Betsy's Hedge

Betsy's Hedge is an orb in Peglin that increases an orb’s attack for each crit peg present on the board. It was introduced in the Big Content Bundle and has received balance changes during development.

When an orb with Betsy's Hedge is fired, its base attack is increased by a flat amount for every crit_peg currently on the pegboard. The buff applies to the orb’s normal (non-critical) damage and does not alter its critical damage bonus; each crit_peg grants +1/+0 in earlier versions and was later changed to +2/+0 in v0.9.54. The effect scales linearly with the number of crit pegs: more crit pegs produce a larger flat increase to the orb’s regular damage.

• Place Betsy's Hedge orbs into shots that will travel through areas of the board where they can encounter many crit pegs to maximize the additive damage bonus.
• Since the hedge only affects the orb’s normal damage component, orbs that already have strong critical multipliers still benefit, but the hedge’s value is independent of critical damage rolls.
• Betsy's Hedge thematically and nominally references the phrase “hedging one’s bets” and nods to Betsy the Leshy, a Forest boss in the game.