Tungsten Rod
Rare
Whenever you would lose HP, lose 1 less.
Every time you would lose HP, the loss is reduced by 1, never below 0. It applies to each hit of a multi-hit attack, to every Poison tick, to self-damage from your own cards and to any HP an event or relic takes in combat. Damage fully absorbed by Block was never an HP loss, so it is untouched.
Rarity
Rare
Character
All characters
Shop price
275 gold
Unlock
ConsequencesFill the score bar at the end of a run
When to take Tungsten Rod
Strong against acts full of multi-hit enemies and decks that pay HP for effects, since it reduces every point of HP loss by 1.
Cards that synergize with Tungsten Rod
Blood Wall
Skill
2
Lose 2 HP.
Gain 16 Block.
Gain 16 Block.
Blood WallBlood Wall costs 1 HP instead of 2, and Brand costs nothing.Lose 2 HP.
Gain 16 Block.
Gain 16 Block.
Brand
Skill
0
Lose 1 HP.
Exhaust 1 card.
Gain 1 Strength.
Exhaust 1 card.
Gain 1 Strength.
BrandBlood Wall costs 1 HP instead of 2, and Brand costs nothing.Lose 1 HP.
Exhaust 1 card.
Gain 1 Strength.
Exhaust 1 card.
Gain 1 Strength.
Relics that synergize with Tungsten Rod
Royal PoisonRoyal PoisonRoyal Poison takes 3 instead of 4 each combat.At the start of each combat, lose 4 HP.
Beating RemnantBeating RemnantBeating Remnant caps the big turns while the rod trims the small ones.You cannot lose more than 20 HP in a single turn.
Related relics
Changes by version
- The "damage fully blocked" VFX no longer plays when HP loss is fully prevented (by an effect like Tungsten Rod) while you have Block
- Relics are now locked until their respective Epochs have been revealed
- Tungsten Rod relic no longer prevents Osty from losing HP
All 7 patch notes4 older
- Buffer power no longer uses up a stack if Tungsten Rod relic reduces HP loss to 0 on its own
- Tungsten Rod relic now flashes after preventing HP loss
- Tungsten Rod relic could display negative damage values if damage was initially 0
- Fixed Tungsten Rod relic reducing damage applied to Block
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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