Curios & Vessels

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.

How to use the slots

1. Fix the thing that kills you

   Poison, fire, burst damage — if one thing keeps ending attempts, there is usually a Curio that blunts it.

2. Otherwise, feed the build

   With no specific problem, take whatever improves your damage window. Generic stat boosts are the weakest option.

3. Re-check before each boss

   It costs nothing. A Curio that was perfect in Chapter 2 is often dead weight by Chapter 5.