Bighorn Bison

The  is a returning bison-like monster in Risk of Rain 2.

Primary: Headbutt
If a target is very close (within 7m) to a Bighorn Bison, the Bison will headbutt the target for 300% damage with a proc coefficient of 1.0.

This skill has a cooldown of 3 seconds.

Utility: Charge
If the Bison's target is between 7m and 40m away, it prepares to charge for 2 seconds (indicated by a cowbell sound and the Bison scraping its hooves against the ground and lowering its head). It then charges for 4-5 seconds, dealing 300% damage to any target it hits (but only once per target). Despite charging, this state does not count as sprinting.

This skill has a cooldown of 8 seconds and a proc coefficient of 1.0.

Tips

 * The Bighorn Bison's turning radius when charging is rather wide, so it can be avoided rather easily with a speedy sidestep. It can be dodged even more easily with anything that allows higher jumping, such as a or.

Version History

 * Anniversary Update
 * Major Content
 * Added New Lore Entry: Bighorn Bison


 * Early Access Content Update 5
 * Gameplay Changes
 * 🌧 Add spawn effect and animation (finally!)


 * Early Access Artifacts Content Update
 * Gameplay Changes
 * Max Health: 600 (+180 per level) ⇒ 480 (+144 per level)
 * Developer Notes: We aim for monsters to have, depending on their role, an approximate “health per director point” ratio. Some outliers had significantly higher health for what they cost to spawn, so we’re aiming to normalize these outliers


 * Early Access Scorched Acres Content Update
 * Bug Fixes
 * Fix Bison charge effect being on the wrong layer and showing through walls

Trivia

 * The is a cut of meat from one of these creatures.