Flask

Equip one Life Flask and one Mana Flask, compare each flask's recovery amount and duration, then check how many charges one use consumes and how many it can hold. Use it when recovery is needed. Kills restore charges according to Monster Power and rarity, while checkpoints and Wells refill equipped Flasks completely.

Two Flask types

Life Flasks recover Life and Mana Flasks recover Mana. A character normally has one slot for each type and can equip only one of each, unless an item or another effect explicitly changes the slot rule.

Recovery has an amount and duration

A Flask states how much Life or Mana it recovers and the time over which that recovery occurs. Increased amount changes the total recovered, while recovery rate changes how quickly that amount is delivered. Read both values when comparing bases or modifiers.

Charges limit uses

Each use spends the Flask's listed charges from its current capacity. Charges are not the number of remaining uses: divide current charges by charges consumed per use, then account for any modifiers to charges gained, used, or generated over time.

Kills scale with Monster Power

Normal enemies grant Flask charges equal to half their Power, Magic enemies grant charges equal to their Power, and Rare or Unique enemies grant charges equal to twice their Power. The monster type's base Power and rarity are already part of that value.

Checkpoints and Wells refill

Activating a checkpoint or using a Well completely refills equipped Flasks. A Flask can hold charges only while it is in a Flask slot, and unequipping it removes its stored charges.

Quality improves recovery

Each point of Flask Quality grants 1% more Life and Mana recovery. Glassblower's Bauble raises Flask Quality up to the normal maximum of 20%, so quality changes recovery rather than charge capacity or charges per use.

Flask rarity stops at Magic

Non-unique Flasks can be Normal or Magic. Flasks can also be Unique, but there are no Rare Flasks. A Unique Flask can replace the normal recovery or use pattern with its own explicit rules.

Full resource normally ends recovery

Ordinary Flask recovery does not continue beyond full unreserved Life or Mana. Wording such as effect is not removed when filled, recovery applies instantly, or recovery can Overflow is an exception and must be read literally.

Charms are separate

Charms use charges and refill at checkpoints or Wells, but they are not Flasks. A Charm automatically reacts to its condition, while Life and Mana Flasks are normally used manually. Flask-only and Charm-only modifiers do not cross over unless both are named.