Special Game Modes Guide (Turbo, Rainbow, Blessed & More)

Beyond the main run, Enter the Gungeon offers several optional special modes, all managed by NPCs in エントランス. Each section below covers how a mode plays, how to unlock it, and how to turn it on. For more detail on the NPCs themselves, see the All NPCs & Merchants Guide.

Turbo Mode

How It Works

The whole game speeds up: player movement and dodge roll around ×1.4, enemy movement ×1.5, enemy bullets ×1.3. Reload times and 連射速度 stay the same, so the pace gets much more intense — great for thrill-seekers or shortening run length.

Unlock & Access

• NPC: ターボモードの犬 – トニック
• Unlock: his cell appears after the ドラガン has been defeated; once rescued he settles in エントランス
• Access: talk to him to toggle the mode on and off for free

Notes

• Defeating the ドラガン in Turbo Mode unlocks the クライシスストーン
• Turbo Mode does not speed up the pasts
• In co-op, Turbo Mode only affects Player 1 — Player 2 gets the effect only if Player 1 is dead
• Your movement and roll speed up more than enemy bullets but less than enemy movement, so outrunning projectiles gets easier while outrunning chasing enemies gets harder

Rainbow Mode

How It Works

Each floor starts with a Rainbow Chest from which you may take exactly one item. Almost every other chest and item drop is confiscated by レインボーモードの案内人 – ボウラー, and shops stop selling items — your entire run rides on one lucky pull per floor, which makes high-quality pulls feel fantastic.

Unlock & Access

• NPC: レインボーモードの案内人 – ボウラー
• Unlock: rescue him from a cell after the ドラガン has been defeated
• Access: talk to him to toggle the mode on and off for free

Notes

• 勝者の弾s and quest-related items still appear normally; the 過去を始末する弾 and かじられたカギ cannot be taken either
• ガラクタ is never confiscated (including 純金製のガタクタ, ウソの代償, and ガラクタ), so the ロボット, who grows stronger from ガラクタ, is especially suited to this mode
• The most useful tell: レインボーモードの案内人 – ボウラー sits on every non-rainbow chest. A Brown Chest he is not sitting on is a naturally spawned Rainbow Chest and is safe to open — and a natural one lets you take all eight items
• Do not spend a キー on a locked chest he is sitting on: the key is consumed and the chest is empty. Save keys for the Oubliette hatch and locked doors
• The Rainbow Chest at the start of each floor is guaranteed at least one S 品質 and one A 品質, and is unaffected by Magnificence (What Is Magnificence?)
• Most shrines stop working, but the Glass Shrine still hands out ガラスガンストーンs and the Y.V. shrine still grants its buff; mirror rooms are worthless
• Opening a Glitch Chest is a bad deal here: you still get sent to the glitch floor, but レインボーモードの案内人 – ボウラー takes all eight rewards from the fight

Challenge Mode

How It Works

Every combat room gains 1–3 random challenge modifiers (more on later floors) — enemies exploding on death, darkened rooms, restricted firing zones, and so on. Bosses in the Hollow and 鍛冶場 get unique extra modifiers.

Unlock & Access

• NPC: チャレンジダイス – ダイスケ
• Unlock: use the ほこら - Dice 3 times, or rescue him from a cell after defeating the ドラガン
• Access: talk to him and pay 6 ヘゲモニークレジットs for the next run; after 30 attempts the cost drops to 1

Notes

• Reaching the ブラックパウダー採掘場 unlocks ランダム弾
• Defeating the ドラガン unlocks カオス弾 and Double Challenge Mode (more modifiers per room; enabled by talking to チャレンジダイス – ダイスケ again)
• After 30 attempts, カオス弾 unlock automatically if not already unlocked

Blessed Mode

How It Works

During a blessed run you carry a single ever-changing weapon — it transforms into another random gun after dealing 200 damage, killing 5 enemies, running out of ammo, or 20 seconds in combat — and no other guns can be added to your inventory. Active and passive items are unaffected.

Unlock & Access

• NPC: 祝福の魔女
• Unlock: rescue her from a cell after the ドラガン has been defeated
• Access: pay 6 ヘゲモニークレジットs to bless your next run

Notes

• During a blessed run, bosses drop no ヘゲモニークレジットs, shops sell no guns, and the shortcut elevators are blocked off; Munchers and Evil Munchers cannot be fed guns either (Muncher)
• Picking up a new gun does not give you a second gun — it just triggers another reroll. Achievements and unlocks can still be earned during a blessed run
• ガンスリンガー cannot be unlocked on a blessed run — as パラドックス you will not be pulled down to Bullet Hell by the ゾンビキング
• Completing a blessed run unlocks ガンサー and the "Gun Game" achievement

Boss Rush

How It Works

Each floor contains only an entrance, boss rooms, and an exit — you fight the bosses back to back up to the ドラガン. Bosses have no DPS cap here, so strong combos can melt them.

Unlock & Access

• Entrance: the elevator room in エントランス (修理屋)
• Unlock: complete the 鍛冶場 shortcut elevator
• Access: costs 3 ヘゲモニークレジットs; the first time is free

Notes

• Damageless boss kills still award a 勝者の弾 (at most one per floor), but bosses drop no ヘゲモニークレジットs
• Completing Boss Rush unlocks the ブレスレットキー

Cursed Mode

Cursed Mode is not a built-in toggle but a high-risk playstyle: deliberately stack Curse, and Jammed enemies appear more and more often — difficulty and rewards rise together. See What Is Curse? Effects and How to Lower It for where Curse comes from, what it does, and how to reduce it.