Elusive Antlers

Seekers of the Storm - DLC Content Elusive Antlers is part of the Seekers of the Storm DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info.Elusive Antlers
Spawns orbs of energy that give bonus movement speed.
Spawns orbs of energy nearby every 10s (-10% per stack), giving +12% movement speed up to 3 (+3 per stack) times for 12s.
Rarity	Common
Category	Utility AIBlacklist HalcyoniteShrine
Stats
Stat	Value	Stack	Add
Orb Frequency	10s	Hyperbolic	-10%
Max Stacks	3	Linear	+3
Internal
Name	SpeedBoostPickup

The Elusive Antlers is an Item in Risk of Rain 2, introduced in the Seekers of the Storm expansion.

This item spawns a blue orb every 10 (-10% per stack) seconds nearby the player which when picked up grants the Seekers of the Storm - DLC Content
Elusive Antlers Speed is part of the Seekers of the Storm DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
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This content is part of the Seekers of the Storm DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
Click for more info.Elusive Antlers Speed (Buff)
Movement speed increased by 12% per stack buff. This increases movement speed by 12%, lasts for 12 seconds, and can be stacked up to 3 (+3 per stack).

Notes

• Correction: The actual duration between orb spawns is $10-(1-{\frac {3}{3+stacks-1}})\times 8$. As such, the second stack shaves off 2 seconds, which is not 10% of 10 seconds.
  • Regardless of the number of stacks picked up, the duration will never be lower than 2 seconds. Do note that when picking up the item or respawning, the first orb always spawns after 3 seconds and the rest follow the formula above.
  • If for some reason an orb fails to be spawned, e.g., no available spawn nodes, the timer will still reset.
• There is a maximum of uncollected 10 orbs that can spawn per player.
• The orbs always spawn in front of the holder's field of vision, taking into account their velocity, in order to not disturb the intended travelling direction the player is currently following.
• If the player moves more than 120m away from an orb, it will despawn but only if it has existed for at least 60 seconds. If an orb despawns due to the out-of-range condition and the player has not already reached the maximum of 10 orbs, another orb will instantly be spawned near the player's current position.
• The orbs have a natural expiration duration of 2000 seconds.
• Any allies, even ones that come from items like Queen's GlandQueen's Gland
  Recruit a Beetle Guard.
  Every 30 seconds, summon a Beetle Guard with bonus 300% damage and 100% health. Can have up to 1 (+1 per stack) Guards at a time., can pick up the orbs and benefit from the effect. The amount of buff stacks the entity that picks up the orb can gain depends on how many item stacks the player that spawned the orb holds, not how many the one that picks it up has.
• Picking up an orb while already having the Elusive Antlers buff, the buff's duration is reset even if no more stacks can be granted.
• While this item can be given to Devoted LemuriansDevotionReplace broken drones with Lemurian Eggs. Offer an item to gain followers.
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  • On the other hand, Engineer'sEngineerThe Engineer is a unique class that requires planning and positioning to be successful.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 130 (+39 per level)
    Damage: 14 (+2.8 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Fortification Expert turret can spawn them. It is unclear which behavior is the intended one.

Tips

• Since the buff lasts for 12 seconds and an orb spawns every 10 seconds by default, it does not leave a lot of time to chain the pickups in order to refresh the buff's duration. Acquiring more item stacks aleviates that issue, on top of any other benefits this provides.
• The player can intentionally pool orbs on the ground or along a certain path, in order to instantly achieve and maintain the maximum speed bonus. This can be useful for clearing jumps that require higher movement speed, or for looting chests deep in the Void Fog in Simulacrum.
• Having a lot of drones and other allies can lead to them accidentally picking up a lot of the orbs and thus reducing the effectiveness of the item for the player.

Lore

Shipping details
Order: Questionable Antlers
Estimated Delivery: 01/20/2057
Shipping method: Standard

Sent to:
Locker #02
Merchants Guild
Mercury

Order details:
Let’s wrap this up, the General is not a patient man.
I’m leaving your order in the locker you specified.

I expect full payment, or I’ll hire some Grey Guilders to count the gold straight from your pocket.

Before the General hunted a bigger set for himself, this pair was …favored… in the field. Only put these under a microscope if you want trouble sleeping.

I’ve tried many hemo-scrubs but whatever makes these so sturdy also made it impossible to clean entirely. I’ve attached some nano tech (not cheap!) to the device to let it through the UES bio-scanners. The rest is up to you.

-R

Version History

Patch v1.3.8

• Other Changes
  • Seekers of the Storm - DLC Content
    Elusive Antlers is part of the Seekers of the Storm DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info. Elusive AntlersSeekers of the Storm - DLC Content
    This content is part of the Seekers of the Storm DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info.Elusive Antlers
    Spawns orbs of energy that give bonus movement speed.
    Spawns orbs of energy nearby every 10s (-10% per stack), giving +12% movement speed up to 3 (+3 per stack) times for 12s. now will spawn more orbs per stack (+1 per stack -> +3 per stack) and has had its minimum spawn time for orbs reduced from 5 seconds to 2 seconds.

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Patch v1.3.7

• Item Changes
  • The base speed benefit of Seekers of the Storm - DLC Content
    Elusive Antlers is part of the Seekers of the Storm DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
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    This content is part of the Seekers of the Storm DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info.Elusive Antlers
    Spawns orbs of energy that give bonus movement speed.
    Spawns orbs of energy nearby every 10s (-10% per stack), giving +12% movement speed up to 3 (+3 per stack) times for 12s. has been removed. You can now only gain speed by collecting the orb drops.

Patch v1.3.6

• Major changes:
  • Antler Shield - Renamed To Elusive Antlers
  • Old Functionality: 55% (+5% per stack) chance on being hit to reflect 10% (+10% per stack) damage back to the attacker.
  • New Functionality: Increases movement speed by 7% (+7% per stack). Spawns orbs of energy nearby every 10 seconds (-10% per stack) giving +12% movement speed up to 3 times (+1 per stack) for 12 seconds.

Seekers of the Storm

• Added New Item: Antler Shield