Bone
Weapons of this element: 43
Elements and effects
Eight elements, six status effects, and how damage is worked out.
Elements
Fire
Weapons of this element: 43
Frost
Weapons of this element: 41
Venom
Weapons of this element: 28
Blood
Weapons of this element: 30
Storm
Weapons of this element: 38
Holy
Weapons of this element: 34
Void
Weapons of this element: 24
Status effects
Deals 3 damage every half second, scaled up by the floor (+50% per floor). Stacks with poison and bleed because all three tick together.
Lasts: 2.5 s, renewed by every new burning hit. Comes from: Fire weapons, the Fuse relic, Ember eyes, Ash hooves, Pyromancer, hellhounds and the Eye of the sun.
Deals 2.5 damage every half second, scaled by the floor. The longest damage-over-time effect and the cheapest to keep up.
Lasts: 4 s. Comes from: Venom weapons, Hemlock, Toxic skin, Scorpion tail and the Plague doctor.
Deals 2 damage every half second, and 60% more while the enemy is moving. Good against anything that chases you.
Lasts: 3 s. Comes from: Blood weapons, the Rusted nail, Bone claws, the Blood sickle and the Unfilled heart.
A frozen enemy cannot move and takes 25% more damage. Frost weapons also slow what they do not freeze.
Lasts: 1.6 s on monsters, 0.4 s on bosses. Comes from: Frost weapons, the Frost bead, the Frost hymn and Eternal winter.
A stunned monster stops acting. Storm weapons stun for a moment on each hit, the Alarm bell stuns for half a second.
Lasts: From 0.1 to 1.2 s depending on the source; bosses are immune. Comes from: Storm weapons, the Alarm bell, Stone skin.
A cursed enemy takes 25% more damage from everything. Put it on the target first and the rest of your build hits harder.
Lasts: 3 s, refreshed by hits. Comes from: Void weapons and Void gaze.
Slow is a separate effect: Salt circles, Holy water puddles and Frost slow monsters down without any timer-based damage.
How damage is worked out
- A hit starts from the weapon damage at its level. Body parts, relics and the hero add their damage bonus on top.
- Critical hits deal double damage, plus the bonus of the Broken seal. Crit chance comes from relics, body parts and some heroes. The Raven eye makes every seventh hit critical.
- A frozen or cursed enemy takes 25% more. Lantern oil adds 10% to enemies close to you. Holy shooters deal 50% more to elites and bosses.
- Knockback is reduced to 60% on elites and 25% on bosses.
- After you take a hit you are untouchable for one second. A dash makes you untouchable for its whole length, a little more than a quarter of a second.
- Monster health grows by 30% for every point of room heat. Heat starts at 1.6 per floor depth and rises as you clear rooms.
Percentages add up across relics, body parts and the hero.
Shooter patterns
How a shooter fires.
Base weapon behaviours
- Orbiting. Blades or skulls circle the hero and hit whatever they touch.
- Aura. A ring around the hero that ticks damage on anyone close.
- Homing. Sparks fly to the nearest enemy.
- Straight shot. A heavy projectile along the line you face.
- Fan of knives. A fan of projectiles where you move.
- Boomerang. Flies out and comes back, hitting both ways.
- Ricochet. A stone that jumps from enemy to enemy.
- Thrown flask. A thrown flask that leaves a damaging puddle.
- Trail. Leaves a damaging cloud behind you as you move.
- Ground ring. Rings on the floor that slow and hurt.
- Eruption. Thorns burst out from under enemies.
- Pulse wave. A wave of sound that hurts and throws back.
- Sky strike. Pillars of light hit random enemies.
- Meteor. Stars fall with a short warning circle and explode.
- Chain. Lightning arcs from enemy to enemy.
- Beam. A beam that follows enemies and burns.
- Whip. A lash to both sides.
- Sweeping arc. A wide sweep around the hero.
- Flail. A ball on a chain that swings with your movement.
- Summoned birds. Birds dive at enemies and return.
- Summoned hound. A ghost hound hunts the nearest enemy.
- Summoned guard. A slow guard that slams the ground.
- Trap. Traps snap shut on an enemy and hold it.
- Bomb. A keg explodes after a short fuse.
- Reflector. A mirror ring turns enemy shots back.
- Whirlwind. A whirlwind that wanders and pulls enemies in.
- Living arc. A living arc runs from the hero through the nearest enemies and hurts every one in the chain.
- Spinning blade. Spinning blades that make enemies bleed.
- Cone. A freezing breath in front of the hero.
- Black hole. A black hole that drags enemies together.
- Ring burst. Projectiles fly out in every direction.