Dungeon Clawler: Endless Mode Guide

Endless Mode tips and tricks for Dungeon Clawler-items, perks, and strategies.

Most items become less useful as the game progresses, so focus on selecting items that scale effectively as you move forward.

Count Clawcula: 10% damage to healing.
2x Felina: Permanent pet, scales well with strength and works well with thorns and reflect.

2x Hand of Midas: Helps clear fluff and gain critical extra coins early on.
2x Magnet: Keeps coins, Gauntlets, and Brass Knuckles together.
3x Brass Knuckles: Provides dodge and basic attack. Becomes more powerful with thorns or reflect against higher-level mobs.
2x Hand Mirror: Needed when dodge is unavailable (due to thorns or reflect) or when Holy Shield is missing.
1x Morning Star: Scales well with decent block.
2x Spiky Stressball: Useful early until the Amulet is found, then replace it. Spikes become dangerous later with thorns or reflect on higher-level mobs.
3x Amulet of Strength: Essential to kick off strength, which will scale with Strength potions.
2x Holy Shield: Useful early on when dodge isn’t stacked yet.
4x Gauntlet: Scales well after activating Pearl+ several times.
2x Helmet: Scales with block to enhance the Morning Star.
3+ Harpoons: Doubles item usage, crucial for maximizing single-use items.

5+ Strength Potions: Essential to defeat large enemies and scale with pets.
5+ Pearl+: Upgraded Pearl boosts Gauntlet and Dodge buffs. Unupgraded Pearl is useless.

Upgrade items as needed, but Magnet and Hand of Midas are important early on to start gaining coins.
Gauntlets and Brass Knuckles help keep defenses up.
Amulet of Strength and Strength Potions are crucial for increasing damage.
Prioritize Pearls as they are ineffective without upgrades.

Remove unnecessary items to prevent interference with block buffs and strength required to defeat large mobs.

Perks will vary depending on what is available, but here’s a starting guide to help you decide.

Magic Mirror: Doubles the first item used each turn (great for single-use items).
Picky: Doubles individual item usage (also good for single-use items).

5x Saving Account: Grants 10% extra coins based on current coins, maxing out at 50 x 5.
5x Golden Armor: Adds 2 max health per 10 coins, scales well with a lot of coins.
4x Blockmaster: Scales with Gauntlet buffs, Helmet, and Morning Star.
5+ Catsuit: Increases dodge potential; prioritize this after maxing other perks.

4x Bargain: Keeps costs down, helping save coins for Saving Account and Golden Armor.
9x Hard Hits: Adds 10% Crit per perk, achieving 100% Crit.
3x Hoarder: Adds 10 additional items per drop, ensuring all items are visible at the start.
2x Magnetism: Helps collect coins, Brass Knuckles, and Gauntlets.
Weaklings: Reduces enemy HP by 25%.

Certain items can be transmuted to improve their effectiveness over time.

Hand of Midas: Metal > Plastic or Glass (easier to clear fluff).
Amulet of Strength: Glass > Metal (increases strength when magnets are used).
Spiky Stressball: Plastic > Metal (more strength when magnets are used).
Helmet: Metal > Plastic or Glass (easier to use when needed).

Perks are crucial for progression, so aim to go for chests first and then the ? rooms, which contain purple bags with mystery perks. Collect all three bags for a significant advantage.

Brass Knuckles: Focus on dodge stacking early, as the Catsuit retains all unused dodges.
Amulet of Strength: Kicks off base strength, which multiplies with Strength potions.
Strength Potions: Boost strength for harder hits.
Gauntlet: Provides a base block buff, amplified by Pearl+.
Pearl+: Multiplies dodge and block buffs.
Helmet: After gaining enough block with Blockmaster, use it to boost the Morning Star.
Morning Star: Uses retained block for a powerful hit (loses 20% block).

Too Many Attacks Early: Use Holy Shield to prevent damage unless you can stack dodge quickly.
Thorns: Avoid attacking when you can’t handle the thorns damage. Let your pets do the work, or eliminate the thorns early before they stack too much.
Reflect: Don’t perform a big hit unless you can handle the reflected damage.