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Every 10th Attack you play deals double damage.

Pen Nib gains 1 charge every time an Attack card is played. The charges carry over between fights.

At 9 charges, Pen Nib will grant double damage on the next attack, and then reset to 0.

Pen Nib calculates all damage modifiers (Icon Strength Strength, Icon Vulnerable Vulnerable, Icon Weak Weak) before the double damage, and is correctly shown in the tooltip before confirming your Attack.

The bonus applies to the entire attack card (so multi-hit cards will get it on every attack.)

However, note that

Double Tap produces a duplicate card, so in that case the bonus will only apply to one of them. On the other hand, a double-tapped card counts as two plays for the purpose of charging the nib.

Pen Nib is a Common Relic.

Update History[]

  • Weekly Patch 47: Metamorphosis
    • Relics with counters like Pen Nib and Girya no longer display the counter offset incorrectly when the player has too many relics.
  • Weekly Patch 42: Reboot
    • Updating icon for Pen Nib power.
  • Weekly Patch 5: Happy Holidays!
    • Pen Nib and Double Damage (Phantasmal Killer) now stack as they're separate powers.
    • Pen Nib power gets a new icon (temporary).
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