Limits

Every bonus in the game stops somewhere. Add up gear, food, drinks, potions, scrolls, gadgets, pets and gems, and past the limit the rest does nothing. Your own numbers against these are in the Character window.

Every limit

Bonus	Limit	Note
Walking speed	+50%	Every walking bonus counts in full up to +20%, then at half, and stops at +50%.
Gathering speed	x1.35	Your tool and its level, work speed and a pet's swing, all together, at a rock, a tree or a fishing spot.
A gathering swing landing	95%	Rocks and trees land 52% at the node's level, rising to 58% thirty levels on; fishing 42% to 48%; your tool's rung adds up to 2%.
Hit chance	95%	Nobody, you or a monster, lands more often than this.
Burning food	2% at least	40% burn at a dish's own level, 1% fewer a level; only no-burn gear and perks take it to nothing.
Items from a kill	1	At most one item off a monster's drop table (a 40% chance), besides its tickets, its rares and anything rarer than 5%.
Tickets from kills	25%	Every ticket bonus together: gear, meals, drinks, potions, pets.
Work speed	20%	Swings, chops, mining, casts and picks: gear, food, potions and a pet's swing together.
Damage taken	30%	Less damage from every hit: gear and pets.
Rare drops	40%	How much more often a monster's rares come up.
Real ZCoin drops	75%	Clovers and gear together.
Fish bite	10%	Fish bite more often.
Food heals	25%	How much more food heals.
Pickpocket success	15%	Thieving lands more often.
Ammo saved	50%	Shots and casts that spend no arrow or page.
Life leech	25%	Damage you deal that comes back as health.
Double gathers	30%	What you mine, cut or catch coming up twice. On an ordinary rock, tree or spot it stops at 15%.
Execute	30%	A monster under this share of its health dies to your next hit (never a boss).
Nothing attacks first	on or off	Outside, monsters wait for you.
No hospital bill	on or off	The hospital never bills you.
Gem finds	100%	Jewels turn up in the rock more often.
Double smelts	50%	Bars that come out double.
Diamond dust saver	20%	A Kindled Diamond at the Gem Bench costs less gem dust: 1% for each piece or brew that has it, 10% at most.
Arrow damage	25%	Your arrows hit harder (bows only).
Spell damage	25%	Your spells hit harder (wands only).
Fewer burns	100%	Nothing burns at all only at 100%: the Kiln tonic, the Cinder Salamander, Steady Hands, the Pressure Cooker or the Smokehouse.
Free smelts	40%	Smelts that cost no ore.
Pet growth	100%	Your pet grows faster.
Fire resistance	60%	Off the fire part of a hit.
Frost resistance	60%	Off the frost part of a hit.
Storm resistance	60%	Off the storm part of a hit.
Void resistance	60%	Off the void part of a hit.
Sun resistance	60%	Off the sun part of a hit.
mlm	25%
critres	30%
kheal	4%
block	10%
stride	10%
Thorns	50%	Damage you take that is dealt back.
Dodge	15%	Monster hits that miss you outright.
Block	30%	Hits that land for half (shields only).
Last Stand	40%	Under 30% health, this much less damage.
Ink drops	1%	A kill that drops an ink.
Second Chance	on or off	Once a day, a death that does not happen.
Poison resistance	60%	Off the poison part of a hit.
Bleed resistance	60%	Off the bleed part of a hit.
acc	15%
venom	15%
hp	8%
regen	0.5%
burn	15%
Bonus xp (Party Horn on top)	25%	The Party Horn's +5% with work clothes, gadgets, a Grand Opening and a pet's xp, together. Never on a 2X potion.
Golden Lure	x3	Golden respawns on your map; in a Gold Rush the Rush's x10 counts instead, never both. Two lures on one map are still x3.
Store clocks	4 at a time	Party Horn, 2X Prestige, Golden Lure and Travel Pass stack up to 4 lengths; the Event Pager to 28 days; the Long-Life Tin to 30 meals.

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