Talk:Item (Risk of Rain)/@comment-108.226.166.243-20140105215102/@comment-24163416-20140105234554

Items that are outlined in White are Tier 1

Green outlined are Tier 2

and Red outlined are Tier 3

Orange outlined are items that you activate or use, and yellow outlined are unique boss drops, which are basically equal to a tier 3 item, and Purple outlined are special items that are either secret or provide a special use.

Item tiers differentiate the power, or 'usefulness', of the item and basically define the quality of it. A higher tier item is more rare than a lower one, but buying a more expensive chest can increase the chance of getting a higher tier item. The quality, or 'usefulness', of an item can be described as a tier 1 item can be so usefull for a certain class whereas for another class it would be close to useless, but a tier 3 item would be useful to any class.

An example would be like, Spikestrip (Tier 1) would be good for a melee/close range class, like Enforcer or Acrid, but not so much for a ranged class like Bandit. But an Alien Head (Tier 3) is good all around as it benefits well with every class, some more than others.