Offhands
Offhands are a slot of their own — tiered I–III items you equip with /offhand to bolt a passive or active power onto your build. Each archetype's bonus rolls per-instance within a range, so two of the same offhand can have different numbers; check the Offhand Collection menu to see your exact rolled stat. You can swap offhands anywhere now (the old safe-zone restriction is gone), just not while in combat.
Five archetypes exist, each tied to a different endgame system. Three are PvE/PvP power tools, one is a mining-buff engine, and one is pure defense.
The five offhands
| Offhand | Source | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Wrath of Thanatos | Thanatos | Single-target combat (Soul Rot) |
| Hephaestus's Spark | Hephaestus | AoE combat (Forge Heat) |
| Pulse of Tartarus | Rift Caches | Random mining buffs |
| Aether Aegis | Skywars Champion Box | Damage reduction |
| Wraithheart | Wraiths | Hunt PvE damage |
Wrath of Thanatos — Soul Rot
A combat offhand from Thanatos. Your melee hits stack Soul Rot (up to 5 stacks, or 6 with the full Thanatos set). Each stack ticks armour-reduced decay damage per second, and hitting the target again refreshes the rot so it keeps ticking. Wearing the full Thanatos armour set raises the stack cap and heals you on every rot tick. It's sustained single-target pressure — no AoE.
Hephaestus's Spark — Forge Heat
A combat offhand from Hephaestus. Melee hits build Heat; at max Heat your next strike detonates an AoE forge-burst — armour-reduced fire damage that ignites nearby enemies — and then your heat resets. The full Hephaestus armour set makes Heat build faster and hit harder. Works in both PvP and PvE — the AoE shines in crowded fights like The Erebus Cap.
Pulse of Tartarus — Excavator
A mining offhand from Rift Caches. Every cycle it grants one random buff — increased XP, Ancient Energy, or ore drops. Both the cycle period and the buff window improve with tier, and the buff strength rolls 30–75%. The action bar shows your actual rolled strength.
Aether Aegis — defense
A Skywars Champion Box exclusive — among the rarer offhands to come by. It's a pure defensive roll: a rolled incoming-damage reduction that tops out at 10% less damage taken at T3.
Wraithheart
A PvE Hunt offhand dropped by Wraiths, rarer to pull from the tougher tiers. It gives +5–25% PvE damage versus shades, wraiths, and caravans by tier, and unlocks more at higher tiers:
- T2/T3 — Soul Siphon: heal a portion of your Hunt damage.
- T3 — Spectral Detonation: every Hunt kill explodes the corpse, chaining through packs.
Tinkering up a tier
All offhands can be tinkered up a tier in /offhand. A tinker costs Ancient Energy and has a per-archetype success chance — lower for the harder bosses, with Hephaestus's Spark the harshest of the lot. A failed tinker is the real gate on chasing T3; the energy is spent whether it lands or not.
Version history
v2.0.0
- Reworked Wrath of Thanatos into the Soul Rot single-target combat offhand and Hephaestus's Spark into the Forge Heat AoE combat offhand.
- Added the Aether Aegis offhand — a Skywars-exclusive defensive roll (up to 10% less damage taken at T3).
- Added the Wraithheart Hunt offhand — PvE damage with Soul Siphon and Spectral Detonation, dropped by Wraiths on a tier-scaled chance.
/offhandswapping is now allowed anywhere out of combat, the Offhand Collection menu shows your rolled stat, and the Pulse of Tartarus action bar shows the real rolled buff strength.