Lantern Relic

Is Lantern good in Slay the Spire 2?

Lantern is a common relic in Slay the Spire 2. While carried, it does the following: Start each combat with an additional Energy. It currently underperforms most relics, sitting at D tier in our Slay the Spire 2 relic rankings.

Across 2323 recorded runs, decks carrying it win 36.2% of the time, comfortably clear of the 13.8% average, by 22.4%. It’s a more situational relic, showing up in just 11.1% of runs. The class that gets the most out of it is the Silent, at a 41.0% win rate. Silent players hold onto it in 11.5% of their runs.

It combos especially well with Beat Down, worth a +48.0% win-rate swing together. Another strong card to run with it is Beacon of Hope, worth +42.7% to its win rate. On average it’s acquired around floor 22 of a run. Its common rarity shapes how frequently you’ll run into it.

It has 837 run wins against 1473 losses in our tracked data. When runs carrying it end, the most frequent culprit is Test Subject Boss, which closes out 6.5% of them. Read on for Lantern’s complete card, class, and threat breakdown before you decide to pick it up.

Pick or Skip: Lantern

Out of 3339 recorded offers Lantern is taken 70.0% of the time, and taking it is worth +10.9% in pick lift — 36.3% for runs that picked it against 25.4% for runs that skipped, across 2321 decided runs.

Taken 2339 times out of 3339 offers.

Pick rate when offered counts offers, not runs: out of every time the game put this in front of a player, how often it was taken. It is not the same number as the share of runs that end up containing it.

Pick lift is the sample-adjusted gap between runs that took the option and runs that passed on it. It is the fair way to rank choices, because raw win rates put the smallest samples on top.

Best Cards with Lantern

Ranked by win-rate lift, the best cards to run with Lantern are Beat Down (+48.0%), Beacon of Hope (+42.7%), and Mayhem (+38.8%).

Beat Down+48.0%20 runsBeacon of Hope+42.7%19 runsMayhem+38.8%29 runsBombardment+37.6%42 runsMake It So+36.1%47 runsCalamity+36.0%19 runs

Based on small co-occurring samples — treat these as early signals, not final verdicts.

Lantern Win Rate by Class

Lantern shows up across 5 classes, led by Silent (41.0%), Necrobinder (40.6%), and Regent (39.9%) by win rate.

The Silent41.0%541 runsThe Necrobinder40.6%421 runsThe Regent39.9%372 runsThe Ironclad33.6%553 runsThe Defect25.3%419 runs

Lantern Details

Lantern is a common relic carried in 11.1% of runs and usually picked up around floor 22.

Start each combat with an additional Energy.

What Ends Runs with Lantern

Lantern’s most common run-enders are Test Subject Boss (6.5%), Aeonglass Boss (5.6%), and Queen Boss (5.2%).

• Test Subject Boss6.5% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss5.6% of runs
• Queen Boss5.2% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.8% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss4.5% of runs

See Also

Compare Lantern with the rest of the best Slay the Spire 2 relics, cards, and classes below.