Brittle Crown

Brittle Crown in a Lunar item in Risk of Rain 2.

Like all Lunar items, the Crown has a powerful effect and a drawback.

Dealing damage has a 30% chance to give the player 3 gold, and taking damage takes away either an amount of gold the player was hit for or a percentage of gold equal to the percentage of damage taken. The larger amount is chosen.

This effect will quickly drain gold, as dealing damage will always give the same, fairly small amount, but taking damage usually takes away a percentage of gold. Unless nearly all damage can be avoided, or the player can deal damage extremely rapidly, this item is usually more harm than good.