N'kuhana's Retort

N'kuhana's Retort is an Elite Equipment in Risk of Rain 2. It can only be found as a rare drop from a Malachite Elite. The drop chance is 1/4000 from each Malachite Elite, this chance is affected by and.

Players with N'kuhana's Retort in their inventory gain the power of Malachite Elites; they will periodically release 3-4 spiked balls and all of their attacks will nullify the target's healing for 8 seconds on hit. On impact, the balls will create a small explosion for 100% damage and then sprout spike pits that deal 100% contact damage. Additionally, players will create a Malachite Urchin on death to shoot at any nearby Monsters, but even with a this effect is of limited usefulness. Although the item is held in the equipment slot, it works passively and cannot be activated. Equipment cooldown reduction and additional equipment charges from do not affect its behavior.

Trivia

 * Survivors holding the item will show some signs of dementia with their head moving in abrupt motions. Only exceptions are Engineer and REX who will have their cannons moving abruptly instead.