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Temporal Health
April 23, 2026 at 05:11 PM
Initial Temporal Health mechanic page covering reclaim loop, weapon synergies, and talent interactions
Temporal Health is the reclaimable portion of recently lost HP in Windrose. When the player takes damage, part of the health bar becomes a translucent red overlay, and that translucent portion is Temporal Health. Dealing damage to enemies shortly after being hit converts Temporal Health back into regular Health. If the player does not respond quickly enough, the Temporal Health fades and becomes permanently lost.
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Type | Reclaimable health buffer (not an additional HP pool) |
Visual | Translucent red overlay on the HP bar after taking damage |
Build trigger | Taking damage; portion of the lost HP becomes Temporal |
Reclaim trigger | Dealing damage to enemies |
Decay | Short window; exact seconds not documented. Missing the reclaim window = permanent HP loss |
Design intent | Rewards aggressive re-engagement; punishes retreating after damage |
Each incoming hit converts part of the damage into Temporal Health rather than immediately taking it from the player's permanent HP pool. The translucent red overlay on the HP bar shows the Temporal Health portion; the solid red is permanent HP lost. Dealing damage to any enemy during the Temporal Health window converts the overlay back into solid HP, effectively healing the player.
Temporal Health is not a stackable pool above the player's maximum HP. It cannot exceed the maximum HP cap. It is a buffer within the existing bar that lets a player recover if they push the counter-offensive immediately after taking damage.
Specific weapons convert damage dealt to enemies into Temporal Health gain, which makes the reclaim loop more consistent:
Rapier of a Thousand Cuts at Epic tier converts Bleed damage dealt while holding the rapier into Temporal Health regeneration. Because Bleed stacks and ticks over time, this variant turns every sustained combo into a self-sustaining Temporal loop.
The Plague weapon family (Plague Halberd, Plague Pistol, Arboris Saber variants) uses Temporal Health as the core loop ingredient. Plague weapon hits generate Temporal Health and the player converts it back via Retribution.
Talent | Branch | Effect |
|---|---|---|
Toughguy | Boosts Temporal Health gain when taking damage by +25% / +50% / +75%, increasing how much of a hit ends up as reclaimable | |
Crusher | Makes the attack-based Temporal-to-Health conversion +40% / +70% / +100% more effective, increasing how much HP is returned per hit dealt |
Running You Will Answer for This with Retribution and a Plague-family weapon creates the self-heal sustain loop that most advanced Crusher builds lean on. The loop is: take damage, convert large share into Temporal, deal damage with Plague weapon, restore regular HP at an amplified rate.
Windrose's combat is designed around commit-and-counter rather than back-step-and-heal. Temporal Health is the mechanical expression of that philosophy.
Builds that prioritize out-of-combat healing (potion-only, kiting) leave most Temporal Health on the table. Builds that commit to pressure reclaim it.
In co-op, Temporal Health is individual to each player. A teammate damaging an enemy does not reclaim your Temporal Health; only damage you deal does.
You Will Answer for This boosts Temporal Health gain
Retribution boosts Temporal-to-Health conversion
Rapier of a Thousand Cuts Epic-tier Bleed-to-Temporal conversion
Status Effects full combat mechanic roster
Healing Potion permanent HP restoration path
