50 Fun Facts About Risk of Rain 2

Which legendary item in Risk of Rain 2 revives a dead survivor once and is then consumed?

Dio's Best Friend revives its holder a few seconds after death with three seconds of invincibility, and even an Engineer's turrets can be revived by it.

Which common item in Risk of Rain 2 raises a survivor's movement speed by 14% for every copy held?

Paul's Goat Hoof is named after Paul Morse, a co-founder of the studio behind the game, and holding one turns every other footstep into a clop.

Which common item in Risk of Rain 2 gives a 15% chance to block a hit and squeaks when it works?

Tougher Times is the tattered form of the first game's Tough Times, which gave bonus armor instead of a chance to negate damage.

Which item in Risk of Rain 2 rolls every random effect an extra time for a favorable outcome?

57 Leaf Clover succeeds the first game's 56 Leaf Clover, which ignored chance effects and instead let Elite monsters drop random items.

Which uncommon item in Risk of Rain 2 grants one extra mid-air jump for every copy a survivor holds?

Hopoo Feather is named for the game's lead developer, and using its extra jump just before landing cancels fall damage.

Which final boss of Risk of Rain 2, called the King of Nothing, waits on the moon in Commencement?

Mithrix shared his godlike powers with his brother Providence, and was banished to the shattered moon when the two fell out.

Which lizard-like monster in Risk of Rain 2 spits fireballs from range and bites survivors up close?

The Lemurian is stunned by any single hit worth more than 15% of its health, which interrupts its fireball before it is thrown.

Which machine in Risk of Rain 2 destroys one held item to produce a copy of the item it displays?

3D Printers consume item scrap of the matching rarity before anything else, which spares the useful items a player wants to keep.

Which Risk of Rain 2 starting difficulty is the hardest, sitting above Drizzle and Rainstorm?

Monsoon speeds difficulty scaling to 150% of the normal pace, and beating the game on it earns each Survivor's mastery skin.

Which uncommon item in Risk of Rain 2 gives hits a 25% chance to fire chain lightning?

Ukulele lightning can itself trigger other on-hit items such as missiles, starting what players call a proc chain.

Which common item in Risk of Rain 2 raises attack speed by 15% per copy?

Soldier's Syringe speeds up skill animations rather than cooldowns, so attacks that must charge, such as Artificer's nano-bombs, are ready sooner.

Which common item in Risk of Rain 2 adds 10% critical strike chance for every copy a survivor holds?

Lens-Maker's Glasses stop helping past ten copies, because by then every hit already lands as a critical strike for double damage.

Which common item in Risk of Rain 2 deals 75% more damage to enemies above 90% health?

The Crowbar nods to Valve's Half-Life series, whose hero Gordon Freeman swings one as his melee weapon.

Which common item in Risk of Rain 2 heals nearby allies once its holder stands still for one second?

Bustling Fungus heals by the recipient's maximum health, so it also keeps drones and other minions healthy inside its bright green circle.

Which common item in Risk of Rain 2 makes a killed enemy burst into flame and ignite others nearby?

Gasoline's blast radius grows quickly with extra copies and its damage lands without delay, which makes it a strong pick for clearing large groups.

Which lunar item in Risk of Rain 2 doubles a survivor's base damage but halves their maximum health?

Shaped Glass also strips away one-shot protection, so a single heavy hit can kill the survivor who carries it.

Which well-rounded survivor in Risk of Rain 2 is unlocked by default for every new player?

Commando fires six shots a second at base attack speed, so item effects that trigger on a hit stack up on him quickly.

Which company published Risk of Rain 2 and went on to acquire the series in 2022?

Gearbox signed on during early access to bring the game to Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and later continued development without the original studio.

Which hidden realm in Risk of Rain 2 lies beyond the blue portal and is watched over by the Newt?

Bazaar Between Time is the game's shop, where lunar items are bought with coins and items are traded up for rarer ones while the run timer stays paused.

Which legendary item in Risk of Rain 2 makes all of its holder's attacks explode?

Brilliant Behemoth explosions scale with each hit's proc coefficient, so damage over time such as bleeding never sets one off.

Which uncommon item in Risk of Rain 2 instantly kills Elite enemies that drop below 13% health?

Old Guillotine cannot execute an enemy that still has shields, so Overloading Elites, half of whose health is shield, must lose that half first.

Which uncommon item in Risk of Rain 2 permanently adds one maximum health per enemy killed?

Infusion caps its bonus at 100 health per copy and turns the holder's health bar red instead of the usual green.

Which uncommon item in Risk of Rain 2 makes kills drop ammo packs that reset skill cooldowns?

Bandolier ammo packs can be collected by any ally, not only the player who holds the item, though they never reset equipment cooldowns.

Which legendary item in Risk of Rain 2 releases three homing spectral blades from each enemy killed?

Ceremonial Dagger blades home in on targets up to 130 metres away but cannot pass through terrain, so walls often leave them stuck.

Which legendary item in Risk of Rain 2 gives kills a 7% chance to raise the enemy as an allied ghost?

Happiest Mask ghosts keep every item the monster carried, so a slain Elite returns as an Elite, though each ghost normally lasts only 30 seconds.

Which legendary item in Risk of Rain 2 negates all fall damage and lets a survivor slam the ground?

H3AD-5T v2 explosions grow with the distance fallen, from a blast 5 metres in radius up to one of 100 metres.

Which lunar item in Risk of Rain 2 halves equipment cooldown but forces it to fire when ready?

Gesture of the Drowned is a nautilus shell, unlocked by knocking 20 Hermit Crabs off cliffs to their deaths.

Which equipment in Risk of Rain 2 fires a slow ball of energy that zaps enemies, then explodes?

Preon Accumulator can be found in a special chest, but only within ten minutes of starting a run on the in-game timer.

Which equipment in Risk of Rain 2 calls a lightning strike onto a targeted monster for 3000% damage?

Royal Capacitor has a short cooldown of 20 seconds, which makes it a strong pick for Equipment Drones with their built-in cooldown reduction.

In Risk of Rain 2, the boss item Queen's Gland summons which monster to fight beside its holder?

A Beetle Guard summoned this way deals four times the damage and has twice the health of the wild monster.

Which jellyfish-family boss in Risk of Rain 2 drops the Genesis Loop and attacks with a supernova?

The Wandering Vagrant lends its signature blast to the item it drops, which makes a badly hurt holder explode for 6000% damage.

Which Gilded Coast boss in Risk of Rain 2 fights as an ally for holders of the Halcyon Seed?

Aurelionite looks like a Stone Titan cast in gleaming gold, with horns and a massive sword, and stays invincible until every Halcyon Beacon is lit.

Which lunar item in Risk of Rain 2 converts all but one point of health into regenerating shields?

Transcendence makes most healing items redundant, because shields only come back after its holder avoids damage for seven seconds.

Which lunar item in Risk of Rain 2 earns gold on hits but loses gold whenever its holder is hurt?

Brittle Crown takes gold in proportion to the health lost, and even self-inflicted damage, such as the burn from Helfire Tincture, costs its holder gold.

Which equipment in Risk of Rain 2 launches a slow-moving black hole that pulls monsters in?

Primordial Cube black holes can drag ground-based enemies into the air, and they will even pull Hermit Crabs off their ledges.

Which equipment in Risk of Rain 2 lets its user sprout wings and fly for 15 seconds?

Milky Chrysalis also turns the jump button into a dash with no cooldown, and when the flight ends an airborne user floats back to the ground.

Which equipment in Risk of Rain 2 has no cooldown and instead spends gold for every bullet it fires?

The Crowdfunder spins up over ten seconds from 3 shots a second to 15, and falls silent the moment its holder runs out of gold.

Which equipment in Risk of Rain 2 turns a dropped item into a random different one of the same tier?

A Recycler works only once on each item, marking it afterwards with a red X, and it cannot reroll Elite equipment.

Which artifact in Risk of Rain 2 lets players choose the items they receive instead of random ones?

Command replaces every item pickup with an essence that opens a menu of that tier, though items a player has not yet unlocked stay off the list.

Which Risk of Rain 2 interactable takes a Lunar Coin and merges each rarity tier's items into one stack?

A Shrine of Order picks at random among item types, not copies, so 20 Medkits and a single other common item each have an even chance of winning out.

Which secret character does a Risk of Rain 2 survivor become by holding all four skill-replacing lunar items?

The Heretic, named Kur-skan, has extremely high base health and a triple jump, but her health drains over time instead of regenerating.

Which void item in Risk of Rain 2 fires a homing missile on every hit while its holder has a shield?

Plasma Shrimp is the void corruption of the AtG missile item, and holding one turns the shield bar pink instead of the normal blue.

Which legendary item in Risk of Rain 2 grants its holder a slain Elite's power for eight seconds?

Wake of Vultures can backfire: killing an Overloading Elite swaps half the holder's health for shields, which ordinary healing cannot restore.

Which alternate final boss of Risk of Rain 2 attacks from the far side of a ring in The Planetarium?

The Voidling starts with three attacks and gains another in each of its three phases, and escaping after beating it pays out ten Lunar Coins.

Which bell-like airborne monster in Risk of Rain 2 hurls three spiked balls after a clanging sound?

The Brass Contraption has no other attack, and each spiked ball deals 500% damage, though Defensive Microbots can shoot them down.

Which Risk of Rain 2 boss appears on Siren's Call after six clusters of vulture eggs are destroyed?

The Alloy Worship Unit drops a legendary item when beaten, and defeating it unlocks the Loader as a playable survivor.

Which Elite type in Risk of Rain 2 disables healing on hit and appears only after stage five?

Malachite Elites are blackish green like the crystal they are named for, and each leaves behind an urchin that shoots spikes after it dies.

Which jungle stage in Risk of Rain 2 began as a timed exclusive for Google's Stadia streaming platform?

Sundered Grove reached the PC version in November 2020 as an alternate fourth stage, where survivors search for a legendary chest.

Which composer wrote the soundtrack for Risk of Rain 2, released in full alongside the 1.0 update?

Chris Christodoulou first put the music out as an Early Access album, then released the finished 20-track soundtrack with the full game in August 2020.

In Risk of Rain 2, buying which interactable adds a stage's Environment Data to the player's Logbook?

A Radio Scanner never spawns again on a stage once its data is logged, and despite the scanning effect it reveals nothing on the map.