A brand new Anniversary Update forRisk of Rain 2went live on March 25, and it brought a brand new mystery survivor known as the Heretic.

Here’s everything you need to know about the new character, and how you can play as the Heretic. If you haven’t seen it already,DualShockershave got the full patch notes and information surrounding theRisk of Rain 2Anniversary Update, you can check it out at the link below.

What IsRisk of Rain 2?

Risk of Rain 2is a third-person shooter developed by Hopoo Games, it was released for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in August of 2020. The game most recently received an Anniversary Update to celebrate 2 years since the release of it’s Early Access version.

The sequel to the popular titleRisk of Rainfollows a similar approach in terms of gameplay, up to four players must progress through several levels whilst taking out enemies.

Each of these levels will have a teleporter that players must find and activate, once activated they must survive the hoard of enemies and bosses until the teleporter is fully activated.

One of the biggest changes from the original title, isRisk of Rain 2is now set in a 3D environment as opposed to 2D.

Risk of Rain 2is available right now on Steam, PlayStaion 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Google Stadia.

How To Unlock Heretic InRisk of Rain 2

If you’re wondering how you can play as Heretic after the latest update on March 25, here’s how.

The Heretic is a unique character that isn’t actually playable from the character select screen, instead, there’s a different method to obtaining this character.

To play as the Heretic you will need to collect all four of the Heresy Items in-game, you will then turn into the Heretic. It’s also worth noting that since the latest update, there has been two new Heresy Items added, meaning there are now four to collect.

Unfortunately, even after you collect the four Heresy Items, the Heretic won’t become a selectable character to play with. If you want to continue playing as the Heretic inRisk of Rain 2, you will need to continuously collect the four items.

Heretic Skills

So what special abilities or skills does the Heretic have? Well, the abilities will come from the Heresy Item set. This means that you will have the following abilities as the Heretic:

The Heretic also has a total of 440 health (+132 per level) and deals a total of 18 damage (+3.6 per level).