Risk of Rain 2
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Guides
Guides
Risk of Rain 2 Stage Progression & Loop Guide: Teleporter to Mithrix
Risk of Rain 2 is a roguelike where difficulty climbs with time. On each stage you activate the Teleporter, kill its boss, and fill the charge to advance. After stage 5 you choose between heading to the moon to fight Mithrix or aligning with the planet to loop. This guide walks through the progression flow and how to survive deep loops.
walkthroughRisk of Rain 2 Beginner Guide|Early Stages, Teleporters, Item Basics
Risk of Rain 2's core loop is "collect items on the stage, activate the teleporter, beat the boss-tier enemy, move on." Enemies scale with time, so the balance between rushing the teleporter and gathering items is the heart of the game. This guide walks you through that loop in detail — the priority order for chests and drones, how the teleporter event works, and how to play the early game without ending runs prematurely.
guideRisk of Rain 2 Item Strategy|Stacking, Priority, and Build Balance
Item stacking is the core mechanic of Risk of Rain 2 — duplicate items stack, and by late runs your damage can fill the screen. Balancing damage, survival, and mobility roles is what separates surviving builds from glass-cannon wipes. This guide covers priority order by rarity, the damage/survival/mobility ratio, and how to use printers and scrappers to refine the build mid-run.
tipsRisk of Rain 2 Survivor Tier List|Strong Picks and Beginner Choices
Risk of Rain 2 has more than ten survivors, each with completely different playstyles and strengths. Some are built for safe, long looping; others are designed for burst damage and short, decisive runs. This guide breaks the lineup into tiers with honest evaluation and beginner-friendly recommendations, so you can pick the survivor that fits how you want to play.
Overview
What's the Game?
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
3D roguelite shooter
Third-person, mobile combat. Each Survivor has a unique mix of shooting, melee, and special abilities.
Time-based difficulty
Linger and enemies scale fast. Pacing is part of strategy.
Item stacking euphoria
Duplicates stack effects. Late-run damage saturates the screen.
Many Survivors
Commando, Huntress, Engineer, Captain, Loader, Artificer, and 10-plus characters in total.
Endless loops
After the final stage, loop back for harder runs. No real ceiling.
Co-op
Multiplayer turbo-charges the chaos. Role-splitting extends survival.
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Supported Languages
| Language | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 日本語 ● | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Deutsch | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| English | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Español | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Français | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Italiano | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| 한국어 | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Português (Brasil) | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Русский | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| 简体中文 | ✓ | — | ✓ |
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Windows
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Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or newer, 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD FX-8350 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 580 / AMD HD 7870 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 4 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or newer, 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 680 / AMD HD 7970 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 4 GB available space
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Linux
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