Black Star

Rarity	Ancient
Tier	S

What it does

Elites drop an additional relic. The earlier you take it, the harder it snowballs.

Relic values are checked against game v0.111— Early Access balance can shift between patches.

Other relics in this tier

Builds that scale with it

Exhaust Block

Corruption + Dark Embrace + Barricade + Body Slam

Strength Scaling

Demon Form + Limit Break + Vulnerable package

Sly Discard

Sly cards + Prepared/Acrobatics + Adrenaline

Poison Stacking

Deadly Poison + Catalyst + Wraith Form

Doom Execute

Blight Strike + End of Days + Soul engine

Claw Zero-Cost

Claw + All for One + FTL

Star Burst

Alignment + Seven Stars + Astral Pulse

Deep-dive guides

advanced

Slay the Spire 2 Relic Synergy Guide: All 42 Relics by Family, S-Tier Combos and Detour Rules (v0.111 Beta)

Every one of the 42 relics in Slay the Spire 2 v0.111 sorted into functional families: economy, defense, draw, energy, damage and character-locked, with tier S and A analysis, multiplicative engine combos and rules for when a relic is worth rerouting your path.

25 min read

beginner

Slay the Spire 2 Gold Economy and Shop Strategy Guide: Removals, Relics and Budgets (v0.111 Beta)

How to spend gold in Slay the Spire 2: why card removal beats card buying, when to save for Membership Card and other shop relics, act-by-act budgets, event income, and economy under Ascension 6 Inflation.

14 min read

combat

Slay the Spire 2 Elite Strategy Guide: All 14 Elites, Kill Orders and When to Fight or Skip (v0.111 Beta)

Every elite in Slay the Spire 2 v0.111 broken down by act: HP totals, turn loops, kill orders and counter cards for Bygone Effigy through Mecha Knight, plus the HP window math for when hunting elites beats routing around them.

23 min read