Even Better Exponential Items

Even Better Exponential Items is a complete overhaul of exponential item scaling for Risk of Rain 2. Items can now scale individually with custom formulas, blacklist support, category modifiers, softcaps, diminishing returns, and multiplayer-safe scaling systems. Built to keep the chaos fun without completely destroying balance, movement, or proc chains.

Framework highlights:

• Blacklist — internal ItemDef names that always stack linearly (+1 per pickup) but still drop and roll normally.
• Whitelist mode — only listed items use exponential growth.
• Per-item max stack overrides — global cap and per-item caps via ItemStackOverrides.Overrides.
• Live reload — list/override strings re-parse when edited (when enabled).
• Risk of Options (optional) — in-game settings menu if Risk Of Options is installed.

Requires

• BepInEx
• R2API Core (and MMHook generated by your install)

Dependency version ranges in manifest.json should be updated to match your Thunderstore ecosystem before publishing.

Build & install (local)

1. Set RoR2_ROOT to your game folder (contains Risk of Rain 2_Data and BepInEx).
2. Adjust R2API.dll / MMHOOK_Assembly-CSharp.dll paths in EvenBetterExponentialItems.csproj if your layout differs.
3. Run Package-Mod.ps1 (see repo root). It builds Release, copies the DLL into a Thunderstore-style folder, and zips it.

Artifact

Enable Artifact of Exponents unless you turn off Require Artifact Enabled in config.

Config

Generated at BepInEx/config/com.entersackman.evenbetterexponentialitems.cfg.

Use internal item names (e.g. PaulsGoatHoof, Syringe), not display names. See the mod documentation or wiki dev names.