Brittle Crown

Brittle Crown
Gain gold on hit... BUT surrender gold on getting hit.
30% chance on hit to gain 2 (+2 per stack) gold. Scales over time. Lose gold on taking damage equal to 100% (+100% per stack) of the maximum health percentage you lost.
Rarity	Lunar
Category	Utility
ID	44
Stats
Stat	Value	Stack	Add
Gold Gained	2	Linear	+2
Gold Lost	100%	Linear	+100%

The Brittle Crown is a lunar item in Risk of Rain 2.

The player has a 30% chance to gain gold equal to 8%(+8% per stack) of the Small Chest any time they hit an enemy, but they will surrender a percentage of their gold to any enemy that deals damage to them. The proportion of gold surrendered is equal to the proportion of maximum health lost (+100% per stack). Self-inflicted damage, such as from the Helfire Tincture45sHelfire Tincture
Burn everything nearby... including you and allies.
Ignite ALL characters within 15m for 12s. Deal 5% of your maximum health/second as burning as damage. The burn is 0.5x stronger on yourself, 0.25x stronger on allies, and 24x stronger on enemies., will subtract the holder's gold accordingly but return it shortly after.

The chance to gain gold when damaging enemies is affected by the proc coefficient. The amount of gold gained is also affected by the difficulty coefficient.

Tips

• Engineer'sEngineerThe Engineer is a unique class that requires planning and positioning to be successful.
  Class: Ranged
  HP: 130 (+39 per level)
  Damage: 14 (+2.8 per level)
  Armor: 0
  Umbra: Fortification Expert turrets are affected by the Brittle Crown, but they gain and lose gold independently from the player. Since the turrets cannot use gold in any way, this makes the Brittle Crown effectively useless for them.

• The CrowdfunderThe Crowdfunder
  Toggle to fire. Costs gold per bullet.
  Fires a continuous barrage that deals 100% damage per bullet. Costs $1 per bullet. Cost increases over time. becomes self-sustaining with a Brittle Crown, as long as the player can continually hit enemies with it and avoid taking damage.

Math

The formula for gold earned is: C ⋅ D ⋅ 2

C = Number of Brittle Crowns

D = Difficulty Coefficient

Graph of gold gained per stage, per proc (30% for 1 Brittle Crown). Assumes 1 player, completing 1 stage per 5 minutes. See Difficulty Coefficient for underlying formula for 'D'.

Shrine of Blood

The Brittle Crown has a unique interaction with the Shrine of Blood. This is no longer the case after Survivors of the Void, which changed the Brittle Crown's gold loss.

• The amount of gold earned is not added to the total amount of gold when calculating gold lost.
  • If the player has 100 health, 100 gold, and one Brittle Crown, using the Shrine of Blood for the first time will leave them with 75 gold.
    • Taking 50% damage, they lose 50% of their gold, leaving them with 50 gold. The shrine always gives 50% of the health taken as gold, so they then gain 25 gold.
• The Brittle Crown subtracts gold based on the player's fullCombinedHealth, which is their maximum HP plus their maximum shields. This is the same value that Shrines of Blood use, so as long as the player's fullCombinedHealth is more than two times their current gold, using a Shrine of Blood for the first time will net a profit.

Lore

A wretched carnival.

They were doomed for good reason. Dunepeople of Aphelia: lost, in fanatic worship of parasitic influences. Lemurians: destined to a dead planet, picked clean. Chitin beasts. Automations of death. Why do you bring them home? They were not meant to survive. 

I have watched you for ages, from my dead rock - and every century, you disgust me with vanity. You invite vermin into your home. Wretches. Rats. Monsters. Creatures without restraint. Each and every one, planet killers. And yet, you entertain them as guests. Like children, requiring saving and protection.

She should have died for me. Her gift was wasted on you.

And when will we open discussion - dear brother - of all your thin lies? Why do you forbid your guests to leave? To pilot? Why do you fashion great walls and gates? Why do you weave constructs of destruction, if your role is protection? They are entries in your collection. You slaver. Gatekeeper. Hoarder.

Your death is fated. When you die - and you WILL die - I will be ready. I have been patient for millennia. That planet... is mine.

Trivia

• The logbook entry for the Brittle Crown is written from Mithrix'sMithrix
  King of NothingHP: 1000 (+300 per level)
  Damage: 16 (+3.2 per level)
  Class: Melee / Ranged
  Speed: 15 m/s
  Armor: 20 perspective and references the various species on Petrichor V and the tragedies that Providence, the main antagonist of the first Risk of Rain, rescued them from.
  • Intriguingly, this item and its logbook entry were added to the game before Mithrix was added as a boss.
• Since the gold reward for killing monsters is tied to their amount of gold they are currently holding, if a monster gets access to this item, the gold reward can increase or decrease based on how much they hit the player or get hit respectively. This is only possible when the player has any stacks of Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
  Eulogy Zero is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info. Eulogy ZeroSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
  This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info.Eulogy Zero
  Items and equipment have a small chance to transform into a Lunar item instead.
  Items have a 5% (+5% per stack) chance to become a Lunar item instead. and it is a scenario where monsters can gain items for them to be converted to a Brittle Crown, i.e., Artifact of Evolution, Void FieldsVoid Fields (Hidden Realm)
  Cosmic Prison
  Hidden Realm accessible only through the Bazaar Between Time. Until the cell is stabilized, the Void Fields will constantly "suffocate" the player for a small percentage of their current health., or Simulacrum.
  • The Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
    Roll of Pennies is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info. Roll of PenniesSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
    This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info.Roll of Pennies
    Gain gold on taking damage.
    Gain 3 (+3 per stack) gold on taking damage from an enemy. Scales over time. is blacklisted for monsters, but if it were possible to give it to them, they would reward the player with more gold than naturally expected.
  • A ScavengerScavenger
    Item HoarderHP: 3800 (+1140 per level)
    Damage: 4 (+0.8 per level)
    Class: Ranged
    Speed: 3 m/s
    Armor: 20 spawning with The CrowdfunderThe Crowdfunder
    Toggle to fire. Costs gold per bullet.
    Fires a continuous barrage that deals 100% damage per bullet. Costs $1 per bullet. Cost increases over time. is another way to have a monster's gold amount altered, albeit specific to that entity.

Version History

Early Access Hidden Realms Content Update

• Gameplay Changes
  • Remove flat gold reduction on Brittle Crown

Early Access Scorched Acres Content Update

• Major Content and Changes
  • Added New Lore Entry: Brittle Crown
• Gameplay Changes
  • Update Brittle Crown’s item log description to now show stacking behavior