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"Rage" is not a canonical status effect in the live Windrose build. It is a carryover label from the game's pre-launch naming, and it survives in some community references. In the Early Access build, the Executioner halberd's on-kill critical-hit buff is called Decimation, and the paired Epic-tier damage-resistance effect is called Apathy. Both effects are documented on the Decimation page.

Name Mapping

The table below maps the old pre-launch labels to the canonical Early Access names. If a guide still uses the old terms, it is describing the same two effects under their earlier names:

Where Readers Should Go

• For the Executioner's crit-stacking mechanic, see Decimation.

• For the weapon itself, see Executioner.

• For a stacking low-HP damage buff (the closest thing the live build has to a berserk mechanic), see the Berserk talent in the Crusher tree.

• For the full roster of combat buffs and debuffs, see Status Effects.

Why the Rename

Windrose went through several pre-launch name changes during its transition from the Crosswind project to the Kraken Express studio rebrand in early 2026. Some status-effect names, and some armor-set names, shifted between the demo period and the April 14, 2026 Early Access launch. "Rage" is one of those shifted labels: the Crosswind-era naming used Rage and Ward for the Executioner halberd's two effects, and at launch these became Decimation and Apathy. Secondary community sources that still say "Rage" are referring to the same mechanic under its earlier label.

Because names can change again during Early Access, treat this page as a pointer rather than a live data page: the canonical in-game text is the source of truth, and at the current build that text reads Decimation, not Rage.

See Also

• Decimation: the canonical on-kill crit stack from the Executioner

• Executioner: the source weapon

• Berserk: the live low-HP damage-stacking talent

• Status Effects: the full combat buff and debuff roster