How Many Dudes? Relics & Trinkets Guide
How Relics and Trinkets work in How Many Dudes?: per-Dude and per-Family Relic pools, boss-dropped Trinkets, example items, consumables, and the combat stats they interact with.
Relics
Relics warp the rules of battle. Each Dude Type has 7 exclusive Relics and each Dude Family has 8 Family Relics (Regular Dudes are the exception). A Relic enters your available pool only once, and the pool is shaped by your team's Families and Pre-Posted Flyers.
Example Relics named in the official new player guide:
- Electrician: Fuzzy Socks and Circuit Breaker (a built-in Cheat Death).
- Vampire: Bat Wings (Cheat Death) and Blood Bag (key sustain).
- Explorer: River Raft.
- Druid: Bear Knuckle.
- Cowboy: Bandoleer.
- Warlock: Shadowy Funnel.
- Generic defensive options: Padded Helmet (Temporary Health from Meteors), Fairy Ring (healing with Strange Spores), Pumpkin Latte (Toughness from Health Potions), Medical License (turns a Trooper into a healer).
A standalone numeric "Relic tier list" is intentionally kept as a versioned note, not a published ranking. Relic value depends on your team and the current patch; we list functional categories and named examples instead of invented scores.
Trinkets
Trinkets are earned by defeating Act Bosses and are assigned to a Dude Type to enable game-breaking strategies. Examples from the guide: give your Wizard Dudes ADHD, or your Samurai Dudes a Taser. A Trinket can even carry a Cheat Death effect to keep a Dude alive.
Consumables
Combat includes one-shot items: Meteors (stun + separate), Bottled Lightning (delete/stun an enemy), Strange Spores (spread HP), Health Potions (heal + Temporary Health), and Burner Phones (Temporary Health + reposition).
Combat stats they touch
Relics and Trinkets interact with a wide stat set: Toughness, Max HP, Temporary Health, Evasion, Deflection, Block Chance, Crit Chance, Cleave, Attack Power, Attack Speed, and Run Speed. Build a Dude around the stats its role wants, then let Relics amplify them.
Practical loop
- Pick a Dude Family synergy.
- Let its Relic pool form around your team.
- Beat an Act Boss for a Trinket that doubles down on that synergy.
- Refine with Consumables and Cheat Death insurance.