Tougher Times

Stat
 Block Chance

**Tougher Times** is an item in Risk of Rain 2.

The item grants a 15% (*+15% per stack*) chance of negating incoming damage. If the roll is successful, the damage will be negated and a "Blocked!" message will appear instead of damage numbers.

## Notes

* Self-inflicted damage from the , Shrines of Blood, and  "plant" skills can be blocked.
* When a hit is blocked successfully, on-hit effects will not trigger. These include but are not limited to the lightning bombs from Overloading Elites, , , , and .
* The item will not block a  death implosion, since the implosion does not actually deal damage. Similarly,  invincibility on either of his utilities and his default special, and  in general, will not block the implosions either.
* Tougher Times is one of the few items in the game with Hyperbolic Stacking.
* The corrupted version of this item, released in the Survivors of the Void expansion, is Safer Spaces.
* Tougher Times cannot block damage inflicted by the  debuff.

## Math

The chance to activate is determined by the formula:

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{\displaystyle f(x) = \bigg(1 - \frac{1}{0.15x + 1} \bigg)
= \bigg( \frac{0.15x + 1}{0.15x + 1} - \frac{1}{0.15x + 1} \bigg)
= \frac{0.15x}{0.15x + 1}}

Where

x

{\displaystyle x}

 is the amount.

The chance to block is *not* affected by  or .

## Lore

```
//--AUTO-TRANSCRIPTION FROM ROOM 4211B OF UES [Redacted] --//

"Why'd you sign up?"

Wyatt's voice was bored. The mission to the Contact Light's last known location was taking longer than he expected.

Malik was on the floor, cleaning her rifle. "To get paid, mostly."

"And that's it?"

She grunted in affirmation. She continued to wipe down the weapon.

"I'm here to find something." He continued. "I shipped it a few years back, but I don't think it made it before the train went down. I'm guessing it's still in the Contact Light. So I'm gonna get it back."

She began to tighten the last remaining bolts. Her routine near completion, she moved her gaze to Wyatt. "Seriously?"

"Yep!"

Malik raised her brow. "There were over 7 million security chests in the Contact Light. The chance of you finding a specific one is impossible." She began to unfold her legs as she propped her rifle in the corner. "And according to the distress beacon, the Contact Light was destroyed in orbit. Your shipment is probably floating around in space. It's all gone, Wyatt."

He grinned. "I think I'm gonna find it."

"You're terrible."
```

## Version History

Survivors of the Void
* (Undocumented) Tougher Times no longer blocks suffocation damage while in the   Void Fields

Early Access Patch (Build ID No.3961583)
* Bug Fixes
	+ Hitting Immune characters or blocked attacks no longer applies on-hit effects
		- This is especially important for , who was previously recieving debuffs like  and  while Immune

## Trivia

* The Tougher Times is actually the Tough Times from Risk of Rain 1, but in a tattered state. The Tough Times granted bonus armor, instead of a chance to negate damage.
* When a hit is blocked, a squeaky toy sound effect plays.
* Prior to the Survivors of the Void update, the suffocation damage from the   Void Fields could be negated by this item.