Pound of Flesh

A rare neck armor from The Core, part of the Meat set. Grants +1 Damage passively and a permanent additional +1 Damage every time you kill an enemy. A cursed version can also drop from the Leakingmeat event in The Caves.

The kill-stack damage bonus is permanent for the duration of the run — it doesn't reset between fights. This means a character who accumulates kills throughout The Core will progressively hit harder in every subsequent encounter. There is no known upper cap, making early and consistent kill accumulation extremely valuable.

Pair it with the Red Cap and Crimson Mask to triple the kill-scaling rate — every kill generates three separate +1 Damage stacks simultaneously. Best on aggressive classes with high kill potential like Fighter, Hunter, or Necromancer builds that chain enemies efficiently.