Gesture of the Drowned

Gesture of the Drowned
Dramatically reduce Equipment cooldown... BUT it automatically activates.
Reduce Equipment cooldown by 50% (+15% per stack). Forces your Equipment to activate whenever it is off cooldown.
Rarity	Lunar
Category	Utility EquipmentRelated
Unlock	The Demons And The Crabs
ID	74
Stats
Stat	Value	Stack	Add
Cooldown Reduction	50%	Exponential	15%

The Gesture of the Drowned is a lunar item in Risk of Rain 2.

The first Gesture of the Drowned reduces the holder's equipment cooldown by half, but activates it as soon as it is ready.

Subsequent Gestures reduce equipment cooldown by 15% each, the same amount as a Fuel CellFuel Cell
Hold an additional equipment charge. Reduce equipment cooldown.
Hold an additional equipment charge (+1 per stack). Reduce equipment cooldown by 15% (+15% per stack)..

Math

The equipment cooldown is determined by the formula cooldown ⋅ 0.5 ⋅ (1 - 0.15) ^ (amount - 1)

Amount	15s	20s	30s	45s	60s	100s	140s	% reduction
1	7.5	10	15	22.5	30	50	70	50%
2	6.4	8.5	12.8	19.1	25.5	42.5	59.5	57.5%
3	5.4	7.2	10.8	16.3	21.7	36.1	50.6	63.9%
4	4.6	6.1	9.2	13.8	18.4	30.7	43	69.3%
5	3.9	5.2	7.8	11.7	15.7	26.1	36.5	73.9%
6	3.3	4.4	6.7	10	13.3	22.2	31.1	77.8%
7	2.8	3.8	5.7	8.5	11.3	18.9	26.4	81.1%
8	2.4	3.2	4.8	7.2	9.6	16	22.4	84%
9	2	2.7	4.1	6.1	8.2	13.6	19.1	86.4%
10	1.7	2.3	3.5	5.2	6.9	11.6	16.2	88.4%

• If the player has any Fuel CellsFuel Cell
  Hold an additional equipment charge. Reduce equipment cooldown.
  Hold an additional equipment charge (+1 per stack). Reduce equipment cooldown by 15% (+15% per stack)., add that amount to the amount of Gestures of the Drowned (as long as the player has at least one Gesture).

Interactions

• Only MUL-T'sMUL-TMUL-T is an aggressive survivor who has the tools necessary for any job!
  Class: Melee / Ranged
  HP: 200 (+60 per level)
  Damage: 11 (+2.2 per level)
  Armor: 12
  Umbra: Right Tool for the Wrong Job active equipment will be activated by this item. The secondary equipment will not be used until it is swapped to via RetoolRetool (Special)Passively hold TWO equipment at once. Activating 'Retool' switches the active Equipment and MUL-T's primary attack.
  Survivor: MUL-T. This can be exploited to avoid the automatic activation for certain items, such as the Preon Accumulator140sPreon Accumulator
  Fire a ball of energy that electrocutes nearby enemies before detonating.
  Fires preon tendrils, zapping enemies within 35m for up to 600% damage/second. On contact, detonate in an enormous 20m explosion for 4000% damage..

• Despite inheriting any held equipment, Engineer'sEngineerThe Engineer is a unique class that requires planning and positioning to be successful.
  Class: Ranged
  HP: 130 (+39 per level)
  Damage: 14 (+2.8 per level)
  Armor: 0
  Umbra: Fortification Expert turrets will not activate any equipment even under the effects of this item.

• Royal Capacitor20sRoyal Capacitor
  Call down a lightning strike on a targeted monster.
  Call down a lightning strike on a targeted monster, dealing 3000% damage and stunning nearby monsters. will not fire unless it has a target.
  • If multiple charges are stored with Fuel CellsFuel Cell
    Hold an additional equipment charge. Reduce equipment cooldown.
    Hold an additional equipment charge (+1 per stack). Reduce equipment cooldown by 15% (+15% per stack)., all charges will be rapidly used back-to-back when a target is acquired.
• Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
  Trophy Hunter's Tricorn is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info. Trophy Hunter's Tricorn0sSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
  This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info.Trophy Hunter's Tricorn
  Execute a large monster and claim its trophy. Consumed on use.
  Execute any enemy capable of spawning a unique reward, and it will drop that item. Equipment is consumed on use. also will not fire unless it has a valid target.
  • Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
    Trophy Hunter's Tricorn (Consumed) is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info. Trophy Hunter's Tricorn (Consumed)60sSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
    This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info.Trophy Hunter's Tricorn (Consumed)
    Looks kinda cool, but that's about it. will be rapidly used, filling the chat with text messages. This may obscure helpful information, such as when teammates ping valuable information.

• The CrowdfunderThe Crowdfunder
  Toggle to fire. Costs gold per bullet.
  Fires a continuous barrage that deals 100% damage per bullet. Costs $1 per bullet. Cost increases over time. will always be active, making it difficult to purchase items, since any gold the player collects will be immediately consumed.
  • In later stages this is generally a non-issue, since enemies will drop much more gold than The Crowdfunder will consume.
  • Enabling the Artifact of Sacrifice also removes this issue, since the player will not have to spend gold for chests.

• In conjunction with enough Fuel Cells and/or additional Gestures (or Soulbound CatalystsSoulbound Catalyst
  Kills reduce equipment cooldown.
  Kills reduce equipment cooldown by 4s (+2s per stack). and enough kills before the effect expires), it is possible to keep certain item or equipment buffs active continuously.
  • This includes War HornWar Horn
    Activating your Equipment gives you a burst of attack speed.
    Activating your Equipment gives you +70% attack speed for 8s (+4s per stack)., Gorag's Opus45sGorag's Opus
    You and all your allies enter a frenzy.
    All allies enter a frenzy for 7 seconds. Increases movement speed by 50% and attack speed by 100%., Jade Elephant45sJade Elephant
    Gain massive armor for 5 seconds.
    Gain 500 armor for 5 seconds., Milky Chrysalis60sMilky Chrysalis
    Gain temporary flight.
    Sprout wings and fly for 15 seconds. Gain +20% movement speed for the duration., Ocular HUD60sOcular HUD
    Gain +100% Critical Strike Chance for 8 seconds., Radar Scanner45sRadar Scanner
    Reveal all nearby interactables.
    Reveal all interactables within 500m for 10 seconds. (for interactables within range), Super Massive Leech60sSuper Massive Leech
    Heal for a percentage of the damage you deal for 8 seconds.
    Heal for 20% of the damage you deal. Lasts 8 seconds., The Back-up100sThe Back-up
    Call drones for back up. Lasts 25 seconds.
    Call 4 Strike Drones to fight for you. Lasts 25 seconds. (multiple uses stack), Glowing Meteorite140sGlowing Meteorite
    Rain meteors from the sky, hurting both enemies and allies.
    Rain meteors from the sky, damaging ALL characters for 600% damage per blast. Lasts 20 seconds. (multiple uses stack), Helfire Tincture45sHelfire Tincture
    Burn everything nearby... including you and allies.
    Ignite ALL characters within 15m for 12s. Deal 5% of your maximum health/second as burning as damage. The burn is 0.5x stronger on yourself, 0.25x stronger on allies, and 24x stronger on enemies., and Spinel Tonic60sSpinel Tonic
    Gain a massive boost to ALL stats. Chance to gain an affliction that reduces ALL stats.
    Drink the Tonic, gaining a boost for 20 seconds. Increases damage by +100%. Increases attack speed by +70%. Increases armor by +20. Increases maximum health by +50%. Increases passive health regeneration by +300%. Increases movespeed by +30%.
    
    When the Tonic wears off, you have a 20% chance to gain a Tonic Affliction, reducing all of your stats by -5% (-5% per stack). (since the effect will never end, the player will never be afflicted with Tonic Afflictions, until they swap equipment).
• Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
  Executive Card is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info. Executive Card0.1sSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
  This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info.Executive Card
  Gain 10% cash back on all purchases. Multishops remain open.
  Whenever you make a gold purchase, get 10% of the spent gold back. If the purchase is a multishop terminal, the other terminals will remain open. can not be activated the Gesture of the Drowned, due to it activating automatically upon purchase.

Lore

Fossils. Remnants. How cruel. 

This moon once housed life. Life that you may have held dear, had the timing been right. But our timing was wrong. We were born much too late.

Now, it is just calcium to me – and irrelevant to you. Isn’t that right?

Version History

Anniversary Update

• Major Content
  • Added New Lore Entry: Gesture of the Drowned
• Quality of Life
  • Update visuals to match other assets

Early Access Scorched Acres Content Update

• Gameplay Changes
  • Cooldown Reduction: 50%(+50% per stack) ⇒ 50% (+15% per stack)
    • GoTD, unlike most other Lunar items, doesn’t have stacking drawbacks, and should therefore stack more like a Tier 2 in power.
• Bug Fixes
  • Fix equipment targets not being updated at the moment of firing (i.e Woodsprite15sGnarled Woodsprite
    Heal over time. Activate to send to an ally.
    Gain a Woodsprite follower that heals for 1.5% of your maximum health/second. Can be sent to an ally to heal them for 10% of their maximum health. not being able to select targets with Gesture)

Early Access Patch (Build ID No.3830295)

• Bug Fixes
  • Picking up new equipment with Gesture of the Drowned no longer fires every frame

Trivia

• The item being a nautilus shell and the item's title containing "Drowned" could possibly be a reference to a challenge from the original Risk of Rain, "Sleepin' With The..." in which the player had to kill 20 Whorls by drowning them. Additionally, to "drown" the Whorls, the player needed to knock them off of cliffs. The unlock requirement for this item requires the player to do the same to 20 Hermit Crabs, another shelled creature.