Stats & Perks

Player stats

Numeric stats exposed on the status screen. Defaults listed are the new-game values; equipment and perks shift most of them at runtime. Click a stat to jump between pages.

Stat	Default	Effect & notes
Bloom	1	Current level. Fill the tiamana bar to gain one; each level-up forces a perk pick out of 5 offered.
Heart	10	Max hit points. At zero you die and Druj ticks up. Raised by equipment and Life Surge (+2) — the most commonly offered perk.
Lung	10	Breath underwater. Drops 1 every 1.5 s submerged, regenerates 1 every 0.2 s at the surface. Zero air starts drowning damage. Raised by Air Surge (+5).
Power	1	Base melee damage. Tools and weapons raise it; tool affinities add bonus damage against matching blocks and vermin.
Speed	13	Ground movement speed. Equipment only — no perk raises it.
Leap	5	Jump height multiplier. Equipment only.
Slip	4	Slipperiness. Higher values slide further and stop slower; noticeably hurts control above the base.
Mush	5	Fall-damage resistance. Higher mush means safer landings.
Fluid	10	Swim speed, tracked separately from land speed.
Mass	3	Physical mass. Higher mass means less knockback from hits.
Span	10	Reach for placing, breaking, and melee hits.

Spiritual stats

Four extra stats shape the character beyond HP and air. They share names with the hate, lust, and faith essence channels read by APOTHEOSIS, but those are separate systems — the fuser reads ingredient essences, not your current stats. Faith and Lust tick up randomly (+0 to +2) every level-up; Hate rises only through specific kills and perks; Druj only counts deaths.

Stat	Start	Effect	Sources
Hate	1	Boosts explosion damage from every explosive and the Hate Wand. Scaling slows past 60 but never stops. At 15+ certain cutscenes play alternate, more violent takes.	Killing passive vermin: sheep (+1 always), fruit femmes (+1, 35%), chickens and bubblebears (+1, 20%). Hate Surge grants +3. Does not grow on level-up.
Faith	2	No confirmed direct gameplay effect. Does not change damage, speed, drops, or any visible mechanic.	+0 to +2 every level-up. Faith Surge grants +3. The Faith Wand shares the name but works independently — it toggles a curse that warps colors and dissolves dark surfaces.
Lust	3	None found. Does not affect damage, crafting, drops, or story events. Not displayed on the status screen — saved with your qualia but invisible during play.	+0 to +2 every level-up. No perk raises it.
Druj	1	None found. Does not affect anything measurable. Display caps at 99.	+1 per death in normal play. Challenge and ending deaths don't count. May reset on restart — treat as a session tally, not a lifetime counter.

Tiamana & leveling

Tiamana is the game's experience currency. Actions fill a hidden store; the store flows into the visible bar at 0.5 per second, plus a 5% bonus on top of every payout. When the bar fills, you level up and pick one of 5 offered perks. The flow pauses during level-up menus and cutscenes.

Tiamana sources

Source	Yield	Notes
Fusion	(0.15 + rank × 0.25) × 0.3^repeats	Primary source. First fusion of a new result pays full; each repeat with the same item multiplies the yield by 0.3 (2nd = 30%, 3rd = 9%, 4th = 2.7%). Yields under 0.01 round to zero. Lame fusions award nothing.
Vermin kills	0.2 default	Each vermin drops a small amount on death. Stronger vermin can pay more.
Plant harvest	0.4 per plant	Only fully-grown plants pay. Growth takes 10–30 real minutes; harvesting early yields nothing and gives fail loot.
Cutscene blocks	0.5 per interact	Flat payout on every cutscene completion (regular or challenge). Not scaled by level.

Level-up threshold

Each level requires 2.0 + scaled × 0.425 tiamana, where scaled = level below 30 and scaled = 30 + √(level − 30) above. Level 1 → ~2.4, level 10 → ~6.3, level 30 → ~14.8; past 30 the bar grows slowly (square-root soft cap).

On level-up: the bar resets, Faith and Lust each gain +0 to +2 (random), the threshold recalculates, and 5 perks roll. Selection is seeded by world seed × level × 7 — the same world and level always offers the same choices, so rerolling by dying doesn't change them. Perks roll without replacement within the offered 5; weights decide frequency. There's a 0.8 s cooldown after the menu closes before tiamana flow resumes.

Perks

15 perks total. Selection is weighted random: higher weight means more frequent offers. The share column is the perk's weight divided by the sum of all available weights (18.275). Some perks drop out of the pool when their cap is reached (Expansion at 21 inventory slots, Beauty at 4 equipment slots, Accumulator at 950 stack size).

Stat Boost 5 Permanently raises a player stat.

Perk	Effect	Reward	Weight	Share
Life Surge	increase heart by 2.	Health +2	5.000	27.4%
Accumulator	increase item stack size by 25.	+25 stack size	2.000	10.9%
Air Surge	increase lung by 5.	Air +5	0.750	4.1%
Faith Surge	increase faith by 3.	Faith +3	0.500	2.7%
Hate Surge	increase hate by 3.	Hate +3	0.500	2.7%

Item Drop 8 Grants an item on level-up.

Perk	Effect	Reward	Weight	Share
Tiamana Leyline	receive a pendant that guides you towards a tiamana leyline.	dormant pendant	2.500	13.7%
Qualia Link	receive a portal to your personal qualia.	clonaqualia block	1.500	8.2%
Rejuvenation Anchor	receive a block that allows you to set your rebirth position.	rejuvenation anchor	1.000	5.5%
Vermin Shaper	receive an empty capsule.	empty capsule	0.500	2.7%
Planter	receive three seeds for planting.	fruit seed ×3	0.500	2.7%
Wandering Spirit	receive a necklace that randomizes your rebirth position when worn.	dybbuk's necklace	0.500	2.7%
Cache Flux	receive three cache cubes.	cache cube ×3	0.500	2.7%
Divine Nectar	receive a block of gold.	gold block	0.025	0.1%

Inventory Slot 2 Adds inventory or equipment capacity.

Perk	Effect	Reward	Weight	Share
Expansion	increase inventory space by 1.	+1 slot	1.500	8.2%
Beauty	increase paraphernalia space by 1.	+1 slot	1.000	5.5%

Accumulator quirk: the perk's listed +25 applies once total stack bonus reaches 50. Below that, it alternates +10 / +15 per selection. Becomes unavailable at 950 total.

Health cap quirk: Life Surge raises max HP but does not heal you — a 10/10 player becomes 10/12 until they heal up.