Meat on the Bone

Meat on the Bone

Rare
If your HP is at or below 50% at the end of combat, heal 12 HP.

When you win a combat the relic compares your HP with half your Max HP, rounded down; if you are at or under that line you heal 12. The relic lights up during a fight whenever you are inside the threshold. It does nothing if you are dead.

Rarity
Rare
Character
All characters
Shop price
275 gold

When to take Meat on the Bone

Best on Ironclad and other decks that spend HP on purpose, or at high Ascension where you are often low, since it turns a 12-HP hit into a free one every fight.

Cards that synergize with Meat on the Bone

Bloodletting
Skill
0
Lose 3 HP.
Gain .
Bloodletting, Offering and Brand keep you down there.Lose 3 HP.
Gain .
Offering
Skill
0
Lose 6 HP.
Gain .
Draw 3 cards.
Exhaust.
Bloodletting, Offering and Brand keep you down there.Lose 6 HP.
Gain .
Draw 3 cards.
Exhaust.
Brand
Skill
0
Lose 1 HP.
Exhaust 1 card.
Gain 1 Strength.
Bloodletting, Offering and Brand keep you down there.Lose 1 HP.
Exhaust 1 card.
Gain 1 Strength.

Relics that synergize with Meat on the Bone

Red Skull
Red Skull uses the same 50% line for Strength.While your HP is at or below 50%, you have 3 additional Strength.
Lizard Tail
Lizard Tail leaves you at exactly the threshold.When your HP would be reduced to 0, heal to 50% of your Max HP instead (works once).
Burning Blood
Burning Blood heals on top.At the end of combat, heal 6 HP.
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Changes by version

  1. 16 Oct 2025RarityUncommonRareInternal playtest
    Rarity changed from Uncommon to Rare
  2. 21 Aug 2025Bug fixInternal playtest
    Meat on the Bone relic now properly triggers when your HP is at exactly 50%
  3. 17 Jul 2025InterfaceInternal playtest
    Meat on the Bone relic now pulses when it will heal you at the end of a combat
All 4 patch notes1 older
  1. 26 May 2023Bug fixBurning BloodInternal playtest
    Stop Burning Blood relic from preventing Meat on the Bone relic's heal

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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