# 🏺 Relics Relics are powerful items that provide percentage-based stat bonuses. Unlike regular equipment which gives flat stats, relics scale multiplicatively with your other gear — making them increasingly valuable as your base stats grow. ## How Relics Work Relics use **Percentage On Top** stat mode, meaning their bonuses are applied after all other percentage calculations. This makes them a separate multiplier layer rather than being lumped in with regular percentage gear. ## Relic Quality Every relic has a **quality** value (0–99) that dramatically affects its power: | Quality | Stat Multiplier | |---------|----------------| | 0 (worst) | 1.0x | | 25 | ~2.6x | | 50 | ~4.3x | | 75 | ~5.9x | | 99 (best) | 7.5x | Quality scales linearly, so every point of quality matters. A perfect quality relic is **7.5 times** stronger than a quality 0 relic of the same type and level. > [!tip] Always check relic quality before investing in upgrades. A high-quality relic at low level can outperform a low-quality relic at high level. ## Relic Levels Relics can be leveled from 0 to 99, divided into **10 stages** (0–9). ### Mid-Stage Levels (1–9 within a stage) Upgraded with **gold**. The cost increases based on both the level within the stage and the stage number. ### Stage Upgrades (every 10th level) Upgraded with **duplicate copies** of the same relic. The number of copies needed per stage: | Stage | Copies Required | |-------|----------------| | 1 (level 10) | 2 | | 2 (level 20) | 2 | | 3 (level 30) | 3 | | 4 (level 40) | 3 | | 5 (level 50) | 4 | | 6 (level 60) | 5 | | 7 (level 70) | 5 | | 8 (level 80) | 6 | | 9 (level 90) | 6 | **Total copies needed for max level: 36 relics** (plus the original). ## Stat Modes Relics can grant different types of stat bonuses encoded in their stat names: - **Percent**: Applied during the percentage scaling phase - **Percent On Top**: Applied as a separate multiplier after all other percentages — this is the most common and most powerful relic stat type This means relics don't compete with your equipment's percentage bonuses; they multiply on top of them. ## Tips - Quality is king — prioritize high-quality relic drops over low-quality duplicates - Save duplicate relics for stage upgrades rather than discarding them - Relics become more impactful as your base stats increase, since they're percentage-based - Focus on leveling one strong relic rather than spreading resources across many