23 Trinket Tier Lists

Overall Trinket Tier List

When you first look at trinkets, it can feel overwhelming. The goal of a tier list is not to tell you that some items are “forbidden,” but to show you which ones give the most value in the widest range of situations.

You can think of overall trinket strength using three questions. First, how often does this help you, on most floors and with most toons. Second, how strong is the effect when it does help. Third, how easy is it to fit into common builds, like extraction, distraction, or survival.

In general, trinkets that increase core stats such as extraction speed, stamina recovery, movement speed, and safety while chased will sit in the top tiers. These stats decide whether you clear machines quickly, outrun Twisteds, and survive mistakes. Trinkets that trigger only in rare situations, or that give very small bonuses, usually fall into lower tiers unless they enable a specific strategy.

Here is a rough way to think about overall tiers, without specific names.

If you ever feel stuck, pick trinkets that boost your survivability and consistency first. Those will always matter, even when you misplay or get unlucky with floor layouts.

Extraction Trinket Tier List

Extraction trinkets focus on making machines faster, safer, or more forgiving. For a beginner, this is one of the most important categories, because successful extraction decides whether you climb floors or stay stuck at the bottom.

You can think about extraction trinkets in three jobs. Some increase raw extraction speed, which shortens how long you must stand at a machine. Others help with skill checks, either by making them appear less often, easier to hit, or less punishing when you miss. Finally, some improve safety while on machines, for example by affecting detection or allowing you to leave and return without losing as much progress.

In an extraction tier list, trinkets that directly increase extraction speed and reduce punishment for failed checks usually sit at the top. They matter on every machine, on every floor, and for every extractor. In the middle are trinkets that help indirectly, such as those that give stamina back after finishing a machine so you can sprint to the next one. At the bottom are extraction items that only help in odd situations, such as very small machine-specific bonuses that do not scale well or effects that trigger only on rare events.

For extraction, a clear rule of thumb is to value anything that lets you spend less time exposed. The shorter your time on a machine, the fewer chances a Twisted has to find you, and the easier it is for your distractor or team to cover you.

If you are the main extractor on a team, stack high tier extraction trinkets before you consider general survival ones, as long as you are not dying constantly. In solo play, you still want strong extraction pieces, but may need to mix in more self defense and stamina tools.

Distractor Trinket Tier List

Distractor trinkets focus on holding aggro, staying alive under pressure, and moving Twisteds where you want them. When you act as a distractor, your job is not to clear machines, but to keep danger away from your team and to give them windows to work.

The most valuable distractor trinkets support three things. First, they improve stamina efficiency so you can run, loop, and recover without collapsing. Second, they help with movement, such as smoother pathing around corners or bursts of speed when a chase starts or when you are in danger. Third, they reduce the cost of taking hits, either by giving more hearts in practice, preventing instant downs, or helping you recover after making a mistake.

In the top tiers, you usually find trinkets that strongly boost stamina recovery, reduce stamina drain while sprinting, or increase movement speed in a way that works in every chase. These turn weak loops into safe ones and give you more time to improvise. Strong anti hit or panic tools can also rank high, especially in high floors where a single mistake can end a run.

Middle tier distractor trinkets often give niche chase bonuses, like small benefits only when you are injured or only near a certain object. They can feel great when the condition happens, but will not carry your runs. Lower tier items include gimmicks that depend on exact Twisted behavior, rare map layouts, or give very small numbers that cannot compete with raw stamina or speed boosts.

When you choose distractor trinkets, imagine the worst chase on a tight, dangerous floor. Anything that clearly helps you survive that kind of chase is likely to belong high in your personal tier list.

Survival Trinket Tier List

Survival trinkets care about one thing: not dying. They are useful for beginners who often make mistakes, and they become more important on higher floors where each mistake hurts more.

There are several types of survival trinkets that rank well. Some directly increase your effective health, by giving you more ways to avoid going down or by allowing recovery from low heart situations. Others prevent or soften dangerous states, such as panic mode or blackouts, which often lead to messy deaths. Some reduce detection or aggro, making it less likely that Twisteds even begin a chase with you.

In a survival tier list, trinkets that consistently protect you from common threats sit at the top. These might be pieces that reduce how badly you are punished after taking a hit, or those that make it easier to sneak past Twisteds and avoid unnecessary chases. Survivability that works across all floors and all Twisted types will usually be S or A tier.

In the middle tiers, you find tools that help only in more narrow danger windows. For example, bonuses that trigger only in blackout, or only below a certain heart threshold. They can save you, but often feel useless when you are playing well. At the low end are survival trinkets that focus on very rare events or that are simply outclassed by more general, stronger items.

A helpful way to judge survival trinkets is to imagine your last three deaths. Ask yourself: would this trinket have changed any of those outcomes. If the answer is “almost always,” it is high tier. If it would rarely matter, it is lower tier for you.

As a beginner, it is completely fine to “overbuild” for survival and treat strong safety trinkets as your personal S tier, even if advanced players prefer riskier, faster options.

Solo Trinket Tier List

Solo play is different from team play. You must cover extraction, distraction, and survival all by yourself. The solo trinket tier list reflects this by placing the highest value on items that do more than one job, or that solve solo specific problems such as dealing with multiple Twisteds alone.

In a solo context, the best trinkets usually give a mix of speed and safety. For example, something that boosts extraction but also helps you escape chases, or a stamina tool that doubles as a way to reposition between machines faster. Your goal is to keep the run moving at a reasonable pace without risking a wipe every time a Twisted appears.

At the top of a solo tier list, you often see trinkets that increase your general efficiency across the floor. This includes strong stamina regeneration, solid movement speed, and meaningful extraction bonuses that do not force you into overexposure. Anything that helps you quickly reset after a bad situation, such as recovery from low hearts or panic, also climbs into high tiers.

Middle tier solo trinkets are more specialized. For instance, pure extraction trinkets with no defensive value can be great on lower floors where danger is small, but they fall in value as floors scale and you start facing tougher Twisteds. Pure distraction trinkets that only help in chase but do nothing for your machine progress also sit here, because you still must finish floors alone.

Low tier solo trinkets are those that rely too heavily on having teammates, or that offer tiny bonuses in only one part of the run. Things that primarily help you support others, or that require coordinated team compositions, naturally lose ranking when you are by yourself.

If you are unsure how to build a solo loadout, start by picking one strong survival trinket, one strong extraction trinket, and one strong stamina or speed trinket. This balanced mix will usually outperform three very narrow items.

Best Trinket Combinations

Individually strong trinkets become even better when you combine them in a way that supports a clear role. The goal of good combinations is to stack effects that solve the same problem from different angles, without wasting slots on overlapping, redundant bonuses.

You can think about combinations by role.

For extraction focused builds, one of the best patterns is to pair a strong extraction speed trinket with a skill check helper and a stamina or safety tool. The speed trinket shortens your exposure, the skill helper keeps you from losing progress or getting caught off guard, and the stamina or safety trinket allows you to sprint away or survive if a Twisted appears. Together, they turn you into a reliable machine specialist that still has reasonable odds in a chase.

For distraction builds, a classic trio is high stamina regeneration, reduced stamina consumption, and a movement or chase bonus. This combination means you can start a chase, loop Twisteds around safe areas, and keep going for much longer than normal. Adding even a small hit forgiveness trinket can turn this into a very powerful setup for team play, because you can hold aggression with low risk.

Survival combinations usually center on reducing the danger of common failure states. One pattern is to pair something that helps you avoid detection with something that helps you recover from a bad situation, like a panic or low heart tool. A third trinket can focus on general movement or extraction so you are not completely passive. This lets you play steadily and forgive more mistakes as you learn.

For solo play, strong combinations almost always mix categories. A good example is a stamina or speed trinket, an extraction booster, and a defensive piece. This covers travel, machine work, and survival in a single package. As you improve, you can shift one of these into a more aggressive option if you feel safe enough.

To evaluate whether a combination is good, ask two questions. First, do these trinkets overlap too much on a single tiny benefit, such as all three only affecting a rare event. Second, do they address the real problems you face, like running out of stamina, failing skill checks, or dying in chases.

As you gain experience, keep notes in your mind about which trinket sets felt smooth and which felt fragile. Over time, your personal tier lists and favorite combinations will evolve to match your playstyle, and that is exactly how trinkets are meant to work.