticable than going from 5 to 8

[opal frigate]

I usually get 10 of them

How many should I get

[viral sorrel]

kewl yeah thats a good amount

more than that it really stops making that big of a difference how many you get

[opal frigate]

Same for the white syringes for attack speed

I always pick up 10

[viral sorrel]

id also say for damage negation the repulsion armor plate is good

but dont forget movespeed above that still !!

[spiral lily]

Are there reasons people go over the highest stack amount for items?

[viral sorrel]

whar

theres no highest stack amount

[brave cedar]

Wdym highest stack

[spiral lily]

?

[viral sorrel]

thats just how many youve had at a given time

like the most amount of that item youve held at once is 6

[spiral lily]

aghhh, i see.

[viral sorrel]

[viral sorrel]

what character do you normally play

[opal frigate]

Idk I'm trying different ones, Engineer, Bandit, captain

For engineer I get different items tho

[viral sorrel]

specifically for bandit attack speed doesnt matter as much

but for the other two attack speed is great

on all of them though especially engi and captain movespeed is again really important

[opal frigate]

Yeah they're the only 2 characters where I get the double jump and more drinks

For engineer I focus more in tankiness first tho

I use the normal turrets plus the mushroom that heals if I don't move

Then the glasses I don't go immediately to the movement or damage boost

But now I'm trying the mercenary because he looks really powerful when I get enough blue items to spam his R

[viral sorrel]

for engi if youre doing the bungus thing you dont need as many crit heals

also for engi i see a lot of people try to make their turrets really tanky, but as engi your turrets are replacable but you are not

which is to say that you kinda wanna prioritize you surviving over your turrets

[livid wedge]

@lavish jacinth I guess you can have green portals whenever in the bazaar

[lavish jacinth]

yeah, with the geodes

[livid wedge]

I didn't think they would even spawn

I thought it had to be a normal collosus path stage next

Didn't mean to ping you, then

[lavish jacinth]

oh right, I think that's a bug

[livid wedge]

As long as the stage doesn't increment, I feel like you should just be able to do that

If it is technically a bug right now

[lavish jacinth]

normally you have to be on a stage that lines up with PoTC but for some reason if you go to the bazaar from stage 5, you get a green portal straight to prime meridian

[livid wedge]

It feels fitting, kind of

You get to choose mithrix or false son

[lavish jacinth]

yeah, afaik it's unintended but it does sorta make sense

[livid wedge]

"Is this a bug or a feature?"
"Yes"

[glacial knoll]

well there is no stage 1 path of colossus they just did a math oopsie

[livid wedge]

Underflow strikes again

[glacial knoll]

not really they just said "less than 5" which includes 1 but there isnt a 1 so it defaults to pm

[keen wedge]

So by farming enemies you can get money to convert to XP and level up, making your character stronger

But as you spend time farming, the difficulty goes up, and enemies become stronger

Now the difficulty increases at a fairly constant rate, but leveling up takes a lot more XP each time

So what's the breaking point where XP is no longer economical?

[tender temple]

you shouldnt worry about your level at all

youll naturally get to around lvl 20 ish by the end of stage 5

which is where it starts to slow down to a crawl and stops mattering entirely

[livid wedge]

Nah, difficulty is also exponential

Each stage increases it by 15%

But levels are more so you can keep up until you get items

[lavish jacinth]

the vast majority of your power comes from items, player level is more of a rubber banding mechanic

and most items (especially damage) tend to build on each other's effects in some way, so they'll scale much better than the linear stat increase you get from levels

it's never worth it to farm just for xp, just get as much gold as you need to buy stuff (ideally you wanna full-clear every stage)

[glacial knoll]

no "gain more XP" items because it's not really a real mechanic

levels are alright boost but you have literally no influence

it's just kinda there

[tender temple]

the humble pre rework luminous shot:

[glacial knoll]

yeah gbx it really helped

[tender temple]

genuinely head scratching stat

[lavish jacinth]

luminous giving extra xp was so random that I wouldn't be surprised if it was a bug

not sure how that would even happen but still

[lethal wasp]

Hey just real quick, how rare is it to get a Naturally generated Legendary chest

[lavish jacinth]

pretty rare

impossible to give the exact odds but probably less than like 5-10%, and they can only spawn from stage 4 onwards

[lethal wasp]

And does it change depending on how many players there are?

[lavish jacinth]

sorta, having more players means you get more interactable spawns, but it doesn't change the rarity

[tender temple]

ive seen like maybe 4 or 5 legendary chest natural spawns across 800 hours

[lavish jacinth]

so they would be slightly more common with more players

idk how many I've seen

[lethal wasp]

And how rare would it be to have two naturally generate on the same stage…

[tender temple]

also rare but i had that happen like twice out of those 5

[lethal wasp]

Just asking cuz I was using a mod for Player generation stuff and uh, yeah

Anyway that was all

[onyx plume]

brainstalks: it says enter frenzy but was wondering it would be attack speed and movement speed buff

or just no cooldown thing

several items that mentions the keyword "frenzy"

[lavish jacinth]

just the no cooldown thing

frenzy isn't a specific buff, it's just how they described the effect

[onyx plume]

oh i see

kinda confusing tbh

[keen wedge]

Is the location of the newt altar randomized on each stage?

[lavish jacinth]

partially, there are pre-determined spots where they can spawn but it's random which spot they'll be in, apart from a handful of guaranteed ones

[ebon brook]

How do I unlock the modifier that makes enemies drop items and the one where I can pick what item I want?

[fallen bridge]

you need to input their codes into the artifact portal on sky meadows or helminth hatchery (both are stage 5), then complete their "trials"

(spoiler warning on the code link, codes are found in-game if you do not want to use wiki)

[ebon brook]

I was on a level that had a computer and like 9 circles on the floor. I tried a random set then left after it didn't work

[lavish jacinth]

yeah, you need to find the right codes for it

there's one right next to it as an example and the rest are hidden throughout the game

[ebon brook]

Can you input the code you want or is it set to a run?

[fallen bridge]

you can input whatever

[lavish jacinth]

the codes for each artifact are always the same

[fallen bridge]

you can even unlock multiple modifiers in a single run

[ebon brook]

Ahhh ok I just spammed random icons

[civic niche]

hi everyone i just started playing Risk Of Rain 2 on PS5 im trying to get The False Son i was so close but died i used the command artifact to help get to the 3rd phase i did how a video said on youtube but its more difficult than i expected any tips

I also used mercenary. That is the survivor. I most feel comfortable with using.

[analog brook]

I'm not familiar with aurelionite in the fight but I'm pretty familiar with the FS fight itself so here's some general tips and info for false son you might find helpful:
Dash only happens in phase 1 and is always followed up with a shotgun, if you're preparing for him to dash, prepare for him to shotgun directly after.
Since the shotgun is tied to the dash, it means it also is exclusive to the first phase. You can block the dash from getting directly to you by putting a pillar between you and false son, and also can block shotgun with it too
In every phase he gets slower and due to the loss of the dash you can outrun him in phase 2 and entirely dodge any of his melee attacks in phase 3 by walking simply walking away you can look directly at him and hold straight backwards, and the slam will be dodged, during the laser you can cover the eye with the pillar if you allign your POV with the character, and just hold backwards, pillar blocks the laser and backwards walking dodges the slams
Make sure to prepare for the ability steal by being next to the geode, it has really easy cycles to remember: first at the beginning of the fight, the next soon after the laser, and the third (iirc, might be fourth 😅)and most dangerous is during the laser
Oh also, on the back outer edges of the arena in phase 2, you can find two rocks/nubs which you can use to not only block laser, but if you're out of false son's LoS then he won't notice you and will not run towards you until you decide he does, which makes the laser fully and completely safe to wait out, the golems can kinds slam you, but it's not really an issue

Actually I just remembered something that might help

https://youtu.be/CGdoihu7rvY?si=TjO6WFrkPH5fVWLk

Because xorgee is insane at the FS fight

[civic niche]

wow ok thank you so much ima try that

[analog brook]

Np ♥️

[mellow crystal]

True!

[marble magnet]

Is it me or does blazing elite burn damage last longer depending on the enemy/attack

[mellow crystal]

Yeah
Burn deals total damage, but iirc the actual damage ticks are base damage, so in order to compensate the duration increases instead

[marble magnet]

Ah oki

[livid wedge]

Yeah, burn tick rate is 5 ticks per second at 10% base damage

So if an attack ignites and it's total damage is 500% base, it ticks 50 times, 5 per second, coming out to 10 seconds

[covert sundial]

yoo guys how loops do i need to do to gurantee that the hermit crabs would spawn in titanic plains

[peak jacinth]

Only one, sometimes you might have to wait a bit before they spawn

[covert sundial]

i waited 10 mins and they never spawned why is this ahcivement so tedious vro 😭

[peak jacinth]

yea it’s really annoying

[primal vector]

Just in case, if you have any DLC, disable it for this achievement. Makes it harder to get

[slim spoke]

not really necessary

cuz they can alternatively use the seers in bazaar between time, providing that they have 4 lunar coins in their deep, deep pocket

[primal vector]

still you increase the chances of getting the stage and the stage choosing hermit crabs as a spawn

[lavish jacinth]

the dlc stage 1's can also show up in seers, so titanic plains is still less likely either way

[south haven]

Does anyone have a good item reference? Looking for a quick reference to have open while playing so I can see if an item is offense, defense, healing, or "don't bother". I found this one that includes the Void DLC, but not the Storm DLC.

https://old.reddit.com/r/riskofrain/comments/ufi9r0/i_made_a_ror2_item_cheat_sheet_for_myself_maybe/

[lavish jacinth]

well, there's the wiki and the ingame logbook, but they're not laid out as neatly as that chart. There's also the 'inspect item' function that you can turn on in settings (under that umbrella settings thing on the first page) that lets you check what an item does before picking it up https://riskofrain2.wiki.gg/wiki/Items

I don't think there's anything that mentions if an item is damage/healing/utility but that's usually self explanatory based on what the item does

[south haven]

I was not aware of the "inspect item" function. I will check that out.

[lavish jacinth]

if you want a quick "don't bother" list, here you go these can all be rerolled or scrapped like 95% of the time, outside of some very niche cases like steak and knurl being usable on

[mellow crystal]

I did actually make an item category list like this once but I'll have to look through my discord messages to find it

Roll of pennies should be in Money and not damage mitigation but this should do

[south haven]

ha, thanks.

[south haven]

Neat! Thank you!

[quasi topaz]

Knurl gives increased regen but idk how it compares to slug

[lavish jacinth]

it's just over half a slug, 1.6(+0.32/level) compared to slug's +3(+0.6/level)

[quasi topaz]

Figured

[lofty inlet]

Is there an artifact portal in the other stage 5

[lavish jacinth]

yes, at the very top of the map

[lofty inlet]

ty

[umbral knot]

realistically, are the lunar items even good??

[livid wedge]

It's a mixed bag

[hoary sedge]

yes a lot of them are game breaking

[livid wedge]

Outside of eclipse, focused convergence is almost always worth it

[umbral knot]

me and my bf lowkey hate them but only recently has he started liking them

[livid wedge]

I'd honestly just recommend trying all of them. Be warned that longstanding solitude, the sots lunar, is not friends with the gilded coast stage

[hoary sedge]

gesture is absurdly strong, glass is essentially a free win if you have decent defense items, tonic is insane, and transcendence just nullifies like half of the eclipse modifiers

[umbral knot]

i might try it in our next run. we like to play together

[livid wedge]

Nice

Coop is fun

[umbral knot]

my game ends up lagging so much tho cuz i use a laptop and he has this huge ass pc

[livid wedge]

Defiant gouge is a personal favorite

[umbral knot]

💔

[livid wedge]

You can try checking out the coop mod

[hoary sedge]

brittle crown is also quite nice

[livid wedge]

Maybe his computer can handle both of yall

[umbral knot]

my bf wont even use minecraft mods, i doubt he'd ever use ror2 mods

[livid wedge]

Fair

Just a suggestion

[umbral knot]

dude whenever we get to our 3rdish round im so laggy

honestly my favorite items are the void items

[livid wedge]

You might be able to get a mod for yours that cuts away more graphics for performance

I'd suggest asking #ror2-modding

[umbral knot]

ohh fr?

[livid wedge]

I don't use mods myself but I hear about them

[lavish jacinth]

you can also check task manager next time you play, see if there's anything using up memory in the background and kill it

and ofc bottom out your graphics settings if you haven't already

[livid wedge]

Afaxmachine very helpful

[lavish jacinth]

lol

[livid wedge]

You are

There are a few good, iconic people on this server and you're one of them

[umbral knot]

do those mods still allow me do coop with someone who doesnt have mods?

[livid wedge]

Should if they're client side

[lavish jacinth]

^^^ check the tags on the mod page, clientside-only mods don't need to be shared in multiplayer

[umbral knot]

okay!\

[tender temple]

what is the purpose of the debuff tier

the debuffs it spreads are pretty much exclusively going to be either dot or damage boosts so like why is it separate

[mellow crystal]

Good question!
Idk I made that like half a year ago atp

[frigid vapor]

Looking at death mark, in the Void biomes ( Null Portal), does the Void effect actually count?

If the monsters have Death mark

[tender temple]

i dunno

it shouldnt really matter since you can hardly ever get 4 debuffs at once on yourself

[frosty reef]

Idk about that. Band cooldown and eclipse perma damage are already 2 against you. It's valid to question that scenario

[glacial knoll]

fog and cooldowns dont count

[frosty reef]

Coulda sworn band cooldown does, or it might be when bands are off cooldown

[thorny steeple]

Band being off cooldown is a buff, it works with growth nectar
same for safer spaces and breaching fin

As for the cooldown contributing to death mark I don't know because I've rarely seen death mark in void fields and I don't play with artifacts

[glacial knoll]

technically debuff, cooldown, workForNectar are all 3 entirely separate things

[tender temple]

ok but can we not bring up eclipse like ever 🥹

[frosty reef]

that would be counterproductive

[cinder pasture]

on seeker?

[fierce bluff]

I might be blind, but where's 🔪?

[mellow crystal]

Bottom with gasoline and wisp and the gang

[fierce bluff]

The white one

Seems like a burst item to me

[hoary sedge]

bleed is the opposite of a burst item what

it needs the enemy to be alive for a long time to get its best damage

[cinder pasture]

transcendence on seeker?

[hoary sedge]

very very good bc it's still bugged with sojourn

[cinder pasture]

wait is it truely inf time?

[hoary sedge]

technically not infinite but effectively yeah

makes every tick do 1 damage

[lavish jacinth]

bleed is like, the most proc item of all the proc items

[fierce bluff]

I'd consider it more burst because it procing is 100% on any fast shooting survivor and on slow shooting ones it doesn't compare to the other proc items

[fierce bluff]

Alt seeker ability tho

[lavish jacinth]

...that would make it a proc item???

Burst items are items that are good on slow heavy hitters, like bands and crowbar. Tritip is the complete opposite, its best on survivors with a high proc rate

[amber swan]

shouldnt genesis be in saves

[twin sable]

Why is the level cap 94?

[crisp timber]

xp integer limit

[smoky karma]

quick question
is merc whirlwind not uhh... allowed past eclipse 3? im guessing its something to do with the 2x and lethal fall damage, but ive now lost 2 runs by whirlwinding up a slope and insta dying

wondering if u can even launch urself to pillar skip before mithrix?

[brittle sable]

what is the best way to unlock all the logbook items

[cobalt quiver]

use artifact of command

[brittle sable]

it doens't work if i don't have the item unlocked in the first place

[worldly olive]

Those times where you died were probably due to that slope being a bit concaved

[smoky karma]

i have a clip of one of them, it didnt look like it, but sounds like that might be it

[worldly olive]

Trimping is fine past e3 however it can occasionally screw you over.

[worldly olive]

You can send the clip

[smoky karma]

well most importantly is does it work off that ramp in commencement near the torch so i can launch myself to mithrix?

[smoky karma]

loud keyboard

[worldly olive]

Ok this might not be the concave slope funny

[smoky karma]

uh oh

also happened on a slope in scorched acres but didnt clip that one

that one was a bit more frustrating cause it was like 25 mins into the run 😭

[worldly olive]

I can't quite tell what happened here since this is the first time I've seen a trimp death without it being on a concave slope

Or at least the slope doesn't look concave

[smoky karma]

😭 so odd

i wanna figure this out cause i dont wanna lose more runs to this lmao

no clip for scorched acres but this was the slope i died on @worldly olive

whirlwinded from that lower area and died

[worldly olive]

Quite hard for me to see where that is
Though I don't think that slope is concave so probably something different is going on here

[smoky karma]

😭 sorry best i could do finding a picture

ummm yeah this isnt good

[smoky karma]

well if anyone else can help solve this death please check out this clip and let me know if theres a reason for this happening

[daring cloak]

Yeah that just happens sometimes when you trimp with whirlwind

[smoky karma]

really?? 😭 so do i just need to not do it on eclipse

its so engraved into my mind

thats so annoying

[glacial knoll]

just kinda dont do it on too step walls but yeah best you can hope for is they fix it eventually

[smoky karma]

alr ill try to avoid it

if i ever die on the slope for pillar skip im gonna tweak so hard

[honest kernel]

do scavenger spawn before looping?

[glacial knoll]

with Dissonance or on Sundered Grove they can, otherwise no

[honest kernel]

one spawn and he had a fricking royal capacitor.

u cna guess how I found out

[pastel wing]

yo, curious about spare drone parts in multiplayer. does it apply to everyone's drones or just the person who's carrying spare drone parts?

poked around the internet but couldn't find a conclusive answer

[glacial knoll]

your drones not all drones

[pastel wing]

cool thx

[tender temple]

i mean it should be obvious given how defensive microbots work

[brave cedar]

Does finishing a run in eclipse give you the mastery skin for the survivor?

[crisp timber]

Yes

[radiant copper]

Are there any plans for ps5 and pc or xbox crossplay?

[daring cloak]

No

[lavish jacinth]

Command makes it easier to get the unlocks you don't have already

(But technically the easiest way is editing your save file or using the RealerCheatUnlocks mod)

[hard edge]

What’s the key to soloing Monsoon? I haven’t really beaten it except with some other guy while I used a cheesey strat with false son.

Is it time?

[tender temple]

full loot

just get better at the game overall

better decision making and pathing and whatnot

its not very deep its just play more get better kind of deal

[hard edge]

ah ok

[covert sundial]

oh damn ty, should i do this on drizzle?

[quasi topaz]

[covert sundial]

thats the difficulty and artifacts i chose wth 😭

[covert sundial]

oh yeah do hermit crabs spawn in distant roost?

[quasi topaz]

Only titanic plains stage 6 and onwards for the achievement (maybe a few other environments but plains is the earliest)

[covert sundial]

damn, how about abyssal depths does that have a edge?

[quasi topaz]

Abyssal depths is completely enclosed so no

[covert sundial]

i am never getting this achivement bro 💔

[clear whale]

The progress is persistent between runs

[brittle imp]

question, how does tri tip stack???

my friend says that if you get more than 10 (aka 100% proc chance) it can proc twice

[mellow crystal]

+10% chance per stack

[mellow crystal]

that's just false

100% chance doesn't have any effect

granted, proc coeff does make it so 10 stacks isn't necessarily 100% chance

[ruby goblet]

Everyone keeps telling me but i dont think it is. Has ror2 had a crossplay update?

[brittle imp]

ah alrighty!

[brittle imp]

dont think so

unless you mean steam and EA, then yes

[ruby goblet]

Knew it

[covert sundial]

yo guys, can different monsters spawn as you stay in one stage?

[quasi topaz]

Each stage has a set list of monsters that can spawn on it

[covert sundial]

im on titanic plains rn waiting for hermit crabs to spawn

its been 10 mins and they arent spawning should i just let go?

[slim spoke]

are you looping

[glacial knoll]

they only spawn on loops

[slim spoke]

^
basically

[covert sundial]

yes

[slim spoke]

damn

[covert sundial]

this is stage 6 and they havent spawned and im on drizzle

[slim spoke]

😭

[covert sundial]

should i just let go atp 😭