False Son

This article is about the playable Survivor. For the boss, see False Son (Boss).

Seekers of the Storm - DLC Content False Son 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.False Son
The False Son is a slow but stalwart close-range warrior. With extreme health and defense, False Son can weather any storm. Use False Son's durability to stay in the fray and capitalize on his slow but deadly skills.
Health	180 (+54 per level)
Health Regen	1.5/s (+0.75 per level) 1/s (+0.5 per level) 0.6/s (+0.3 per level)
Damage	13 (+2 per level)
Speed	7 m/s
Armor	0 ( 70)
Unlock	Purified Freedom
Umbra Title
The False Son
Ending Phrase
Escaped : And so he left, drawn to a call in the darkness. Vanished : And so he vanished, a gift unspent.

False Son is a playable character in Risk of Rain 2, added in the Seekers 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.Seekers of the Storm expansion.

He is a slow, close-range warrior with high HP and bonuses for items that boost HP. His Club of the Forsaken and Step of the Brothers can deal large close-range damage while Lunar Spike and Laser of the Father can pick off enemies at a distance. The trade-off with Lunar Spikes incentivizes reserving spikes for the two slow charged attacks to increase attack speed and armor for heavy damage and using the spikes when escaping or recovering health.

He can be unlocked by defeating the False Son 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. from Aurelionite in your inventory.

Skills

Passive

Lunar Tampering
	Type	Misc
	Description	Every unused Lunar Spike gives +5% attack speed and +2.5 armor. Used spikes give +5% movement speed and +2.5 health regeneration.
Notes
Newly earned Lunar SpikesLunar Spikes (Secondary)Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth. Survivor: False Son begin as used.

Primary

Club of the Forsaken
	Type	Primary
	Proc Coefficient	1.0
	Description	Hold the primary button to swing the False Son's club at nearby enemies for 300% damage. Hold the primary and secondary buttons to charge a slam for 1500%.
Notes
Holding down this skill replaces the Lunar SpikesLunar Spikes (Secondary)Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth. Survivor: False Son with an alternative slam attack.

Secondary

Lunar Spikes
	Type	Secondary
	Cooldown	4 seconds
	Proc Coefficient	1.0 / 3.0
	Description	Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth.
Notes
The Proc Coefficient is only 3 when a fully charged alternative slam attack is used. Lunar Ruin - Enemies hit take +10% more damage from all sources, are slowed, and reduces healing for 5 seconds. Lunar Ruin can stack. This contributes to Death MarkDeath Mark Enemies with 4 or more debuffs are marked for death, taking bonus damage. Enemies with 4 or more debuffs are marked for death, increasing damage taken by 50% from all sources for 7 (+7 per stack) seconds.. Growth enhances this skill by granting additional charges. It is increased with the addition of health outside of levelling up.

Utility

Step of the Brothers
	Type	Utility
	Cooldown	8 seconds
	Proc Coefficient	1.0
	Description	Dash a short distance, generating an explosion of 200% damage for every enemy hit. Two uses.
Notes
Despite the description, Hardlight Afterburner does increase the amount of uses to beyond two.

Special

Laser of the Father
	Type	Special
	Cooldown	15 seconds
	Proc Coefficient	0.45
	Description	Charge up to 1.5 seconds to fire a rapidly hitting laser for 30-175% damage for 4 seconds and refills Lunar Spikes. Increases in duration through Growth.
Notes
The laser fires approximately 10 times per second at base. However, because the laser recharges Lunar SpikesLunar Spikes (Secondary)Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth. Survivor: False Son, it usually fires at around 12 times per second at base growth. You can cancel this attack manually with Step of the BrothersStep of the Brothers (Utility)Dash a short distance, generating an explosion of 200% damage for every enemy hit. Two uses. Survivor: False Son. Charging up the attack does not increase the duration of the attack. You gain one Lunar SpikesLunar Spikes (Secondary)Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth. Survivor: False Son every ~1 second. This is not increased with Growth.

Laser Burst
	Type	Special
	Cooldown	7 seconds
	Proc Coefficient	1.0
	Description	Fire a piercing laser for 1000% damage, refilling 30% Lunar Spikes. Increases in stock by Growth.
Notes
An increase in stock requires 4x more Growth than Lunar SpikesLunar Spikes (Secondary)Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth. Survivor: False Son.

Growth

• The False Son's bonus max health grants him stocks of Lunar SpikesLunar Spikes (Secondary)Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth.
  Survivor: False Son. He starts the game with 4 stocks, but gains more as you build more bonus health.

Bonus Health	Stocks
16	1
36	2
61	3
91	4
126	5
166	6
211	7
261	8
316	9
376	10

Bonus Health	Stocks
751	15
1521	20
4541	30
10436	40
20206	50
36666	60
55371	70
82766	80
118036	90
162181	100

• The duration of Laser of the FatherLaser of the Father (Special)Charge up to 1.5 seconds to fire a rapidly hitting laser for 30-175% damage for 4 seconds and refills Lunar Spikes. Increases in duration through Growth.
  Survivor: False Son is increased by the amount of bonus Lunar SpikesLunar Spikes (Secondary)Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth.
  Survivor: False Son stocks the player currently has.
  • Lunar SpikesLunar Spikes (Secondary)Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth.
    Survivor: False Son stocks gained from Backup MagazineBackup Magazine
    Add an extra charge of your Secondary skill.
    Add +1 (+1 per stack) charge of your Secondary skill. do not affect this calculation.

• The duration increases by the following equation: $BonusDuration=\sum _{n=1}^{SpikeCount}{\frac {1}{0.5n+1}}$

Stocks	Bonus Duration (seconds)
1	0.67
2	1.167
3	1.567
4	1.9
5	2.186
6	2.437
7	2.658
8	2.858
9	3.0398
10	3.206

Stocks	Bonus Duration (seconds)
15	3.8791
20	4.381
30	5.117
40	5.654
50	6.076
60	6.425
70	6.722
80	6.98
90	7.209
100	7.414

• Laser BurstLaser Burst (Special)Fire a piercing laser for 1000% damage, refilling 30% Lunar Spikes. Increases in stock by Growth.
  Survivor: False Son gains bonus stocks from Lunar SpikesLunar Spikes (Secondary)Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth.
  Survivor: False Son stocks as well, with every 4 Lunar SpikesLunar Spikes (Secondary)Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth.
  Survivor: False Son stocks granting 1 bonus stock of Laser BurstLaser Burst (Special)Fire a piercing laser for 1000% damage, refilling 30% Lunar Spikes. Increases in stock by Growth.
  Survivor: False Son.
  • Lunar SpikesLunar Spikes (Secondary)Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth.
    Survivor: False Son stocks gained from Backup MagazineBackup Magazine
    Add an extra charge of your Secondary skill.
    Add +1 (+1 per stack) charge of your Secondary skill. do not affect this calculation.

Tips

• Charge Club of the Forsaken and Laser of the Father by holding down the button until a second pulse of light is seen, indicating maximum charge.
• Items that contribute to Growth include: Bison SteakBison Steak
  Gain 25 max health.
  Increases maximum health by 25 (+25 per stack)., InfusionInfusion
  Killing an enemy permanently increases your maximum health, up to 100.
  Killing an enemy increases your health permanently by 1 (+1 per stack), up to a maximum of 100 (+100 per stack) health. ,Seekers of the Storm - DLC Content
  Prayer Beads 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. Prayer BeadsSeekers 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.Prayer Beads
  Item stores experience and gives stats on item removal.
  Grows in power by absorbing experience, storing 20% (+5% per item stack) of player stats per item level up. On removal, gain all stored stats., Titanic KnurlTitanic Knurl
  Boosts health and regeneration.
  Increase maximum health by 40 (+40 per stack) and base health regeneration by +1.6 hp/s (+1.6 hp/s per stack)., PearlPearl
  Increase your maximum health.
  Increases maximum health by 10% (+10% per stack)., Irradiant PearlIrradiant Pearl
  Increase ALL of your stats.
  Increases ALL stats by 10% (+10% per stack)., Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
  Stone Flux Pauldron 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. Stone Flux PauldronSurvivors 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.Stone Flux Pauldron
  Double your health... BUT halve your speed.
  Increase max health by 100% (+100% per stack). Reduce movement speed by 50% (+50% per stack)., Spinel Tonic60sSpinel Tonic
  Gain a massive boost to ALL stats. Chance to gain an affliction that reduces ALL stats.
  Drink the Tonic, gaining a boost for 20 seconds. Increases damage by +100%. Increases attack speed by +70%. Increases armor by +20. Increases maximum health by +50%. Increases passive health regeneration by +300%. Increases movespeed by +30%.
  
  When the Tonic wears off, you have a 20% chance to gain a Tonic Affliction, reducing all of your stats by -5% (-5% per stack)..
  • InfusionInfusion
    Killing an enemy permanently increases your maximum health, up to 100.
    Killing an enemy increases your health permanently by 1 (+1 per stack), up to a maximum of 100 (+100 per stack) health. does not immediately grant Growth, but as you gain health your Growth will increase.
  • Seekers of the Storm - DLC Content
    Prayer Beads 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. Prayer BeadsSeekers 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.Prayer Beads
    Item stores experience and gives stats on item removal.
    Grows in power by absorbing experience, storing 20% (+5% per item stack) of player stats per item level up. On removal, gain all stored stats. grant Growth when removed from a player's inventory, but only if you have sufficient amount of it's buff's stacks.
  • Shield does not contribute to Growth, therefore TranscendenceTranscendence
    Convert all your health into shield. Increase maximum health.
    Convert all but 1 health into regenerating shields. Gain 50% (+25% per stack) maximum health. and PerfectedPerfected (Affix Buff)
    Gain the power of a Perfected Elite.Cripple on hit. Occasionally fire 5 bomb projectiles at enemies. Gain 35% increased movement speed, and gain 25% max health. All health will be replaced with shields. completely removes all Growth, with OverloadingOverloading (Affix Buff)
    Gain the power of an Overloading Elite.Attacks explode after a delay. 50% of health is replaced by shield. also doing similar effects.
  • When active, Spinel Tonic60sSpinel Tonic
    Gain a massive boost to ALL stats. Chance to gain an affliction that reduces ALL stats.
    Drink the Tonic, gaining a boost for 20 seconds. Increases damage by +100%. Increases attack speed by +70%. Increases armor by +20. Increases maximum health by +50%. Increases passive health regeneration by +300%. Increases movespeed by +30%.
    
    When the Tonic wears off, you have a 20% chance to gain a Tonic Affliction, reducing all of your stats by -5% (-5% per stack). allows Growth to increase from health gained via leveling up despite normally not being able to, as the maximum health bonus provided by Spinel Tonic60sSpinel Tonic
    Gain a massive boost to ALL stats. Chance to gain an affliction that reduces ALL stats.
    Drink the Tonic, gaining a boost for 20 seconds. Increases damage by +100%. Increases attack speed by +70%. Increases armor by +20. Increases maximum health by +50%. Increases passive health regeneration by +300%. Increases movespeed by +30%.
    
    When the Tonic wears off, you have a 20% chance to gain a Tonic Affliction, reducing all of your stats by -5% (-5% per stack). is percentage base and thus scales with level.
• Backup MagazineBackup Magazine
  Add an extra charge of your Secondary skill.
  Add +1 (+1 per stack) charge of your Secondary skill. can be very useful, as it gives you more charges of Lunar SpikesLunar Spikes (Secondary)Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth.
  Survivor: False Son, effectively giving you more armor and attack speed, or health regen and move speed in the process.
• CrowbarCrowbar
  Deal bonus damage to enemies above 90% health.
  Deal +75% (+75% per stack) damage to enemies above 90% health., Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
  Delicate Watch 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. Delicate WatchSurvivors 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.Delicate Watch
  Deal bonus damage. Breaks at low health.
  Increase damage by 20% (+20% per stack). Taking damage to below 25% health breaks this item., and Focus CrystalFocus Crystal
  Deal bonus damage to nearby enemies.
  Increase damage to enemies within 13m by 20% (+20% per stack). can greatly increase the False Son's damage, allowing the charged attack and Laser Burst to more consistently one-shot enemies. With enough of them, Step of the Brothers could also be used as a one-shot for lesser enemies.
• Seekers of the Storm - DLC Content
  Luminous Shot 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.Luminous Shot
  Secondary skill use increases Primary Skill's next shot's damage.
  Using the secondary skill charges the next primary attack, dealing +150% damage (+25% per item stack) per charge up to 5 times (+1 per item stack). synergizes very well with shooting some lunar spikes at an enemy, and then finishing them with a much stronger swing, which is boosted by both the item as well as the increased damage debuff from the lunar spikes.
• The False Son does not spawn from an Escape Pod, making him unable to unlock Power Plant in a single-player run.
• Intentionally not taking items that reduce the cooldown of your secondary ability allows the player to have more control over which buffs they want from Lunar Tampering. For example, players who bring use Stone Flux Pauldron to boost Growth would generally prefer the speed buff from used spikes over the attack speed and armor buffs from unused spikes.
• The False Son's passive, Lunar Tampering, makes the False Son out-heal the suffocating aura of the Void Fields if all spikes are used up.

Lore

Songs turned to screams,
Claws which carved my body tore it apart.
Now the Moon’s light is heavy with his howling hatred,
and the silence haunts me.
Made in his image, I was to be a guardian.
A replacement, now a disappointment.
They shudder at my approach.
My path laid empty.

Where they desired divinity, I found contempt.
Who they called unclean, I call unchained.
Tones of gold and stone open to me,
Trails without shards and curses.

With my eye I see a new way.
With my club I create a new path.

Gallery

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Trivia

• False Son is the second Survivor in the franchise to be an existing boss in the game, with the first being Acrid in Risk of Rain, and Risk of Rain Returns.
  • However, he is the first Survivor in Risk of Rain 2 to not only be a boss, as AcridAcridAcrid is a melee-range hybrid who uses powerful poisons to melt tanky enemies.
    Class: Melee / Ranged
    HP: 160 (+48 per level)
    Damage: 15 (+3 per level)
    Armor: 20
    Umbra: Test Subject is not fightable ingame, but also the first in the franchise to be a final boss.
• The False Son starts with a base armor of 20 and when paired with the maximum amount of Lunar SpikesLunar Spikes (Secondary)Lunar Ruin. Throw a Lunar Spike for 150% damage. Gain additional Lunar Spikes through Growth.
  Survivor: False Son this increases to 30 (This Increases as the max increases).
• Even though his landing animation appears to be him directly falling to the planet without sustaining damage, he still takes fall damage in regular gameplay.
• It is implied that the False Son is a corrupted protector figure, created by the Lemurians in the image of Providence (the final boss of both Risk of Rain and Risk of Rain Returns) using the abandoned tools of Providence after his defeat in the first game.
  • The False Son was created with the help of Aurelionite, who begins to attempt to break free from her prison after Mithrix is defeated and can no longer keep her contained.
  • Before the creation of False Son could be completed, Mithrix corrupted him. This results in the amalgamation of both gilded-themed and lunar-themed abilities that he displays.
  • Information on the origins of the False Son can be found in the Seekers of the Storm - Dev Diary 01.