Transcendence

The Transcendence is a new item in Risk of Rain 2. When held, it increases the player's maximum health by 50% (+25% per stack), but replaces all but 1 of the player's health with shields, which regenerate over a period of 2 seconds after avoiding damage for 7 seconds. Any health gained afterwards, such as by leveling up or picking up health-increasing items, will also be increased and converted into shields.