Bustling Fungus

The  is a returning item in Risk of Rain 2.

After the holder remains stationary for 1 second, the item creates a radius of 3m (+1.5m per stack) which heals any ally within for 4.5% (2.25% per stack) health every second, as long as the holder remains still.

Tips

 * The Bustling Fungus is extremely powerful to stack as (with his ), due to his turrets' ability to inherit his item inventory and their immobility. Each turret will automatically create a healing radius, sustaining not just itself but Engineer as well.
 * This strategy is particularly effective when combined with Engineer's.
 * is extremely powerful with this item, especially with the aforementioned Engineer strategy.
 * can make excellent use of the Fungus while in, since the player's movement speed is already drastically reduced.
 * The bonus healing also further augments MUL-T's survivability, on top of the large armor bonus from Power Mode.
 * can rapidly fire while remaining stationary using the Fungus, quickly regaining the health lost from using the skill.
 * The Fungus's healing can easily offset the burning damage from the, especially if the damage is reduced with.
 * The healing radius is placed at the holder's feet, or any ground straight below within 500m.

Trivia

 * The Risk of Rain 2 community sometimes refers to Bustling Fungus as "Bungus", a portmanteau of the two words.
 * The term gained such traction that the official Risk of Rain 2 Discord Server uses it for the Bustling Fungus emoticon.

Version History

 * Anniversary Update
 * Major Content
 * Added New Lore Entry:
 * Gameplay Changes
 * Start Delay: 2s ⇒ 1s
 * Now heals at a higher tick rate - overall healing is the same, but the healing is smoother over time
 * 🌧 Now has small visual mushrooms that grow over the area
 * Quality of Life
 * Update visuals to match other assets