Curios are equippable relics granting passives; Vessels charge from combat to fuel powerful special abilities. Both round out a build and are cheap to swap, so tailor them per fight.
Getting the most
- Slot Curios that reinforce your plan — Focus, survivability, or your damage type.
- Vessels charge as you deal and take damage; spend them on burst or utility.
- Some Curios are hidden in the world or reward exploration — cast around meditation spots.
- Re-equip freely at shrines to tailor loadouts per boss.
Synergy ideas
- Pair a Focus-on-hit Curio with a Smash build for near-constant charged Heavies.
- Stack survivability Curios while learning a wall boss, then swap to damage.
- Match a Vessel's effect to your opener — a stagger Vessel sets up a free combo.
- Read every new Curio; a single passive sometimes hard-counters a specific boss.
Vessel timing
- Vessels charge as you fight — bank one for a boss's dangerous phase or a Break.
- Match a Vessel's effect to your opener; a stagger sets up a free charged Heavy.
- Some Vessels heal or cleanse — a lifeline in the long gauntlet fights.
- Swap Curios and Vessels freely at shrines to fit each boss.
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