

For example, a Colorless Torch, which is a pure Brutality item, scales with Survival if you have higher Survival than Brutality. If later on, your highest stat is Tactics, your item will now scale with Tactics. This means that if your highest stat at the time is Brutality, the colorless item is Brutality.

Two variants of weapons and skills can be encountered: Colorless items and Legendary items.Ĭolorless items, which are found in Cursed Chests and when unlocking a blueprint from the Collector, scale according to your highest stat. In that case, the item will just have empty slots that do not show up. It should be noted that an item may have more affix slots than affixes available for that item. Every sixth bonus adds a +30% damage boost instead.The third bonus adds a +29% damage boost or -1% damage reduction.The second bonus adds a +29% damage boost or -1% damage reduction.The first bonus adds a +4% damage boost and an affix slot.A table detailing the effects of gear power on weapons/skills can be found below: Gear power influences the number of affix slots on the item, and the overall damage boost/reduction it receives. This means the item will have a +129% damage boost and three affix slots. As an example, a Heavy Crossbow IV++ has a gear level of 4 (as indicated by the roman numerals) and the gear quality of ++ adds a bonus +4 to gear power, resulting in a gear power of 8. Gear power is calculated by taking the gear level of the item and adding the bonus from the gear quality. This is a hidden value that represents the actual power of the item after taking into account its gear level and gear quality. Gear power is the term used to refer to the "outputted level" of an item. Gear quality of L adds +6 to gear power.Gear quality of S adds +6 to gear power.Gear quality of ++ adds +4 to gear power.Gear quality of + adds +2 to gear power.Gear quality gives the item the following attributes:

It is displayed as a +, ++, S, or L after the roman numerals (referred to as the gear level). Gear quality is the term used to refer to the "upgrade level" of an item.
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The player can spend Cells at the Blacksmith's Legendary Forge to permanently upgrade all the gear quality attribute of all weapons and skills across runs. The gear level of found items will increase based on the number of active Boss Stem Cells.Īdditionally, the gear level of an item will also be affected by where it was found in the biome. Gear level is the roman numeral next to an item's name and is the base gear power of the item.
