Adrenaline Meter

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Adrenaline Meter

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Adrenaline Mode
Statistics
Type	Buff
Buffed by	Adrenaline Meter
Duration	5 seconds
Tooltip	Total damage multiplied by 3x. Can be boosted by other items up to 3.45x

The Adrenaline Meter is a mechanic added in Revengeance Mode, along with the Rage Meter. In order to fill up the bar, the player must not get hit for a certain amount of time while fighting a boss. Once the meter has filled up completely, the Adrenaline Mode buff can be activated by pressing the Adrenaline Mode key. The Adrenaline Meter has a minimum value of 0 and a maximum value of 10,000.

Gaining Adrenaline

The meter will build every second at a rate of 333.34 per second and takes 30 seconds in total to charge. If the player equips the Stress Pills, which increase the buildup rate by 20%, the Adrenaline Meter will build at a rate of 400 per second and takes 25 seconds in total to charge.

If the player is hit while the Adrenaline Bar is full, the damage of that hit is halved and the bar will reset and need to be charged again, along with a unique sound effect. This is separate from normal DR and is affected differently by the DR scaling formula. This effect does not apply if the player has an energy shield active.

Adrenaline Mode

When the Adrenaline Mode buff is activated, the player receives a damage boost of 200%. This total damage boost is multiplicative and applied after other damage boosts such as those from potions or accessories.

The player can increase the damage of the Adrenaline Mode as well as increase the damage reduction when hit while the meter is full by using these permanent power-up items:

• Electrolyte Gel Pack (dropped by The Slime God), which increases Adrenaline Mode damage by 15% and increases damage reduction by 5%.
• Starlight Fuel Cell (dropped by Astrum Aureus), which increases Adrenaline Mode damage by 15% and increases damage reduction by 5%.
• Ectoheart (dropped by Polterghast), which increases Adrenaline Mode damage by 15% and increases damage reduction by 5%.

Using all three upgrades will cause Adrenaline Mode to increase the player's damage by 245% and cause any damage taken while the meter is full to only deal 35% of its damage.

Notes

• Once the Adrenaline Meter reaches full capacity, a unique sound effect plays to indicate it.
• Toggling the Adrenaline mechanic or the default location of the bar is possible through the Configuration options.
• Players can move the Adrenaline Meter around by clicking and dragging it. This can be disabled in Configuration options.
• The Adrenaline Meter won't build while the Wall of Flesh is alive unless the player is in The Underworld, even if another boss is alive.
• The damage bonus from Adrenaline is cut in half if the player is wielding a true melee weapon.
• Equipping Draedon's Heart will replace the player's Adrenaline Meter.

Trivia

• Adrenaline and Rage are a reference to Ripper Mode from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Because of this, Adrenaline and Rage are often collectively referred to as "Rippers" by the community.
• Adrenaline and Rage are replacements for a previous mechanic called Stress.

History

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These history sections are still a work-in-progress, and may not yet contain changes relevant to the current version of the Calamity Mod.

• 2.0.3.005: Added new visuals effects when used.

• 2.0.3.003: Full adrenaline's damage reduction effect no longer applies if the player has any shield active.

• 2.0.1.003: Now pauses generation between boss spawns during Boss Rush.

• 2.0.1.002: Added full meter loss sound.

• 2.0.0.003: Sound effects are now only played client side in multiplayer.

• 2.0.0.001:
  • Now has more pronounced visual effects that surround the player when active.
  • Fixed an issue that caused it to overlap the inventory hotbars UI by default.

• 1.5.1.001:
  • Nerfed damage boost from true melee attacks by half.
  • Fixed upgrade indicators not scaling with the UI Scale settings.

• 1.5.0.002: Fixed an exploit that allowed players to charge it while no bosses were present.

• 1.5.0.001:
  • Meter size can now be adjusted with the UI scaling slider in the main menu.
  • Meter now has UI indicators for the upgrades.
  • Meter no longer disrupts item usage when hovered over with the cursor.
  • Resprited the meter and the Adrenaline Mode buff.

• 1.4.5.007: Fixed the Adrenaline Mode buff tooltip, it should now reflect the correct damage boost.

• 1.4.5.006:
  • Now increases damage by 100% instead of 50%.
  • Now always takes 30 seconds to charge, except during the Supreme Calamitas fight, where it takes 45 seconds.
  • Now continues charging while waiting between bosses during Boss Rush.

• 1.4.5.005: Fixed it not charging during the Providence fight.

• 1.4.4.004: Fixed it disappearing in dedicated Multiplayer servers.

• 1.4.4.002:
  • Added an electric animation when fully charged and a shake effect when used. The meter now drops smoothly when used instead of abruptly.
    • The shake effect can be customized in the configuration options.

• 1.4.3.001:
  • No longer has amplified damage boosts in Death Mode.
  • No longer has a burnout mechanic.
  • Now reduces damage taken by 50% and resets to zero when getting hit while the meter is full.

• 1.4.2.104:
  • Nerfed base damage boost in Revengeance Mode from 250% to 150%, and burnout damage from 149.5% to 49.5%.
  • Nerfed base damage boost in Death Mode from 700% to 500%, and burnout damage from 298% to 165%.
  • Resprited.

• 1.4.2.103: Description now dynamically changes based on difficulty mode.

• 1.4.2.001:
  • Introduced a burnout sound.
  • Now lasts a maximum of 5 seconds instead of 3.

• 1.4.1.003:
  • Now starts burning out after 3 seconds instead of 5.
  • No longer despawns projectiles after wearing out.
  • Nerfed Adrenaline's base damage boost from 3.5x / 11x to 2.5x / 7x .

• 1.4.1.001:
  • Resprited buff icon.
  • Meter now has a unique border.
  • Now plays a sound when the meter is full.

• 1.4.0.001:
  • Fixed it deleting sentries when activated.
  • Fixed it deleting Providence's cocoon flames and large crystal when activated.

• 1.3.4.102: Now has a burnout mechanic that causes the player to gradually lose adrenaline damage if they do not activate it after 5 seconds.

• 1.3.2.001: The buff can no longer be manually canceled.

• 1.2.4.205: Non-minion player projectiles now despawn after Adrenaline Mode wears off.

• 1.2.4.201: Now resets whenever a boss is killed or spawned.

• 1.2.4.101: Introduced.