Death Must Die stands out in the world of wave-based roguelite games like Vampire Survivors, drawing inspiration from acclaimed titles like Hades and Diablo. It combines the talent progression system reminiscent of Hades with 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 this roguelite 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 in Death Must Die.
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Choosing the right character in Death Must Die can be the difference between defeating Death, or succumbing to him.
Death Must Die: Main Stats You Should Know
Offensive
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Stat |
Description |
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Damage |
Global damage increase for all your skills |
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Critical Chance |
Global chance to deal critical damage with all your abilities |
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Crtical Damage |
Additional damage dealt by critical attacks |
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Area |
Global area increase for all your skills |
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Duration |
Global duration increase for all your abilities |
Defensive
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Stat |
Description |
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Life |
If your life points go to 0, the Hourglass sends you back in time. |
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Life Regen |
Amount of Life restored per second |
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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. |
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Damage Reduction |
Reduces damage taken. This is added to your armor reduction percent. |
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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. |
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Move Speed |
The distance you move per second |
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Dodge |
Chance to dodge attacks. This is added to your evasion percent. |
Attack
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Stat |
Description |
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Attack Damage |
The damage you deal with your weapon attacks |
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Attack Time |
The time it takes to execute an attack |
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Attack Area |
The area your attack covers |
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Attack Critical Chance |
Chance to deal critical damage with your attack |
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Attack Missile Range |
The maximum range of your attack projectiles. |
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Attack Missile Count |
The number of projectiles your attacks shoot out. |
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Attack Pierce / Bounce |
The number of times your attack projectiles either pierce or bounce, depending on projectile mode. |
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Attack Missile Velocity |
The velocity of your attack projectiles. |
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Attack Missile Angle |
The angle between your attack projectiles. |
Dash
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Stat |
Description |
|---|---|
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Dash Charge |
The number of separate dash charges |
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Dash Recharge Time |
The time it takes to recharge a dash charge |
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Dash Distance |
The distance covered by your dash |
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Dash Missile Count |
The number of extra projectiles your dash shoots out |
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Dash Recharge Time |
The time it takes to recharge a dash charge |
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Dash Damage |
The damage dealt by your dash |
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Dash Critical Chance |
Chance to deal critical damage with your dash |
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Dash Duration |
The duration of your dash skills |
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Recharge Speed |
Increases speed at which your character dashes. |
Cast
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Stat |
Description |
|---|---|
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Cast Damage |
Additional damage dealt by your casts |
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Cast Critical Chance |
Additional critical chance for your casts. |
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Cast Duration |
Additional duration for your casts |
Power
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Stat |
Description |
|---|---|
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Power Missile Count |
Additional projectile count for your powers. |
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Power Damage |
Additional damage dealt by your powers. |
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Power Critical Chance |
Additional critical chance for your powers. |
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Power Duration |
Additional duration for your powers. |
Strike
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Stat |
Description |
|---|---|
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Strike Damage |
Additional damage dealt by your strikes. |
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Strike Duration |
Additional duration for your strikes. |
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Strike Critical Chance |
Additional critical chance for your srikes. |
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Strike Missile Count |
Additional projectile count for your strikes. |
Summon
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Stat |
Description |
|---|---|
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Summon Damage |
Additional damage dealt by your summons |
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Summon Duration |
Additional duration for your summons |
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Summon Movement Speed |
The distance summon moves per second |
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Summon Attack Speed |
The speed at which summons attack. |
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Summon Critical Chance |
Additional critical chance for your summons. |
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Additional Summons |
Increases the number of summons. |
Utility
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Stat |
Description |
|---|---|
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Luck |
A multiplier for chance-based god blessings, item spells or objects. Luck does not increase your chances of getting rarer items. |
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Pull Area |
The total area that you pull shards from. |
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Passive Experience |
Passive experience gain per second |
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Experience Gain |
Gain more experience |
Cosmic
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Stat |
Description |
|---|---|
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Essence |
Cosmic essence is used to learn new skills in the Constellarium. It is obtained by defeating Bosses and cannot exceed 36. |
Blessing Slots
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Stat |
Description |
|---|---|
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Strike Slots |
The number of Strike blessings you can have. |
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Cast Slots |
The number of Cast blessings you can have. |
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Power Slots |
The number of Power blessings you can have. |
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Summon Slots |
The number of Summon blessings you can have. |
God Blessings
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Stat |
Description |
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Rerolls |
The number of times you can reroll a god's blessings. |
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Alterations |
The number of times you can change the blessings to ones from a different god. |
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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. |
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Adept Offers |
The chance that a god will offer you blessings of Adept rarity. |
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Expert Offers |
The chance that a god will offer you blessings of Expert rarity. |
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Master Offers |
The chance that a god will offer you blessings of Master rarity. |
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Legend Offers |
The chance that a god will offer you blessings of Legend rarity. |
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New Offers |
The chance that a god will offer you new blessings. |
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Level-Up Offers |
The chance that a god will offer to upgrade the level of a blessing you already have. |
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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
In Death 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 played Hades, 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 in Death 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 as Death 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 for your characters. Furthermore, don't worry about selecting the wrong talents, as Death Must Die allows you to reset them and regain your essences by spending 500 gold coins.
Death Must Die
- Released
- November 14, 2023
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.
