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Blessings are temporary power-ups earned inside Roguelite Mode, the dream-diving side mode the game calls Somu's Dream. A blessing lasts only until Juno leaves the Dream, which makes each dive a fresh drafting problem rather than a permanent build. Blessings sit alongside the run's other reward layer, the permanent Perks bought between dives.

How Blessings Work

Blessings cover a wide range of benefits. Many add an extra damaging effect to combat while a specific Aspect is active, so the blessing only fires when Juno has the matching Aspect equipped. Others give flat stat buffs, and a third group provides utility that helps with traversing the Dream and collecting Dream Shards.

Because a large share of the pool is Aspect-locked, the Aspect Juno dives with shapes which blessings are actually worth taking. A run built around Aether attacks gets little from a blessing that only triggers on neutral melee hits.

Blessing Pools

Blessings are arranged into pools, and the pool determines where a blessing can be obtained. Three pools are currently in the game.

Pool	Where It Appears	Requirement
Shop	Purchased with Dream Shards in Shop Rooms	Shop Rooms perk
Treasure	Taken from treasures in Blessing Rooms and Trial Rooms	Blessing Rooms is active by default; Trial Rooms must be bought
Midnight Snack	Dropped by Combat Rooms	Midnight Snack perk, which unlocks automatically after the tutorial

Every pool contains a set of Common blessings that cannot be banished and can be picked up more than once. That floor is deliberate: it guarantees a pool can never run dry mid-dive and leave a reward slot empty.

Rarity and Availability

Five rarities are in use. By default only Common, Uncommon and Rare blessings appear anywhere. Exotic blessings only start appearing at Depth 3. The Big Bounty perk lowers every rarity requirement by one step, which pushes Exotic blessings onto all floors and makes Legendary blessings appear at Depth 3. Big Bounty is currently the only way to see a Legendary blessing at all.

Rarity does not behave the way players usually expect. Common blessings tend not to show up until the rest of their pool is close to exhausted, so a rare-looking offer early in a dive is normal rather than lucky.

Shop Pricing

The prices below are base prices for the Shop pool. The actual cost is multiplied by the current Depth, so a blessing costs double on Depth 2 and triple on Depth 3. Buying early is cheaper in raw Shards, but an early purchase also commits Shards before Juno knows what the deeper floors will offer.

List of Blessings

Blessing	Rarity	Effect	Pool	Base Price	Notes
Small Armor Boost	Common	Increases Armor by 2% per stack.	Midnight Snack	Not sold	Can be obtained multiple times.
Small Critical Boost	Common	Increases Critical Damage by 1% per stack.	Midnight Snack	Not sold	Can be obtained multiple times.
Small Life Boost	Common	Increases Life by 2% per stack.	Midnight Snack	Not sold	Can be obtained multiple times.
Small Strength Boost	Common	Increases Strength by 2% per stack.	Midnight Snack	Not sold	Can be obtained multiple times.
Armor Boost	Common	Increases Armor by 5% per stack.	Shop, Treasure	125	Can be obtained multiple times.
Critical Boost	Common	Increases Critical Damage by 2% per stack.	Shop, Treasure	125	Can be obtained multiple times.
Life Boost	Common	Increases Life by 5% per stack.	Shop, Treasure	125	Can be obtained multiple times.
Strength Boost	Common	Increases Strength by 5% per stack.	Shop, Treasure	125	Can be obtained multiple times.
Barbed Missile	Uncommon	Every melee hit shoots a thorn at the closest enemy.	Shop, Treasure	156	Only active in Neutral.
Jagged Surprise	Uncommon	Melee finishers summon multiple spikes from the ground which hit the nearest enemy.	Shop, Treasure	156	Only active in Neutral.
Leaf Assault	Uncommon	Every ranged hit spawns a homing leaf at the enemy that was hit.	Shop, Treasure	156	Only active in Neutral.
Spike Mirror	Uncommon	Performing a parry damages the enemy and inflicts Brittle.	Shop, Treasure	156	Only active in Neutral.
Chain Spark	Uncommon	Every melee hit emits a lightning spark which connects to the closest enemy.	Shop, Treasure	156	Only active in Aether.
Frail Return	Uncommon	Performing a parry damages the enemy and inflicts Drained.	Shop, Treasure	156	Only active in Aether.
Shadow Clone	Uncommon	Executing a perfect dodge spawns a clone which retaliates for high damage.	Shop, Treasure	156	Only active in Aether.
Thor's Fury	Uncommon	Melee finishers release multiple thunderbolts around Juno, striking enemies in a small area.	Shop, Treasure	156	Only active in Aether.
Thunder Clap	Uncommon	Landing a charged ranged attack releases a delayed lightning strike.	Shop, Treasure	156	Only active in Aether.
Allmighty Aura	Rare	Increases damage of charged melee attacks by 100%.	Shop, Treasure	188
Energy Vampire	Rare	Increases Divine Charge gained from attacking enemies by 100%.	Shop, Treasure	188
Dark Tear Flask	Rare	Increases healing from a Rest Room from 25% to 50%.	Shop, Treasure	188
Make it Rain	Rare	Increases Dream Shards dropped by 25%.	Shop, Treasure	188
Mappa Mundi	Rare	Reveals the layout and locked gates on each floor.	Shop, Treasure	188
Seconds Please!	Rare	Consuming a dish in a Rest Room grants 2 additional Healing Bulbs.	Shop, Treasure	188	Requires the Rest Rooms perk.
Fatal Frenzy	Exotic	Increases Strength by 5% per enemy killed, stacking up to 5 times. Resets on taking damage.	Shop, Treasure	250
Witch Time	Legendary	Executing a perfect dodge slows down time for 2 seconds.	Shop, Treasure	313	Only obtainable with the Big Bounty perk.
Luck of the Die	Uncommon	Doubles the chance of rerolls dropping from Combat Rooms.	Shop	156	Requires the Midnight Snack perk.
Banish the Thought	Uncommon	Doubles the chance of banishes dropping from Combat Rooms.	Shop	156	Requires the Midnight Snack perk.
Pump it!	Rare	Doubles the chance of small stat upgrades dropping from Combat Rooms.	Shop	188	Requires the Midnight Snack perk.
Guardian Angel	Exotic	Instead of taking lethal damage, lose one stack and revive with 50% Life.	Shop	250	Can be obtained multiple times. Also granted by the Angelic Slumber perk.
Treasure Goblin	Exotic	From the next Depth onward, Combat Rooms drop double the rewards from the Midnight Snack perk.	Shop	250	Requires the Midnight Snack perk.

Picking Blessings

Check the active Aspect before taking an Aspect-locked blessing. A Neutral-only effect is dead weight on an Aether run and the game does not warn about it.
Stacking Common boosts is not a wasted pick. They can be taken repeatedly, so a long dive can turn several Armor Boost or Life Boost picks into a large flat cushion.
Mappa Mundi pays off most on deep dives, where finding the locked gates by trial and error costs the most time and health.
Guardian Angel stacks, so it can be bought more than once. Combined with the Angelic Slumber perk, a dive can start with one free stack already in place.
Buy in Shop Rooms on the shallowest floor that offers something useful, because the Depth multiplier makes the same blessing cost triple by Depth 3.

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