Red Cap

A rare head armor from The Core, part of the Meat set. Starts with +1 Damage and grants another +1 Damage with every enemy kill, with no cap. A cursed version can also appear from the Leakingmeat event in The Caves.

The kill-stacking damage bonus carries forward through the entire run, not just per fight. In The Core, which features dense enemy populations, the Red Cap can snowball aggressively when worn early or when kill-farming is possible. The damage stacks apply to all attack types that scale with the Damage stat.

The full Meat set — Red Cap, Crimson Mask, and Pound of Flesh — triples the rate of kill-stack accumulation. Best on builds that can efficiently close out enemies fast, turning the snowball into an overwhelming late-game damage advantage.