en:rpd:potion_of_overhealing_item
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Potion of Overhealing
The Potion of Overhealing is a potion in Remixed Dungeon that restores health beyond the drinker's maximum HP, providing temporary health points.
Item Overview
- Type: Potion
- Rarity: Uncommon
- Special Effect: Heals beyond maximum HP, giving temporary hit points
- Usage: Single use item (consumed upon drinking)
- Price: 50 gold when identified
- Identification: Becomes identified when consumed, shattered, or when seen in inventory after being identified
Special Mechanics
- Overhealing: Restores health that exceeds the maximum HP, adding temporary hit points
- Temporary HP: The extra health received is temporary and will gradually fade over time
- Duration: The temporary health lasts for a number of turns before naturally fading
- Shattering: When shattered on the ground, overheals 25% of max HP as temporary HP to any character on that tile
- Identification: Becomes identified when consumed, shattered, or when seen in inventory after being identified
- Stacking: Multiple potions can be carried and used as needed
- Emergency Use: Can be used to survive attacks that would otherwise be lethal
Strategy
- Essential for surviving dangerous encounters in high-risk situations
- Best used before anticipated high-damage attacks or boss fights
- Can be used proactively for maximum safety during dungeon progression
- Shattering can be useful for overhealing allies or when unable to drink
- More effective than regular healing potions for high-stakes encounters
- Good to use before challenging encounters to create a safety buffer
- Essential for attempting difficult challenges where survivability is critical
- Temporary health fades gradually, so timing is important
- More expensive than normal healing potion but offers superior survivability
- Should be conserved for the most dangerous situations
Obtaining
- Found throughout dungeon levels (less common than regular healing potions)
- Dropped by various enemies (more common from magic-oriented enemies)
- Found in containers and special rooms
- Less common than Potion of Healing
Effect
When consumed, the Potion of Overhealing restores all current hit points and adds temporary hit points equal to 50% of the maximum HP. These temporary hit points gradually fade over time until only the character's normal maximum HP remains.
According to the game's string resources: “An elixir that will not only return you to full health but grant you temporary health beyond your normal maximum.”
Code References
- Java Implementation: PotionOfOverHealing.java
- Potion Base Class: Potion.java
- Healing Mechanism: PotionOfOverHealing.java#L35-L45 (overhealing implementation)
- Status Effect Removal: PotionOfOverHealing.java#L38-L43 (curing specific debuffs)
- Alchemical Recipe: LifeFlower.java#L48 - Recipe details
- Shattering Mechanics: PotionOfOverHealing.java#L48-L53 (for when the potion is shattered)
- Price Configuration: PotionOfOverHealing.java#L47-L49 (price is 50 gold when identified)
- Overhealing Effect: Char.java#L109-L117 - Implementation of temporary HP system
- English String Resources: PotionOfOverHealing_Name, PotionOfOverHealing_Info, PotionOfOverHealing_Apply (PotionOfOverHealing_Name, PotionOfOverHealing_Info, and PotionOfOverHealing_Apply)
- Russian String Resources: PotionOfOverHealing strings (Russian localization)
- Stats verification: Extracted directly from PotionOfOverHealing.java class methods
- Effect descriptions: Based on code analysis and string resources
- mr: namespace: Check potion_of_overhealing_item for machine-readable data
Related Items
- Potions - General information about potions
- Status Effects - Information about statuses cured by this potion
- Potion of Healing - Standard healing potion
- Health - General mechanics about health restoration
- Hero - Main playable character
- Items - All items in the game
- Consumables - Consumable items
- Alchemy - Alchemy mechanics for creating potions
- Seeds - Ingredients for alchemical creation
- Life Flower - Primary ingredient for brewing
- Gold - Currency used in shops
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