Benthic Bloom

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The **Benthic Bloom** is a void item in Risk of Rain 2, added in the *Survivors of the Void* expansion, and the corruption of the .

At the start of each stage, the item selects 3 (*+3 per stack*) random Common or Uncommon items in the holder's inventory. Each *stack* of a selected item randomly transforms into an equal-sized stack of a random item of the next higher rarity (for example, a stack of 4  would transform into 4 of a random green item).

## Notes

* Legendary, boss, void, lunar, and untiered items (such as , , etc) *cannot* be transformed.
* The items are chosen at random regardless of rarity, stacks, or pick-up history. The items in the transformation rarity are shuffled and if the selected item belongs in any of the Damage, Healing, or Utility categories, the items in the transformation rarity are ordered to include those first. For example,  will prioritise any Uncommon Damage/Utility items to transform into.
	+ This means if the selected item is either White Scrap or Green Scrap, no items will be prioritised for the transformation.
* is *not* excluded from being upgraded into, meaning the Benthic Bloom will inevitably start to duplicate itself at an increasing rate.
* If a player has less items than the total that Benthic Bloom would upgrade at once, it's possible for it to select the same item twice. This means that an item can go straight from Common to Legendary in a single stage.
	+ Additionally, identical items are consolidated into a single stack even in the middle of the Bloom's transformation sequence. This means a stack of a Common item can be upgraded twice if it combines with a stack of an Uncommon item the player already has. For example, if the player has 1 , 1 , and 1 , it is possible for the Benthic Bloom to first upgrade the Mocha and Soldier's Syringe into 2 Shurikens (for a total stack of 3 Shurikens). After this, it is possible that the third and final upgrade will be to upgrade the Shurikens into 3 . While this is an improbable scenario, it is not impossible.

## Tips

* Obtaining a Benthic Bloom in the first few stages of a run can lead to a massive boost in power by giving the player more Uncommon and Legendary items than normal by the end of the first loop, with the tradeoff of not having as many stacks of Common items.
* On the other hand, since the Benthic Bloom transforms full stacks of the chosen items, obtaining it very late in a looping run may cause more trouble than it is worth. Suddenly losing all stacks of offensive items such as  or  can drastically reduce damage output, losing healing & utility items such as  or  can make it much harder to survive, and because no legendary items grant movement speed, this can be a big issue if , , or  are lost.
* Because void items cannot be transformed, corrupting items can keep them "safe" from being lost, albeit with a different effect.

## Lore

```
"Luck? Who needs luck, in a place like this.

To survive here, you'd need more than just luck. You need intuition. Instinct. The right tools. Power.

I know you're scared. And I am too. But if there's anything this hell hole has taught me...

We make our own luck."

- Signal Echoes, UES Contact Light
```

## Version History

Survivors of the Void
* (Undocumented) Added New Item: Benthic Bloom

## Trivia

* In keeping with the deep-sea theming of the Void, the term "benthic" refers to the very bottom of a body of water; in the context of this item, it can be surmised that the Benthic Bloom originates from the deepest recesses of the Void.
	+ This may also be why the Benthic Bloom is the corruption of a legendary item, to reflect its scarcity and difficulty to obtain due to the depth of the Void it originates from.