Heart of Iron

Heart of Iron

UncommonSharedDrinkBuff
Gain 7 Plating.

Applies 7 Plating. At the end of each of your turns you gain Block equal to your Plating, before end-of-turn damage effects land, and the Block ignores Dexterity. Starting with your second turn after drinking it, Plating drops by 1 after each turn starts. Drunk on turn 1 it pays 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1: 28 Block over seven turns. It can be thrown to a teammate.

Use
DrinkAllies too in multiplayer
When
In combat
Rarity
Uncommon25% of random potions
Character
All characters
Shop price
75 gold

When to take Heart of Iron

A boss potion, drink it turn 1 of a long fight since the first three turns give 18 of its 28 total Block. Pairs well with Barricade, weak in a short fight.

Other uncommon potions

Changes by version

  1. 16 Oct 2025Bug fixInternal playtest
    Fixed Heart of Iron potion's title casing
  2. 26 Jun 2025Plating57Internal playtest
    Plating increased from 5 to 7
  3. 1 May 2025Bug fixPlatingInternal playtest
    Heart of Iron potion now properly grants 5 Plating instead of 8
All 6 patch notes3 older
  1. 25 Apr 2025ChangeInternal playtest
    Changed Heart of Iron potion
  2. 5 Dec 2024RarityRareUncommonInternal playtest
    Rarity changed from Rare to Uncommon
  3. 14 Jun 2024ChangePlatingInternal playtest
    Gives 6 Metal to gives 9 Plating

Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.

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