Enter the Chronosphere Items

Items in Enter the Chronosphere come in several forms. Abilities are signature moves tied to your chosen character. Passive items provide always-on bonuses like damage modifiers, speed boosts, or conditional triggers. Gadgets and gear have charges and must be activated or trigger on specific actions. Stabilizer perks modify what happens when you use a stabilizer between floors.

Most items are associated with a specific biome. You’ll find them as rewards on floors themed around that biome. Universal items can appear regardless of biome composition.

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Character Abilities

Each playable character comes with two active abilities and a set of innate passive traits. These define your playstyle before any run-specific items are picked up.

Lillypilly

“The coolest crewmember and the only one with the password to update the crew bios.”

Slot	Name	Effect
Active	Berojutsu	Use tongue to grapple towards walls or enemies. Kick nearby enemies. (3 charges)
Active	Exploding Kick	Knock enemies back with a jump kick. A perfectly-timed kick with no early hits causes an explosion.
Passive	Cold-blooded	On melee hit with your ability, enemies take the combined damage of every attack which has ever hit them.
Passive	Mix-up	On melee hit with your ability, inflict 2 vulnerability.
Passive	Infuriating	Enemies within your aura take friendly fire damage twice.
Passive	Lock in	On melee hit with your ability, gain fast and powerful.

Marcia

“The last survivor of a world consumed by a chronosphere. A former freedom fighter, adaptable and pragmatic.”

Slot	Name	Effect
Active	Dodge Roll	Dodge, becoming briefly invincible.
Active	Run and Gun	Activate to fire while moving. Move to maintain the effect.
Passive	Adrenaline: Focus	Increased accuracy after using Marcia’s ability.
Passive	Adrenaline: Speed	Increased speed after using Marcia’s ability.
Passive	Adrenaline: Power	Gain powerful after using Marcia’s ability.
Passive	Resourceful	Small bonuses to accuracy, speed, max health, and max ammo.

Urtar

“Claims to be ‘retired’ from a life of adventure. Charges headlong into combat, shrugging off wounds and smashing through trivial obstacles like people and buildings.”

Slot	Name	Effect
Active	Kinetic Surge	Hit the ground with a heavy melee slam, sending projectiles and enemies flying. Projectiles gain +2 power.
Active	Avalanche	Charge forward and slam the ground. Damage and radius increase for each hit taken.
Passive	Thick Skinned	Reduce hit damage by 1.
Passive	Bearzerking	On kill, gain 1 bearzerking stack.
Passive	Absolute Unit	Every move action is also a melee tackle.
Passive	All Fours	You are fast while an enemy is within your aura.

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Stabilizer Perks

Stabilizer perks modify what happens when you use a stabilizer between floors. You select them as permanent bonuses for the rest of the run.

Perk	Effect
Accelerating	Gain fast on stabilizer use
Empowering	Gain powerful on stabilizer use
Enduring	Gain max health on stabilizer use

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Universal Items

These items have no biome affiliation and can appear in any chronosphere.

Item	Effect	Flavor
Ambushing	Deal bonus damage to unaware enemies, or enemies alerted this turn
Aura Farming	Your aura starts small and grows as your health decreases
Berzerking	Become powerful after taking damage
Bullying	Deal 30% more damage to anything on 25% health or less
Close Combat	Attacks deal 20% more damage against enemies in your aura
Dampening	Receive a portion of incoming damage over time instead
Desperation	Attacks gain +1 power while on 25% health or less
Discretion	Gain a defensive status after taking damage
Distracting	Enemies in your aura take 20% more damage from hits you didn’t cause
Emerald Terror	You can leap over terrain and enemies
gift from a mimic	hold still hold still hold still hold still hold still hold still	hold still stop pretending to be alive i know what we are
Humbling	Deal 20% more damage to anything on full health
Immovable	Halve received knockback
Limiting	You cannot receive more than a set amount of damage in a single hit
Meltdown Beta	Take 1 damage every turn, unleashing a radiation shockwave that clears bullets. Cannot reduce you below 10 health	They martyred their planet, yet we were unharmed.
Opportunist	Increased melee damage against moving enemies
Perfection	Attacks gain +1 power while on full health
Risking	Restore health when instability level increases
Sniping	Deal 20% more attack damage against distant enemies
Stylish	Start with −75% max health but your attacks gain bonus power
Survivor	Prevent death when above one health
This is Fine	Immune to burning and poison	”This is fine.”
Thorny	Deal a portion of incoming hit damage back at your attacker
Trickster	Nearby enemies take increased friendly fire damage

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Outerback Items

The Outerback rewards a gunslinger playstyle, ricochets, reloads on the move, and high-risk cowboy gambits.

Item	Effect	Flavor
Bad Coffee	Move 35% faster	Equal parts joy and rage.
Big Bandolier	Double max ammo	That’s a lot of ammo!
Black Hat	When an ailment overloads, reload your held weapon	Their suffering, your opportunity.
Bushranger Armor	Deflect all hits, taking no damage. Goes on cooldown the turn after you get hit. Slows you down	Such is life.
Cool Head	When hit while waiting or reloading, 50% chance to take no damage	Quick don’t mean much next to being cool-headed.
Cowboy Boots	On move, reload ammo	The quick and the dead.
Dead Eyes	Gain grit on kill	Ain’t seen no-one as in love with killing.
Die Hard	Fast when suffering from an ailment. Powerful when you are hit. Grit when at low health	Yippee ki-yay.
Fancy Monocle	Projectiles gain +1 power on ricochet	Cultivates a distinguished squint.
Gunfighter Poncho	On reload, gain increased accuracy	”…”
Hearty Beans Alpha	+40 max health, heal 10 health each level	Campfire approved.
Hearty Beans Beta	Halve max health, but heal 40 health per level	Campfire approved.
Hit and Grit	Gain grit on melee hit against undamaged targets	If you’re going to hit, show some grit.
Idle Hands	Reload your weapon when you wait	Do the devil’s work.
Knifey Spooney	Throw either a knife, or a spoon	I see you’ve played before.
Lucky Coin	On bounce, your projectiles try to hit a nearby enemy	Are you feeling lucky, punk? (yes).
Named Bullet	Projectiles from your next attack deal triple damage against full health targets	Your name is out there too.
Outlaw Gloves	Reload 100% more ammo	The fastest hands in the west.
Pocket Sand	Throw pocket sand. Anyone within is blinded	Pocket sand!
Powder Horn	Projectiles from your quickdraw attacks explode	Might as well add a little extra…
Ranger’s Holster	Reload weapons as you holster them	An empty gun is a dead ranger.
Shiny Belt	After your projectiles bounce, they will try to avoid you	Buckle up.
Spare Ammo	50% chance to reload a single bullet each turn	Be the one with loaded guns, not the one who digs.
Trick Shot	Projectiles from your next attack ricochet +1 and deal triple damage afterward. Destroyed at the end of the turn they ricochet	60 percent of the time, it works every time.
Tumbleweed	On use, everyone takes 100% more damage. Stacks up to 300%. Any action other than wait or attack ends the effect	This town ain’t big enough.
Window Spurs	Your aura is smaller. Attacks gain bonus power while you are alone with one enemy within your aura	There are two kinds of spurs, my friend.

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Clockwork Items

Clockwork items emphasize timing, cycles, and mechanical precision, swapping weapons, managing cooldowns, and gaining power in rhythmic intervals.

Item	Effect	Flavor
Absolute Stopwatch	All bullets within 12 meters are frozen, then destroyed 12 turns later
Autoflail	On move after attack, trigger an autoflail to swing around you	”Swinging a chain, swinging a chain.”
Battle Pendulum	Gain fast after an attack. Attacks gain bonus power after a move	Come out swinging.
Clockwork Army	Spend all charges to summon clockwork minions	Assemble your forces.
Deathclock	Fling a nova of knives
Disposable Dolls	When a minion is hit, item cooldowns advance	Built to die.
Grenade Gadget	Launches grenades (3 charges)
Killing Time	Gain powerful every third turn
Overclock	You are extremely accurate, but take damage when you use a stabilizer	Better, until you need fixing.
Perpetual Loading	After a weapon swap, gain auto-reload for three turns	Perpetual is perhaps overselling it.
Portable Future	Items cooldown twice as fast
Potential Energy	Your minions gain bonus power, and gain powerful when spawned	Let them feel your arithmetical magnitude.
Power Cycle	Every four turns, you gain accurate and powerful
Recycling	Reload both weapons when one of your projectiles falls into a pit	Waste not, want not.
Slasher Shot	After gadget or ability use, projectiles from your next weapon attack slash a nearby enemy each turn	When the wind blows, the grass bends.
Speed Crank	Gain fast for 12 turns
The Winding Way	Consecutive quickdraw attacks gain bonus power	Journey before destination.
Unwilling Cogs	Each turn, enemies within your aura take damage. Reload ammo for each enemy damaged	Grist for the mill.
Wheels within Wheels	Reduce damage taken by 1 for each gadget or gear you have cooling down

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Mole Mines Items

Mole Mines items reward destruction, blowing through walls, detonating everything in sight, and turning the tunnels themselves into weapons.

Item	Effect	Flavor
Anarchist	Gain grit and fast when you destroy a hazard, wall, or door	I want to be, anarchy.
Auto Shield	On attack, deploy a defensive barrier (3 charges)
Biofuel	Reload when something dies within your aura	One way or another, you’ll help with mining operations.
Booster Pack	Propel yourself forward with fire (5 charges)	Like a jetpack, if you lived underground.
Boring Shot	Projectiles from your quickdraw attacks drill through +1 walls	If they’re in there, they’re not happy.
Canary Protocol	Gain fast when a minion dies	When they stop moving, start running.
Company Policy	Anything you kill emits a seismic shockwave	Hit your quota before you clock off.
Explosive Penetration	Your projectiles no longer pierce; instead they explode inside targets (3 charges)	No kill like overkill.
Flame Turret	Summon a flamelobber turret	Request some fire support.
Fuel Reserves	Refill charges in every other item
Hold My Molebrew…	Your next explosion will be much more intense than you expect. This is a good idea	Famous last words.
Knock Knock	When your projectiles, beams, or melee attacks destroy a wall or door, they gain bonus power	Who’s dead?
M-Tech	After attacking, move 40% faster and leave flames behind (3 charges)	M-tech just kicked in!
Molesign	Moving consecutively causes a mutant mole to attack you with a delayed earthquake. Perform other actions to avoid it	Walk without rhythm, it won’t attract the mole.
Molestone Shot	On gadget or ability use, weapon projectiles that break on walls scatter explosive molestone	A little rock in every shot.
Molio Cart	Deploy Molio to scoop up enemies. Molio explodes on walls (3 charges)	Vehicular mole-slaughter.
Patent 66	Explosion size increased	Execute patent 66.
Plunger	On wait, your bombs instantly explode with +2 power	Cool moles don’t look at explosions.
Resignation	When hit while waiting, take 75% less damage	Well, that’s how it is.
Riot Barrier	Projects a radial shield (6 charges)
Safety Standards	Take no damage from your own explosions	Safety standards are written by the survivors.
Sausage in Molebread	When you equip new gear or gadgets, heal health	The best part of getting new tools.
Seasonal Layoffs	When a minion successfully hits an enemy, terminate them (explosively)	Great work! However, to stay competitive…
Slagvest	Safely explode, clearing projectiles and damaging enemies (3 charges)	Saves the tools, but maybe not the craftsmole.
Smoko	On wait, enemies within your aura are knocked back, interrupting their movement	You’re on smoko, they should leave you alone.
Toxic Byproducts	On reload, inflict poison on enemies within your aura	Management has known for decades.
Tunnelbuster	Fires a drilling projectile which explodes in 3 turns — a truly massive explosion. TAKE COVER!	Busting makes us feel good.
Under New Management	Summon a mole employee	If you could fight for me now, that’d be great.

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War Monkeys Items

War Monkeys items lean into military hardware, artillery support, combat stimulants, radiation, and overwhelming aggression.

Item	Effect	Flavor
Airburst Shot	After gadget or ability use, projectiles from your next weapon attack explode at the end of turn	Choose to miss.
Ammo Dump	Each turn, spend charges to reload both weapons (up to 50 charges)	Save their ammo for later.
Artillery Beacon	Throw a flare to call down an artillery strike in 8 turns (3 charges)	Opfor is done for.
Black Market Stims	You move 50% faster and are constantly powerful, but you are inaccurate	Recycled from the bloodstream of dead soldiers.
Breakneck Blitz	Your minions are faster, and gain fast when spawned	Hey ho, let’s go.
Chainsaugment	Deploy a trio of chainsaws while moving or attacking for 6 turns (3 charges)	Chainsaw, man.
Enfilade	On attack with half ammo or less, fire bullets in all directions	The air filled with lead, as though we could die.
Field Commander	Your aura is larger. Minion attacks within your aura gain bonus power	Don’t worry. They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.
First Aid	On wait, remove ailments	You’re not dead yet.
Gas Mask	You take no damage from weak poison	Some toxicity is expected.
Hot Shot	Your first weapon projectile each turn inflicts 6 burning	Extra spicy ammunition.
Meltdown Rounds	Your bullets have Meltdown, causing dangerous radiation novas on kill	Every shot is a nuclear disaster.
Mr. Stim Special	Gain fast and powerful	The full list of side effects are long forgotten.
Requisitions	Projectile and beam attacks from your weapons spend charges to gain maximum power (up to 9 charges)	Steal from the poor, give to the strong.
Siege Mode	Enter siege mode. Attack to maintain the effect	Dispense some indiscriminate justice!
Stolen Rations	Heal your minions; they gain fast and powerful	I’d kill for a bite.
Supply Lines	While a minion is within your aura, you and minions reload each turn	An army marches on its stomach.
Tactical Flexibility	Gain fast on swapping weapons	Be formless, direct their fate.
Toxic Shot	Projectiles from your quickdraw attacks leave toxic pools when destroyed	It’s in the air and it’s all around.
Trench Raid	Projectile and beam hits grant your next melee attack bonus power, and vice versa	Here come the rats.
War Crimes	On hit, enemies with ailments gain a random ailment	It’s not a list of suggestions.

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Bellusect Items

Bellusect items revolve around a parasitic ecosystem, spawning minions, spreading poison, and evolving alongside your insect swarm.

Item	Effect	Flavor
Acid Parasite	On attack, extra poison spit	Acid from flesh.
Apex Contempt	Your aura is larger, but enemies within your aura are alerted	You come at the king, you best not miss.
Broodmother	Hitting an enemy in your aura removes all eggs and transplants four times as many into them	Feed them or become their feed.
Claw Parasite	On attack, extra melee claw	Claws from flesh.
Eat Young	Sacrifice minions within your aura, gaining power and fast for each minion sacrificed. Gain grit	To your body, they return.
Emesis	During movement, poison can’t be inflicted on you; instead it’s expelled in a beam	No flux like reflux.
Experience Share	A weak larva follows you. It evolves at charge thresholds (up to 32 charges)	Makes evolution too easy.
Frenzy Musk	Release rage-inducing pheromones, inflicting frenzy on nearby enemies	Smells like trouble.
Gestating Parasite	On melee kill, gain charges. At max charge, equip a random parasite (up to 50 charges)	The worms! Argh! The worms are back!
Good Genes	Your minions have bonus max health	The natural selection.
Grapple Bugs	Release an explosive bug which grapples to a nearby enemy, interrupting movement	You miss, they don’t.
Hardened Carapace	You take 2 less damage from projectiles	Nature’s armor.
Horror Survival	Your minions have a 50% chance to negate hit damage	The Devil’s own luck.
Indescribable Agony	When an ailment on an enemy overloads, they take extra damage	Death is preferable.
Inert Eggs	Summon an Inert Egg	Death before life, and again after death.
Juggermite	Release a huge beetle that pursues enemies, burrows through walls, and blocks some attacks	Get behind the bug.
Lumpy	Summon Lumpy	”Is he alive? Is he a-dead? Is he a friend? He’s got bugs in his head!” —Lillypilly
Needle Parasite	On attack, extra needle attack	Spines from flesh.
Overclocked Bug Zapper	Inflict burning to enemies and projectiles in your aura (5 charges)	The warranty is definitely void.
Paralyzing Toxin	Each turn, poisoned enemies have a chance to take extra damage and get knocked back	Prepare your prey.
Terror Rush	On kill within your aura, enemies within your aura are knocked back	Fear is the mind-killer.
Toxic Blood	When you are damaged by a hit, inflict poison on enemies within your aura	A wonderful defence mechanism.
Venom Glands	Killing a poisoned enemy creates an extra poison explosion which does not harm you	A little drop of poison.

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Gezstar Items

Rare items originating from deep-space environments beyond the standard biomes.

Item	Effect	Flavor
Blastsuit	Reduces damage from explosions	Safety first.