Trash Heap

Every Trash Heap outcome in Slay the Spire 2, including the forgotten relic and card pools and how to choose between them.

Quick answer

Trash Heap is an Underdocks event with two choices. Dive In costs 8 HP and gives one random relic from a five-relic pool. Grab Random Junk gives 100 Gold plus one random card from a ten-card pool. The event only appears when you have more than 5 HP.

Region	The Underdocks
Dive In	Lose 8 HP; gain 1 random relic
Grab Random Junk	Gain 100 Gold and 1 random card
Relic pool	5 returning relics
Card pool	10 returning cards

All Trash Heap outcomes

Dive In can produce Darkstone Periapt, Dream Catcher, Hand Drill, Maw Bank, or The Boot, with one relic selected at random. The immediate price is 8 HP, so the choice converts survivability into a permanent passive effect without letting you select the exact relic.

Grab Random Junk gives 100 Gold and one random card from Caltrops, Distraction, Outmaneuver, Clash, Dual Wield, Entrench, Hello World, Rebound, Stack, or Rip and Tear. These are returning cards from the first game, but this event and its outcomes belong to Slay the Spire 2.

Which option is better?

The Gold route is the stable option: 100 Gold has predictable purchasing power, while the card can be useful or become extra deck weight. It improves when a Merchant is reachable soon, especially if the Gold completes a card removal or a known high-impact purchase.

Dive In has the higher relic-shaped upside but also the sharper failure case. Take it when 8 HP does not compromise the next elite or boss and several relics in the pool help your run. Avoid valuing the best possible relic as though it were guaranteed; each of the five outcomes must be acceptable enough to justify the HP.

Version note

Trash Heap is currently an Underdocks-only event. Major Update #2 moved prior beta changes into the main branch, and older references that place the event in Act 2 may describe an earlier build. This page uses the v0.107.1 main-branch state checked above.

Related guides

Event Fake Merchant

How the Fake Merchant event works in Slay the Spire 2, which knockoff relics he sells, and what happens when you throw a Foul Potion.

Event The Sunken Statue

Both Sunken Statue event choices in Slay the Spire 2 and when Sword of Stone is better than trading 7 HP for Gold.

Relic Colossal Flower

The Colossal Flower event path, its escalating HP cost, and the Pollinous Core reward.

Sources

This page was written from the sources below. Slay the Spire 2 is in Early Access, so values change between patches — check the dates before relying on a number.

Slay the Spire Wiki — Trash Heap (checked 2026-08-12)
STS.GG — Trash Heap (checked 2026-08-12)