Crowbar

The  is a returning item in Risk of Rain 2.

When the holder attacks an enemy that has more than 90% of its health remaining, they deal 75% more damage (+75% per stack).

Version History

 * Anniversary Update
 * Major Content
 * Added New Lore Entry: Crowbar
 * Gameplay Changes
 * Damage Boost: +50%(+50% per stack) ⇒ +75% (+75% per stack)
 * Improve visual effects to be more noticeable
 * Update pickup text to include the damage threshold Developer Notes: Same reasoning as Focus Crystal - there are many heavy-hitter builds and characters, but Crowbars aren’t prioritized.
 * SPOILERS! Final Boss, Last Phase. SPOILERS!
 * Item Steal
 * Now utilizes Crowbars
 * PC Patch v1.0.1.1 (Build ID No.5440050)
 * Gameplay Changes
 * SPOILERS! Final Boss, Last Phase. SPOILERS!
 * Item Steal
 * Can no longer use Crowbars.
 * Early Access Hidden Realms Content Update
 * Bug Fixes
 * Fix sound not playing over the network
 * Early Access 'Skills 2.0' Content Update
 * Gameplay Changes
 * Damage Boost: 50%(+30% per stack) ⇒ 50%(+50% per stack)
 * Tier 1 items are the most commonly stacked, and should therefore linearly stack without diminishing returns in most cases

Trivia

 * The Crowbar is a reference to the Half Life series created by Valve, in which the main character Gordon Freeman uses a crowbar similar to the one depicted as his melee weapon.
 * The text from the first game's logbook entry, "until the 3rd edition arrives," as well as this game's updated entry adding that "the second edition" is "getting a little old" are digs at the long production time of the Half-Life series and Valve's seeming dislike of the number 3, going as far as making Half-Life 1, 2 and Half-Life 2: Episodes 1 and 2. Because of this, Half-Life 3 has become a well-known point of humor on the internet joking about how it will never come out.
 * The logbook entry also includes a direct reference to the Pokemon animated series, where Jesse and James were theives for part of the organization known as Team Rocket. In the series, James is often found doing all the physical labor, while Jesse slacks off or raids the remaining food or supplies the duo had.
 * James' comment on the crowbar being "second edition" is both a returning nod to Valve's Half-Life series, as well as the value and use of first edition collector's items in the Pokemon franchise.
 * Another key factor is that the duo are breaking into the only chest they could find that didn't have a pay lock, a nod to how they were consistently broke in the Pokemon animated series.