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All recipes in Backpack Battles

Let's make some epic weapons.

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Morgan Staggs

Published: Mar 8, 2024 01:53 pm

In order to win games in Backpack Battles, you will need to combine items to make powerful weapons, potions, and other items in order to defeat your opponents. Here is a list of all the currently available combinations, what they do, and all their stats.

Backpack Battles recipes

There are dozens of recipes in Backpack Battles, each used to boost weapons, add extra buffs to pets, make potions more powerful, and more. To upgrade a weapon or other item, you will need to place the item and its upgrade material next to each other in your backpack. After a round of them sitting next to each other, they will combine to make the new item. Here is what you can make.

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Weapon recipes in Backpack Battles

Holy Spear	Spear & Glowing Crown	Godly Holy Melee	On hit, destroy 6 shield, and cleanse 1 debuff for each starred free spot or holy item in front of it. Use 25 mana to become invulnerable and attack 100% faster once.
Molten Spear	Spear & Flame & Flame	Epic Fire Melee	Before missing, use 1 Heat to hit instead and deal +3 damage. On hit, destroy 4 Block for each Starred Fire item in front of it.
Flame Whip	Thorn Whip & Flame & Flame	Legendary Fire Melee	On hit, use 1 Spikes to gain 3 Heat and deal +6 damage.
Hero Sword	Wooden Sword & Whetstone & Whetstone	Epic Melee	Starred weapons gain +2 damage.
Hero Longsword	Hero Sword & Whetstone & Whetstone	Legendary Melee	Starred weapons gain +4 damage.
Burning Blade	Hero Longsword & Flame & Flame	Legendary Fire Melee	On hit, gain 1 Heat. At 4 heat gained, the Burning Blade and any Starred weapons gain +1 damage.
Falcon Blade	Hero Sword & Gloves of Haste & Gloves of Haste	Legendary Melee	Attacks twice, starred items trigger 30% faster.
Crossblades	Hero Longsword & Falcon Blade	Godly Melee	Starred weapons get 10 damage. Green diamonds triggers 60% faster. On hit, gain +1 damage and 3% faster.
Bloodthorne	Hungry Blade & Thorn Whip	Godly Vampiric Melee	On hit, use one regeneration to get one vampirism and one spike. Deals +1 damage per vampirism and spike.
Shovel	Pan & Broom	Rare Melee	On hit, get a chance to to inflict 1 blind. A chance of digging up a random item.

Poison Dagger	Dagger & Pestilence Flask	Epic Melee	On hit, give the target 2 poison. On stun, trigger an additional attack.
Molten Dagger	Dagger & Flame & Flame	Epic Fire Melee	On hit, use 1 Heat to gain 2 damage. On stun, triggers an extra attack.
Bloody Dagger	Dagger & Blood Amulet	Legendary Vampiric Melee	Gain 1 vampirism on hit. Heal 4 per starred vampiric item.
Manathirst	Hungry Blade & Mana Orb	Legendary Magic Vampirism Melee	Gain 1 mana. After 20 mana are gained, steal 10 life + 1 additional life for each vampirism you have.
Darksaber	Lightsaber & Corrupted Crystal	Godly Dark Melee	Deals +0.5 damage for each debuff the opponent has. On attack, use 1 mana to inflict 1 blind.
Spectral Dagger	Dagger & Mana Orb	Legendary Magic Melee	On attack, use 1 mana to attack health directly and deal +7 damage. On stun, triggers an additional attack.
Critwood Staff	Magic Staff & Acorn Collar	Legendary Magic Nature Ranged	Ranger exclusive. Use 4 mana to deal +7 damage, and all your attacks are critical for the next 1s.
Staff of Unhealing	Magic Staff & Demonic Flask	Godly Magic Dark Ranged	Reaper exclusive. Every 2s, heal for 11. Use 6 mana, for the next 2s, deal damage equal to what you heal.
Magic Staff	Broom & Mana Orb	Epic Magic Ranged	On attack, use 3 mana to deal +6 damage and increase its damage by 2 until the end of battle.
Staff of Fire	Magic Staff & Flame & Flame	Legendary Fire Magic Ranged	On attack, use 2 mana and 2 Heat to gain +5 damage.
Tusk Piercer	Bow and Arrow & Walrus Tusk	Legendary Nature Ranged	Ranger exclusive. Gain 2 spikes at the start of the battle. When a starred weapon hits, use 1 spike to add 8 damage to Tusk Piercer's next attack.
Fortuna's Grace	Bow and Arrow & Lucky Clover & Lucky Clover	Legendary Nature Ranged	Ranger exclusive. Gain 2 luck at the beginning of battle. When a starred weapons crits, Fortuna's Grace attack twice the next time it attacks.
Belladonna’s Whisper	Bow and Arrow & Pestilence Flask	Legendary Nature Ranged	Ranger exclusive. For every 9 damage starred weapons deal, get "next attack with Belladonna's Whisper inflicts +1 Poison." Deals +0.5 damage per Poison on your opponent.
Claws of Attack	Gloves of Haste & Walrus Tusk	Epic Melee	Attacks 5% faster with every 1 spike. After 4 hits, gain 1 empower.
Eggscalibur	Pan & Heroic Potion	Legendary Holy Melee	Deals +1 damage for each starred food. On attack, use 12 mana to trigger all starred foods.
Pandamonium	Pan & Corrupted Crystal	Legendary Dark Melee	When starred foods activate, inflicts 1 poison.

Armor recipes in Backpack Battles

Stone Helm	Cap of Resilience & Stone Skin Potion	Legendary Helmet	At the start of battle, reduce damage by 25% for 5s, and gain 20 shield. Gain a 25% chance to prevent incoming attacks being crits. Gain a 25% chance to prevent being stunned.
Cap of Discomfort	Cap of Resilience & Corrupted Crystal	Legendary Helmet	At the start of battle, reduce damage by 25% for 5s. Whenever your opponent gains a buff, you have a 15% chance to nullify it. Your opponent's healing is reduced by 30%.
Corrupted Armor	Holy Armor & Corrupted Crystal	Godly Dark Armor	Starred Holy items are now also Dark. Starred Dark items to help prevent debuffs you've given you opponent from being cleansed. Gain 70 shield at the beginning of the battle. Every 2s, cleanse 2 debuffs from yourself and put them on your opponent.
Sun Armor	Holy Armor & Flame & Flame	Godly Holy Fire Armor	Starred Fire items are also Holy. At the start of battle, gain 70 Block. Gain 1 Heat for each Starred Holy item. Every 3s, use 1 Heat to heal for 25 and remove 2 debuffs.
Moon Shield	Shield of Valor & Mana Orb	Godly Holy Shield	Starred items gives you +30% shield. For each 12 shield gained this way, get 1 mana. On attacked, get a 35% chance to prevent 12 damage and remove 0.7 stamina from your opponent.
Sun Shield	Shield of Valor & Flame & Flame	Godly Holy Fire Shield	When attacked, 35% chance to prevent 14 damage and remove 0.7 stamina from your opponent. When Starred items gain 10 Block, deal 4 damage.
Vampiric Gloves	Gloves of Haste & Blood Amulet	Godly Vampiric Gloves	After 4s, gain 5 vampirism, and starred items trigger 35% faster.
Vampiric Armor	Leather Armor & Blood Amulet	Legendary Vampiric Armor	At the beginning of the battle, convert 30 health to 60 shield and gain 2 vampirism. Every 3s, convert 10 health to 20 shield.
Spiked Shield	Wooden Buckler & Walrus Tusk	Rare Shield	When melee attacked, get a 35% chance to prevent 4 damage, remove 0.3 stamina from your opponent, and gain 1 spike up to 3 spikes total.

Torch and Fire Source recipes in Backpack Battles

Torch	Wooden Sword & Lump of Coal	Rare Melee	On hit, get a 25% chance to gain 1 damage.
Burning Coal	Lump of Coal & Source of Fire*	Epic Fire Gemstone	When put in weapons: On hit, get 12% chance to deal +6 damage and gain 1 Heat. When put in armor: Start of battle: Gain 15 Block. Resist 3 Cold. When in backpack: After 5s: Gain 2 Heat, cleanse 3 debuffs.
Burning Torch	Torch & Source of Fire	Epic Fire Melee	At the start of battle, gain 2 Heat. On hit, get a 35% chance to gain 1 damage. If you have at least 15 Heat, gain 2 damage instead.
Magic Torch	Torch & Mana Potion	Legendary Magic Fire Melee	On hit and using 1 Mana, this and starred weapons gain 1 damage.

*Sources of fire: Ruby Egg, Ruby Whelp, Ruby Chonk, Holo Fire Lizard, and Burning Coal.

Potion recipes in Backpack Battles

Strong Health Potion	Health Potion & Healing Herbs	Epic Potion	When your health drops below 50%, consume this and heal for 18, gain 2 Regeneration and cleanse 4 Poison.
Strong Stone Skin Potion	Stone Skin Potion & Stone & Stone	Legendary Potion	When you have at least 45 Block, consume this and convert 15 health to 35 Block and gain 2 spikes for 4s.
Strong Heroic Potion	Heroic Potion & Banana	Legendary Potion	When you are out of stamina, consume this and regenerate 4 stamina and gain 1 Empower.
Strong Pestilence Flask	Fly Agaric & Pestilence Flask	Legendary Potion	Reaper exclusive. When your opponent regenerates health, consume this and inflict 3 Poison and 1 Poison to yourself. After 7s, inflict another 3 Poison.
Mana Potion	Health Potion & Blueberries	Epic Potion	When mana is used or your health drops below 50%, consume this and gain 4 Mana and 15 maximum health.
Strong Demonic Flask	Demonic Flask & Corrupted Crystal	Godly Dark Potion	Reaper exclusive. If an opponent drops below 50% health, consume this and steal 0.4 life for each debuff of your opponent, and for 3s, reduce opponent's healing by 30%.

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Pet recipes in Backpack Battles

Armored Courage Puppy	Courage Puppy & Forging Hammer	Godly Melee Pet	Deals +2 damage for each Starred Pet. Cannot be blocked or trigger Spikes.
Armored Power Puppy	Power Puppy & Forging Hammer	Godly Pet	Every 3.5s, randomly gain 1 Luck, 1 Regeneration, or 1 Empower. Triggers 10% faster for each Starred food.
Carrot Goobert	Goobert & Carrot & Carrot	Epic Nature Pet	Ranger exclusive. Carrot Goobert, the exclusive pet of the Ranger, removes debuffs and increases the damage of all weapons by 2 for 4 seconds.
Chili Goobert	Goobert & Chili Pepper	Epic Nature Pet	Upon the activation of a five-Starred item, heal for 10 and gain 2 Heat.
Poison Goobert	Goobert & Fly Agaric & Fly Agaric	Epic Nature Pet	Starred item activations cleanses 3 random debuffs and gain 2 Empower for 4 seconds.
Steel Goobert	Goobert & Hero Sword	Legendary Pet	When a starred item activates, diamonded weapons gain +2 damage. Gain 16 Block.
Blood Goobert	Goobert & Blood Amulet	Legendary Blood Pet	At the start of battle, gain 2 Vampirism. When starred items activates, steal 10 life, increased by 1 for each Vampirism.
Light Goobert	Goobert & Lightsaber	Godly Holy Pet	On starred item activations, heal for 20 and inflict 6 Blind for 3s.
Rainbow Goobert Megasludge Alphapuddle	Goobert & Carrot Goobert & Steel Goobert & Blood Goobert & Light Goobert	Godly Vampiric Holy Pet	Ranger exclusive. On starred item activations, heal for 20, gain 20 Block, 2 Vampirism, and 2 Empower, inflict 4 Blind, and give Starred Weapons +4 damage.
Rainbow Goobert Omegaooze Primeslime	Goobert & Poison Goobert & Steel Goobert & Blood Goobert & Light Goobert	Godly Vampiric Holy Pet	Reaper exclusive. On starred item activations, heal for 20, gain 20 Block, and 2 Vampirism, inflict 4 Blind and 4 poison, and give Starred Weapons +4 damage.
Rainbow Goobert Epicglob Uberviscous	Chili Goobert & Goobert & Goobert & Goobert & Goobert	Godly Vampiric Holy Nature Pet	Upon six-Starred item activations, heal for 20, gain 20 Block, 2 Vampirism, and 4 Heat, inflict 4 Blind, and give Starred Weapons +4 damage.
Ruby Chonk	Ruby Whelp & Holo Fire Lizard	Godly Ranged Pet	Reaper exclusive. On hit, gain 1 Heat. When you have at least 12 Heat, Ruby Chonk gains a 30% chance to stun your opponent for 0.4s.

Other item recipes in Backpack Battles

Quality Gemstones	2 Gems of the same rarity	1 Gem of higher rarity	Amethyst, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz. Chipped, Flawed, Regular, Flawless, Perfect.
Bunch of Coins	Hammer & Piggybank	Money	Breaking a piggy bank with a hammer gives you 5 coings.
Heart of Darkness	Heart Container & Corrupted Crystal	Godly Dark Accessory	Every 4s, steal 2 buffs, prioritizing Regeneration. Triggers 20% faster for each Star Dark item. Use 7 Regeneration to gain 80 maximum health, 4 Empower and your opponent's healing is reduced by 40% (once).
Lucky Piggy	Piggybank & Lucky Clover & Lucky Clover	Epic Accessory	Whenever you enter the shop, gain 1 Gold. At the start of battle, gain 2 Luck. Chance-based effects of the Star items are 15% more likely to trigger.
Platinum Customer Card	Customer Card & Customer Card	Epic Accessory	Reflects 2 debuffs for each starred Legendary, Godly, or Unique items. You can gain an additional unique item. You have a 10% increase in the chance of getting uniques.

How to craft in Backpack Battles

In order to craft items in Backpack Battles, you need to place the items next to one another in your backpack. After a full round, the items will merge together to make the new item. If the screen does not flash green text with the item you are planning to make, as it shows in the screenshot above, you have gotten the recipe wrong, or the items are not touching one another in your backpack.

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