Benthic Bloom

The  is a void item in Risk of Rain 2, added in the Survivors of the Void expansion, and the corruption of the.

At the start of each stage, the item selects 3 (+3 per stack) random Common or Uncommon items in the holder's inventory. Each stack of a selected item randomly transforms into an equal-sized stack of a random item of the next higher rarity (for example, a stack of 4 would transform into 4 of a random green item).

Tips

 * Obtaining a Benthic Bloom in the first few stages of a run can lead to a massive boost in power by giving the player more Uncommon and Legendary items than normal by the end of the first loop, with the tradeoff of not having as many stacks of Common items.
 * On the other hand, since the Benthic Bloom transforms full stacks of the chosen items, obtaining it very late in a looping run may cause more trouble than it is worth. Suddenly losing all stacks of offensive items such as or  can drastically reduce damage output, losing healing & utility items such as  or  can make it much harder to survive, and because no legendary items grant movement speed, this can be a big issue if, , or  are lost.
 * A major downside of the Benthic Bloom that is not immediately obvious is that because 57 Leaf Clover is not excluded from upgrades, Benthic bloom will multiply itself at a rapidly increasing rate. This can quickly result in the entirety of the players items turning into legendary items at the start of every stage; many of which will be the otherwise useless stacks of Benthic Blooms themselves.
 * Because void items cannot be transformed, corrupting items can keep them "safe" from being lost, albeit it with a different effect.

Version History

 * Survivors of the Void
 * (Undocumented) Added New Item:

Trivia

 * In keeping with the deep-sea theming of the Void, the term "benthic" refers to the very bottom of a body of water; in the context of this item, it can be surmised that the Benthic Bloom originates from the deepest recesses of the Void.
 * This may also be why the Benthic Bloom is the corruption of a legendary item, to reflect its scarcity and difficulty to obtain due to the depth of the Void it originates from.