Trophy Collector Deadlock Guide: Stacks, Souls & Strategy

Updated July 21, 2026: Trophy Collector is a Tier 2 Vitality item that costs 1,600 Souls and upgrades Sprint Boots. Every hero kill or assist grants a permanent stack, up to 16 stacks. Each stack currently adds 0.15 meters per second of Sprint Speed, 0.75% Ability Range, and 18 Souls per minute. The stacks persist through death.

Trophy Collector is a participation snowball item. Its ceiling is attractive, but the purchase asks you to earn kills or assists early enough for the passive income and movement to compound. It also carries -15% Weapon Damage against NPCs, so the item deliberately trades some weapon-based farming and objective pressure for hero-fight growth. See the Deadlock items guide for category, tier, and upgrade basics.

Trophy Collector Deadlock Stats At A Glance

What Each Trophy Collector Stack Gives

The current fields imply a fully stacked total of +4.4 m/s Sprint Speed when the item’s base +2.0 m/s and its +2.4 m/s stack bonus are added. Treat that as a current-data calculation, not a promise that every movement modifier combines without caps or mode-specific rules.

How Trophy Collector Stacks Work

1. Buy Sprint Boots, then complete Trophy Collector for 1,600 total Souls.
2. Score a kill or assist on an enemy hero to gain one stack.
3. Keep the stack through death; the current tooltip explicitly says the effect persists.
4. Repeat until the item reaches its listed maximum of 16 stacks.
5. Use the added movement and range to reach more fights, but account for the NPC weapon-damage penalty when planning farm.

The trigger rewards participation rather than only final blows, so supports and setup heroes are not excluded. The real requirement is reliable presence. A player who buys the item and then spends ten minutes isolated from every fight is paying for a stack engine without supplying fuel.

How Many Souls Do The Stacks Generate?

The passive-income formula is straightforward: stacks x 18 Souls x minutes held. The table below assumes the listed stack count remains active for the entire period. Real matches ramp gradually, so a player who reaches eight stacks after several minutes earns less than an eight-stack full-period example.

That income is meaningful when stacks arrive early and remain active for a long runway. It is much less impressive when the item is completed late or a losing team cannot safely participate. Do not look only at the maximum and assume the item instantly pays for itself.

When To Buy Trophy Collector

The cleanest buyer is a hero who already wants Sprint Boots, can join fights early, and benefits from Ability Range across several parts of the kit. The item is not limited to one formal role. What matters is whether the same movement that earns stacks also improves the hero’s actual job.

The NPC Damage Penalty

The -15% Weapon Damage versus NPCs is not decorative fine print. Troopers and neutral units drive personal economy, and objectives can punish a team that gives up too much clearing speed. Ability-heavy heroes may feel the cost less than weapon-focused farmers, but every buyer should notice whether the penalty changes the time needed to clear a wave or camp.

A Practical Trophy Collector Game Plan

The item can create a positive loop: movement helps you reach a fight, participation adds movement and range, and passive Souls fund the next purchase. It can also create a negative loop if the buyer forces low-quality fights because the stack counter feels urgent. The build still needs a core, a survival plan, and sensible objective timing. Our Deadlock builds guide explains how to keep an item route conditional.

Trophy Collector also contrasts with Indomitable. Trophy Collector is an early participation bet that grows over time; Indomitable is an expensive late-game answer to a listed control effect. A build should not treat both as generic green-item upgrades.

Trophy Collector Patch History

Trophy Collector Deadlock FAQ

How much does Trophy Collector cost?

Trophy Collector costs 1,600 Souls total and upgrades Sprint Boots, which costs 800 Souls. The component contributes toward the upgrade.

Do Trophy Collector stacks persist through death?

Yes. The current tooltip explicitly says the effect stacks and persists through death. Dying still costs time, map pressure, and future participation opportunities.

Do assists give Trophy Collector stacks?

Yes. The current tooltip grants a stack when you score an assist or kill, so final blows are not required.

What is the Trophy Collector stack cap?

The current maximum is 16 stacks. At that cap, the listed stack bonuses total +2.4 m/s Sprint Speed, +12% Ability Range, and +288 Souls per minute.

How many Souls does Trophy Collector make?

Multiply current stacks by 18 Souls and by the number of minutes those stacks remain active. Eight stacks held for five full minutes produce 720 passive Souls. A gradual ramp produces less because earlier minutes had fewer stacks.

Is Trophy Collector good when behind?

Usually it becomes harder to justify because a losing team has fewer safe participation windows and may need immediate survival or wave-clear value. Persistent stacks prevent total loss, but they do not guarantee enough time to reach the ceiling.

Does Trophy Collector reduce all NPC damage?

The current item property specifies -15% Weapon Damage versus NPCs. Do not automatically extend that wording to every ability or damage source.

Sources And Methodology

Current cost, tier, category, component, base movement, regeneration, maximum stacks, per-stack movement, Ability Range, passive Souls, persistence wording, and NPC weapon-damage penalty were checked on July 21, 2026 through the independent Deadlock API item asset response, which parses current game data. Deadlock API is not affiliated with Valve.

The previous 25-Souls value comes from Valve’s March 6, 2026 update. The current Tier 2 structure and reduced stack values come from Valve’s April 30, 2026 gameplay update. Calculated totals assume the listed current values and clearly stated time windows. Strategy sections are analysis, not Valve recommendations.