In this Risk of Rain 2 items and equipment tier list, I will be ranking all of the best items and equipment in Risk of Rain 2 by how good they are. Every section will be separated by rarity. This means that whites (common) will be in a different section than red (legendaries) items.
I will rank them all from S Tier to F Tier, with F Tier being an item you wouldn’t pick up (extremely rare in a looter).
Note: Updated for Survivors of the Void, the paid DLC for Risk of Rain 2.
For the survivors of the void items, I will put them in their appropriate sections. For corrupted items, aka void items, I will put them in the section that the original item exists in. So, for example, Plasma Shrimp (void ATG) will go in the uncommon/green items section.
With all of that being said, let’s get right into the tier list, starting with commons.
Table of Contents
Risk of Rain 2 Common Items
The common items are also called white items. They are the most common (obviously) and are usually the first items you will come across in Risk of Rain 2.
S Tier Common Items
S Tier items are the cream of the crop. These are the items that can change your run for the better. Get them whenever you can.
- Soldier’s Syringe – Increases attack speed by 15%. (+15% per stack).
- Tougher Times – 15% (+15% per stack) chance to block incoming damage. Unaffected by the luck.
- Lens Makers Glasses – Your attacks have a 10% (+10% per stack) chance to ‘Critically Strike’, dealing double damage.
- Bustling Fungus (Engineer Only) – After standing still for 2 seconds, create a zone that heals for 4.5% (+2.25% per stack) of your health every second to all allies within 3m (+1.5m per stack).
- Repulsion Armor Plate – Reduce all incoming damage by 5 (+5 per stack). It cannot be reduced below 1.
- Mocha – Increases attack speed by 7.5% (+7.5 per stack) and movement speed by 7% (+7% per stack).
- Oddly-shaped Opal – Increase armor by 100 (+100 per stack) while out of danger.
A Tier Common Items
A-Tier items are still good. However, they aren’t as game-changing as their S-Tier counterparts. A bit riskier to 3-D print these.
- Paul’s Goat Hoof – Increases movement speed by 14% (+14% per stack).
- Energy Drink – Sprint speed is improved by 30% (+20% per stack).
- Backup Magazine – Add +1 (+1 per stack) charge of your secondary skill.
- Topaz Brooch – Gain a temporary barrier of 15 (+15 per stack) on kill.
- Delicate Watch – Increase damage by 20% (+20% per stack). Taking damage to below 25% health breaks this item.
B Tier Common Items
B-Tier items are good but aren’t noticeable improvements to your build. Most runs will have plenty of these, but you should rarely ever 3-D print these.
- Focus Crystal – Increase damage to enemies within 13m by 15% (+15% per stack).
- Fresh Meat – Increases base health regeneration by +2 hp/s for 3s (+3s per stack) after killing an enemy.
- Personal Shield Generator – Gain a 25 (+25 per stack) health shield. Recharges outside of danger.
- Armor-piercing Rounds – Deal an additional 20% (+20% per stack) damage to bosses.
- Bundle of Fireworks – Discount Ceremonial Dagger
- Stun Grenade – 5% (+5% per stack) chance on hit to stun enemies for 2 seconds.
- Gasoline – Killing an enemy ignites all enemies within 12m (+4m per stack). Enemies burn for 150% (+75% per stack) base damage
- Cautious Slug – Increases passive health regeneration by 300% (+300% per stack) while outside of combat.
- Monster Tooth – Killing an enemy spawns a healing orb that heals for 8 (+8 per stack) health.
C Tier Common Items
C Tier items are meh. They don’t matter much but there is no reason not to pick them up.
- Bustling Fungus (Everyone but Engineer) – After standing still for 2 seconds, create a zone that heals for 4.5% (+2.25% per stack) of your health every second to all allies within 3m (+1.5m per stack).
- Rusted Key – A hidden cache containing an item will appear in a random location in each stage. Increases rarity of the item per stack.
- Sticky Bomb – 5% (+5% per stack) chance on hit to attach a bomb to an enemy, detonating for 180% damage.
- Medkit – Heal for 10 (+10 per stack) health 1.1 seconds after getting hurt.
- Warbanner – On level up drop a banner that strengthens all allies within 16m (+8m per stack). Raise attack and movement speed by 30%
- Tri-Tip Dagger – 15% (+15% per stack) chance to bleed an enemy for 240% base damage.
- Crowbar – Deal 150% (+50% per stack) damage to enemies above 90% health.
- Personal Shield Generator (When running Shaped Glass) – Gain a 25 (+25 per stack) health shield. Recharges outside of danger.
- Roll of Pennies
- Needletick – replaces tri-tip daggers
F Tier Common Items
F Tier items are bad. So bad, you shouldn’t pick them up most of the time. Very few items are this bad.
- None as of now
Risk of Rain 2 Uncommon Items
Uncommon items, also referred to as green items, are (mostly) stronger than common items but are harder to get.
S Tier Uncommon Items
- ATG Missile – 10% chance to fire a missile that deals 300% (+300% per stack) damage.
- Ukulele – 25% chance to fire chain lightning for 80% damage on up to 3 (+2 per stack) targets within 20m (+2m per stack).
- Rose Buckler – Increases armor by 30 (+30 per stack) while sprinting.
- Old Guillotine – Instantly kill Elite monsters below 20% (+20% per stack) health.
- Ghor’s Tome – 4% (+4% on stack) chance on kill to drop a treasure worth $25. Scales over time.
- Plasma Shrimp: Gain a shield equal to 10% of your maximum health. While you have a shield, hitting an enemy fires a missile that deals 40% (+40% per stack) TOTAL damage. Corrupts all AtG Missile Mk. 1s.
- Shuriken
- Polylute
A Tier Uncommon Items
- Will-o-Wisp – On killing an enemy, spawn a lava pillar in a 12m (+2.4m per stack) radius for 350% (+280% per stack) base damage.
- Razorwire – Getting hit causes you to explode in a burst of razors, dealing 160% damage. Hits up to 5 (+2 per stack) targets in a 25m (+10m per stack) radius
- Hopoo Feather – Gain +1 (+1 per stack) maximum jump count.
- Predatory Instincts – Critical strikes increase attack speed by 10%. Maximum cap of 30% (+30% per stack) attack speed.
- Harvesters Scythe – Gain a 5% critical chance. Critical strikes heal for 8 (+4 per stack) health.
- Berzerkers Pauldron – Killing 3 enemies within 1 second sends you into a frenzy for 6s (+4s per stack). Increases movement speed by 50% and attack speed by 100%.
- Runald’s Band – 8% chance on hit to strike an enemy with a runic ice blast, slowing them by 80% and dealing 250% damage (+125% per stack).
- Kjaro’s Band – 8% chance on hit to strike an enemy with a runic flame tornado, dealing 500% damage (+250% per stack).
- Fuel Cell – Hold an additional equipment charge (+1 per stack). Reduce equipment cooldown by 15% (+15% per stack).
- Wax Quail – Jumping while sprinting boosts you forward by 10m (+10m per stack).
- Regenerating Scrap (DLC Item)
B Tier Uncommon Items
- Leech Seed – Dealing damage heals you for 1 (+1 per stack) health.
- Red Whip (Engineer only) – Leaving combat boosts your movement speed by 30% (+30% per stack).
- Old War Stealth Kit – Chance on taking damage to gain 40% movement speed and invisibility for 3s (+1.5s per stack). The chance increases the more damage you take.
- Bandolier – 18% (+10% per stack) chance on kill to drop an ammo pack that resets all cooldowns.
- War Horn – Activating an Equipment gives the holder a +70% attack speed for 8 seconds (+4s per stack).
- Shipping Request Form (DLC Item)
- Ignition Tank
- Lysate Cell
C Tier Uncommon Items
- Red Whip – Leaving combat boosts your movement speed by 30% (+30% per stack).
- Infusion – Killing an enemy increases your health permanently by 1, up to a maximum of 100 (+100 per stack) health.
- Squid Polyp – Activating an interactable summons a Squid Turret that attacks nearby enemies at 100% (+100% per stack) attack speed. Lasts 30 seconds.
- Hunter’s Harpoon
F Tier Uncommon Items
- Chronobauble (Only because I hate this item) – Slow enemies on hit for -60% movement speed for 2s (+2s per stack).
- Death Mark – Enemies with 4 or more debuffs are marked for death, increasing damage taken by 50% (+50% per stack) from all sources for 7 seconds.
Risk of Rain 2 Legendary Items
Legendary items are huge boosts to your overall damage and survivability. Every single one is strong in its own rights. Needless to say, Legendary items are hard to come by.
S Tier Legendary Items
- Brilliant Behemoth
- Ceremonial Dagger
- N’Kuhana’s Opinion
- 57 Leaf Clover (Best item in the Game)
- Dio’s Best Friend (Engineer Only)
- Soulbound Catalyst
- Hardlight Afterburner
- Brainstalks
- Shattering Justice
- Laser Scope: – Your ‘Critical Strikes’ deal an additional 100% damage.
- Pocket I.C.B.M: All missile items and equipment fire an additional 2 missiles. Increase missile damage by 0% (+50% per stack)
- Spare Drone Parts – Gain Col. Droneman. Drones gain +50% (+50% per stack) attack speed and cooldown reduction. Drones gain 10% chance to fire a missile on hit, dealing 300% TOTAL damage. Drones gain an automatic chain gun that deals 6×100% damage, bouncing to 2 enemies.
- Symbiotic Scorpion – 100% chance on hit to reduce armor by 2 (+2 per stack) permanently.
A Tier Legendary Items
- Aegis
- Resonance Disc – Killing enemies charges the Resonance Disc. The disc launches itself toward a target for 300% base damage (+300% per stack), piercing all enemies it doesn’t kill, and then explodes for 1000% base damage (+1000% per stack). Returns to the user, striking all enemies along the way for 300% base damage (+300% per stack).
- Sentient Meat Hook
- Dio’s Best Friend
- Alien Head
- Wake of Vultures
- Rejuvenation Rack
B Tier Legendary Items
- H3AD-5T v2
- Interstellar Desk Plant – On kill, plant a healing fruit seed that grows into a plant after 5 seconds. The plant heals for 5% of maximum health every second to all allies within 3m (+1.5m per stack). Lasts 10 seconds
- Lost Seer’s Lenses
C Tier Legendary Items
- Frost Relic
- Happiest Mask
- Benthic Bloom – DLC item HIGHLY situational!
Risk of Rain 2 Boss Items
Boss items, or yellow items, are rare drops that you can only get from teleporter events. Some are good, but some are lackluster.
S Tier Boss Items
- Little Disciple
- Genesis Loop – Falling below 25% health causes you to explode, dealing 6000% base damage. Recharges every 30 seconds (-50% per stack).
- Irradiant Pearl – Increases ALL stats by 10% (+10% per stack).
- Pearl – Increases maximum health by 10% (+10% per stack).
A Tier Boss Items
- Titanic Knurl
B Tier Boss Items
- Halycon Seed
C Tier Boss Items
- Queen’s Gland
Risk of Rain 2 Equipment
Equipment can be found in small orange capsules. You can only have one piece of equipment at once. Both Lunar equipment and regular equipment will be included in this list.
S Tier Equipment
- Preon Accumulator
- Royal Capacitor
A Tier Equipment
- Disposable Missile Launcher
- Jade Elephant – Gain 500 armor for 5 seconds.
B Tier Equipment
- Foreign Fruit
- Sawmerang – Throw three large saw blades that slice through enemies for 3×400% damage. Also deals an additional 3×100% damage per second while bleeding enemies. Can strike enemies again on the way back.
- Primordial Cube
- Ocular HUD
- The Backup
- Recycler – Transform an Item or Equipment into a different one. Can only be converted into the same tier one time.
C Tier Equipment
- Hellfire Tincture
- Milky Chrysalis
- Gnarled Woodsprite
- Radar Scanner
- Eccentric Vase
- Ifrit’s Distinction
- Silence Between Two Strikes
- Her Biting Embrace
- N’kuhana’s Retort
- Blast Shower – Cleanse all negative effects. Includes debuffs, damage over time, and nearby projectiles.
F Tier Equipment
- Glowing Meteorite
- Spinel Tonic
- Effigy of Grief
- Crowdfunder
Risk of Rain 2 Lunar Items
Lunar items are items that are powerful but have massive drawbacks. You can find these in lunar buds or the Bazaar Between Worlds in exchange for lunar coins.
S Tier Lunar Items
- Shaped Glass
- Gesture of the Drowned
- Focused Convergence – Teleporters charge 30% (+30% per stack) faster, but the size of the Teleporter zone is 50% (-50% per stack) smaller.
A Tier Lunar Items
- Transcendence (Without Lifesteal)
B Tier Lunar Items
- Brittle Crown
- Visions of Heresy – Fire a flurry of tracking shards that detonate after a delay, dealing 120% base damage. Hold up to 12 charges (+12 per stack) that reload after 2 seconds (+2 per stack). (F Tier on certain survivors)
F Tier Lunar Items
- Corpsebloom
- Beads of Fealty – Changes the Celestial Portal into an encounter with a Twisted Scavenger
What is the best item in Risk of Rain 2?
The best item in Risk of Rain 2 is without a doubt the 57 Leaf Clover. This item is in a league of its own when it comes to boosting your damage output and overall survivability.
Basically, the 57 Leaf Clover will re-roll every chance-based effect that you are affected by (except for chests and Tougher Times). Essentially, any time you would be affected by a DOT the clover will re-roll the chance in the hope you won’t be affected by it. Similarly, it will re-roll proc chances and increase the chances that items proc.
This is super strong on items that don’t increase proc chance with stacking but increase damage with stacking. ATG is the best example.
How Items are Balanced in Risk of Rain 2
Items in Risk of Rain 2 are balanced based on how well they stack. Common items require many stacks to be good, uncommon items require less, and legendary items require even fewer.
This topic gets brought up a lot when discussing Chronobauble or Red Whip, two uncommon items that most players hate getting due to their underwhelming effects.
Truthfully, the items aren’t that good, however, it isn’t about how good they are. With one Red Whip, I move 30% faster, something that takes several Paul’s Goat Hooves.
Keep this in mind when discussing what items are bad/good.
Disclaimer
I tried to be as objective as possible when putting this item tier list together, but everyone has their own playstyle and favorite items. Some people might think I didn’t do their favorite item justice; however, when putting this tier list together, I asked myself these questions for every item.
Would I trade X item for X item? Example, Soldier’s Syringe for Bustling Fungus.
How many stacks do I need for this item to be good?
Do I need several items for this to be relevant?
If an item didn’t make it through these questions, it would get ranked lower.
