Hidden stats in the Gungeon: Curse, Coolness, and Magnificence

[@MarioKartWiiGamer]

melee items are cursed since the dungeon only accepts ranged weapons

[@fatchinese8163]

CountBleck did you just call it dungeon?

[@debbiemassey6236]

BOI

[@avirdis]

The Gungeon is a dungeon Its only a common noun of a dungeon I put caps on Gungeon coz its a type of dungeon (I think)

[@unlimited8410]

what about the blasphemy?

[@nikofoundaniphone1109]

UnLImITeD ? well, at full health you "shoot" a sword projectile so kinda a Gun???

[@sarcasticguy4311]

Two things: 1) You must have at least 1 curse in order to use the mirror that rarely spawns as it takes you to the "Black Market". You can't use the mirror without at least 1 curse. 2) You can get (essentially) infinite coolness with the Crisis Stone and the Cigarettes. Every time you reload with the Crisis Stone you are briefly invulnerable to all damage. Every time you use the Cigarettes you take a half heart of damage for +1 coolness. Essentially, you trigger a reload of your starter weapon and then immediately use a Cigarette and repeat until satisfied.

[@catattackmakesmusicsometimes]

it's the face thing that takes you to the black market, and it also works if you have 100 or more casings. the mirror gives you a chest and 3.5 curse

[@Jonymankitty]

Fuses can be put out with any gun/item that can put liquid on the ground. Poison or water or oil.

[@nickclawson8567]

:O

[@mikailvandartel]

Not oil

[@clutchmelon4587]

Oil doesn't work

[@jake1173]

blood from the mutation also works.

[@xornedge8204]

I prefer gasoline

[@MemeSnack]

I didn’t know about magnificence, damn. Still I think every S tier item is pretty worth picking up

[@idiothead5511]

Meme Snack small youtubers exist outside of videos????

[@Ch3dlan]

The super hot watch is a trash tier S class item, i never pick it up no matter what

[@SeriousGranade]

Another trash S tier item is Gun Soul. Every time I get this item I'm like "c'mon, not you again!". Plus for a high-tier item it's surprisingly common.

[@Ch3dlan]

Kyo Dong but if you ate ass enough to lose all your health, 1 heart won't make much of a difference

[@Ch3dlan]

Kyo Dong but every time I've had gun soul it's never saved a run of mine

[@ThatOneFriendlyDude]

Quick thing about chest magnificence: Chest magnificence has no effect on the items spawned, it only affects the odds of whether or not another A/S chest will spawn. Opening or breaking the chest reduces chest magnificence, but leaving it unopened and unbroken, interestingly enough, will affect the odds of an A/S tier chest spawning for the rest of the run. Therefore, breaking and/or opening every A/S chest you come across is a good idea in order to maximize potential for A-tier and S-tier chests. Aside from that, this is a solid explanation of these stats.

[@jessecanez4419]

I'm playing this on Ps4 and I'm astounded I didn't play this years ago when I first saw it. This vid helped so much in understanding the mechanics of certain and extremely important aspects of this game.

[@Index154]

Good video. I think it would've been nice if you also showed some examples of items that increase coolness just to make it a bit more demonstrative. I can imagine a newer player watching this and going "Uh, so how exactly do I increase my coolness?"

[@etgtips9726]

Yeah I wanted to keep the video pretty concise so I didn't wan't to just list items, but you're right I probably should have included a couple.

[@LivingProof98]

it was a cool video regardless. i'm new to this channel youtube had this in the home tabs and i play this game alot. but for the new players they can always search it up

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

Uh... So how DO I increase my coolness?

[@daanm3869]

Oka, this is the most underrated channel ever!

[@aves8964]

Why?

[@daanm3869]

Louis Cypher because the quality of his videos are amazing yet he gets little views or subs

[@ChadHellgado]

Doge This! You’re getting a bit ahead of yourself

[@Zuman_]

Yes doge

[@firstnamelastname2080]

Great info I didn’t know about even though I unlocked everything, wish I would’ve watched this earlier. Subbed you deserve it!

[@iv9753]

I knew about curse and coolness from the wiki, but I never knew of magnificence

[@tokyowetdreams5156]

Honestly i just wanna thank ya. I have been looking for a video explaining this better all day for a friend of mine since he has a hard time reading things off of his phone without his glasses. This is the only vid i could find that explains any of this in a short video.

[@toasterstrooder8628]

I feel that the coolness and curse bits will be very useful for me to remember during future runs. Thank you for sharing!

[@omegaknight6421]

Just so everyone knows. NEVER AND I MEAN NEVER REACH 10 CURSE. that "special thing" is so dangerous even the shopkeeper is afraid of it and closes his shop if it happens and you are in the shop. Just trust me. NEVER.REACH.10.CURSE!

[@LordOberic1]

Nah, bruh. You gotta do it atleast once for an unlock.

[@gdlunar3773]

It spawns an invicible monster that haunts you and deals damage until you drop the curse level back to 9

[@balls5262]

@@LordOberic1 what does it unlock

[@dazoul5459]

@@balls5262 only thing it unlocks is the ammonomicon entry for The Lord of The Jammed, and the "Jammed" achievement

[@chip4039]

@@gdlunar3773 n

[@momijiinubashiri8285]

hey Mr. ETG your video was of great help and i would love to see you as a higher up youtuber

[@SoraC1229]

I never knew what coolness did or even know about magnificence, thanks.

[@tronche2cake]

When you get 10 curse it spawns a boss that tries to kill you and follows you between rooms and floors and is invincible

[@plinius902]

It the one that looks like the dead? Because i dint knew it was a boss

[@terraria_pog2355]

@@plinius902 its follow you through rooms with a big scythe (the ones white scythes are not this enemy) and will chase you forever until you remove the curse

[@quadroninja2708]

​@@plinius902it isn't a boss, more like an irremovable enemy that is a thorn in the side. I'd be okay with him if he didn't scare shopkeepers resulting in not being able to buy anything unless you trick him into the other end of the map

[@sanicpl1499]

i can't believe the devs went and made stats named "coolness" and "magnificence" As if a game about bullets shooting guns and you shooting bullets at living bullets isnt fucked up enough

[@_connorsseur]

Nice video, but there's a couple of issues I have with it: 1. Your audio levels are WAY too low. Try speaking louder, getting closer to your microphone, or increasing your volume while editing, because it's really hard for me to hear you! You also sound pretty bored, so I'd try and inject some life into your voice. 2. You forgot to note that jammed enemies always deal contact damage (with the exception of a certain character anyways). Thanks for the video regardless! I just want to see people improve their content is all!

[@zeltzamer4010]

He may just have a monotone-esque voice. I have one, and it's quite hard to change it without coming off as forced.

[@etgtips9726]

Ok yeah this is pretty much the first video i've ever made so your criticisms are fair. yeah sorry I kind of forget about contact damage because I tend to just assume that every enemy has contact damage anyway.

[@mastergigabyte7035]

BlazeyKat what?

[@h2o848]

ConnorToby1 inject life

[@TheSpencer911]

Your voice is fine, I liked the non obnoxious approach

[@Amodh1257]

Curse also increases the chance for bulletkin, shotgunkin, sniperkin and the like to be veterans

[@godusopp1797]

Coolness shouldn't have to be a hidden stat It doesn't help that barely any items can increase it

[@PillsHere69]

God Usopp Cigarettes and Ballot are the only two I know of. And I think the Ice Cube?

[@godusopp1797]

It'd be easier naming things that give you curse, which coolness is supposed to be the countering stat to

[@sofaking8646]

some items tell you, like shades revolver. plus this is the type of game where you should normally have the wiki open while playing, especially with the butt ton of new syngeries.

[@Ouryuu-Zenokun]

Shades revolver and that explosion slowmo glasses increase too

[@mayolicious69]

Ballot (+3) Cigarettes (+1 per use) Heart of Ice (+1) Ice Cube (+3) Iron Coin (+2) Magic Sweet (+1) Old Goldie (+1) Orange (+2 on use) Rad Gun (+2) Shades's Revolver (+3) Sixth Chamber (+2 for each point of curse) Sunglasses (+2) From the Wiki :)

[@tharmir]

Laser lotus level 5 I love that community reference xD Nice vid

[@idkthatxool749]

Thank you, I did not know about magnificence

[@Geekosification]

Play speed turned to 1.25 results in a better video. Thx for the info btw.

[@rawbertdogler]

the magnificence strat was news to me. thanks for that info papi

[@NateTDOM]

I definitely learned something here. That gungeon has a Community reference in it!

[@labrynthe5972]

Ay man, this was great. I wish you a good day mate.

[@Foxr-]

Look up gun classes guys, new hidden mechanic found

[@qdj252]

For Magnificence, can you drop s tier items before entering a chest room (if somehow you know that it is a chest room) and have a higher chance of getting an a or s tier chest? You'd have to immediately run back to avoid the resourceful rat stealing your items but does dropping the items reduce the magnificence?

[@doggosuki]

that's a good question

[@bendziox60]

No , once you picked up an A or S tier rank item, your magnificence wont change if you drop it.

[@doggosuki]

thank you for the answer

[@okbastadai2902]

And also the chest you'll have on the current floor had already been chosen by the game, think having the map, you already know chests' colours

[@kingtreedede7303]

You also get curse from the statue at the beginning after you kill that characters past

[@ZoeningOut]

The more you know

[@Crobifer]

Theory: curse is based off of rage Convict rage ability generates the black aura Smiley/Shades also gets the aura This would also mean that some items (yellow chamber casey etc) are sentient

[@andrew1357984620]

Wow this guy is like the Brad Hall of enter the gungeon

[@wewserlethaldude9]

Finally someone who doesn’t use the default crosshair.

[@jay-tbl]

For some reason, the audio is incredibly low for this video

[@xcalibills]

my only tip is, if you ever see a full metal jacket thing BUY IT , you wont even need hearts/armor you only buy blanks which are much cheaper

[@theolddeus9672]

The only time fmj is useful in my opinion is with elder blank and all of the ammolets.

[@Flamberge790]

1:46 or a gun that can take out the fire so any gun that leaves liquid on the ground

[@_TheMushroomMan]

10 curse =grim reaper he follows you and trys hitting you and he will make any shop close when he enters it also when he swings some bullets appear

[@mr.funzeige1861]

Thanks, I didn't want to "try it out." I appreciate your kindness, good samaritan.

[@V972]

whoa, didn't know about magnificence, nice vid!

[@Savage--]

I didn't know any of this despite sinking about 15 hours in the game.

[@rhett6192]

Good video, I learnt a lot watching this!

[@Zippy-zk7gr]

trust me, i have gotten 10 curse a bunch. what happens when you get 10 curse is very good and wont make runs 1000% harder :)

[@tomasnecea4483]

Btw its very hard to get a black chest drop

[@catmage]

This game is fun, but so very frustrating. I'm at around 200 deaths and haven't gotten past floor 3. Now I find out that there's all this hidden stuff the game never mentions, including that I get kicked in the shins for picking up rare guns? I imagine that it's meant to keep you from getting god runs, but I think it wouldn't be too bad if that happened once every 100 deaths or so just to keep players from feeling totally discouraged

[@bengoodwin2141]

Magnificence basically means you usually only get 1 A or S tier item at a time. Got it.

[@tomasnecea4483]

Hello there Meme Snack

[@kuba_pfekt5746]

Motivation is on point xD But good video i liked it

[@freddiebilling6716]

oh yeah curse is mostly melee because the game is all about guns not melee so it gives you curse when you get the beam or casey

[@xornedge8204]

I think they should remove magnificence or tune it down a lot cause getting a run where you get an absurd amount of good stuff would be rare but fun as hell

[@terrarianangel8274]

You can always play on rainbow mode

[@terrarianangel8274]

Also yeah that would be a really fun idea for an easy mode

[@Kekefora]

I tried to go in a cursed run...it was painful not because of the cursed bosses or mobs...so many good items and guns...

[@Kekefora]

Was funny cause I unlocked the paradox/old op af man on that run(cursed litch was funni)

[@pawlik455]

Pretty damn useful, thanks

[@yukib700]

Does coolness affect the frequency of your passive bullet upgrades?

[@adoptionpapers3017]

Underrated

[@ryanplayz1470]

learned a lot thanks :)

[@owenschneider9774]

Green chests are better than blue ones!, I’ve been playing wrong for a long time

[@aphsychopath7690]

You're so helpful

[@Appleyfrog]

>not showing the lord of the jammed For Shame

[@Nauskills]

I had to put my speakers at maximum to be able to hear ya :/

[@mingcor44]

what about luck? from items like the seven leaf clover. its like the oppasite of magnificence as it makes you more likely to get a higher tier chest.

[@Schrodingers_kid]

Nooo,you can't trick people into spawning J!

[@constantinstafie4515]

What about rainbow chests?

[@Alex-gv2jc]

those are completely separate from magnificence. any chest has a 0.0333% chance of being replaced by a rainbow chest enterthegungeon.gamepedia.com/Chests#Rainbow_Chests

[@BC-so5ub]

Thanks

[@Wake_up._This_isnt_your_world]

Sooo, about magnificence. Say i picked a A or S item and then i read it's description and/or used ot before, but it's thrash anyway, can the downgrade percentage be set back to 0% again if i drop it? Also, about coolness. How does that work exactly? Do you have to clear rooms without any cursed items, and/or don't receive any damage? Please clarify me on these two stats, because im so confused.

[@brodythralls3542]

Still haven’t even gotten past the 4th floor and my elevator only goes to two so idk if this even helps me lol

[@waterPsychiatrist]

I thought everybody knew about curse

[@rayzerjay4042]

What gun is equipped at 4:44?

[@rayzerjay4042]

@User Ty

[@megalomatt8098]

"something special happens at 10 curse.." HAHAHAHA

[@Renegade_Noob]

The "special thing" is the reaper that chases you down?

[@floydbanks28]

Where can I find a full guide to this game

[@zeltzamer4010]

Rad video!

[@kmb1800]

magnificence is such a lame mechanic :/

[@DeeMulaah]

Kevin Bailey It's to prevent you from being broken

[@just_in1375]

I agree, its lame in the same way that bosses have a damage cap or how enemies can take different shots to kill because of a health increase per floor.

[@fiona9891]

+Holy Sushi Well, last one is meant to make it harder as you go on.

[@SeriousGranade]

With that said, there are certain weapons that can bypass damage cap altogether, like Yari Launcher, or Makeshift Cannon. Magnificence on the other hand doesn't lower once you've got an A, or S tier item. The only way to really bypass Magnificence is to pray to RNGesus that you're lucky enough to get a Seven-Leaf Clover on Floor 1.

[@SeriousGranade]

+Kyo Dong Yeah, that's pretty much what it will do for you. At one time I also managed to get it on floor 1 from a black mimic nontheless and, unsurprisingly enough I was drowned in all sorts of crazy good items including clone and beat bullet hell despite the lag messing up my game. In fact, killing yourself on purpose with the clone is pretty much how you use that item in the first place - it's just extra items/achievements for you and one of the easier ways to get a Lead God achievement (get 5 Master Rounds in the run)

[@jubacelmesias1154]

So, the magnificence exist for making the game harder or easier?

[@niickeriino]

What if I drop the item after I picked it up? Does my Magnificence go back down?

[@andresnyman580]

nope

[@parkerbeck2335]

Is blasphemy cursed

[@nathanizabeast]

With magnificence, if you pick the item up, test it, can you drop it afterwords and lose the stat gain?

[@Ouryuu-Zenokun]

Sadly no

[@FuzzyImages]

That magnificence stat is BS, mainly that it is way to high of a reroll chance!

[@tatsushiri]

I got cursed lich Game over ;-;

[@selfactualizer2099]

I just had a vision. I see. I see. Mods of these stat trackers in an overlay on enter the gungeon. *fkin cheaters*

[@johnnsanchez4950]

I found a cursed boss at 1

[@Blooperfan94]

Doesn't coolness also lower the cooldown of your active item?

[@donniethezombie4495]

Lol

[@applecake6373]

I love you thx hun bun xoxoxoxoxo

[@l3erj]

My head

[@pyroball602]

Curse is not a hidden stat! It IS shown ingame, it's the Coolness and Magnificence hidden.

[@PillsHere69]

Пиро болл Where's it shown? It might've been added in the Advanced Gungeons and Dragun's update

[@pyroball602]

It was ALWAYS known to exist because effects of the curse gain! Other stats do not even have any effects once you earn a point of the stat

[@pyroball602]

If you are confused there is that purple skull above the player, once you pick up a cursed item.

[@PillsHere69]

Пиро болл Oh yeah. But that isn't what hidden stat means. A hidden stat is where you have no way of knowing how much curse you've accumulated. For example, picking up Casey shows a purple skull, but activating the altar that sets your curse at 9 has the same skull pop up.

[@pyroball602]

That is known by the number of cursed enemies, and all cursed items give 1 curse.

[@mouradmelki1294]

Something cool happens when youre at 10 curse Mf i swear u smirked when u said that

[@moroniestebanperezdiaz9403]

MCBS 4 life

[@beenis08]

I know what happens at ten curse and no i wont try it!

[@martinbartsch7619]

U sound like brad hall

[@zfrenks4383]

"hidden stats" i giant cursed skull appears when you take a cursed item... that's pretty obvious...

[@danyaalmirza1994]

CreepyblackZ but it's not inheritly obvious what it does. Too a noob it's just a spooky skull effect.

[@h0verman]

it doesn't show how much you have or gain when the skull appears. you can only guess how much curse you have unless you look up what items or effects you took to gain curse

[@MrPeanut624]

Magnificence and the boss damage cap are awful mechanics.

[@randelmaria6905]

WorldsWithin Its important because you don't want the game to be too easy

[@Juruquitito]

I do

[@condogster]

Magnificence maxes out too fast. It shouldn't be almost 80% after picking up 1 strong item imo

[@chloemcholoe3280]

This game si sooooooooooooooo freaking hard >_< maybe it'll be easier on my PC with a mouse and keyboard!

[@aves8964]

It is. c: Tried playing it on the Switch with a friend. I was ashamed at how crap I was withe analog sticks. T_T

[@chloemcholoe3280]

Aww really? I'm playing it with a switch! Maybe a pro controller can help :O

[@TheDanielsliekmanis]

It's just a preference matter... Keyboard and mouse won't actually give you much other than precisity when shooting. I can barely flawless the first boss with keyboard, but i can kill the lich with a controller, my friends are the opposite. There are no real benefits from one to another, but it's just down to personal preference.

[@chloemcholoe3280]

Oh that's good to hear ;) I don't have another 15$ to spend And I just love playing anything on the switch :D

[@sebastianalvarez1246]

i finished the game like 6 months ago and i started playing again after the update, i play with controller and its actually easy the only hard thing to do is to use the active