Benthic Bloom

 is an item in Risk of Rain 2, added in the Survivors of the Void update.

At the start of each stage, for each stack of this item the holder is carrying, three random other Common or Uncommon items are transformed into a random item of the next higher tier. If Benthic Bloom chooses to transform an item which the holder has multiple stacks of, all copies of the selected item are transformed into the same item of the next higher tier.

This item is the void variant of the. When picked this up, all stacks of 57 Leaf Clovers will be converted into an equal number of Benthic Bloom stacks. In addition, all future Clovers picked up will be immediately converted into more Benthic Blooms.

Tips

 * Obtaining Benthic Bloom in the first few stages of a run can lead to a massive boost in power by giving you 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.
 * Because Benthic Bloom transforms all stacks of chosen items, obtaining this item very late in a looping run may cause more trouble than it's worth. Suddenly losing all stacks of offensive items such as or  can hamper your damage output. And losing healing & utility items such as  or  can make it much harder to survive.
 * Void Items cannot be transformed by Benthic Bloom, so corrupting items can keep them safe from being lost, if you're willing to accept the tradeoffs in their effects.

Version History

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