Valor Mortis Ambers
Every Amber in Valor Mortis: what each one does at rank I, II and III, how many copies the game hides, and the chests, side quests and elite enemies that hold them. Ambers go into 5 slots that open at player levels 1, 3, 5, 7, 9.
- Ambers
- 2915 ranked · 14 single-rank
- Amber slots
- 5Open at levels 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
- Highest rank
- III15 Ambers stack to rank III
- Copies in the world
- 6244 in chests · 5 quest · 12 elite · 1 gift
- First Ambers
- The Battlefield9 Ambers in the first region
- Amber Build Planner
- Plan all 5 slots
All 29 Ambers by type
Game dataGrouped by what the effect touches (our grouping); inside each group, in the order the campaign first offers them. Open an Amber for every source, its nearest Lantern and what it pairs with.
Melee · 5 Ambers
Ambers that change melee damage, parries and attacks out of a dodge.
Duellist's FocusIncreases the Parry window for Melee Weapons.First found: The Battlefield · Treasure chest
PerfectionismIncrease melee damage dealt when your Health is full.At rank III: Melee damage at full Health +20%First found: Valley of Ashes · Treasure chest
Glass SoldierIncrease Melee damage dealt at the cost of more damage taken.At rank III: Melee damage dealt +30%First found: Fallen Village · Treasure chest, Elite enemy drop
Warrior's FuryKilling an enemy increases your movement speed and damage for a short while.At rank III: Damage bonus +30%First found: Fallen Village · Treasure chest, Elite enemy drop
Fire BreathingAttacking while Dodging causes a burning explosion.Explosion damage 20First found: Fortress · Elite enemy drop
Firearms · 6 Ambers
Ambers for Firearms: aiming, reloads, ammunition and Weak Point shots.
Dilated MomentHolding Aim with a Firearm slows the perception of time but consumes Endurance and lowers Firearms damage.Damage while aiming -10%First found: The Battlefield · Treasure chest
Volatile EndShooting an enemy's Weak Point causes a damaging explosion.Explosion damage 50First found: The Battlefield · Treasure chest
Lucky ShotUsing a Firearm has a small chance of not consuming Ammunition.At rank III: Chance to keep ammunition +20%First found: Valley of Ashes · Quest reward, Treasure chest
Marksman's BaneAllows you to Parry bullets, granting a Pistol round on a successful Parry.First found: Valley of Ashes · Treasure chest
Sleight of HandReduces the reload times for Firearms and speeds up weapon switching.Reload & switch speed +20%First found: Valley of Ashes · Quest reward
Sixth SenseIncreases Firearm damage during Perfect Dodges. Dodging bullets briefly slows the perception of time.First found: City of Orphans · Treasure chest
Transmutations & Nephtoglobin · 5 Ambers
Ambers that feed Transmutations: Nephtoglobin regeneration, healing from Transmutation damage and status build-up.
Bottomless WellSlowly regenerates lost Nephtoglobin over time.At rank III: Nephtoglobin regeneration 0.25First found: The Battlefield · Treasure chest, Quest reward, Elite enemy drop
Life DivertedFerrofluid Flasks now restore Nephtoglobin instead of Health. A portion of damage dealt by Transmutations is siphoned back, replenishing your Health.At rank III: Healing from damage dealt +15%First found: The Battlefield · Treasure chest
Transmuted PersistenceDamaging enemies with Transmutations restores Recoverable Health.Recoverable Health multiplier +100%First found: The Battlefield · Treasure chest
Lunatic's GraspSpeeds up Ignite and Stasis buildup at the cost of lower resistance to these effects.At rank III: Ignite & Stasis build-up +50%First found: Caverns · Treasure chest
Equivalent ExchangeAllows you to sacrifice Health when Nephtoglobin is depleted.Health cost multiplier +10%First found: Vale of Wrath · Elite enemy drop
Ferrofluid Flask · 4 Ambers
Ambers that change what a Ferrofluid Flask does when you drink it.
Iron GripThe act of using a Ferrofluid Flask is faster and cannot be interrupted.Flask use speed +50%First found: The Battlefield · Treasure chest
Potent ConcoctionUsing a Ferrofluid Flask restores Nephtoglobin as well as Health.At rank III: Nephtoglobin restored +40%First found: Valley of Ashes · Treasure chest
Tomorrow's PromiseThe Ferrofluid Flask grants Health regeneration over time.At rank III: Total healing +30%First found: Fallen Village · Quest reward, Treasure chest
Limit BreakConverts the excess healing from a Ferrofluid Flask into temporary additional Health.Bonus Health decay per second -1First found: Caverns · Treasure chest
Survival · 6 Ambers
Health regeneration, healing from hits and Critical Attacks, and damage resistance.
Butcher's CarnageGain Health by striking enemies with Melee Attacks. You can no longer use Ferrofluid Flasks for healing.At rank III: Health per melee hit +10%First found: The Battlefield · Treasure chest
Wound that HealsSlowly regenerate lost Health over time.At rank III: Health regeneration 0.1First found: The Battlefield · Treasure chest, Elite enemy drop
DominatusRestores Health when performing Critical Attacks.At rank III: Flat healing per Critical Attack 30First found: Valley of Ashes · Treasure chest, Elite enemy drop
Indestructible ShellReduces the damage taken from explosions.At rank III: Explosion resistance +60%First found: Valley of Ashes · Treasure chest
Bountiful HarvestPicking up Nephtoglobin Remnants restores Health.At rank III: Health per Remnant +5%First found: City of Orphans · Elite enemy drop
PaybackGetting hit when low on Health causes a Stasis explosion.Explosion damage 20First found: University · Elite enemy drop
Utility · 3 Ambers
Catalyst income, stealth, and the Amber that raises the rank of your others.
Perfect CopyIncreases the ranks of all other equipped Tier 1 and Tier 2 Ambers.First found: Valley of Ashes · Treasure chest
SurplusYou will gain more Catalysts when killing enemies.At rank III: Extra Catalysts +15%First found: Valley of Ashes · Treasure chest
Silent SqueakReduces all noise made, decreasing the chance of being detected by enemies.First found: City of Orphans · Gift
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How Ambers work and how to equip them
Game dataSlots, ranks and the two Ambers that change the rules, as the game's progression data defines them.
Ambers are passive modifiers you socket into your character. The game's progression data defines 5 Amber slots, unlocked at player levels 1, 3, 5, 7, 9: the first slot is open from the start and the fifth opens at level 9, so a full five-Amber setup arrives very early in the campaign.
15 of the 29 Ambers are ranked. Their stack limit is 3 and the rank equals the number of copies you hold, so picking up a second and a third copy of the same Amber raises it to rank II and rank III. The other 14 Ambers have a single rank. The tables below give each effect's value at every rank, read from the game's curve tables.
Perfect Copy is the exception: its own text says it raises the rank of every other equipped Tier 1 and Tier 2 Amber, the only way to push an Amber past the number of copies the world holds. Two Ambers also rewrite the Ferrofluid Flask: Butcher's Carnage stops flasks from healing you, and Life Diverted makes them restore Nephtoglobin instead of Health.
Amber slot unlock levels
| Slot | Unlocked at player level |
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| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 9 |
Slots open with your player level. See how many Catalysts each level costs in the Level Calculator
Every Amber effect by rank
Game dataThe numbers behind each description at rank I, II and III. Single-rank Ambers show their one value under rank I.
| Amber | Effect | Rank I | Rank II | Rank III |
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 Bottomless Well | Nephtoglobin regeneration | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.25 |
 Butcher's Carnage | Health per melee hit | +5% | +7.5% † | +10% |
 Dilated Moment | Damage while aiming | -10% | — | — |
 Duellist's Focus | No number in the data (on/off effect) | — | — | — |
 Iron Grip | Flask use speed | +50% | — | — |
 Life Diverted | Damage converted | +60% | +60% | +60% |
| Healing from damage dealt | +10% | +12.5% † | +15% | |
 Transmuted Persistence | Recoverable Health multiplier | +100% | — | — |
 Volatile End | Explosion damage | 50 | — | — |
 Wound that Heals | Health regeneration | 0.06 | 0.08 † | 0.1 |
 Dominatus | Flat healing per Critical Attack | 20 | 25 † | 30 |
| Healing per Critical Attack | +50% | +75% † | +100% | |
 Indestructible Shell | Explosion resistance | +40% | +50% † | +60% |
 Lucky Shot | Chance to keep ammunition | +10% | +15% | +20% |
 Marksman's Bane | No number in the data (on/off effect) | — | — | — |
 Perfect Copy | No number in the data (on/off effect) | — | — | — |
 Perfectionism | Melee damage at full Health | +10% | +15% | +20% |
 Potent Concoction | Nephtoglobin restored | +20% | +30% | +40% |
 Sleight of Hand | Reload & switch speed | +20% | — | — |
 Surplus | Extra Catalysts | +10% | +12.5% | +15% |
 Glass Soldier | Melee damage dealt | +20% | +25% † | +30% |
| All damage resistances | -40% | -40% | -40% | |
 Tomorrow's Promise | Regeneration duration | 10 s | 10 s | 10 s |
| Total healing | +10% | +20% | +30% | |
 Warrior's Fury | Duration | 8 s | 8 s | 8 s |
| Damage bonus | +10% | +20% | +30% | |
| Movement speed | +5% | +10% | +20% | |
 Limit Break | Bonus Health decay per second | -1 | — | — |
| Bonus Health lasts | 15 s | — | — | |
 Lunatic's Grasp | Ignite & Stasis build-up | +30% | +40% † | +50% |
| Ignite & Stasis resistance | -100% | -100% | -100% | |
 Equivalent Exchange | Health cost multiplier | +10% | — | — |
 Bountiful Harvest | Health per Remnant | +3% | +4% | +5% |
 Silent Squeak | No number in the data (on/off effect) | — | — | — |
 Sixth Sense | No number in the data (on/off effect) | — | — | — |
 Payback | Explosion damage | 20 | — | — |
| Explosion radius | 5 m | — | — | |
 Fire Breathing | Explosion damage | 20 | — | — |
| Explosion radius | 5 m | — | — |
† Rank II is interpolated between ranks I and III for this Amber: the game's curve table only defines the two ends. Percentages come from the game's own factors (0.2 = +20%); distances are converted from engine units to metres.
All 29 Amber locations
Game dataEvery one of the 62 Amber copies in the game, Amber by Amber: region, source and, for chests, the nearest Lantern.
| Amber | Copies | Where to find each copy |
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| Bottomless Well | 3 |
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| Bountiful Harvest | 1 |
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| Butcher's Carnage | 3 |
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| Dilated Moment | 2 |
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| Dominatus | 3 |
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| Duellist's Focus | 1 |
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| Equivalent Exchange | 1 |
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| Fire Breathing | 1 |
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| Glass Soldier | 4 |
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| Indestructible Shell | 3 |
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| Iron Grip | 1 |
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| Life Diverted | 4 |
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| Limit Break | 1 |
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| Lucky Shot | 4 |
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| Lunatic's Grasp | 3 |
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| Marksman's Bane | 1 |
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| Payback | 1 |
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| Perfect Copy | 1 |
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| Perfectionism | 3 |
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| Potent Concoction | 2 |
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| Silent Squeak | 1 |
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| Sixth Sense | 1 |
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| Sleight of Hand | 1 |
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| Surplus | 3 |
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| Tomorrow's Promise | 3 |
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| Transmuted Persistence | 1 |
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| Volatile End | 2 |
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| Warrior's Fury | 3 |
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| Wound that Heals | 4 |
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Lantern distances are straight-line from the chest's map position. A reward choice means the quest gives one of two Ambers, not both.
Ambers by region: where to find them
Game dataEvery campaign region that holds an Amber, and how you get it there. The Battlefield alone holds 9: Wound that Heals, Butcher's Carnage, Life Diverted, Bottomless Well, Transmuted Persistence, Iron Grip, Dilated Moment, Duellist's Focus, Volatile End.
Ambers from side quests, elite enemies and gifts
Game dataMost Ambers sit in treasure chests (44 copies), but 5 come from side quests, 12 from elite enemies and 1 is a gift.
Side quest rewards
- Homesick · Caverns · Bottomless Well
- An Unheard Farewell · Valley of Ashes · Lucky Shot, Sleight of Hand — the reward depends on your choices in the quest
- Lullaby · Fallen Village · Tomorrow's Promise
- Till Death · Cursed Hollow · Tomorrow's Promise
Elite enemy drops
Gifts
- Silent Squeak · City of Orphans · given to you by a character in this region
Treasure chests
The other 44 copies are in treasure chests placed in the levels. Each Amber's page lists its chests by region with the nearest Lantern, and the interactive map plots every chest.
Ranks and copies: which Ambers reach rank III
CalculatedRank equals copies held, so the world's supply caps each ranked Amber. Sorted from the scarcest to the most plentiful.
| Amber | Max rank | Copies | Reachable rank | Rank III from |
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| Bountiful Harvest | III | 1 | I | Not by copies alone |
| Potent Concoction | III | 2 | II | Not by copies alone |
| Bottomless Well | III | 3 | III | City of Orphans |
| Butcher's Carnage | III | 3 | III | The Outskirts |
| Dominatus | III | 3 | III | The Outskirts |
| Indestructible Shell | III | 3 | III | Fortress |
| Perfectionism | III | 3 | III | Vale of Wrath |
| Surplus | III | 3 | III | The Outskirts |
| Tomorrow's Promise | III | 3 | III | Fortress |
| Warrior's Fury | III | 3 | III | University |
| Lunatic's Grasp | III | 3 | III | University |
| Life Diverted | III | 4 | III | City of Orphans |
| Wound that Heals | III | 4 | III | Vale of Wrath |
| Lucky Shot | III | 3–4 | III | Vale of Wrath |
| Glass Soldier | III | 4 | III | The Outskirts |
Copies counts chests, quest rewards, elite drops and gifts in the game data; a range means one copy is an either/or quest reward. Reachable rank leaves out Perfect Copy. Capped below rank III: Potent Concoction (II), Bountiful Harvest (I).
Collecting every Amber
Steam statsAmbersmith asks you to gather all 29 Ambers.
- Ambersmith · Gather all Ambers. · 0.6% of Steam players
Valor Mortis has 29 Ambers: 15 that rank up to III by stacking copies and 14 single-rank Ambers, slotted into 5 slots that are all open by player level 9. The game places 62 copies in total. Life Diverted is the most plentiful with 4, while 13 Ambers exist exactly once. Supply keeps 2 ranked Ambers below rank III unless you equip Perfect Copy: Potent Concoction (II), Bountiful Harvest (I). One side-quest choice decides between Lucky Shot, Sleight of Hand. Sleight of Hand has no other source in the game data, so that choice is your only chance at it. Start in The Battlefield, which holds 9 Ambers, then test five-slot combinations in the Amber Build Planner.
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Valor Mortis Ambers FAQ
How many Ambers are in Valor Mortis?
There are 29 Ambers: 15 ranked Ambers (rank I to III) and 14 single-rank Ambers. The game data places 62 copies across chests, side quests, elite enemies and gifts.
How do you equip Ambers in Valor Mortis?
Ambers go into Amber slots on your character. There are 5 slots, unlocked at player levels 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, so all of them are open from level 9. An equipped Amber's effect is always on.
How do you get Ambers to rank III?
Collect more copies: a ranked Amber's rank equals the number of copies you hold, up to 3. Perfect Copy also raises every other equipped Tier 1 and Tier 2 Amber by one rank.
Where do you find the first Ambers?
The Battlefield holds 9 Ambers: Wound that Heals, Butcher's Carnage, Life Diverted, Bottomless Well, Transmuted Persistence, Iron Grip, Dilated Moment, Duellist's Focus, Volatile End.
Which Ambers can't reach rank III?
Counting every copy in the game data, Potent Concoction (II), Bountiful Harvest (I) cannot reach rank III from copies alone. Perfect Copy raises each of them by one rank while equipped.
Can you miss an Amber in Valor Mortis?
Yes. One side-quest reward is a choice between Lucky Shot, Sleight of Hand. Sleight of Hand has no other source in the game data.
Where do Ambers come from?
44 copies are in treasure chests, 5 are side-quest rewards, 12 drop from elite enemies and 1 is a gift from a character.
Is there an achievement for collecting all Ambers?
Yes: Ambersmith — gather all 29 Ambers. 0.6% of Steam players have unlocked it.