Max HP

Max HP is your health bar, it is the amount of damage you can take before dying. You can increase this by buying Items from Shop. Some Characters starts with extra 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.

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
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
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
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
Padding	Tier 2	+3 Max HP +1 Max HP for every 80 Materials you have	45	1	Win a run with Saver	Max HP

Negative

These items decrease your Max HP.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Unlocked By	Tags
Boiling Water	Tier 1	+2 Elemental Damage -1 Max HP	30		Elemental Damage
Claw Tree	Tier 1	+1 Melee Damage +3 % Crit Chance -1 Max HP	20		Melee Damage, Crit Chance
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
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
Well Rounded	+5 Max Hp +5% Speed +8 Harvesting	Unlocked by default	Potato	None
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
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
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)
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
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

Negative Characters

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks	Item Tags
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
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

Weapons

These Weapons either grant you extra Max HP, or they deal additional damage based on your 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
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

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