Curse of Greed
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This article is about the special perk. For the common perk, see Greed. |
Curse of Greed! (Named Eternal Wealth when hovered over) is a Perk that triples the amount of Gold dropped from Enemies, but periodically turns most solids and liquids/powders nearby into Greed-Cursed Rock and Greed-Cursed Liquid respectively.
This Perk is always found inside the Giant Tree, atop a Diamond Brickwork pedestal by the first branch.
Details
When collected, a blue portal to the top of The Mines will open, and the player will be given a grace period of about 5 seconds before the curse takes effect, noting it with a message: The Curse has reactivated!
While under the curse, the entire screen is littered with golden sparkles, all enemies killed will drop 3 times the amount of Gold nuggets they normally would, and their corpses are set on fire upon death. Chaos Dice and Shiny Orbs are respectively replaced by Greed Dice and Cruel Orbs, and the chance for Great Treasure Chests to spawn inside the Mines is raised from 1/1000 to 1/50 in certain formations with guaranteed chest spawns.[1]
However, every few seconds, a large radius around the player will spontaneously transform solids into Greed-Cursed Rock and liquids or powders into Greed-Cursed Liquid, both acting similarly to Cursed Rock in dealing continuous damage on contact. This effect loosely follows your trajectory, rather than activating at your direct location each time. While it makes outrunning the curse easy, it greatly prevents you from backtracking or navigating areas carefully.
Some materials, like Slime, are not affected by the curse. Specifically, the curse only targets the following types of materials:
- Solids with [solid] target into Greed-Cursed Rock.
- Liquids with [liquid], and Powders with [sand_ground] / [sand_other], target into Greed-Cursed Liquid.
When entering a previously unvisited Holy Mountain, The Work (End) and The Work (Hell), with the exception of The Laboratory, the curse will be paused for as long as the player stays in them, with the message: The curse dissipates for now......but it will be back!
Note that when dissipating the curse in The Work (Hell), it will stay inactive until the player leaves the biome and can then be dissipated again when visiting certain zones where Holy Mountains should be located.
Additionally, a Greed-Cursed Crystal will spawn behind the leftmost Temple Statue only in previously unvisited Holy Mountains, which will also take a special appearance under the curse. Breaking the Crystal by damaging it will permanently remove the curse and all its effects, with the message: The crystal shatters!The curse has gone away, but so have the treasures it grants.
Future Holy Mountains will continue to spawn Greed-Cursed Crystals, and materials that have already been cursed will not revert to their original state.
Has some synergy with Lukki Mutation / Leggy Mutation as the unlimited flight means you may come into contact with Greed-Cursed substances less often.
Achievements
In addition to its inherent perks, Curse of Greed is also needed to complete the following Achievement Pillars:
- Beating the game while carrying the curse will grant the Greed pillar.
- Entering the Avarice Diamond in The Tower while afflicted with the Curse of Greed drops and unlocks the Divide By 10 spell. It will also grant the Avarice pillar.
- Sacrificing a Greed-Cursed Crystal at the Mountain Altar will trigger a rain of unique green Meteors, which drop Gold upon exploding. It will also grant the Sacrifice Greed Curse pillar.
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Notes
- ↑ Formations which can randomly have a heart, chest, or nothing are unaffected. Also has no effect on locations which have already been generated.