Max HP

Max HP

Max HP is your health bar, it is the amount of damage you can take before dying. Most characters starts with 10 Max HP by Default, and gain +1 Max HP when leveling up.

Having a good amount of Max HP prevents you from dying to just a few strong hits from enemies, making it an essential on most builds. However to survive the 60 seconds of a wave, it is usually a good idea to also get some Healing.

You can increase this by buying Items from Shop. Some Characters starts with extra Max HP.

Max Health Cap

If you buy the item Handcuffs, your Max HP will be locked at its value when you bought the item. You can still increase or decrease your Max HP Stat, but when you enter the game, your health bar can't be higher than your Max Health Cap.

Even if you buy Handcuffs at 100 Max HP, HP Scaling Items and Weapons like Alien Eyes, Potato Thrower, and Chopper can still scale beyond 100 Max HP, because they scale with the stat itself. The cap only affects your HP Bar.

The game has a natural Max Health Cap of 999999, or just shy of a million Max Health. That is the maximum amount of health you can have. But scaling items like Potato Thrower can still scale with values higher than this limit. You are unlikely to encounter this limit unless you play a Modded version of the game, or are playing Endless Mode.

Negative Max HP

If you reduce your Max HP to 0 or lower, like you can while playing Demon you will still have 1 Max HP when you start the next wave. But even if you start with 1 HP on your HP Bar, your HP stat is still negative and you must get it out of the negatives before you can ever get above 1 HP again.

Items

Positive

These items increase your Max HP.

Due to Item Tags, the Character(s) Chunky, Golem, Lich, Masochist, Ogre, Pacifist have a higher chance to find these items in the Shop.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Acid	Tier 2	+8 Max HP -2 % Dodge -2 Knockback	65			Max HP
Alien Baby	Tier 3	+15 Max HP +10 % Enemy health	80			Max HP
Alien Magic	Tier 3	+8 Max HP +3 HP Regeneration -8 Luck	85			Max HP, HP Regeneration
Alien Worm	Tier 1	+3 Max HP +2 HP Regeneration -1 HP recovered from consumables	15			Max HP, HP Regeneration
Broken Mouth	Tier 1	+5 Max HP -1 HP Regeneration	25			Max HP
Cake	Tier 1	+3 Max HP -1 % Damage	15			Max HP
Defective Steroids	Tier 1	+2 Max HP +2 Melee Damage -3 % Attack Speed	20			Max HP, Melee Damage
Esty's Couch	Tier 4	+5 Max HP +2 HP Regeneration for every permanent -1 % Speed you have -20 % Speed	100	1		HP Regeneration, Max HP
Extra Stomach	Tier 4	+1 Max HP when picking up a consumable while at maximum health (max +8 per wave)	100	1		Max HP, Luck
Grind's Magical Leaf	Tier 4	+3 Max HP at the end of a wave +1 HP Regeneration at the end of a wave +1 % Life Steal at the end of a wave	110			Max HP, HP Regeneration, Life Steal
Gentle Alien	Tier 1	+2 Max HP +5 % Damage +5% Enemies	30	10		Max HP, Damage, More Enemies
Jelly	Tier 1	+1 Max HP for every different weapon you have	15		Win a run with Vagabond	Max HP
Knot(DLC)	Tier 3	+15 % Damage +15 Max HP Weapons can no longer be upgraded or recycled	80	1		Damage, Max HP
Kraken's Eye(DLC)	Tier 4	You have a 50% chance to explode for 10 (+500%) damage when you get hit +10 Max HP +10 Curse	110	1		Explosive, Max HP, Curse
Little Muscley Dude	Tier 2	+3 Melee Damage +5 Max HP -15 Range	50			Melee Damage, Max HP
Medal	Tier 2	+3 Max HP +3 % Damage +1 Armor +3 % Speed -4 % Crit Chance	55			Max HP, Damage, Armor, Speed
Octopus	Tier 4	+12 Max HP +5 HP Regeneration +3 % Life Steal -8 % Crit Chance	105		Win a run with Mutant	Max HP, Life Steal, HP Regeneration
Padding	Tier 2	+3 Max HP +1 Max HP for every 80 Materials you have	45	1	Win a run with Saver	Max HP
Panda	Tier 4	+12 Max HP +25 Luck -5 % Damage	100		Win a run with Pacifist	Max HP, Luck
Potato	Tier 4	+3 Max HP +2 HP Regeneration +1 % Life Steal +5 % Damage +5 % Attack Speed +3 % Speed +3 % Dodge +1 Armor +5 Luck	95		Win a run with Well Rounded	Max HP, HP Regeneration, Damage, Speed, Luck
Shmoop	Tier 3	+6 Max HP +2 HP Regeneration -2 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	60			Max HP, HP Regeneration
Spicy Sauce	Tier 2	+3 Max HP Consumables have a 33% chance to explode for 10 (+100%) damage when picked up	40	3	Win a run with Glutton	Max HP, Luck, Explosive
Stone Skin	Tier 3	+1 Max HP for every permanent 1 Armor you have -6 % Attack Speed	85	1	Win a run with Golem	Armor, Max HP
Torture	Tier 4	+15 Max HP Restore 5 HP per second. Cannot heal any other way.	100	1		Max HP
Warrior Helmet	Tier 3	+3 Armor +5 Max HP -5 % Speed	80			Armor, Max HP
Weird Ghost	Tier 1	+3 Max HP Start the next wave with 1 HP	12			Max HP

Positive - Interactions

These items have a positive interaction with Max HP.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Alien Eyes	Tier 2	Shoots 6 alien eyes around you every 3 seconds dealing 6 (+50%) damage each	50			Max HP
Spicy Sauce	Tier 2	+3 Max HP Consumables have a 33% chance to explode for 10 (+100%) damage when picked up	40	3	Win a run with Glutton	Max HP, Luck, Explosive

Negative

These items decrease your Max HP.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Boiling Water	Tier 1	+2 Elemental Damage -1 Max HP	30			Elemental Damage
Bone Dice(DLC)	Tier 2	+50% chance to get +1 % Damage when rerolling in the shop +10% chance to get -1 Max HP when rerolling in the shop	30	2		Damage
Claw Tree	Tier 1	+1 Melee Damage +3 % Crit Chance -1 Max HP	20			Melee Damage, Crit Chance
Decomposing Flesh	Tier 2	+1 % Life Steal when you level up -1 Max HP when you level up	30		Win a run with Vampire	Life Steal
Diploma	Tier 4	+10 Engineering +50 % XP Gain -3 Max HP	90			Engineering, XP Gain
Duct Tape	Tier 1	+1 Armor +1 Engineering -2 Max HP	20			Armor, Engineering
Injection	Tier 1	+7 % Damage -2 Max HP	20			Damage
Jet Pack	Tier 4	+15 % Speed +10 % Dodge -5 Max HP -1 Armor	100			Speed, Dodge
Leather Vest	Tier 2	+2 Armor +6 % Dodge -3 Max HP	45			Armor, Dodge
Night Goggles	Tier 4	+15 % Crit Chance +50 Range -3 Max HP -1 Armor	95		Win a run with Ranger	Crit Chance, Range
Robot Arm	Tier 4	+3 Melee Damage at the end of a wave +3 Engineering at the end of a wave -1 Max HP at the end of a wave	100		Win a run with Engineer	Melee Damage, Engineering
Snake	Tier 1	Burning spreads to an additional nearby enemy -1 Max HP	25			Elemental Damage

Negative - Interactions

These items have a negative interaction with Max HP.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Handcuffs	Tier 3	+8 Melee Damage +8 Ranged Damage +8 Elemental Damage Your Max HP is capped at its current value	80	1		Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, Elemental Damage

Characters

These Characters start with different Max HP, or have mechanics related to their Max HP:

Positive Characters

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks	Item Tags
Bull	+20 Max HP +15 HP Regeneration +10 Armor HP Regeneration modifications are increased by 50% You explode for 30 (300% 300% 300%) damage when you take damage This explosion has a 1.5x crit multiplier You can't equip weapons	Win a run in Danger 1	Gnome	Armor, HP Regeneration, Explosive (Item Tag)
Chunky	Max HP modifications are increased by 25% +1% Damage for every 3 Max HP you have +3 HP recovered from consumables -100% Life Steal HP Regeneration modifications are reduced by 50% Dodge modifications are reduced by 50% Speed modifications are reduced by 100%	Die for the first time	Potato Thrower	Max HP, Luck
Demon	+50% of your Materials are converted into Max HP at the end of a wave (13 Materials=1 Max HP) You buy items using Max HP instead of materials	Win a run in Danger 5	Obliterator	None
Druid(DLC)	+5 Max HP +15 Luck Enemies have a higher chance of dropping fruits 33% chance to get +1 Luck when you pick up a fruit 33% of fruits are poisoned and hurt you (ignores Dodge and Armor) -100 HP Regeneration -100 % Life Steal Engineering modifications are reduced by 50%	Collect 250 consumables by the end of wave 20	Cauldron	Consumable, Luck
Fisherman	+5 Max HP +20 Harvesting Shops always sell a Bait -100% Bait price +2 Harvesting for every 1 Bait you have Baits make some special enemies spawn throughout all future waves -50% materials dropped from enemies	Get 2 Bait during a run	Lure	None
Golem	+20 Max HP Max HP modifications are increased by 33% Armor modifications are increased by 33% +40 % Attack Speed when you have less than 50% health +20 % Speed when you have less than 50% health You can't heal in any way	Finish a wave with 1 HP	Stone Skin	Max HP, Armor
Hiker(DLC)	Earn 5 materials for every 10 steps you take during a wave +1 Max HP for every 80 steps you take during a wave % Speed modifications are increased by 10% -5 % Speed -50% materials dropped	Walk a total of 20000 steps	Scarf	Speed
King	+50 Luck +25 % Damage for every Tier IV weapon you have +25% Attack Speed for every Tier IV weapon you have +5 Max HP for every different Tier IV item you have -15% Damage for every Tier I weapon you have -15% Attack Speed for every Tier I weapon you have -2 Max HP for every different Tier I item you have UNLISTED BONUS: Starting weapon is Tier II	Get 3 tier IV weapons at once	Excalibur	None
Masochist	+5% Damage when you take damage until the end of the wave +10 Max HP +20 HP Regeneration +8 Armor -100% Damage	Win a run in Danger 3	Spiky Shield	Max HP, Armor, HP Regeneration, Life Steal
Ogre(DLC)	Enemies taking double their max health as damage explode for 15 (+50%-50%) damage +10 Melee Damage You can't equip ranged weapons -50 % Attack Speed -10 % Speed	Deal 1000 damage to an enemy in a single hit	Mace	Max HP, Melee Damage, Explosive (Item Tag)
Romantic(DLC)	Hitting an enemy that has less than 25% health has a 5% (50%) chance to charm it for 8 seconds +50 Range with melee weapons -3 % Damage for every 5 Curse you have -1 Armor for every 5 Curse you have +1 Curse at the end of a wave	Finish a run with 0 Curse	Flute	None
Sick	+12 Max HP +25% Life Steal You take 1 damage per second (does not give invulnerability time) -100 HP Regeneration	Reach -5 % HP Regeneration	Whetstone	Life Steal
Well Rounded	+5 Max Hp +5% Speed +8 Harvesting	Unlocked by default	Potato	None

Negative Characters

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks	Item Tags
Apprentice	+2 Melee Damage when you level up +1 Ranged Damage when you level up +1 Elemental Damage when you level up +1 Engineering when you level up -2 Max HP when you level up	Reach level 20	Quarterstaff	XP Gain
Hunter	+100 Range +1% Damage for every 10 Range you have Crit Chance modifications are increased by 25% Harvesting modifications are reduced by 100% Max HP modifications are reduced by 33%	Reach +300 Range	Sniper Gun	Range, Crit Chance
King	+50 Luck +25 % Damage for every Tier IV weapon you have +25% Attack Speed for every Tier IV weapon you have +5 Max HP for every different Tier IV item you have -15% Damage for every Tier I weapon you have -15% Attack Speed for every Tier I weapon you have -2 Max HP for every different Tier I item you have UNLISTED BONUS: Starting weapon is Tier II	Get 3 tier IV weapons at once	Excalibur	None
Ranger	+50 Range You start with 1 Pistol Ranged Damage modifications are increased by 50% You can't equip melee weapons Max HP modifications are reduced by 25%	Unlocked by default	Night Goggles	Ranged Damage, Range
Vampire	+2 % Damage for every 1% of missing health +1 % Life Steal for every 3% of missing health +1 Armor for every 5% of missing health Max HP modifications are reduced by 25% -60 % Damage -100 HP Regeneration -100 HP recovered from consumables	Reach +40 % Life Steal	Decomposing Flesh	Life Steal

Weapons

These Weapons scale with your Max HP:

Name	Class	Damage	Attack Speed	DPS	Crit Damage/Chance	Range	Knockback	Lifesteal	Special Effects	Base price	Unlocked by
Chopper	Blade	6(50%15%) 12(50%20%) 18(50%25%) 30(50%30%)	0.99s 0.99s 0.96s 0.89s	6.1(51%15%)/s 12.2(51%20%)/s 18.8(52%26%)/s 33.7(56%34%)/s	x2 (10%) x2 (15%) x2 (20%) x2 (25%)	135 150 165 180	2 2 2 2	0 0 0 0	+1/+1/+1/+2 health healed from consumables	15 31 61 122	Win a run with Multitasker
Potato Thrower	Support	- 1(25%20%) 1(25%20%) 1(25%20%)	- 0.45s 0.37s 0.25s	- 2.2(55%44%)/s 2.7(67%54%)/s 4.0(100%80%)/s	- x1.5 (3%) x1.5 (3%) x1.5 (3%)	- 500 500 500	- 20 25 30	- 0 0 0		- 36 69 139	Win a run with Chunky
Spoon(DLC)	Blunt	10(+50%+15%) 15(+50%+20%) 20(+50%+25%) 25(+50%+25%)	1.06s 0.99s 0.93s 0.86s	9.4(47.1%14.1%)/s 15.1(50.3%20.1%)/s 21.6(54%27%)/s 28.9(57.9%28.9%)/s	x2 (0% chance) x2.25 (0% chance) x2.5 (0% chance) x3 (0% chance)	150 165 180 200	2 2 2 2	0 0 0 0	Always crits when hitting burning targets	15 31 61 122	Win a run with Chef
Excalibur	Legendary, Blade	- - - 200(200%200%)	- - - 0.66s	- - - 266.6(266.6%266.6%)/s	- - - x2.5 (10%)	- - - 200	- - - 5	- - - 0	Alternates between thrusting and sweeping attacks. -3 Armor for every weapon you have	- - - 230	Win a run with King

These Weapons grant you extra Max HP:

Name	Class	Damage	Attack Speed	DPS	Crit Damage/Chance	Range	Knockback	Lifesteal	Special Effects	Base price	Unlocked by
Rock	Primitive, Blunt	20(100%) 35(100%) 50(100%) 70(100%)	1.68s 1.61s 1.53s 1.46s	11.9(59%)/s 21.7(62%)/s 32.7(65%)/s 47.9(68%)/s	x1.5 (10%) x1.5 (15%) x1.5 (20%) x1.5 (25%)	150 150 150 150	5 5 5 5	0 0 0 0	-/+1 Armor/+1 Armor, +2 Max HP/+2 Armor, +2 Max HP	10 22 45 91	Default
Ghost Scepter	Ethereal	10(100%) 15(100%) 20(100%) 30(100%)	0.98s 0.93s 0.88s 0.83s	10.2(102%)/s 16.1(107%)/s 22.7(113%)/s 36.1(120%)/s	x2 (3%) x2 (3%) x2 (3%) x2 (3%)	300 350 400 450	2 2 2 2	0 0 0 0	+1 Max HP for every 20/18/16/12 kills in a wave with this weapon	15 31 61 122	Default

Weapon Classes

These Weapon Classes affect Max HP:

Class	Bonuses	Weapons
Blunt	(2)+1 Armor -2% Speed (3)+1 Armor +3 Max HP -4% Speed (4)+2 Armor +3 Max HP -6% Speed (5)+2 Armor +6 Max HP -8% Speed (6)+3 Armor +6 Max HP -10% Speed	Brick   Rock   Spiky Shield   Spoon   Hammer   War Hammer
Primitive	(2)+3 Max HP (3)+6 Max HP (4)+9 Max HP (5)+12 Max HP (6)+15 Max HP	Cacti Club   Hatchet   Javelin   Quarterstaff   Rock   Sharp Tooth   Slingshot   Spear   Stick   Torch

Stats
Max HP	Melee Damage	Crit Chance	Dodge
HP Regeneration	Ranged Damage	Engineering	Speed
Life Steal	Elemental Damage	Range	Luck
Damage	Attack Speed	Armor	Harvesting