Homoerotic Ruby

Homoerotic Ruby
Flavor text	"Eternal flame, baby!"
Rock Type	Normal
Rarity	Rare

Homoerotic Ruby is a rock trinket added in The Spitshine Update.

Effects

• Grants a luck-affected chance to shoot flaming tears that burns enemies for 4 seconds on hit.
• Every 3 seconds, various enemies and bosses that are considered female (featuring the "Woman" affliction internally) have a chance to become berserk for 6.67 seconds.
  • Enemies that are already berserk will not have the status effect refreshed until after it has ended.

Notes

• The chance to shoot a flaming tear is equal to 10 + Luck + 5 × Trinket Multiplier%, with a maximum chance of 50%.
• The chance for female enemies to become berserk is equal to 5 + (5 × Trinket Multiplier)%, or a 10% chance with a total multiplier of 1, and a maximum chance of 30% with a total multiplier of 5.

Women List

The following list of enemies are considered female, and can become berserk through Homoerotic Ruby:

Interactions

• Trinket Multipliers: Multiplies the chance to shoot flaming tears, and affects the chance for enemies to become berserk.
• Sapphic Sapphire: Combines with Homoerotic Ruby to turn into Gay Garnet.
• Gay Garnet: If already holding Homoerotic Ruby, Gay Garnet increases the chance for enemies to become berserk to 25%, with no Trinket Multipliers.
  • Gay Garnet + Trinket Multipliers: With trinket multipliers, the chance would be calculated as 5 + (5 × Trinket Multiplier) + (5 × Trinket Multiplier + 10)%, reaching the 30% chance cap with a multiplier of 1.5 or higher.
• Azurite Spindown: Using Azurite Spindown on Homoerotic Ruby rerolls it into Arachnite.

Trivia

• Homoerotic Ruby, Sapphic Sapphire, and Gay Garnet are a reference to the cartoon series Steven Universe.
  • Homoerotic Ruby's flavor text is also a reference to a quote from the series.