Primordial Cube

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BgEquipment.pngPrimordial Cube.png
Primordial Cube
Primordial Cube.png
Fire a black hole that draws enemies in.
Fire a black hole that draws enemies within 30m into its center. Lasts 10 seconds
Rarity Equipment
Cooldown 60s
Amount needed for permanent effect
8 Gesture of the Drowned.png Gesture of the DrownedBgLunar.pngGesture of the Drowned.pngGesture 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.
11 Fuel Cell.png Fuel CellBgUncommon.pngFuel Cell.pngFuel 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).

The Primordial Cube is an equipment in Risk of Rain 2.

When activated, it launches a slow-moving black hole that pulls in monsters in a 30m radius. The black hole lasts 10 seconds.

Tips

  • Use the black hole to pull enemies away from the player, or to group them together for area-of-effect damage, such items like Will-o'-the-wisp.png Will-o'-the-wispBgUncommon.pngWill-o'-the-wisp.pngWill-o'-the-wisp
    Detonate enemies on kill.

    On killing an enemy, spawn a lava pillar in a 12m (+2.4m per stack) radius for 350% (+280% per stack) base damage.
    and skills like Orbital Probe.png Orbital ProbeOrbital Probe.pngOrbital Probe (Utility)Stunning. Request up to 3 Orbital Probes from the UES Safe Travels. Each probe deals 1000% damage.
    Survivor: Captain
    , Arrow Rain.png Arrow RainArrow Rain.pngArrow Rain (Special)Teleport into the sky. Target an area to rain arrows, slowing all enemies and dealing 330% damage per second.
    Survivor: Huntress
    , and Charged Nano-Bomb.png Charged Nano-BombCharged Nano-Bomb.pngCharged Nano-Bomb (Secondary)Stunning. Charge up a exploding nano-bomb that deals 400%-2000% damage.
    Survivor: Artificer
    .
  • The Cube is useful for the challenge The Demons And The Crabs, since theHermit Crab.png Hermit CrabsHermit Crab.pngHermit Crab
    HP: 100 (+30 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Class: Ranged
    Speed: 10 m/s
    Armor: 0
    can be pulled off of ledges by the black hole.
  • This equipment makes clearing the Artificer: Massacre challenge easier, since the player can group up enemies to finish them off all at once.
  • Enemies can be dragged into the air by the black hole, essentially disabling the movement of ground based enemies.
  • Primordial Cube has no limit to the number of black holes, and can be activated every frame; this can cause significant lag when paired with very large numbers of Gesture of the Drowned.png Gesture of the DrownedBgLunar.pngGesture of the Drowned.pngGesture 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.
    and Fuel Cell.png Fuel CellBgUncommon.pngFuel Cell.pngFuel 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).
    .
  • Primordial Cube makes getting Pots onto the Pressure Plates in Abandoned Aqueduct exponentially easier, as you only need to get a pot nearby and spawn a black hole atop the plate.
  • With enough black holes you can make a gravitational force strong enough fling enemies and some bosses into oblivion and kill them via fall damage
    • However sometimes this is not recommended as it can softlock your run

Lore

“Professors Mia Thatcher and Jared Malik report that the galaxy’s first singularity containment lattice – or SCL, for short – has finished tests and is confirmed to be perfectly safe. 

While this is a historic scientific breakthrough, multiple scientists have spoken out about the implications of such a discovery - and what it could mean for the future of the humanity.”

- The Saturn Reporter, Front Page Headline

Version History

Anniversary Update
  • Major Content
    • Added New Lore Entry: Primordial Cube