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Jester · Hell, Reality, and Blood Moon

High-difficulty pressure

A tighter route for dangerous rooms and bosses, pairing stronger payoff windows with a deliberate survival choice.

Best fit
Hell, Reality, and Blood Moon
Run mode
Experienced solo or coordinated team
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How the hunter contributes

Lucky support. Novice's Luck can raise Critical Chance and Smite Chance by 15%.

Combat plan

Enter each room with Novice's Luck ready, spend that protection deliberately, then use Justice Heart's short fire-rate and reload window to convert safety into pressure. The route shortens the reset and rewards each consume-and-regain cycle. A tighter route for dangerous rooms and bosses, pairing stronger payoff windows with a deliberate survival choice.

Co-op responsibility

Protect the team's tempo. Take the safer revive or healing line when the group is losing rooms, and leave narrow damage pickups to the teammate whose loop already uses them.

Acquisition plan

Acquisition plan

01

Early run

Take immediate room control or damage first; do not reserve several slots for an endgame combination that cannot clear the next fight.

02

Mid run

Lock the defensive row and complete one elemental or weapon loop before adding another conditional multiplier.

03

Late run

Use the burst window on priority targets, but preserve a revive, dodge, or health answer for difficulty modifiers that interrupt skills.

Five-row upgrade route

Five-row upgrade route

Take one upgrade from each row. The listed effects are the current in-game wording; conditions remain conditional in Planner totals.

  1. 01
    Fluctuant Fortune

    Each time Jester takes damage, [Novice's Luck] cooldown reduces by 10 seconds.

  2. 02
    High Fighting Spirit

    The lower Jester's Health, the stronger the effect of [Justice Heart], increasing its effect by 50% of Jester's missing Health.

  3. 03
    Constant Luck

    [Novice's Luck] cooldown reduces by 30 seconds.

  4. 04
    Indomitable

    When Jester takes a Fatal Hit, he instantly restores 50% Max Health. Triggers once per run.

  5. 05
    I will be a Hero!

    [Justice Heart] lasts 4 seconds longer and additionally increases Jester's Movement Speed by 60%, Reload Speed by 40%, and Final Damage by 40%.

Core and substitute package

Core and substitute package

Weapons

Death Dominator game artDeath Dominator[Final Shot]: Applies Death Mark. When it reaches 4 stacks or the target dies, bursts a Death Ring that applies [Freeze] to everyone. • [Freeze] also applies Death Mark and directly executes enemies below 10% Health.Dark Ice game artDark IceWhen you have [Armor], shooting has a 20% Adaptive Chance to trigger Battle Skill. When you have [Armor], shooting has a 20% Adaptive Chance to trigger Battle Skill. When you have [Armor], shooting has a 20% Adaptive Chance to trigger Battle Skill. When you have [Armor], shooting has a 20% Adaptive Chance to trigger Battle Skill. When you have more than 60 [Armor], Battle Skill Damage +100%. Each time a Battle Skill fails to trigger, its trigger chance increases by 1% until it triggers. When you have [Armor], shooting has a 20% Adaptive Chance to trigger Battle Skill. When you have more than 60 [Armor], Battle Skill Damage +100%. Each time a Battle Skill fails to trigger, its trigger chance increases by 1% until it triggers.

Relics

Unbreakable Bulwark game artUnbreakable Bulwark• Embarkation,,Destination: Grants 8 [Armor]. • When hit: Damage taken will not exceed your [Armor] stacks. • Your [Armor] limit +1000. • On gaining [Armor]: Gain +100% Armor.High Priestess's Wreath game artHigh Priestess's Wreath• [Destination]: Restores 30% of your lost Health.Strength Greaves game artStrength Greaves• Max Health +100%, but Dodge cooldown +2 seconds.

Tarot

The High Priestess (Reversed) game artThe High Priestess (Reversed)Overhealing is converted into 2x the amount of [Armor].The Star game artThe StarWhen you take a Fatal Hit, fully restores Health, then destroys [Tarot Card - The Star].

Failure boundary and pivot

Failure boundary and pivot

Pivot as soon as the survival layer or main payoff cannot be completed without sacrificing current room clear. Pivot when luck triggers are not appearing or the team already has enough sustain. Keep the defensive core, then take the strongest verified weapon loop the run actually offers.

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Editorial record

Review and sources

Reviewed by
Pass the Fear Wiki editorial desk
Published
Jul 30, 2026
Last reviewed
Aug 2, 2026
Data status
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