In Abyssus, survival isn’t just about your weapons—it’s about mastering Aspects and their Blessings. Found at altars, these upgrades shape each run by enhancing damage, defense, abilities, or even gold gains. Since they reset after every expedition, learning how Aspects work is key to building strong, synergized loadouts. This guide breaks down every Aspect, their benefits, and the most useful Blessings to look for.
Understanding Aspects
Aspects are temporary upgrade paths that define your approach in a given expedition. Every run, altars will randomly offer different categories and Blessings, meaning no two attempts play out the same. What they can do for you:
- Boost or alter your damage type
- Enhance raw damage numbers
- Strengthen shields and health
- Increase your gold earnings
Just keep in mind: none of these carry over. When a run ends, you’ll always be starting fresh.
Using Altars
When you find an altar, you’ll need to make two choices. First, select an Aspect, then pick one of two Blessings linked to it. That Blessing is placed into one of your attack slots: Primary Fire (your main weapon), Secondary Fire (alternate fire), or Ability (your sub-weapon or skill).
Some Blessings perform better in certain slots—for example, defensive upgrades are usually more useful on Primary or Secondary Fire since they’re triggered more often in combat. There’s also a stacking system: collecting three Blessings from the same Aspect grants a Minor upgrade, while six unlocks a Major one. These bonuses can significantly change your build and often work well alongside charms.
Aspect Breakdown
Here’s what each Aspect brings to the table and the standout Blessings tied to them:
Defense (Primary/Secondary): Generates barriers and raises max health. Top picks: Rapid Barrier, Retaliating Barrier
- Night (Ability): Inflicts shadow effects and lengthens debuffs. Top picks: Rupturing Shadows, Weakening Shadows
- Ocean (Ability): Summons tentacles and provides ally buffs. Top pick: Explosives
- Spirit (Any): Calls spirits that slam enemies with heavy damage. Top picks: Plentiful Spirits, Aggression Possession
- Blood (Ability): Scales damage with your health and causes hemorrhage. Top picks: Blood Offering, Blood Ability
- Lightning (Primary/Secondary): AoE damage that spreads through chain lightning. Top picks: Static Repetition, Charging Bounce
- Fire (Primary/Secondary): Burns enemies over time; stacks extra flame damage. Top picks: Linked Flames, Stacking Flames
- Fortune (Ability): Earns more gold and boosts damage the richer you are. Top picks: Distracting Glare, Exponential Gold
- Frost (Primary): Slows and freezes enemies; combos well with Night. Top picks: Quick Freeze, Heavy Freeze
- Wind (Ability): Creates windbursts that hit all nearby foes. Top picks: Whirling Winds, Headwind
Not sure what you’ve already unlocked? Head to the Logbook in the lobby. It saves a history of past runs and lists every Aspect and Blessing you’ve discovered so far.
