Risk of Rain 2: SOTS Dev Diary #4 – A Delicious Survivor Reveal!

Today we get a look at the second of three new Survivors coming with the Seekers of the Storm Expansion: Chef!

That’s right! Chef is back! But this isn’t your grandpa’s Chef bot. Years of combat have hard-boiled his soul and perfected his culinary abilities. The long legs of past Chefs have been swapped with a huge roller—perfect for flattening out a nice, tidy pie crust or steamrolling whatever helpless Lemurians were unfortunate enough to wake up this morning.

Those years of primal culinary misadventures have trained Chef to have incredible control over his trusty cleavers. Hurl them at faraway enemies and call them back to slice and dice with twice the pain. Master the art of the cleaver and filet your way to victory.

Players who cook up something truly delicious will unlock Chef! So, get ready to sauté your way through hordes, blend your combat skills with culinary precision, and serve up some justice… à la mode.

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[invincabl]

August 27th is the day i will disappear from the face of this earth. I will not return until i have completed Seekers of the Storm.

[guiltyboi]

"Yes, chef!" We say in unison

[turnadolewankinski]

4:05
NEW ITEM SALE STAR
It looks like a regenerating consumable that DOUBLES THE ITEMS FROM A CHEST

[KazLordOfLightWarriors]

Chef seems to have FIVE Debuffs in his base kit, meaning he is the first survivor to need no synergy with Death Mark. Just a free 50% damage buff which is wild

[blacksporee]

I'm pleasntly suprised to see Gearbox isn't ruining Risk of Rain 2, so far I'm happy with these updates.

[tacocat]

I was not ready to hear such a soon release date plus couch co op? No freaking way, yall are cooking in so many ways!

[namelazz]

In the petri core straight up seaking it and by 'it' haha well, let's jusr say the store

[hajile]

Sale star (consumable green that replenishes each stage): doubles chess payout

[dovahfruit]

Can I just say how much I appreciate yall continuing the dev thoughts series, INCLUDING the continuation of Jonathans addition of the voice over! Everything you guys have been doing, from the game to how communication is handled, has been magnificent so far.

[EverydayAden]

Before watching this video the release seemed so far away, but now it’s suddenly only a week away. This is absolutely insane. And seeing chef return in Risk of Rain 2 is incredible. Can’t wait to grab this on launch. Amazing job, devs!

[Rakso-F-]

Item at 4:05 seems SO OP, imo it looks like a better repleneshing green printer item

[DryMexagon]

What I found (and am finding) in the video.
0:59, we see the chef bot, and a ton of food items. I know this is probably just for show, but seeing the clover and the bison steak, some of these other things might be new items (unlikely).

1:30, the enemy seems to have a debuff, probably what they said about the returning cleaver doing more damage.

1:37. A grey teardrop debuff is seen on the beetle. This could be another part of chef's abilities, but it could also be an item debuff.

1:38 the beetle drops something on death, likely because of that grey teardrop effect (chef's kiss passive, the teardrop may be unrelated).

1:40 a new green item can be seen by the teleporter. It is shaped like a tetrahedron with a little thingy on top.

Additionally at 1:40, a lemurian can be seen with another debuff, probably from an item in the inventory. It is shaped like grey fire? Maybe?

1:44, a white item can be seen being taken for an ATG. Looks like an oven.

1:45 another white item can be seen getting taken, red-ish and white.

1:51 the elder lemurians has a debuff that used to be exclusive to REX (weaken). New item?

1:54 the golem can be seen with another debuff, this one is grey and oval shaped.

1:56 shows a different teleporter. I am unsure whether this is truly stage 1 or stage 1 loop, but it seems like this might be what takes you to the other stages (those who don't know, it was leaked that there's going to be a void fields type thing where you go to a different stage and don't beat mythrix).

2:09 a green bottle can be seen dropping from one of the vermin (part of the chef's kiss).

3:34 we see a new golem like enemy.

4:06 we see a blue star item titled "Safe Star (consumed) ". It says "At the start of each stage, it transforms into a safe star." Maybe it protects you from damage a few times before being consumed?

4:07, the utility chest seems to drop two items. Maybe the star doubles your items from a chest?

4:09 we get a glimpse at a worm like enemy.

I am seeing many people say that it's sale star, not safe star. My bad.

[TheNetherFlare]

This video’s presentation reminds me of Phreak’s Champion Spotlights in League of Legends. Excited to hear that the expansion is almost here, I’m looking forward to playing it!

[gabuks]

Can't wait to get Eclipse 8 in both of these new survivors!!!

[Notgigachad-kwoh]

Here's everything new I noticed:
1:37 new oil and cleaver debuff
1:42 new green next to teleporter
1:44 -1:45 2 new commons, one looks like a phone other one i cant quite make out
1:49 weakened without REX?
1:56 a pillar
2:15 sringes in the air
2:28 new map
2:30 a little green orb is circling chef
3:34 blue orbs
3:36 new map and new enemy that looks like a xi construct golem, maybe some new enemies based of xi construct will come?
4:06 new green called sale star that doubles chest loot

Also we see a spin attack in the trailer.

[OddityEli]

Can't wait to glaze up a horde on August 27th!

[MetalPcAngel]

Oh boy, Survivors - the 27th, we are going to be cooking. Quite literally!

[fish]

That mobility skill is gonna be so fun

[TalonBX]

Gearbox sure was cooking with this one

[Icewallowcome]

chef seems like a melee/close quarter version of mul-t, thats cool