To stand a chance against some of Rise of the Ronin’s toughest enemies, you’ll want to increase your max health. Fortunately, it’s quite easy to do.
Players can invest in a number of different aspects of their character in Rise of the Ronin, including their maximum health. Doing so will give them a fighting chance against the game’s challenging bosses, as well as ease newcomers into the genre. There are a number of ways you can increase your health, and we go over all of them below.
How to Increase Your Max Health in Rise of the Ronin
There are four ways to increase your max health in Rise of the Ronin. The easiest method is to unlock the Max Health Skill Node in the Strength Skill Tree. This has four levels, with each level increasing your maximum health by 4.5%. Alternatively, you can increase your Unarmed weapon proficiency, as every other level will grant you a small boost to your Max Health. Once you’ve completed the game, you can invest your Skill Points into the Max Health Skill of the Breakthrough Skill Tree. Finally, you can equip gear that increases your max health. Here is a breakdown of each method.
- Unlock the Max Health Skill Node in the Strength Skill Tree. This is the fourth Node in the third column of the Strength Skill Tree. You can unlock this four times. The first time will get you 4.5% increase to your max health, then 9%, then 13.5%, and finally 18%. It’s worth noting that you’ll have to unlock the Auto-Life Recovery (Out of Battle), Unarmed Counterspark, and Decreased Ki Consumption (Guarding) skills first before it becomes accessible.
- Increase your Unarmed weapon proficiency. Every other level of this proficiency increases your max health. The first is by 0.2%, the second 0.3%, the fourth 0.4%, and so on.
- Invest in the Max Health Skill Node of the Breakthrough Skill Tree. After beating the main game, you’ll unlock the Breakthrough Skill Tree. The first Node on the second column is the Max Health Skill. You can unlock this 15 times, with each time giving you 50 additional health for a total of 750 extra health points.
- Equip armor that gives you a health boost. There are certain pieces of gear that will give you a slight boost to your Max Health.
In order to unlock the Max Health Skill Node in the Strength Skill Tree, you’ll need to get your hands on Rare Skill Points. Fortunately, we’ve covered that in our Skill Points guide. That’s everything you need to know about increasing your max health in Rise of the Ronin. For more guides just like this one, be sure to check out our Guide Hub.