All NPCs & Merchants Guide

NPCs in Enter the Gungeon come in two groups: some appear inside the Gungeon and only settle in Brecha once rescued or dealt with, while others live in Brecha and handle unlocks, shops and game modes. The same NPC often offers different services on each side, so this guide is split the same way.

The first half covers NPCs inside the Gungeon (shops, special exchanges, secret-room-only, challenges and lore); the second half covers Brecha. Four of them appear on both sides — the Brecha entry is marked in its heading, and the Gungeon entry links straight to it.

Dungeon NPCs

Shops

Comerciante – Bello (main shopkeeper)

Comerciante – Bello runs the main shop on every floor except the Forja, Resourceful Rat's Lair, R&G Dept., and Bullet Hell. His stock includes random Armas, Objetos, Fogueo, Mapa, and Piedra de guon de cristal.

• Firing a weapon in his shop earns a warning; a second offense doubles all prices; a third closes the shop permanently
• Every floor's shop always stocks at least one Llave
• Some items trigger special effects when bought from a shop

Comerciante de fogueos – Old Red

Comerciante de fogueos – Old Red specialises in Fogueo-related items, including Ammolets and the Fogueo mayor. She must be rescued from her cell in Enter the Gungeon before she begins appearing in shops.

Bruja comerciante – Cursula

Bruja comerciante – Cursula sells magic items and charming guns at a steep 50% discount — the deepest in the game. The catch is that every purchase raises Curse by 2.5, so weigh the half-price tag against the Curse before buying. She must be rescued before appearing in shops.

Comerciante de líquidos – Professor Goopton

Comerciante de líquidos – Professor Goopton specialises in goop, poison, and fluid-related items at a 20% discount. He must be rescued before appearing in Enter the Gungeon and Brecha. His second shop is covered in Comerciante de líquidos – Professor Goopton (Brecha).

Comerciante de llaves – Flynt

Comerciante de llaves – Flynt accepts Llave instead of Cartuchos. He sells chest- and key-related items. He must be rescued before appearing in shops.

Traficante de armas – Trorc

Traficante de armas – Trorc sells military-themed guns and items at a 20% discount. He must be rescued before appearing in Enter the Gungeon and Brecha. His second shop is covered in Traficante de armas – Trorc (Brecha).

How prices are calculated

A price is the Calidad's base cost × the floor's price multiplier × the merchant's discount × any item discount. Base costs (Cartuchos) are S calidad 120, A calidad 90, B calidad 65, C calidad 45, and D calidad 35 Cartuchos; for pickups it is 30 for Munición and Corazón, 25 for Armadura and Llave, 20 for Fogueo and Medio corazón, and 10 for Piedra de guon de cristal.

• Merchant discounts: Bruja comerciante – Cursula ×0.5 (but she adds Curse — see What Is Curse? Effects and How to Lower It); Comerciante de líquidos – Professor Goopton and Traficante de armas – Trorc ×0.8; every Black Market merchant ×0.5, except Comerciante de llaves – Flynt's Llave-priced goods (see Demon Face)
• Item discounts: Moneda de hierro ×0.8, Personalidad arrolladora ×0.85, Revólver de Sonrisitas ×0.85
• Exceptions: Dinero Mesatec always costs 50 Cartuchos; Fulminante antiguo (Bullet That Can Kill the Past Guide) and the Llave roída ignore every discount
• Before they are unlocked, Máscara de payaso, Taladro, and Bolsa de botín are priced at 9999 Cartuchos and can only be obtained by stealing them or forcing the shop to close (How to Steal from Shops)

Special Exchanges & Services

Comprador siniestro

Comprador siniestro buys your guns and items for Cartuchos at approximately 45% of their base price. If the player holds a Munición maestra, a dedicated Comprador siniestro room appears in the Hollow.

• S-quality items yield ~54 Cartuchos; Basura yields ~3 Cartuchos
• Cannot sell: Esponja, Anillo de protección tacaña, Televisor estropeado, or Ganzúas fiables

Vampira

After being rescued, Vampira occasionally appears beside Comerciante – Bello's shop or in her own cross-shaped room. She exchanges Medio corazón for Cartuchos at a rate of 20 × the floor's price multiplier.

• Selling a Corazón completo yields more Cartuchos than buying one from the shop costs — highly profitable
• Trading with Vampira does not count as taking damage and will not break Piedra de guon de cristal or reset Polaris/Metrónomo streaks
• The Robot cannot trade with Vampira
• Trading with Vampira three times unlocks Viga de madera

Herrera

Herrera is found in the Forja's shop, where she also sells three items and three pickups.

Her main role is collecting the four components needed to forge the Bala que puede matar el pasado: Fulminante antiguo, Pólvora arcana, Plomo planar, and Casquillo de obsidiana.

Each time you pass through with a component, she takes it and records the progress. Once all four are collected, the completed bullet can be carried into the next run to challenge the final boss.

• Bring the Televisor estropeado to unlock The Robot character
• Bring Brazalete de rubíes to have her upgrade an item
• Comerciante de la Brecha – Ox's replacement arm is found in the Forja, but must be returned to Comerciante de la Brecha – Ox in the Brecha (not given to the Herrera) — see his entry

Enfermeras – Patches and Mendy

Enfermeras – Patches and Mendy appear in hidden rooms in Enter the Gungeon. They repair sawed-off or otherwise damaged guns — bring a broken weapon to them and they will restore it for free.

Comerciante de sinergias – Synergrace

Comerciante de sinergias – Synergrace occasionally appears in Enter the Gungeon after being rescued. She sells a Synergy Chest — an unlocked chest that may contain an item able to synergise with your current loadout.

• She refuses to sell if you have no weapons or items capable of triggering a synergy
• The synergy chest is not guaranteed to produce a synergy-related item
• Synergy Chest can be Glitch Chest
• In Rainbow Mode, synergy chests yield nothing
• Purchasing from her 3 times unlocks Brazal firme

Secret Room NPCs

Brujas del intercambio de armas

The three Brujas del intercambio de armas — Squintie, Beakie, and Hunchie — appear in secret rooms in Enter the Gungeon (generated separately from normal secret rooms, so they don't replace them). Trade any gun and gain 2 Curse to receive a gun of equal or higher Calidad in return. The exchange can only be made once per encounter.

• The replacement gun is always equal to or one tier higher than the traded gun
• Adds 2 Curse — factor this into Curse-sensitive runs
• Works normally in Rainbow Mode

Anciano

The Anciano appears in secret rooms in Enter the Gungeon (generated separately, like the Brujas del intercambio de armas). He gives the player a free random gun or item, no strings attached.

• In co-op, the Anciano refuses to give anything

Buscador de la verdad – Brother Albern

Buscador de la verdad – Brother Albern appears in secret rooms in Enter the Gungeon. He poses a question to the player and rewards them with a pickup, item, or gun depending on their answer.

Challenges & Minigames

Encargado de tiro – Winchester

Encargado de tiro – Winchester runs a shooting minigame in Enter the Gungeon. Targets hit determine the Calidad of the reward chest. See the Winchester Minigame Guide for full rules and tips.

Rey Pistolero & Sirviente del Rey Pistolero

Rey Pistolero offers wager challenges in Enter the Gungeon. Bet 18–22 Cartuchos, then complete the next room under a specific condition to win your bet back plus a gun or item reward. He must be rescued before appearing.

Challenge types: clear the room without taking damage; without dodge rolling; using only a provided gun (Klobbe, Pistola de guisantes, Derringer, Pistola de clavos, or Casey); or in Challenge Mode (requires Dado de desafíos – Daisuke to have returned to Brecha).

• You must talk to him and place the wager before entering; the room is accessible either way, but walking in first simply forfeits that wager opportunity
• The provided gun cannot be dropped
• Completing 10 challenges and speaking to him in Brecha unlocks the Búho
• No reward is given in Rainbow Mode — a note is left instead

Aventurero perdido

Aventurero perdido appears in hidden rooms that have a map on the wall. Speaking to him reveals the full room layout of the current floor. He returns to Brecha after being rescued. His entry after being rescued is Aventurero perdido (Brecha).

Lore & Information

Blockner

Blockner appears in an optional duel room in Enter the Gungeon. Defeating him yields an item reward and is connected to Ser Manuel's side quest. He appears in Brecha after certain conditions are met. His later entry is Blockner (Brecha).

Brecha NPCs

Lore & Dialogue

Borracho

The Borracho sits in the lower left of Brecha from the very beginning — no rescue needed, and he sells nothing. Talk to him after defeating a boss or rescuing a new NPC and he will tell stories and offer wry commentary about that event.

Shops

Comerciante de la Brecha – Ox & Comerciante de la Brecha – Cadence

Comerciante de la Brecha – Ox and Comerciante de la Brecha – Cadence share a single cell (in the Fortaleza del Señor del Plomo or Armazmorra en sí) and open a shop in Brecha once rescued. The shop trades in Crédito de la Hegemonías and sells unlocks — paying adds the gun or item to Enter the Gungeon's loot pool rather than handing it to you directly. When a row of stock sells out, new wares appear the next time Brecha reloads; buying everything costs 682 Credits in total.

• Comerciante de la Brecha – Ox's side quest: after defeating the Armadragón, his replacement arm can be found in the Forja; carry it all the way back to Brecha to unlock Clon

Comerciante alienígena – Doug

Comerciante alienígena – Doug is imprisoned in a cell in the Armazmorra en sí, Abadía del Arma Verdadera, or Mina de pólvora.

Once rescued he occasionally appears in the lower center of Brecha; the chance depends on the last chamber reached in the previous run (Fortaleza del Señor del Plomo 20%, Armazmorra en sí 40%, Mina de pólvora 60%, Hollow 80%, Forja 100%).

He sells unlocks for Crédito de la Hegemonías, stocking only 2 items at a time and restocking once both are bought. Buying everything costs 852 Credits and additionally unlocks Balas doradas.

Comerciante de líquidos – Professor Goopton (Brecha)

After you buy something from Comerciante de líquidos – Professor Goopton's shop in Enter the Gungeon, he sets up a second store in the upper right of Brecha, selling goop-themed gun and item unlocks (added to Enter the Gungeon's loot pool) for Crédito de la Hegemonías. Buying everything costs 146 Credits.

For his in-Gungeon inventory, see his Dungeon NPC entry.

Traficante de armas – Trorc (Brecha)

After you buy something from Traficante de armas – Trorc's shop in Enter the Gungeon, he sets up a second store in the lower left of Brecha, selling military-themed gun and item unlocks (added to Enter the Gungeon's loot pool) for Crédito de la Hegemonías. Buying everything costs 124 Credits.

For his in-Gungeon inventory, see his Dungeon NPC entry.

Game Modes

Perro del modo turbo – Tonic the Sledge-Dog

Perro del modo turbo – Tonic the Sledge-Dog is a blue St. Bernard and an homage to Sonic the Hedgehog. His cell only appears after the Armadragón has been defeated; once freed he settles in the upper right of Brecha. Talking to him toggles Turbo Mode on and off for free, dramatically speeding up the whole game. See the Special Game Modes Guide (Turbo, Rainbow, Blessed & More) for a full mode overview.

Hechicera de bendiciones

Hechicera de bendiciones can only be rescued from Enter the Gungeon after defeating the Armadragón; she then settles in the upper right of Brecha. For 6 Crédito de la Hegemonías she blesses your next run: you carry a single gun that keeps transforming at random (it changes after enough damage dealt, kills, ammo depletion, or time in combat) and cannot pick up other guns. See the Special Game Modes Guide (Turbo, Rainbow, Blessed & More) for a full mode overview.

• Completing a blessed run unlocks Armando
• During a blessed run, bosses drop no Crédito de la Hegemonías, shops sell no guns, and shortcut elevators are unavailable

Inventor

Inventor is Brecha's elevator engineer, in charge of building shortcut elevators that let you start a run on a later floor. After speaking to him in Brecha, he appears in elevator shafts: wait in a floor's first room until the elevator rises away, then drop down the shaft to find him.

Deliver the materials listed below (they can be accumulated over multiple runs, or paid off directly with Crédito de la Hegemonías) and the elevator room in Brecha will grant direct access to the corresponding floor. Each completed shortcut also rewards a gun or item.

Taking a shortcut straight to a deeper floor spawns Rata sagaz, wearing a crude mask to impersonate Comerciante – Bello, in that floor's elevator entrance room.

He lays out three free guns of the same Calidad and lets you take some to make up for the loot you skipped: Armazmorra en sí — D calidad, pick 1; Mina de pólvora — C calidad, pick 1; Hollow — B calidad, pick 2; Forja — B calidad, take all 3. The selection stays the same until you defeat that floor's boss.

Dúo de cazadores – Frifle and the Grey Mauser

Once rescued, Dúo de cazadores – Frifle and the Grey Mauser station themselves in the lower right of Brecha and hand out hunting contracts. You hold one contract at a time and complete it by killing the required number of target enemies in Enter the Gungeon; progress carries over between runs and is never lost to death or restarts. Each completed contract awards 5 Crédito de la Hegemonías and unlocks the corresponding gun or item.

• Once all set contracts are done, they switch to repeatable random contracts (kill 20 of a given enemy for 5 Crédito de la Hegemonías)

Comerciante arcoíris – Bowler

Comerciante arcoíris – Bowler's cell only appears after the Armadragón has been defeated. Once freed, talking to him toggles Rainbow Mode on and off for free: a Rainbow Chest spawns at the start of each chamber but you may take only one item from it, while all other chests and boss drops are replaced with notes from Comerciante arcoíris – Bowler. See the Special Game Modes Guide (Turbo, Rainbow, Blessed & More) for a full mode overview.

Dado de desafíos – Daisuke

Dado de desafíos – Daisuke's cell only appears after defeating the Armadragón once, or after using the dice shrine 3 times. Once rescued he settles in the upper right of Brecha; talking to him enables Challenge Mode for the next run, applying random modifiers to every room and raising the difficulty considerably. After beating Challenge Mode once, you can instead enable the even harder Double Challenge Mode. See the Special Game Modes Guide (Turbo, Rainbow, Blessed & More) for a full mode overview.

• After his rescue, Rey Pistolero's wager challenges gain a Challenge Mode option

Lore & Information

Aventurero perdido (Brecha)

After being rescued, he appears in Brecha; talking to him yields hints about the secret chambers.

Ser Manuel

Ser Manuel needs no rescue — he is the tutorial instructor in the Recámara 0. After you avenge him by defeating Blockner in the Mina de pólvora, he appears in the lower left of Brecha.

Blockner (Brecha)

After Blockner is defeated in the Mina de pólvora, his ghost appears in Brecha, and he may later reappear in Enter the Gungeon as a miniboss. Defeating him unlocks Escudo del traidor and Placa.

Goblin de la cornisa

The Goblin de la cornisa sits on a ledge in the lower right of Brecha with her helmet beside her. Kick the helmet off the ledge and she will head into Enter the Gungeon to retrieve it — you must then rescue her again from a cell on a deeper floor. After rescuing her 4 times, she chains the helmet down for good and Casco de artificiero is unlocked.