Roll of Pennies

Survivors of the Void - DLC Content Roll of Pennies 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.Roll of Pennies
Gain gold on taking damage.
Gain 3 (+3 per stack) gold on taking damage from an enemy. Scales over time.
Rarity	Common
Category	Utility AIBlacklist
Stats
Stat	Value	Stack	Add
Base Gold	3	Linear	+3

The Roll of Pennies is an item in Risk of Rain 2, added in the Survivors of the Void expansion.

Whenever the holder takes damage, they gain gold equal to 12% the cost of a Small Chest. This value starts at 3 gold (+3 per stack) and is multiplied by the difficulty coefficient.

Notes

• Correction: The in-game description mentioning that the damage must originate from an enemy is incorrect, the item's effect is triggered for sources of damage originating from a character other than the holder of the item.
  • This means self-damaging effects, such as the Helfire Tincture45sHelfire Tincture
    Burn everything nearby... including you and allies.
    Ignite ALL characters within 15m for 12s. Deal 5% of your maximum health/second as burning as damage. The burn is 0.5x stronger on yourself, 0.25x stronger on allies, and 24x stronger on enemies., REX'sREXREX is a half robot / half plant that uses HP to cast devastating skills from a distance. The plant nor the robot could survive this planet alone – but thankfully they have each other.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 130 (+39 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 20
    Umbra: Symbiotes "plant" skills, Captain's Diablo StrikeOGM-72 'DIABLO' Strike (Utility)Stunning. Request a kinetic strike from the UES Safe Travels. After 20 seconds, it deals 40,000% damage to ALL characters.
    Survivor: Captain, and Void Fiend's Corrupted SuppressCorrupted Suppress (Special)Crush 25% maximum health to gain 25% Corruption.
    Survivor: Void Fiend do not trigger it.
    • However, in Multiplayer, Captain's Diablo StrikeOGM-72 'DIABLO' Strike (Utility)Stunning. Request a kinetic strike from the UES Safe Travels. After 20 seconds, it deals 40,000% damage to ALL characters.
      Survivor: Captain and Helfire Tincture45sHelfire Tincture
      Burn everything nearby... including you and allies.
      Ignite ALL characters within 15m for 12s. Deal 5% of your maximum health/second as burning as damage. The burn is 0.5x stronger on yourself, 0.25x stronger on allies, and 24x stronger on enemies. can be used by a different player on this item's holder to gain extra money, while the former is an extremely impractical method, the latter is very profitable to an almost gamebreaking degree earlygame: since the hellfire damage ticks 5 times per second and lasts up to 15 seconds, activating it will trigger roll of pennies a total of 75 times for a gold amount equal to the price of 9 small chests, the total burn damage caused is 30% of the hellfire holder's max HP to themselves and 15% of the hellfire holder's max HP to the roll of pennies holder's HP (this means that, depending on how much health the hellfire holder has, the roll of pennies holder will take varying amounts of damage), but both values can be reduced drastically with even a single Repulsion Armor PlateRepulsion Armor Plate
      Receive flat damage reduction from all attacks.
      Reduce all incoming damage by 5 (+5 per stack). Cannot be reduced below 1. or PlanulaPlanula
      Receive flat healing when attacked.
      Heal from incoming damage for 15 (+15 per stack)., or compensated with any healing items.
    • Players can also hurt each other while the Artifact of Chaos is active to give each other money. This can even be used while playing by yourself by using an item 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. and attacking the summoned ally to get it to attack you.
  • The Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
    Void Fog 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. Void FogSurvivors 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.Void Fog (Debuff)
    Recipient is under the effect of Void Fog.Indicator status effect used to show the recipient is under the effect of Void Fog, which deals a small amount of damage multiple times per second, increasing with each tick. This damage cannot be blocked or reduced by items such as Tougher TimesTougher Times
    Chance to block incoming damage.
    15% (+15% per stack) chance to block incoming damage. Unaffected by luck. or Repulsion Armor PlateRepulsion Armor Plate
    Receive flat damage reduction from all attacks.
    Reduce all incoming damage by 5 (+5 per stack). Cannot be reduced below 1.. and fall damage also do not trigger it as they are sources of damage not linked to any character.
  • The explosive containers in Abandoned AqueductAbandoned Aqueduct (Stage 2)
    Origin of Tar
    You dream of sand beneath your feet.
    
    Massive skeletons and pools of tar are littered around, and a towering aqueduct pouring down tar dominates the area. and Rallypoint DeltaRallypoint Delta (Stage 3)
    'Contact Light' Survivor Camp
    You dream of quiet snowfall.
    
    Rallypoint Delta is the remains of a makeshift camp constructed by a group of scattered crew members from the UES Contact Light, somewhere in the frigid tundra of Petrichor V. do trigger it as they are immovable characters.
  • A projectile or persistent attack, such as the Mini Mushrum's Blazing PoolMini Mushrum
    HP: 290 (+87 per level)
    Damage: 16 (+3.2 per level)
    Class: Ranged
    Speed: 2 m/s
    Armor: 0, that hits the player after the enemy has died will not trigger the effect. Dying here does not mean the enemy's health reaching zero, but the enemy's death animation completing. As such, the Lunar Chimera's (Exploder) death effectLunar Chimera (Exploder)
    Zenith DesignsHP: 180 (+54 per level)
    Damage: 11 (+2.2 per level)
    Class: Ranged / Self-Destruct
    Speed: 8 m/s
    Armor: 0 will not trigger the item since the blazing pool in this case spawns after the death animation has finished.
• An animation of a flying gold coin will play when this item's effect activates, and the animation will show more coins the more stacks the player has.

Tips

• This item activates on any instance of enemy damage, regardless of its proc coefficient. This includes damage over time effects, which will activate the item's effect for every individual tick of damage.
  • This means that intentionally letting enemies inflict BurnBurn (Debuff)
    Damage over time, disable health regeneration.Applies a percent of damage over time, and disables health regeneration.
    (stackable) or BleedBleed (Debuff)
    Damage over time.Deals 240% damage over time [3 x proc coefficient] (20% per tick, 4 ticks per second).
    (stackable) can be an effective way to rapidly generate money, especially when combined with a Repulsion Armor PlateRepulsion Armor Plate
    Receive flat damage reduction from all attacks.
    Reduce all incoming damage by 5 (+5 per stack). Cannot be reduced below 1. to mitigate the damage. Note that Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
    Ben's Raincoat 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. Ben's RaincoatSurvivors 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.Ben's Raincoat
    Prevent debuffs, instead gaining a temporary barrier. Recharges over time.
    Prevents 1 (+1 per stack) debuff and instead grants a temporary barrier for 10% of maximum health. Recharges every 5 seconds. renders this strategy somewhat less effective.
  • Taking damage from a Solus Probe'sSolus Probe
    HP: 220 (+66 per level)
    Damage: 15 (+3 per level)
    Class: Ranged
    Speed: 10 m/s
    Armor: 10 beam, or standing in the damage zone of a Mini Mushrum'sMini Mushrum
    HP: 290 (+87 per level)
    Damage: 16 (+3.2 per level)
    Class: Ranged
    Speed: 2 m/s
    Armor: 0 spore bomb are also effective ways to generate money.

Lore

The sounds of gunfire rang in Johnson's ears. Biting down and tugging on the bandage covering his wounded leg, he hastily reloaded his firearm.

For a moment, before he fired on the Lemurians who had pinned his team into a corner and already claimed two of his friends, Johnson reflected on what brought him here.

Johnson had grown up in poverty, the oldest of three children. He had started working at a young age to support his sick mother and younger siblings, and all his life he bounced from one odd job to the next. Anything that could rake in the cash. Anything that would pay the bills.

"'An expedition into unknown territories, seeking volunteers,'" his recruiter read in between puffs of his cigar. "Lot of classified info, don't know too much myself... But it pays a lot. And I know you need the money. You in, Johnny-boy?" At the time, Johnson had thought to himself, 'it couldn't be that bad.'

Johnson returned to the battlefield, gunning down Lemurians in an effort to save his remaining friends. The wound on his leg ached, dying the bandage red with blood. 'It couldn't be that bad,' he had thought. "Yeah, right." Johnson scoffed. "At least I'm getting paid after this."

Version History

Survivors of the Void

• (Undocumented) Added New Item: Roll of Pennies

Trivia

• Looking closely at the penny's model in the logbook shows that instead of reading "In God We Trust" like a standard United States penny, it reads "In Paul We Trust." This is a reference to Paul Morse, one of the two founders of Hopoo Games, who also has Paul's Goat HoofPaul's Goat Hoof
  Increase movement speed.
  Increases movement speed by 14% (+14% per stack). named after him.
  • There is also a stone golem carved on the back of each penny.