Empathy Cores

Empathy Cores
Recruit a pair of Solus Probes that gain power with more allies.
Every 30 seconds, summon two Solus Probes that gain +100% (+100% per stack) damage per ally on your team.
Rarity	Boss (Solus Control Unit)
Category	Utility TurretBlacklist
Corrupted	Survivors of the Void - DLC Content Newly Hatched Zoea is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info. Newly Hatched ZoeaSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info.Newly Hatched Zoea Periodically recruit allies from the Void. Corrupts all yellow items. Every 60 (-50% per stack) seconds, gain a random Void ally. Can have up to 1 (+1 per stack) allies at a time. Corrupts all yellow items.
Stats
Stat	Value	Stack	Add
Probe Damage	100%	Linear	+100%

Delighted/Quiet Probe
Health	880 (+268 per level)
Damage	15 (+3 per level)
Speed	10 m/s
Armor	10

The Empathy Cores are a boss item in Risk of Rain 2, dropped by the Solus Control UnitSolus Control Unit
Corrupted AIHP: 2500 (+750 per level)
Damage: 15 (+3 per level)
Class: Ranged / Melee
Speed: 7 m/s
Armor: 20.

They summon two friendly Solus ProbesSolus Probe
HP: 220 (+66 per level)
Damage: 15 (+3 per level)
Class: Ranged
Speed: 10 m/s
Armor: 10, one colored red and one colored green, who will attack enemies near the player with a laser beam. Similarly to 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., these minions have stronger stats than their regular counterparts, with 4 times the health and a damage stat that increases by 100% (+100% per stack) per ally on the team, including each other and their owner, starting their damage at 3x if all of them are alive. The Solus Probes are re-summoned every 30 seconds if they are destroyed and they only take 25% of damage dealt by AoE attacks due to a hidden +300 armor bonus against them.

Notes

• Allies include drones and turrets, other players, and minions spawned by 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., as well as ghosts spawned by Happiest MaskHappiest Mask
  Chance on killing an enemy to summon a ghost.
  Killing enemies has a 7% chance to spawn a ghost of the killed enemy with 1500% damage. Lasts 30s (+30s per stack).. Essentially, every entity that appears on the column on the left side of the HUD.
• If the Artifact of Swarms is active, four Probes will spawn instead of two, augmenting their damage output.
• The Empathy Cores is one of the few blacklisted items that 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 turrets will not inherit.
• When the final bossMithrix
  King of NothingHP: 1000 (+300 per level)
  Damage: 16 (+3.2 per level)
  Class: Melee / Ranged
  Speed: 15 m/s
  Armor: 20 steals the player's items, he will gain his own Probes and they will attack the player, dealing high damage.
  • This becomes even more dangerous if he steals multiple Empathy Cores or Queen's Glands, as the Probes will become extremely powerful.
• Loader'sLoaderThe Loader is a slow but powerful bruiser that can use her grappling hook to uniquely navigate the environment.
  Class: Melee
  HP: 160 (+48 per level)
  Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
  Armor: 20
  Umbra: Bionic Powerhouse Spiked FistSpiked Fist (Secondary)Stunning. Fire your gauntlet forward, dealing 320% damage. Pulls you to heavy targets. Light targets are pulled to YOU instead.
  Survivor: Loader can pull the Probes to her, although this will not damage them.
• The Probes have collision, allowing players to stand on them. However, it may be difficult to remain there given how they move around when enemies are near.
• The Probes will not respawn once the player has hit the ally limit of 16, making 14 allies the maximum amount that can be active at a time to ensure that the Probes can always be active. Acquiring yet another ally once the limit is reached (such as summoning a friendly AurelioniteAurelionite
  Titanic GoldweaverHP: 2100 (+630 per level)
  Damage: 40 (+8 per level)
  Class: Melee / Ranged
  Speed: 5 m/s
  Armor: 20 with a Halcyon SeedHalcyon Seed
  Summon Aurelionite during the Teleporter event.
  Summon Aurelionite during the teleporter event. It has 100% (+50% per stack) damage and 100% (+100% per stack) health.) will not cause the Probes to despawn; however, if one of them dies then it will not respawn until the player has 15 or fewer allies again.
• Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
  Spare Drone Parts is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info. Spare Drone PartsSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
  This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info.Spare Drone Parts
  Your drones fire faster, have less cooldowns, shoot missiles, and gain a bonus chaingun.
  Gain Col. Droneman. Drones gain +50% (+50% per stack) attack speed and cooldown reduction. Drones gain 10% chance to fire a missile on hit, dealing 300% TOTAL damage. Drones gain an automatic chain gun that deals 6x100% damage, bouncing to 2 enemies.: Despite the probes not visually obtaining any augmentations, they will gain all of the buffs and chaingun granted by this item, and since Col Droneman is another ally, the damage it deals will get boosted as well.

Lore

13006; PROBE CORE INSTANCE REQUEST RECOGNIZED
13006; PROBE CORE INSTANCE OVERVIEW FOR STORED MODELS:
;SER ID> 04534098130
;INST> MINING PROBE INSTANCES
;HIGHLIGHTS
> THIS ONE IS VERY DEAD AND YELLOW
> THIS ONE IS VERY BOLD AND GREEN AND LONELY
> THIS ONE IS VERY DEAD AND YELLOW
> THIS ONE IS VERY DEAD AND YELLOW
> THIS ONE IS VERY DEAD AND YELLOW
> THIS ONE IS VERY DEAD AND YELLOW
> THIS ONE IS VERY DEAD AND YELLOW
> THIS ONE IS VERY COLD AND RED AND LONELY

13010; DOCKING CORES
13011; DEPLOYED

Version History

Anniversary Update

• Major Content
  • Added New Boss Item: Empathy Cores
  • Added New Lore Entry: Empathy Cores

Trivia

• This item's name and the "personalities" of the Probes it summons ("Quiet" and "Delighted") may be a reference to the Personality Cores from the Portal series.
• The colors of the Probes resemble that of The Twins boss from the game Terraria, a pair of colossal mechanical eyes that are also red and green.
• The Probes are wrapped in cloth similar to that worn by the HereticHereticThe Heretic is a powerful character who can only be accessed through extraordinary means.
  Class: Ranged
  HP: 440 (+132 per level)
  Damage: 18 (+3.6 per level)
  Armor: 0
  Umbra: Unorthodoxy Risen, suggesting a possible link between the two.
  • This is especially intriguing given the Heretic's strong resemblance to an Alloy VultureAlloy Vulture
    HP: 140 (+42 per level)
    Damage: 15 (+3 per level)
    Class: Ranged
    Speed: 3 m/s
    Armor: 0, and the Alloy Vultures' relationship with the Alloy Worship UnitAlloy Worship Unit
    Friend of VulturesHP: 2500 (+750 per level)
    Damage: 15 (+3 per level)
    Class: Ranged
    Speed: 7 m/s
    Armor: 30.