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 틈. 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 연사 속도 stay the same, so the pace gets much more intense — great for thrill-seekers or shortening run length.

Unlock & Access

• NPC: 터보 모드 개 – 토닉
• Unlock: his cell appears after the 드래건 has been defeated; once rescued he settles in 틈
• Access: talk to him to toggle the mode on and off for free

Notes

• Defeating the 드래건 in Turbo Mode unlocks the 크라이시스 스톤
• 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 무지개 모드 상인 – 보울러, 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: 무지개 모드 상인 – 보울러
• Unlock: rescue him from a cell after the 드래건 has been defeated
• Access: talk to him to toggle the mode on and off for free

Notes

• 탄환의 주인s and quest-related items still appear normally; the 과거를 제거할 수 있는 총탄 and 갉아 먹힌 열쇠 cannot be taken either
• 고물 is never confiscated (including 황금 고물, 뻥이에요, and 쓰레기), so the 로봇, who grows stronger from 고물, is especially suited to this mode
• The most useful tell: 무지개 모드 상인 – 보울러 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 열쇠 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 품질 and one A 품질, and is unaffected by Magnificence (What Is Magnificence?)
• Most shrines stop working, but the Glass Shrine still hands out 유리 구온석s 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 무지개 모드 상인 – 보울러 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 대장간 get unique extra modifiers.

Unlock & Access

• NPC: 도전 주사위 – 다이스케
• Unlock: use the 제단 - Dice 3 times, or rescue him from a cell after defeating the 드래건
• Access: talk to him and pay 6 헤게모니 크레딧s for the next run; after 30 attempts the cost drops to 1

Notes

• Reaching the 화약 탄광 unlocks 확률탄
• Defeating the 드래건 unlocks 혼돈 탄환 and Double Challenge Mode (more modifiers per room; enabled by talking to 도전 주사위 – 다이스케 again)
• After 30 attempts, 혼돈 탄환 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: 축복의 마녀
• Unlock: rescue her from a cell after the 드래건 has been defeated
• Access: pay 6 헤게모니 크레딧s to bless your next run

Notes

• During a blessed run, bosses drop no 헤게모니 크레딧s, 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
• Gunslinger cannot be unlocked on a blessed run — as Paradox you will not be pulled down to Bullet Hell by the 리치
• Completing a blessed run unlocks 군터 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 드래건. Bosses have no DPS cap here, so strong combos can melt them.

Unlock & Access

• Entrance: the elevator room in 틈 (수리공)
• Unlock: complete the 대장간 shortcut elevator
• Access: costs 3 헤게모니 크레딧s; the first time is free

Notes

• Damageless boss kills still award a 탄환의 주인 (at most one per floor), but bosses drop no 헤게모니 크레딧s
• Completing Boss Rush unlocks the 브래킷 열쇠

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.