Aquamarine Ring

Aquamarine Ring

Type	Ring
Location	Adventurer's Guild; Fishing Treasure Chest (0.05%); Haunted Skull (1.3%)
Price	2500g
Sell Price	200g

Reaching floor 40 of the Mines finishes the Deeper In The Mine quest, and Marlon answers by adding the Aquamarine Ring to his shelf. It raises a weapon's critical strike chance by a tenth, which puts it at the start of the only build in the game that aims for big single hits rather than steady ones. The ring is a percentage rather than a flat bonus, so it pays most to the weapons that already crit often, and that means daggers. Haunted Skulls in the Quarry Mine drop it too, which is how plenty of farmers get their first one without visiting the Guild. Combined at the Forge with the Jade Ring it becomes the foundation of a crit setup, and the Scout and Desperado professions stack on top of that.

Location

Marlon's stock is the dependable route, and the trip costs 2,500g once floor 40 has been reached. The same shelf holds the Jade Ring at the same price, which is a decision worth thinking about before paying.

Haunted Skulls are the other route worth hunting. They drop the ring about one time in eighty, and the Quarry Mine behind the Quarry is the place to find them reliably rather than by luck of the floor. The same monster is the only one that drops Magic Rock Candy, so a few trips there tend to pay for themselves.

Fishing chests hold the ring as well, from Fishing level 2 upwards, although nobody plans around that.

Effect

Every weapon carries its own chance to land a critical hit, and a critical hit triples the damage it would otherwise do. The Aquamarine Ring lifts that chance by ten percent of itself. A Wicked Kris, the dagger with the best natural crit chance in the Mines, goes from six percent to six and a half with one ring and to seven and a fifth with two. Those are small numbers, and they are the reason the ring is argued about.

The reason to wear it anyway is that every crit multiplier in the game multiplies the same base. Choosing Scout at Combat level 5 raises crit chance by half, Blessing of Fangs from the Volcano Dungeon raises it again, and forging Aquamarines into the weapon itself raises the weapon's own figure. Each of those makes the ring worth more than it was on its own, and a well assembled crit build lands them often enough to feel the difference on a Mummy or a Serpent.

Taking Desperado at Combat level 10 is what turns the chance into a reason. Desperado doubles critical damage after every other bonus has been counted, so a hit that already did triple damage lands far harder. A farmer on the Fighter and Brute path, whose damage is flat and reliable, has far less use for the ring and is usually better served by the Ruby Ring.

Notes

Two of these rings can be worn at once and the bonus simply adds up, which is the cheap route to a noticeable crit chance before Ginger Island opens. After the Forge is reachable that stops being the sensible choice, because twenty Cinder Shards will fold the ring together with a different one and free the second finger entirely.

The ring drops into the blue pot at the dye pots in Emily and Haley's house, which is a short list of items and worth remembering when a shirt needs the colour.

All Rings

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Image	Price
Amethyst Ring		100g
Aquamarine Ring		200g
Burglar's Ring		750g
Crabshell Ring		1000g
Emerald Ring		300g
Glow Ring		100g
Glowstone Ring		100g
Hot Java Ring		100g
Immunity Band		250g
Iridium Band		1000g
Jade Ring		200g
Jukebox Ring		100g
Lucky Ring		100g
Magnet Ring		100g
Napalm Ring		1000g
Phoenix Ring		100g
Protection Ring		100g
Ring of Yoba		750g
Ruby Ring		300g
Savage Ring		750g
Slime Charmer Ring		350g
Small Glow Ring		50g
Small Magnet Ring		50g
Soul Sapper Ring		100g
Sturdy Ring		750g
Thorns Ring		100g
Topaz Ring		100g
Vampire Ring		750g
Warrior Ring		750g