Want to know the meaning of all the new Traits added to the game? This Rogue Legacy 2 Trait Guide lists every possible trait we have discovered on our adventures through the game, including the effect of each trait. Every character that is generated in Rogue Legacy 2 has a potential to be created with zero, one, or two Traits, so they are a very important part of the game. Let’s get into the Trait system.
What Are Traits
Traits are character traits assigned to each of the characters created in the game. There is a huge variety of different traits, each offering different potential challenges and bonuses to your run in Rogue Legacy 2. Traits now also give a boost to gold, which is both good and bad. Typically, the bigger boosts to gold (as high as 150%) are placed on Traits that make a run incredibly difficult. These can do everything from limiting your vision, to killing you in a single blow.
Whether or not you choose the character with those dangerously rewarding Traits or not is down to you, but it’s an interesting risk vs. reward system.
How To Unlock More Traits
Currently Rogue Legacy 2 is in its earliest stage of Early Access. This means there’s a lot more mechanics to come. At the moment, Traits only appear to be unlocked during the character selection stage. When you start a fresh run you can choose from three new characters. Sir Kenny here is a Knight that has the Pacifist Trait. To learn the effects of the Trait you must select a character with a ???? Trait.
Then, once you start the game, you can check the Trait on the pause menu. The Trait also lists the additional bonus gold, +90% in the case of the Pacifist.
Trait List & Meaning
| Trait Name | Trait Effect |
|---|---|
| Aerodynamic | Spinkick is replaced by downstrike |
| Antiquarian | The screen has a retro tint applied |
| Associative Agnosia | You and enemies are blacked out |
| Bookish | 150% magic damage & mana, 50% health and melee damage |
| C.I.P Gold | Can't see your own health |
| Cartographer | Map is revealed but there is no position marker |
| Charismatic | 15% Discount at shopkeepers. |
| Clumsy | Objects break on touch |
| Colorblind | Game is played in black and white |
| Crippling Intellect | -75% Health & Weapon Damage, -50% Mana. Mana regenerates over time. |
| Disattuned | 25% Less health but you can only be hit in the heart |
| Diva | Places a spotlight around the character and enemies |
| Dwarfism | You are much smaller |
| Ectomorph | Enemies knock you back further |
| Emotional Dysregularity | Mana cost and damage increased by 100% |
| Endomorph | Enemies barely move you |
| FMF Fan | You have good taste. |
| Gigantism | You're much bigger |
| Glaucoma | Only a small area around the character is lit, the rest is black |
| Histrionic | All numbers are exaggerated |
| Hollow Bones | You fall more slowly |
| Hypergonadism | Knockback to enemies is increased |
| IBS | You will sometimes fart when jumping. |
| IIB Muscle Fibers | Gives you Super Jump |
| Light Sensitivity | Everything is brightened |
| Muscle Weakness | Knockback against enemies severely reduce |
| Nostalgic | Old style tinting is applied |
| OCD | Breaking stuff restores mana |
| Optical Migraine | Everything near your character is blurry, it clears up at distance |
| Osteogensis Imperfecta | You die in 1 hit |
| Pacifist | You cannot attack or deal damage |
| Panic Attacks | When you are hit, the screen is blurred |
| Puritan | Enemies are blurred |
| Synethesia | Everything leaves behind color trails when moving |
| Tunnel Vision | Only the area directly ahead of your character, across the screen, is visible |
| Vertigo | Everything is upside down |
| Treasure Hunter | Start with a random relic |
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