Risk of Rain 2 Beginners Guide for Risk of Rain 2

Risk of Rain 2 Beginners Guide

Don't Waste Time

Make sure you manage your time wisely in Risk of Rain 2 as the difficulty increases considerably as time progresses. In order to give yourself some quick currency to spend throughout the stage you can if it is possible activate the blood shrines or combat shrines at the beginning of stages instead of waiting for enemies to spawn.

Avoid Damage

The secret to staying alive in Risk of Rain 2 is to always be on the move by making good use of your ability to Sprint. Although there are items such as the Bustling Fungus which enable you to heal from damage it is is more beneficial to avoid damage in the first place. Items such as Paul's Goat Hoof which will increase your base speed by 14% per stack or Energy Drinks are useful items to have to ensure your safety as you strafe about. They become even more important the further your run goes on as enemies will be able to one-hit-kill you.

Risk of Rain Beginners Guide

Collecting Items

Items in Risk of Rain 2 are special collectibles that spawn while playing the game. Some items need to be unlocked by completing a Challenge to appear in game. Items stack so you can pick up a supply of useful items ti increase their effect. Keep an eye out in particular for Bustling Fungus which creates a green bubble which heals you for 4.5% health every second after you have stood still for 2 or more seconds. Sticky Bombs which you can attach to an enemy on hit to deal 180% total damage, and Gasoline which when used will deal 0.25 times your characters's base damage per Tick, and ticks tick a second. Gasoline is effective for dealing with nearby enemies, using a stack of gasoline will increase the duration of the burn and the radius of the blast.

Kill Bosses Fast

If you attack a boss just as it comes out of the ground before it applies it's shield you will deal massive amounts of damage to it's normal health, killing it faster.

Gunner Turrets

Unlike Drones and Medkits the Gunner Turret does not follow you to other levels so make sure you do not pick these up unless you really need the extra damage for that stage.

Bustling Fungus Healing

In Risk of Rain 2 Bustling Fungus is a healing item and if you have an Engineer in your party any that you acquire should be given to them. This is because all items that the Engineer picks up also apply to their turrets which means in this case a small healing zone is deployed around their radius. The more Bustling Fungus, the bigger the heals and the bigger the area.

Teleporter Particles

When searching for the teleporter in each stage look for glowing red and orange particles in the air, these particles are easy to find and following them will lead you to the teleporter faster.

Activating the Teleporter

Activating the Teleporter in Risk of Rain 2 will lock chests and other interactables. When you spawn the boss of each stage at the Teleporter, across the map all the chests and other interactable structures such as Terminals and Drones will be locked, preventing you from interacting with them until the Teleporter is fully charged.

Going Through the Teleporter

When you use the Teleporter to proceed to the next stage the gold you have earned is transferred into experience so make sure you spend as much gold as possible on chests, items, drones, and anything else you find before you go through it. Items and item builds are more valuable than the level of your character.

Save your Lunar Coins Trick

You can do the following trick when you have finished a stage and have activated the teleporter to save your Lunar Coins for the next stage. To perform the trick you need to hit a blood shrine that is nearby when you phase out of the stage.