Frifle and the Grey Mauser



Frifle and the Grey Mauser are NPCs that give the player hunting quests. After killing enough of a certain enemy, Frifle and the Grey Mauser will reward the player with 5 and a new item or gun unlock.

General Tips

 * Unlock all shortcuts. Many enemies are only found in specific chambers, so shortcuts will cut down the time needed to reach them, allowing you to more effectively farm a floor for the required enemies.
 * If you go for quest completion only, don't bother defeating bosses; instead, use all firepower available to quickly clear rooms in order to cut down the time needed for each quest. (Progress is saved regardless of quitting, restarting, dying, or completing a chamber.)
 * The three shortcut starter items only reset once that chamber's boss has been defeated. If you find a particularly useful or powerful set of starter items, it may be beneficial to simply restart your run before and instead of defeating the boss, allowing you to repeatedly farm a chamber using the same set of starter items on offer from the Resourceful Rat.
 * If you use shortcuts to find specific enemies, use Rainbow Runs to obtain powerful weapons immediately upon starting a floor.
 * Unlike the three shortcut starter guns, items found in the starting Rainbow Chest do reset with each new run even without killing the boss between attempts.
 * If unlocked, speak to Tonic in The Breach to activate Turbo Mode for quicker runs.
 * Combine this with toggling on "Increase Speed Out Of Combat" in the options menu for even more speed.
 * Some Gungeoneers are more effective than others when the goal is specifically to complete hunts via shortcuts:
 * The Marine's innate faster reload speed, starting armor, and active ability to refill ammo makes him all-around very effective.
 * The Convict's starter Sawed-Off and double damage when injured allows for quick room clears and rewards a fast, aggressive playstyle, which is well-suited to hunting runs.

Trivia

 * Frifle and the Grey Mauser are a reference to Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.
 * Frifle is a portmanteau of Fafhrd and Rifle.
 * Grey Mauser is also a reference to Mauser, a German arms manufacturer.
 * The official comic explains how both Frifle and Grey Mauser ended up in the Gungeon, and that their original goal was to kill the past due to an accident.
 * How they ended up in the cell appears to differ between the comic and the game: in the game, Frifle says "the cowards had us surrounded", whereas in the comic, it is revealed that they lock themselves in the cell themselves accidentally.
 * Once the High Dragun hunt has been completed, Frifle and Grey Mauser will select a random enemy to hunt. This cycle will continue endlessly as the player completes each hunt.