Understanding Boons, Afflictions, and Modifiers in the Cunning Test

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In the Test of Cunning (Cunning Test), understanding Boons, Afflictions, and Modifiers is essential for navigating its traps, hazards, and combat challenges efficiently.
Boons

• Boons are positive effects granted during the trial that provide various buffs such as:
  • Increased movement speed, which helps dodge traps and escape enemy attacks.
    
  • Enhanced Honour resistance, reducing damage taken to your Honour resource.
    
  • Improved resource regeneration or healing over time.
    
• They typically come from relics or rewards earned by completing specific rooms or objectives. Using these strategically makes progressing through hazardous areas and boss fights more manageable.
  

Afflictions

• Afflictions are negative conditions applied during the Test of Cunning. These include:
  • Honour loss over time or from specific debuffs.
    
  • Movement impairments like slows or blindness, which can make avoiding environmental hazards harder.
    
  • Damage over time effects or curses that sap survivability.
    
• Afflictions accumulate and must be managed carefully; high Honour resistance reduces their impact.
  
• Certain rooms or events increase affliction levels, so choosing safer paths or using relics to mitigate them is vital.
  

Modifiers

• Modifiers alter the behavior of rooms, enemies, traps, or the environment within the trial.
  
• Examples include:
  • Increased trap damage or frequency.
    
  • Enemies that spawn with additional buffs or higher aggression.
    
  • Environmental hazards intensified, such as faster activating traps or more frequent fire jets.
    
• Modifiers add variability and challenge to each run, requiring adaptation in tactics and use of boons.
  

Strategic Understanding

• Combining boons effectively can counter certain afflictions, such as using Honour resistance boosts to withstand slowing or damaging effects.
  
• Awareness of active modifiers helps in planning movement routes and combat strategy.
  
• Use relic upgrades and Sacred Water currency to maximize boons and minimize affliction effects for better trial survivability.
  

Mastering the interplay between boons (positive buffs), afflictions (debuffs), and modifiers (environmental or enemy changes) in the Test of Cunning is critical for survival and success. Effective management and tactical adaptation to these factors enable navigating the trial’s complex challenges and reaching the final boss.