Melee sidearm No ammo

Banjo

Slow and weak attacks, some healing power. Perfect for healing your allies while destroying their eardrums.

TypeMelee sidearm
Unlocks at hero levelAvailable from the start
Fire rate0.10s between shots
Magazine1
Reserve ammo1
Damage per shotComputed in game logic
XP multiplier0.6×
BlueprintblueprintBanjo

Items/BP_Item_Banjo · tags meleeWeapon, meleeWeaponSecondary

Jokers this weapon can hold

35 cards are eligible. The rest of the 149 in the game will do nothing here, in the equipment screen or during a run.

Sidearm

Banjo

Primary weapon

Rarity

Cards are equipped to one item at a time, so a card in Works on both is not shared between your weapons. It means you can build either slot around it, and a spare copy has somewhere to go.

∞ no diminishing-return curve, so every copy pays the same again×2 copies before it stops improving; a spare past that is worth more to a teammate? effect not decoded, so no claim either wayA dashed outline means the card fires on an event, so it has no computed number.

Full table

Card	Rarity	Slots	Collect until	Stacks well until	Buy	Effect data
CHICKSHOT	Normal	1	×2 · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	50	Trigger
GOLD TOOTH	Normal	1	×10 · equip 10	Up to 10 copies	50	Trigger
HEAVY WEAPON	Normal	1	∞ · equip 2	Stacks evenly to 2	50	Computed
PANIC ATTACK	Normal	1	∞ · equip 1	One copy only	50	Trigger
PIGSHOT	Normal	1	×20 · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	50	Trigger
QUICKDRAW	Normal	1	∞ · equip 2	Stacks evenly to 2	50	Computed
ANTI-GRAVITY FALLS	Fine	2	×50 · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	300	Trigger
CACTUS DAY	Fine	2	×20 · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	300	Trigger
CRACKSHOT	Fine	2	∞ · equip 2	Stacks evenly to 2	300	Computed
FROST BITE	Fine	2	∞ · equip 1	One copy only	300	Trigger
LUCKY STRIKE	Fine	2	×10 · equip 2	Stacks evenly to 2	300	Trigger
LUNGE	Fine	2	×3 · equip 1	Bends after 3	300	Computed
PICK PICK	Fine	2	×10 · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	300	Trigger
PRECIOUS RUSH	Fine	2	×10 · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	300	Trigger
SHROOM GRAVE	Fine	2	×10 · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	300	Trigger
SWITCHSHOT	Fine	2	∞ · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	300	Trigger
AMMO SUPPLY	Prime	3	×20 · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	500	Trigger
AVALANCHE	Prime	3	∞ · equip 2	Stacks evenly to 2	500	Computed
BERSERKER	Prime	3	×2 · equip 2	Bends after 2	500	Conditional
BLOODLUST	Prime	3	∞ · equip 1	One copy only	500	Trigger
EXPLOSIVE HITS (Pyro)	Prime	3	×20 · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	500	Trigger
EXPLOSIVE HITS (Acid)	Prime	3	×20 · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	500	Trigger
EXPLOSIVE HITS (Elec)	Prime	3	×20 · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	500	Trigger
EXPLOSIVE HITS (Frost)	Prime	3	×20 · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	500	Trigger
PEW PEW PEW	Prime	3	∞ · equip 1	One copy only	500	Computed
EAT-A-PUNCH	Mythic	4	∞ · equip 2	Up to 2 copies	800	Trigger
EXECUTE	Mythic	4	×2 · equip 1	Bends after 2	800	Computed
RIPOSTE	Mythic	4	×2 · equip 2	Bends after 2	800	Conditional
SNACK-A-PUNCH	Mythic	4	∞ · equip 1	One copy only	800	Trigger
ALL MIGHTY	Legendary	5	×1 · equip 1	One copy only	1,200	Conditional
JOKER TRICK	Legendary	5	∞ · equip 1	One copy only	1,200	Conditional
SPEEDSTER	Legendary	5	×1 · equip 1	One copy only	1,200	Conditional
VAMPIRE	Legendary	5	∞ · equip 1	One copy only	1,200	Trigger
BARDBARIAN	Unique	5	? · equip 1	One copy only	1,200	Not modelled
LULLABARD	Unique	5	? · equip 1	One copy only	1,200	Not modelled

"Worth taking" is the point where extra copies stop paying for their slots, read from each card's diminishing-return curve. Beyond it, a spare copy is worth more to a teammate who has none.

Banjo

Jokers this weapon can hold

Fits Banjo35

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