Health

The Health gauge of Risk of Rain 2 is displayed in the bottom-left corner of the screen on the HUD. Taking damage reduces your health. Lost health regenerates over time.

Health Regeneration
All Survivors and some Monsters regenerate health passively. The amount per second is determined by the character's base Health Regeneration, character level, and certain Items such as Cautious Slug, Rejuvenation Rack, and Titanic Knurl.

Proc effects
Lost health can also be replenished through proc effects such as Leeching Seed and Harvester's Scythe, active items such as Foreign Fruit, and healing drones. Incoming healing is modified by items like Rejuvenation Rack and Corpsebloom.

Shield
Shield works similarly as Health. As characters suffer from damage, shield is emptied prior to health. Shield replenishes after 7 seconds without taking damage.

Barrier
Barrier is displayed over the health gauge, but it degrades rapidly over time, at a rate of 3.33% of your max health per second.


 * Total HP can be doubled with 100% barrier.
 * Barrier can be used to circumvent the negative effect of Shaped Glass, as it can double your halved max health temporarily.
 * Barrier is not subtracted when in the Void Fields, meaning you are immune to the suffocating effect of the realm until barrier runs out.
 * Whether or not this is a bug is unknown.

Death
When a survivor's health reaches zero, they die. If all survivors in the group are dead, the run ends. A statistics screen appears. Dio's Best Friend causes you to return to life once upon death with full health.