Ancient Scepter

Ancient Scepter
Description	Upgrade your fourth ability; this is unique to each character class.
Stacking	Does not stack
Unlock	Mercenary: Beat the game on Monsoon difficulty.
Rarity	Rare
Type	Utility

"Upgrade your 4th ability."— Pickup Text

The Ancient Scepter is a rare utility item in Risk of Rain. It upgrades a Character's 4th ability.

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Shipping Details

Estimated Delivery: 1/30/1142	Sent to: 99th Floor, Crumbling Tower, Venus
Shipping Details:
- Order :  Ancient Scepter
Tracking Number:  836▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪
- Order Description :  Upgrade your 4th ability. Unique to each character.
- Shipping Method :  High Priority
- Order Details :  A glowing scepter, with a name engraved in the handle. I can't read what it says; I was hoping you could decipher it. It must have some magical powers; look how impressive it is! It's Much better then your Lance of Legends, that's for sure. And before you ask, yes, the handle is designed to be hard to hold, culls the weak.
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List of Upgraded Abilities

Commando

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	Commando - Suppressive Barrage
Cooldown: 5 seconds Fires rapidly, stunning and hitting nearby enemies for 10x60% damage.

Enforcer

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	Enforcer - Tear Gas
Cooldown: 5 seconds Launch a chemical grenade, fearing and knocking back enemies in a huge radius for 250% damage. Can bounce at shallow angles.

Bandit

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	Bandit - Assassinate
Cooldown: 7 seconds Take aim for a headshot, dealing 2x600% damage. If the ability kills an enemy, the Bandit's Cooldowns are all reset to 0.

The Huntress

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	Huntress - MK7 Rockeye
Cooldown: 7 seconds Fire an explosive arrow for 320% damage. The arrow drops bomblets that detonate for 12x80%.

HAN-D

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	HAN-D - UNETHICAL_REASSEMBLY
Cooldown: 5 seconds APPLY GREAT FORCE TO ALL COMBATANTS FOR 500%, KNOCKING THEM IN THE AIR AND STUNS AND SHOCKS.

Engineer

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	Engineer - Auto-Turret Mk. 2
Cooldown: 40 sec / Drop a turret that shoots for 3x100% damage for 30 seconds. Hold up to 3.

Miner

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	Miner - Starbound
Cooldown: 5 seconds Jump into the air, hitting and stunning enemies below for 5x180% damage total.

Sniper

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	Sniper - Spotter: ISOLATE
Cooldown: 0 seconds Send your Spotter out to analyze the most dangerous enemy, slowing and increasing critical strike chance against it by 100%.

Sniper - Spotter: RETURN
Cooldown: 10 seconds Call your Spotter back.

Acrid

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	Acrid - Pandemic
Cooldown: 11 seconds Release a deadly disease, poisoning enemies for 100% damage per second. The contagion spreads to two targets after 1 second. If an enemy is killed by Pandemic, you are healed.

Mercenary

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	Mercenary - Massacre
Cooldown: 6 seconds Target the nearest enemy, attacking them for 6x110% damage. You cannot be hit for the duration. Refreshes duration on kills, jumping to nearby enemies.

Loader

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	Loader - M700X Discharge Conduit
Cooldown: 2 seconds Place a lightning rod. After placing two, lightning surges between them, dealing 80% damage per second for 9 seconds and stunning initial enemies.

	Loader - M700X Discharge Conduit
Cooldown: 10 seconds Place a lightning rod. After placing two, lightning surges between them, dealing 80% damage per second for 9 seconds and stunning initial enemies.

CHEF

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CHEF - FULL COURSE MEAL
Cooldown: 8 seconds PREPARE A MASTER MEAL, BOOSTING THE NEXT TWO ABILITY CASTS.

Trivia

This is a reference to the item found within Dota and Dota 2 called Aghanim's Scepter. It does the same thing in this game as it does in that game (upgrading the "ultimate ability" in a way that is unique to each character). They are also similar in appearance. In addition, the description states "It's much better than your Lance of Legends," which references League of Legends, which is a MOBA styled game just like Dota and Dota 2. The text referring to the handle being "hard to hold" in order to "cull the weak" either refers to the massive difficulty many new players have when playing Dota and its sequel.

Starbound is also a reference to another game published by Chucklefish of the same name.

Surprisingly, the item's estimated delivery date is 1/30/1142, which would mean either the item has traveled quite far in time, or the package got lost mid-way.