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Check out this Risk of Rain 2 items & equipment list and guide to learn more about items you can pick up in the game! Learn how to unlock each item, recommended items to pick up or ignore, & more!

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  • Top 5 Recommended Items To Unlock First

Top 5 Recommended Items To Unlock First

Unstable Tesla Coil

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This item fires out a lightning that hits 3 enemies for 200% base damage every 0.5 seconds, and adds additional 3 enemies per stack. Great for taking out multiple enemies at once!

Unlock Condition

The Unstable Tesla Coil is unlocked upon completion of the "Macho" challenge.

Backup Magazine

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The Backup Magazine adds an additional charge to your secondary skill, allowing you to fire more of your secondary skill.

Unlock Condition

Backup Magazine is unlocked upon completion of "Flawless" challenge.

Med Kit

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Heals 10 HP 1.1 seconds after taking damage. Adds additional 10 HP restoration per stack.

Unlock Condition

This item is unlocked upon completion of "Elite Slayer" challenge.

Fuel Cell

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Allows you to add an additional equipment item charge and reduces equipment cooldown.

Unlock Condition

Unlocked upon completion of the "Experimenting" challenge.

Infusion

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Increases health permanently by 1 point per kill up to 100 points per stack. Becomes viable late game when health is important to withstand enemy attacks.

Unlock Condition

This item is unlocked upon completion of the "Slaughter" challenge.

All Item Effect & Unlock List

Common Items

Skill Description & Unlock Condition
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (9)Soldier's Syringe Increases attack speed by 15% . (+15% per stack). Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (10)Monster Tooth Killing an enemy spawns a healing orb that heals for 10 (+5 per stack) health. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (11) Lens Maker's Glasses Your attacks have a 10% (+10% per stack) chance to 'Critically Strike', dealing double damage. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (12)Tri-Tip Dagger 15% (+15% per stack) chance to bleed an enemy for 240% base damage. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (13) On level up drop a banner that strengthen's all allies within 16m (+8m per stack). Raise attack and movement speed by 30%. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (14) Increases passive health regeneration by 250% (+150% per stack) while outside of combat. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (15)Personal Shield Generator Gain a 25 (+25 per stack) health shield. Recharges outside of danger. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (16)Stun Grenade 5% (+5% per stack) chance on hit to stun enemies for 2 seconds. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (17)Sticky Bomb 5% (+2.5% per stack) chance on hit to attach a bomb to an enemy, detonating for 250% damage (+125% per stack). Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (18)Bundle of FireworksOpening a chest launches 8 (+4 per stack) fireworks that deal 300% base damage.Unlocked by completing "...Maybe One More." challenge.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (19)Energy DrinkSprint speed is improved by 30% (+20% per stack).Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (20)Backup MagazineAdd +1 (+1 per stack) charge of your secondary skill.Unlocked by completing "Flawless" challenge.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (21)Rusted KeyA hidden cache containing an item will appear in a random location in each stage. Increases rarity of the item per stack.Unlocked by completing "Keyed Up" challenge.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (22)Med KitHeal for 10 (+10 per stack) health 1.1 seconds after getting hurt.Unlocked by completing "Elite Slayer" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (23)Paul's Goat HoofIncreases movement speed by 14% (+14% per stack).Unlocked by completing "Is This Bugged?" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (24)Tougher Times15% (+15% per stack) chance to block incoming damage. Unaffected by the luck.Unlocked by completing "Learning Process" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (25)Armor-Piercing RoundsDeal an additional 20% damage (+10 per stack) to bosses. Unlocked by completing "Advancement" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (26)Bustling Fungus After standing still for 2 seconds, crate a zone that heals for 4.5% (+2.25% per stack) of your health every second to all allies within 3m (+1.5m per stack). Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (27)CrowbarDeal 150% (+30% per stack) damage to enemies above 90% health. Unlocked by completing "The Basics" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (28)GasolineKilling an enemy ignites all enemies within 12m (+4m per stack). Enemies burn for 150% (+75% per stack) base damage. Unlocked by finding in the world

Rare Items

Skill Description & Unlock Condition
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (29)AtG Missile Mk. 1 10% chance to fire a missile that deals 300% (+300% per stack) damage. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (30)Hopoo Feather Gain +1 (+1 per stack) maximum jump count. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (31) Rose Buckler Increases armor by 25 (+25 per stack) while sprinting. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (32)ChronobaubleSlow enemies on hit for -60% movement speed for 1s (+1s per stack).Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (33)Bandolier18% (+10% per stack) chance on kill to drop an ammo pack that resets all cooldowns.Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (34)InfusionKilling an enemy increases your health permanently by 1, up to a maximum of 100 (+100 per stack) health.Unlocked by completing "Slaughter" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (35)Fuel CellHold an additional equipment charge (+1 per stack). Reduce equipment cooldown by 15% (+15% per stack).Unlocked by completing "Experimenting" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (36)Old War StealthkitChance on taking damage to gain 40% movement speed and invisibility for 3s (+1.5s per stack). Chance increases the more damage you take.Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (37)Red WhipLeaving combat boosts your movement speed by 30% (+30% per stack).Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (38)Leeching SeedDealing damage heals you for 1 (+1 per stack) health.Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (39)Ukulele25% chance to fire chain lightning for 80% damage on up to 3 (+2 per stack) targets within 20m (+2m per stack).Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (40)Harvester's ScytheGain 5% critical chance. Critical strikes heal for 8 (+4 per stack) health.Unlocked by completing "Prismatically Aligned" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (41)Wax QuailJumping while sprinting boosts you forward by 10m (+10m per stack). Unlocked by completing the "Going Fast Recommended" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (42)Will-o'-the-wispOn killing an enemy, spawn a lava pillar in a 12m (+2.4m per stack) radius for 350% (+280% per stack) base damage. Unlocked by finding in the world

Legendary Items

Skill Description & Unlock Condition
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (43) Alien Head Reduces skill cooldowns by 25% (+25% per stack). Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (44)Wake of VulturesGain the power of any killed elite monster for 8s (+5s per stack).Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (45)Brilliant BehemothAll your attacks explode in a 4m (+1.5m per stack) radius for a bonus 60% damage to nearby enemies.Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (46)H2AD-5T v2Increases jump height. Creates a 10m kinetic explosion on hitting the ground, dealing 2300% base damage that scales up with speed. Recharges in 10 (-50% per stack) seconds.Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (47)N'Kuhana's OpinionStore 100% (+100% per stack) of healing as Soul Energy. After your Soul Energy reaches 10% of your maximum health, fire a skull that deals 250% of your Soul Energy as damage.Unlocked by completing "Her Concepts" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (48)Happiest MaskKilling enemies has a 10% chance to spawn a ghost of the killed enemy with 500% damage. Lasts 30s (+30s per stack).Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (49)Unstable Tesla CoilFire out lightning that hits 3 (+3 per stack) enemies for 200% base damage every 0.5 seconds. The Tesla Coil switches off every 10 seconds.Unlocked by completing "Macho" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (50) Ceremonial Dagger Killing an enemy releases homing daggers. Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (51) Hardlight Afterburner Add +2 (+2 per stack) charges of your Utility skill. Reduces Utility skill coldown by 33%. Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (52) Rejuvenation Pack Heal +100% (+100% per stack) more. Unlocked by completing "Naturopath" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (53) Dio's Best Friend Upon death, this item will be consumed and you will return to life with 3 seconds of invulnerability. Unlocked by completing "The Lone Survivor" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (54) Sentient Meathook 20% (20% per stack) chance on hit to fire homing hooks at up to 10 (+5 per stack) enemies for 100% damage. Unlocked by completing "Deja Vu?" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (55)Frost RelicKilling an enemy surrounds you with 3 icicles that deal 3x33% damage. Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (56) Soulbound Catalyst Kills reduce equipment cooldown by 4s (+2s per stack). Unlocked by completing "Newtist" challenge

Boss Items

Skill Description & Unlock Condition
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (57)Queen's Gland Every 30s, summon a Beetle Guard with bonus 300% damage and 100% health. Can have up to 1 (+1 per stack) Guards at a time. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (58)Titanic KnurlIncreases maximum health by 40 (+40 per stack) and health regeneration by 1.6 (+1.6 per stack) health/second.Drops from Aurelionite

Lunar Items

Skill Description & Unlock Condition
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (59)Shaped Glass Increase base damage by 100% (+100% per stack). Reduce maximum health by 50% (50% per stack). Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (60)Corpsebloom Heal +100% (+100% per stack) more. All healing is applied over time. Can heal for a maximum of 10% (reduced by 50% per stack) of your health per second.Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (61)Transcendence Convert all but 1 health into regenerating shields. Gain 50% (+25% per stack) maximum health. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (62)Brittle Crown 30% chance on hit to gain 3 (+3 per stack) gold. Lose gold equal to the amount you are hit for OR lose % gold equal to the % maximum health you lost. Chooses the greater of the two. Unlocked by finding in the world.

All Equipment & Unlock List

Standard Equipment

Skill Description & Unlock Condition
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (63)Disposable Missile Launcher Fire a swarm of 12 missiles that deal 12x300% damage. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (64) Primordial Cube Fire a black hole that draws in enemies within 30m into its center. Lasts 10 seconds. Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (65)Milky Chrysalis Sprout wings and fly for 15 seconds. Gain 20% movement speed for the duration. Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (66)Ocular HUD Gain +100% Critical Strike Chance for 8 seconds. Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (67)The Crowdfunder Fires a continuous barrage that deals 100% damage per bullet. Costs $1 per bullet. Cost increases over time. Unlocked by completing "Funded" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (68)Foreign Fruit Instantly heal for 50% of your maximum health Unlocked by finding in the world.
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (69) Gnarled Woodsprite Gain a Woodsprite follower that heals for 1.5% of your maximum health/second. Can be sent to an ally to heal them for 10% of their maximum health. Unlocked by completing "One with the Woods" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (70) The Back-up Call 4 Strike Drones to fight for you. Last 25 seconds. Unlocked by completing "Mechanic" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (71) Preon Accumulator Fires preon tendrils, zapping enemies within 35m for up to 600% damage/second. On contact, detonate in an enormous 20m explosion for 4000% damage. Unlocked by completing "[REDACTED]" challenge
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (72) Royal Capacitor Call down a lightning strike on a targeted monster, dealing 3000% damage and stunning nearby monsters. Unlocked by completing "Ascendant" challenge

Lunar Equipment

Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (73)Effigy of Grief All characters within an area are slowed by 50% and have their armor reduced by 20% Unlocked by finding in the world
Risk of Rain 2 | Best Tier Items - How To Unlock All Items & Equipments List - GameWith (74)Helfire TinctureIgnite ALL characters within 8m. Deal 5% of your maximum health/second as burning to yourself. The burn is 0.5x stronger on allies, and 24x stronger on enemies.Unlocked by completing "Multikill" challenge
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FAQs

How to unlock more items in ROR2? ›

Some items need to be unlocked by completing a Challenge to appear in game. Pick up an item to unlock its logbook entry. There are currently 148 items and 38 equipment in the game.

How do you get better items in risk of rain 2? ›

Common, Uncommon and Legendary items are found in item chests, terminals and Shrines of Chance. Defeating a teleporter boss causes the teleporter to drop Uncommon gear, with the exception of three that can drop unique, Boss items. Lunar gear is purchased with Lunar Coins via Lunar Pods or at the Bazaar Between Time.

How do you unlock all lunar items in risk of rain 2? ›

Lunar Items can only be acquired by spending Lunar Coins. They are available in either Lunar Pods scattered around the various maps or for purchase at the Bazaar Between Time. Since Lunar Items can greatly change the way a run is played, it's important to know what every one of them does.

What is the best item in Risk of Rain 2? ›

The 57 Leaf Clover is arguably the best item in the entire game. When in your inventory, every effect that's triggered from an item you have is triggered an extra time if the original failed. You will get an extra roll for each stack of the 57 Leaf Clover you have.

How do you get the secret character in Risk of Rain 2? ›

Kur-skan, the Heretic is a secret playable character in Risk of Rain 2. The Heretic cannot be selected from the character selection screen at the start of a run. Instead, she must be transformed into by holding all 4 Heresy items at once.

What does 57 leaf clover do? ›

The 57 Leaf Clover adds one try per stack whenever an item tries to proc, increasing the chances to get a favorable outcome. This effect makes any items that have a chance to trigger more effective. These include critical hits, so scoring one becomes easier. Completing The Long Road Challenge unlocks this item.

Which lunar items are worth it? ›

Thoughts on worth of picking up a lunar item?
  • Shaped Glass. Increase base damage by 100% (+100% per stack). ...
  • Brittle Crown. 30% chance on hit to gain 3 (+3 per stack) gold. ...
  • Transcendence. Convert all but 1 health into regenerating shields. ...
  • Corpsebloom. Heal +100% (+100% per stack) more. ...
  • Gesture of the Drowned.
Apr 5, 2019

Does Artifact of Sacrifice give more items? ›

The Artifact of Sacrifice will allow all monsters to drop items; this is at the cost of disabling all chests, shrines, and everything else where you can spend money. (Chests can still be spawned using the Captain's Brooch.)

What lunar item replaces primary? ›

The Visions of Heresy are a lunar item introduced in the Hidden Realms Update and a part of the Heresy Set. Obtaining the Visions of Heresy will replace the Survivor's primary attack (M1 by default) with the Hungering Gaze skill.

How to unlock hellfire tincture? ›

Like all Lunar items, the Tincture has a powerful effect and a drawback. Activating the item starts damaging the player at 5% max hp per seconds rate. All nearby allies take half of this damage, and all nearby enemies take 24 times the damage. Completing the "Multikill!" Challenge unlocks this item.

Can you get rid of lunar items in Risk of Rain 2? ›

Lunar items cannot be scrapped, and as such there is no way to guarantee that the Cleansing Pool will not remove one of her valuable Heresy items. (This is less of a concern if you have stacked multiples of those items.)

What are the easiest characters to unlock in Risk of Rain 2? ›

MUL-T is arguably the easiest character to unlock. All you need to do is clear the first stage five times. You'll naturally unlock MUL-T just by playing, and you also can speed up the process by farming the first stage.

What is the best character in Risk of Rain 2 console? ›

S-Tier
  • Loader. With 160 (+48 per level) base health and 12 (+2.4 per level) damage, Loader boasts the highest health pool after MUL-T. ...
  • Captain. Captain has 110 (+33 per level) health but makes up for it with 12 (2.4 per level) damage and powerful crowd control skills. ...
  • Railgunner. ...
  • Bandit. ...
  • MUL-T. ...
  • Huntress. ...
  • Void Fiend. ...
  • Heretic.
Dec 27, 2023

Are there cheats in Risk of Rain 2? ›

It's here that players will need to change the value of the "cheats" parameter to "1" in order to enable cheats in Risk of Rain 2. Do note that setting the cheats value to 1 will disable achievements and stat tracking, and will also lock progression until the game has been restarted.

Is there an item limit in ror2? ›

All items can be stacked infinitely (at least up to the signed 32-bit integer cap of 2,147,483,647), and their effects will also stack accordingly. However, some items have an effective limit after which further stacks have no effect.

Can you unlock multiple artifacts in one run ror2? ›

You can only input one Artifact code at the time, which means that you'll have to visit Bulwark's Ambry 16 times if you want to unlock them all.

What are the easiest unlocks in ror2? ›

MUL-T is arguably the easiest character to unlock. All you need to do is clear the first stage five times. You'll naturally unlock MUL-T just by playing, and you also can speed up the process by farming the first stage.

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