Death Must Diestands out in the world of wave-based roguelite games likeVampire Survivors, drawing inspiration from acclaimed titles likeHadesandDiablo. It combines the talent progression system reminiscent ofHadeswith a deity mechanic where gods grant blessings to aid players in their battle against Death.
At first, facing off against skeleton knights and slimes might seem easy, but as players progress, investing strategically in stats becomes crucial, especially when confronting strong bosses like Dracula in the later stages. With a wide range of stats available, understanding their roles can be overwhelming in thisroguelite RPG.
While Realm Archive’s hack-and-slash provides brief descriptions of each stat when hovered over, some players might prefer to have all main stats readily available. Below is a list of the main and common stats you’ll encounter inDeath Must Die.
Global damage increase for all your skills
Global chance to deal critical damage with all your abilities
Additional damage dealt by critical attacks
Global area increase for all your skills
Global duration increase for all your abilities
Description
Life
If your life points go to 0, the Hourglass sends you back in time.
Amount of Life restored per second
Armor
Reduces damage taken. Effective life gained from armor scales linearly, meaning that gaining more armor does not give you more or less effective life per armor point.
Damage Reduction
Reduces damage taken. This is added to your armor reduction percent.
Evasion
Chance to avoid attacks. Effective life gained from evasion scales linearly, meaning that gaining more evasion does not give you more or less effective life per evasion point.
The distance you move per second
Dodge
Chance to dodge attacks. This is added to your evasion percent.
The damage you deal with your weapon attacks
The time it takes to execute an attack
The area your attack covers
Chance to deal critical damage with your attack
The number of projectiles your attacks shoot out.
Attack Pierce / Bounce
The number of times your attack projectiles either pierce or bounce, depending on projectile mode.
The number of separate dash charges
The time it takes to recharge a dash charge
The distance covered by your dash
The number of extra projectiles your dash shoots out
The damage dealt by your dash
Chance to deal critical damage with your dash
The duration of your dash skills
Additional damage dealt by your casts
Additional duration for your casts
Additional damage dealt by your summons
Additional duration for your summons
The distance summon moves per second
Luck
A multiplier for chance-based god blessings, item spells or objects. Luck does not increase your chances of getting rarer items.
Passive experience gain per second
Gain more experience
Essence
Cosmic essence is used to learn new skills in the Constellarium. It is obtained by defeating Bosses and cannot exceed 36.
The number of times you can reroll a god’s blessings.
Alterations
The number of times you can change the blessings to ones from a different god.
Banishes
The number of times you can remove a god’s blessing from appearing again in that attempt. This includes all rarities and levels of it.
Adept Offers
The chance that a god will offer you blessings of Adept rarity.
Expert Offers
The chance that a god will offer you blessings of Expert rarity.
Master Offers
The chance that a god will offer you blessings of Master rarity.
Legend Offers
The chance that a god will offer you blessings of Legend rarity.
The chance that a god will offer you new blessings.
Level-Up Offers
The chance that a god will offer to upgrade the level of a blessing you already have.
Rarity-Up Offers
The chance that a god will offer to upgrade the rarity of a blessing you already have.
How to Upgrade Stats and Unlock New Stats in Death Must Die
InDeath Must Die, your characters can start with the stats listed above and can collect even more as you progress. You can improve these stats and unlock new ones by upgrading characters' talents at the Constellarium, wearing equipment, and obtaining blessings from gods.
The simplest method to boost stats is through blessings bestowed by gods upon leveling up. At each level, a god presents a choice of three blessings from seven types: Attack, Dash, Strike, Cast, Power, Summon, and Passive. Passive blessings provide stats categorized as Utility, Blessing Slots, Offensive, and Defensive, while the others have unique categories. If you’ve playedHades, you’re likely familiar with the boons bestowed upon Zagreus by Greek gods. Death Must Die has a similar deity system to help your characters in their fight against Death by granting blessings.
Equipment is another means of gaining stats inDeath Must Die. Initially, your character will start without any equipment. However, after a few runs, you will begin collecting equipment dropped by enemies, which you can then equip to upgrade existing stats or unlock new ones. With enough gold, you’ll also have the option to purchase equipment from the shop conveniently located near the Constellarium.
The Constellarium serves asDeath Must Die’s character talent system. To unlock talents, you’ll need to collect essence dropped by boss enemies. Some talents grant new skills and stats upon unlocking, and the best part is that these upgrades are permanent foryour characters. Furthermore, don’t worry about selecting the wrong talents, asDeath Must Dieallows you to reset them and regain your essences by spending 500 gold coins.
Death Must Die
WHERE TO PLAY
Death Must Die is a roguelite RPG bullet heaven in which you play as the heroes trying to defeat Death. A pantheon of gods guides the heroes in their quest, each granting different powerful blessings. Learn why the gods have decided to stand against one of their own and uncover the personal stories behind each of the heroes as you explore the Underworld.Destroy the thousands of minions of Death. Face off and defeat the Guardians protecting each circle. Discover ancient shrines, mythical creatures and the other inhabitants of the Underworld.Choose from hundreds of god blessings to create synergetic and varied builds. Collect randomized and unique items to make highly varied builds and ease your next attempts. Increase your odds of finding lost relics, at the cost of empowering Death’s legions.Attempt runs with a varied cast of heroes, each endowed with game altering traits. Unlock unique and hard to access achievements.
