Boons

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Boons are run-long bonuses you pick from a hand of cards. There are 53 in all: 17 Common, 22 Rare, 6 Legendary, 5 Mythic, 3 Exotic.

Contents

• Boon XP
• The pick
• Rarity and odds
• What gets offered
• Exotic boons
• Mythic boons
• Legendary boons
• Rare boons
• Common boons

Boon XP

You earn boon XP for:

Action	Boon XP
Snuffing a foe	1
Snuffing a split-off or summoned foe	0.3
Snuffing a mini-boss	6
Snuffing a boss	15
Placing a lantern	2
Buying an upgrade tier	3 + the new tier (4 to 8)
Ascending a lantern	15

Each level needs more XP than the last:

Level	1	2	3	5	10	15	20
XP needed	45	58	76	129	477	1772	6579

The Boon scholar camp upgrade and the Study boon make you earn boon XP faster.

The pick

• When the bar fills you get a boon pick. If a wave is running, it waits until the wave ends. If several levels fill at once, you get all the picks one after another.
• A hand has 3 cards. The camp upgrades Wider fan and Widest fan add a 4th and 5th, and Trophy hand adds one more on every 5th wave.
• Skip takes some gold instead (25, more with Patience).
• Reroll draws a new hand, once you've bought Second thoughts.
• Head start (camp upgrade) gives you a free pick before the first wave.
• Morning gift (camp upgrade) starts each run with free boons.

Rarity and odds

Rarity	Boons	Chance per card
Common	17	59%
Rare	22	35%
Legendary	6	4.2%
Mythic	5	1.6%
Exotic	3	0.3%

These odds assume every lantern is unlocked and nothing is excluded. Lucky draw and High roller (camp upgrades) raise the chance of rarer cards. The Boons page in camp shows your current odds.

What gets offered

• Lantern boons (marked with a lantern's name) only appear while that lantern is on the board in your current run.
• Once per run boons can only be picked once.
• Surge and Moonfall give free upgrades, so they never appear when none of your lanterns can be upgraded: not as your Head start pick, and not once every lantern on the board is maxed (or locked by mastery).
• Everything else can be picked again, and stacks.

Exotic boons

Boon	Effect	Notes
Eternal night	All towers deal 25% more damage, fire 10% faster and reach 10% farther.	Once per run
First light	All towers deal 40% more damage and fire 15% faster.	Once per run
Moonfall	Every lantern you own gets a free upgrade on both paths, and you gain 8 lives.	Once per run · Needs an upgradable lantern

Mythic boons

Boon	Effect	Notes
Armor rot	All enemy armor is halved.	Once per run
Double tap	Every shot has a 12% chance to reload instantly.	Once per run
Snuff out	Non-boss foes below 12% health are snuffed instantly.	Once per run
Surge	Every lantern you own gets a free upgrade on its lower path.	Needs an upgradable lantern
Time warp	All foes move 10% slower.	Once per run

Legendary boons

Boon	Effect	Notes
Crowned	Ascended lanterns deal 30% more damage.
Giant slayer	Towers deal 40% more damage to bosses.
Gold rush	Kills give 25% more gold.
Hoard	After each wave, earn 8% interest on your gold (up to 30).
Phalanx	Each lantern deals 4% more damage for every other lantern of its type on the board, up to 20%.	Once per run
Twin wicks	All towers fire 22% faster.

Rare boons

Boon	Effect	Notes
Bargain oil	Towers and upgrades cost 10% less.
Sharpened light	All towers deal 12% more damage and ignore 1 armor.
Bright beacons	Beacon boosts are 10 points stronger.	Beacon on the board
Wide beam	Beacons boost lanterns one tile farther away.	Beacon on the board · Once per run
Forked bolts	Bolt lightning leaps to 2 more foes.	Bolt on the board
Overvolt	Bolts deal 30% more damage.	Bolt on the board
Stoked coals	Cinders deal 30% more damage.	Cinder on the board
Wide blasts	Cinder and Comet bursts are 30% wider.	Cinder on the board
Heavier rocks	Comets deal 30% more damage.	Comet on the board
Meteor shower	Comets fire 30% faster.	Comet on the board
Deep umbra	Eclipse fires 25% faster.	Eclipse on the board
Deep chill	Frost slows 15% more and lasts longer.	Frost on the board
Glacial reach	Frost reaches 20% farther and fires 15% faster.	Frost on the board
Louder toll	The Hollow Bell reaches 20% farther.	Hollow Bell on the board
Barbed tips	Lance spears pierce 2 more foes and hit 20% harder.	Lance on the board
Long throw	Lances reach 25% farther.	Lance on the board
Fertile ground	Saplings grow 50% faster.	Sapling on the board
Brighter moon	Moonwell beams burn 25% hotter.	Moonwell on the board
Lucky sparks	Spark darts gain 12% chance to deal triple damage.	Spark on the board
Spark storm	Sparks fire 20% faster.	Spark on the board
Neurotoxin	Venom fires 30% faster.	Venom on the board
Virulence	Venom poison deals 50% more damage.	Venom on the board

Common boons

Boon	Effect	Notes
Big game	Towers deal 15% more damage to bosses.
Brace the gate	Bosses that slip through cost 2 fewer lives.
Bulk order	New lanterns cost 15% less to build.
Coin purse	Gain 40 gold now, plus 5 for every lantern on the board.
Collection plate	Earn 15 more gold after every wave.
Fiercer flame	All towers deal +15% damage.
Lucky charm	All towers get a 4% chance to land a critical hit.
Mended fence	Gain 4 lives.
Patch the fence	Gain 2 lives and a warding stone.
Quick hands	All towers fire 12% faster.
Quick study	Earn 20% more boon XP.
Salvage rights	Selling a lantern refunds 15% more.
Scavenger	Kills give 15% more gold.
Steady hands	All towers fire 8% faster and reach 5% farther.
Tall poles	All towers reach 10% farther.
Whetted edges	All shots ignore 2 points of armor.
Windfall	Gain 60 gold now, plus 10 for every wave cleared.

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