All NPCs & Merchants Guide

NPCs in Enter the Gungeon come in two groups: some appear inside the Gungeon and only settle in Brèche once rescued or dealt with, while others live in Brèche 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 Brèche. Four of them appear on both sides — the Brèche entry is marked in its heading, and the Gungeon entry links straight to it.

Dungeon NPCs

Shops

Marchand – Bello (main shopkeeper)

Marchand – Bello runs the main shop on every floor except the Forge, Resourceful Rat's Lair, R&G Dept., and Bullet Hell. His stock includes random Armes, Objets, Ballablanc, Carte, and Pierre de Guon en verre.

• 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 Clef
• Some items trigger special effects when bought from a shop

Marchand de blancs – Old Red

Marchand de blancs – Old Red specialises in Ballablanc-related items, including Ammolets and the Vénérable Ballablanc. She must be rescued from her cell in Enter the Gungeon before she begins appearing in shops.

Sorcière marchande – Cursula

Sorcière marchande – 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.

Marchand de liquides – Professor Goopton

Marchand de liquides – 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 Brèche. His second shop is covered in Marchand de liquides – Professor Goopton (Brèche).

Marchand de clés – Flynt

Marchand de clés – Flynt accepts Clef instead of Douilles. He sells chest- and key-related items. He must be rescued before appearing in shops.

Marchand d’armes – Trorc

Marchand d’armes – Trorc sells military-themed guns and items at a 20% discount. He must be rescued before appearing in Enter the Gungeon and Brèche. His second shop is covered in Marchand d’armes – Trorc (Brèche).

How prices are calculated

A price is the Qualite's base cost × the floor's price multiplier × the merchant's discount × any item discount. Base costs (Douilles) are S qualité 120, A qualité 90, B qualité 65, C qualité 45, and D qualité 35 Douilles; for pickups it is 30 for Munitions and Cœur, 25 for Armure and Clef, 20 for Ballablanc and Demi-cœur, and 10 for Pierre de Guon en verre.

• Merchant discounts: Sorcière marchande – Cursula ×0.5 (but she adds Curse — see What Is Curse? Effects and How to Lower It); Marchand de liquides – Professor Goopton and Marchand d’armes – Trorc ×0.8; every Black Market merchant ×0.5, except Marchand de clés – Flynt's Clef-priced goods (see Demon Face)
• Item discounts: Pièce en fer ×0.8, Personnalité désarmante ×0.85, Revolver de Joyeux ×0.85
• Exceptions: Gagne-pain tabloïde always costs 50 Douilles; Amorce Originelle (Bullet That Can Kill the Past Guide) and the Clef rongée ignore every discount
• Before they are unlocked, Masque de Clown, Perceuse, and Besace à Butin are priced at 9999 Douilles and can only be obtained by stealing them or forcing the shop to close (How to Steal from Shops)

Special Exchanges & Services

Acheteur rampant

Acheteur rampant buys your guns and items for Douilles at approximately 45% of their base price. If the player holds a Balle de conquête, a dedicated Acheteur rampant room appears in the Hollow.

• S-quality items yield ~54 Douilles; Ferraille yields ~3 Douilles
• Cannot sell: Éponge, Anneau avare de Protection , Télévision cassée, or Matériel de crochetage

Vampire

After being rescued, Vampire occasionally appears beside Marchand – Bello's shop or in her own cross-shaped room. She exchanges Demi-cœur for Douilles at a rate of 20 × the floor's price multiplier.

• Selling a Cœur entier yields more Douilles than buying one from the shop costs — highly profitable
• Trading with Vampire does not count as taking damage and will not break Pierre de Guon en verre or reset Polaris/Métronome streaks
• The Robot cannot trade with Vampire
• Trading with Vampire three times unlocks Poutre en bois

Forgeronne

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

Her main role is collecting the four components needed to forge the Balle Qui Peut Tuer le Passé: Amorce Originelle, Poudre arcanique, Plomb Planaire, and Douille en obsidienne.

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 Télévision cassée to unlock The Robot character
• Bring Bracelet de rubis to have her upgrade an item
• Marchand de la Brèche – Ox's replacement arm is found in the Forge, but must be returned to Marchand de la Brèche – Ox in the Brèche (not given to the Forgeronne) — see his entry

Infirmières – Patches and Mendy

Infirmières – 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.

Marchande de synergies – Synergrace

Marchande de synergies – 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 Insigne du Macho

Secret Room NPCs

Sorcières échangeuses d’armes

The three Sorcières échangeuses d’armes — 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 Qualite 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

Vieil homme

The Vieil homme appears in secret rooms in Enter the Gungeon (generated separately, like the Sorcières échangeuses d’armes). He gives the player a free random gun or item, no strings attached.

• In co-op, the Vieil homme refuses to give anything

Chercheur de vérité – Brother Albern

Chercheur de vérité – 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

Hôte du stand de tir – Winchester

Hôte du stand de tir – Winchester runs a shooting minigame in Enter the Gungeon. Targets hit determine the Qualite of the reward chest. See the Winchester Minigame Guide for full rules and tips.

Roi pistolero & Serviteur du roi pistolero

Roi pistolero offers wager challenges in Enter the Gungeon. Bet 18–22 Douilles, 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, Tire-petit-pois, Derringer, Cloueur, or Casey); or in Challenge Mode (requires Dé des défis – Daisuke to have returned to Brèche).

• 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 Brèche unlocks the Chouette
• No reward is given in Rainbow Mode — a note is left instead

Aventurier perdu

Aventurier perdu 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 Brèche after being rescued. His entry after being rescued is Aventurier perdu (Brèche).

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 Brèche after certain conditions are met. His later entry is Blockner (Brèche).

Brèche NPCs

Lore & Dialogue

Ivrogne

The Ivrogne sits in the lower left of Brèche 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

Marchand de la Brèche – Ox & Marchand de la Brèche – Cadence

Marchand de la Brèche – Ox and Marchand de la Brèche – Cadence share a single cell (in the Forteresse du Seigneur du Plomb or Gungeon) and open a shop in Brèche once rescued. The shop trades in Crédit hégémoniques 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 Brèche reloads; buying everything costs 682 Credits in total.

• Marchand de la Brèche – Ox's side quest: after defeating the Dragun, his replacement arm can be found in the Forge; carry it all the way back to Brèche to unlock Clone

Marchand extraterrestre – Doug

Marchand extraterrestre – Doug is imprisoned in a cell in the Gungeon, Abbaye de l'Arme Véritable, or Mine de Poudre à canon.

Once rescued he occasionally appears in the lower center of Brèche; the chance depends on the last chamber reached in the previous run (Forteresse du Seigneur du Plomb 20%, Gungeon 40%, Mine de Poudre à canon 60%, Hollow 80%, Forge 100%).

He sells unlocks for Crédit hégémoniques, stocking only 2 items at a time and restocking once both are bought. Buying everything costs 852 Credits and additionally unlocks Balles dorées.

Marchand de liquides – Professor Goopton (Brèche)

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

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

Marchand d’armes – Trorc (Brèche)

After you buy something from Marchand d’armes – Trorc's shop in Enter the Gungeon, he sets up a second store in the lower left of Brèche, selling military-themed gun and item unlocks (added to Enter the Gungeon's loot pool) for Crédit hégémoniques. Buying everything costs 124 Credits.

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

Game Modes

Chien du mode turbo – Tonic the Sledge-Dog

Chien du mode turbo – Tonic the Sledge-Dog is a blue St. Bernard and an homage to Sonic the Hedgehog. His cell only appears after the Dragun has been defeated; once freed he settles in the upper right of Brèche. 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.

Sorcière des bénédictions

Sorcière des bénédictions can only be rescued from Enter the Gungeon after defeating the Dragun; she then settles in the upper right of Brèche. For 6 Crédit hégémoniques 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 Gunther
• During a blessed run, bosses drop no Crédit hégémoniques, shops sell no guns, and shortcut elevators are unavailable

Réparateur

Réparateur is Brèche's elevator engineer, in charge of building shortcut elevators that let you start a run on a later floor. After speaking to him in Brèche, 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 Crédit hégémoniques) and the elevator room in Brèche 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 Rat rusé, wearing a crude mask to impersonate Marchand – Bello, in that floor's elevator entrance room.

He lays out three free guns of the same Qualite and lets you take some to make up for the loot you skipped: Gungeon — D qualité, pick 1; Mine de Poudre à canon — C qualité, pick 1; Hollow — B qualité, pick 2; Forge — B qualité, take all 3. The selection stays the same until you defeat that floor's boss.

Duo de chasseurs – Frifle and the Grey Mauser

Once rescued, Duo de chasseurs – Frifle and the Grey Mauser station themselves in the lower right of Brèche 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 Crédit hégémoniques 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 Crédit hégémoniques)

Marchand arc-en-ciel – Bowler

Marchand arc-en-ciel – Bowler's cell only appears after the Dragun 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 Marchand arc-en-ciel – Bowler. See the Special Game Modes Guide (Turbo, Rainbow, Blessed & More) for a full mode overview.

Dé des défis – Daisuke

Dé des défis – Daisuke's cell only appears after defeating the Dragun once, or after using the dice shrine 3 times. Once rescued he settles in the upper right of Brèche; 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, Roi pistolero's wager challenges gain a Challenge Mode option

Lore & Information

Aventurier perdu (Brèche)

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

Ser Manuel

Ser Manuel needs no rescue — he is the tutorial instructor in the Chambre 0. After you avenge him by defeating Blockner in the Mine de Poudre à canon, he appears in the lower left of Brèche.

Blockner (Brèche)

After Blockner is defeated in the Mine de Poudre à canon, his ghost appears in Brèche, and he may later reappear in Enter the Gungeon as a miniboss. Defeating him unlocks Bouclier du Traître and Insigne.

Gobelin du rebord

The Gobelin du rebord sits on a ledge in the lower right of Brèche 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 Casque de démineur is unlocked.