Ox and Cadence

Ox and Cadence are NPCs that can be rescued from a cell in the Keep of the Lead Lord or the Gungeon Proper. After freeing them, they will move up to The Breach in the Gungeon Acquisitions Department, where they will sell various items and guns for that will appear in future runs. A total of 682 is required to purchase everything.

According to Cadence, her sister (the Blacksmith) built Ox to protect Cadence; Ox is therefore programmed to care for Cadence.

Arm Quest[]

Ox is missing his left arm when he is first rescued. The Blacksmith in the Forge has a replacement arm, located to the left of her. The arm will only be there after the High Dragun has been killed at least once.

After picking up the arm, a red balloon will randomly drop from an enemy on the floor, which will send the arm up a floor. The arm and the balloon can then be dropped by random enemies in the Hollow, and the arm can again be sent up a floor. This must be repeated until both items are found in the Keep of the Lead Lord, after which they will be sent up to The Breach and Ox will receive the replacement. In return, Cadence rewards the player with Clone.

The balloon will be lost if the enemy carrying it falls down a pit.

Using Shortcuts will not stop the arm or balloon from spawning. The arm will move up a floor regardless of whether the player completes the floor.

It is possible to deliver the arm during Boss Rush if Wall Mimics spawn. It is also possible for enemies carrying the Arm or Balloon to be knocked into pits, thus causing the loss of that item, forcing the player to redo that floor to get the Balloon and arm again.

Items sold in The Breach[]

Name	Quote	Type	Notes	Cost
Thompson Sub-Machinegun	Myeah, See!	Automatic	Fires fast bullets.	1
RPG	Leveled Up	Semiautomatic	Fires explosive grenades.	5
Gamma Ray	Mean Green	Beam	Fires a green laser that poisons enemies.	2
Hegemony Carbine	All The Same	Automatic	Rapidly fires white bolts of energy.	3
Freeze Ray	Ice To Meet You	Beam	Fires a blue laser that has a chance to freeze enemies.	7
Mailbox	Special Delivery	Semiautomatic	Fires mail at enemies, with the final bullet in the magazine being a package. The package can explode, leave confetti, Burn, or Poison enemies.	5
Origuni	Thousand Cuts	Semiautomatic	Fires paper planes that curve towards enemies.	6
Grasschopper	Noisy	Semiautomatic	Fires a single powerful blast that has a very strong recoil.	8
Flash Ray	Ah Ahhh!	Semiautomatic	Shoots lasers that pierce enemies. Has a chance to stun enemies.	6
Science Cannon	Charged Particles	Beam	Fires a large laser after a short charge-up.	6
Ice Breaker	Never Let Go	Semiautomatic	The first two shots fire a shotgun blast of ice bullets, and the final shot fires a single explosive shot.	8
Tangler	Get Wrecktangled	Semiautomatic	Fires a shotgun blast of rectangular bullets that bounce off walls. Enemies hit will be folded into a rectangle.	10
Magic Lamp	One Wish, Three Times	Semiautomatic	Hitting an enemy three times causes a genie to punch them.	8
Face Melter	Squiddley-squiddley-wheeyooo!	Automatic	Simultaneously fires music notes in four directions. Places an amplifier on the ground at the player's position upon reloading. Whenever the Face Melter is fired, the amplifier will fire music notes in the same pattern. Reloading again will remove the amplifier and place a new one.	10
Heroine	Charge Beam Active	Charged	Has 3 levels of damage depending on how long the gun has been charged.	13
Mass Shotgun	My Favorite Gun	Automatic	Shoots a large slow projectile that will split up in a barrage of small bullets shortly afterwards.	9
Bullet Bore	Mind Muncher	Semiautomatic	Fires drills that home in on enemies, stun them, and explode after a short delay.	14
Raiden Coil	Shoot Em' Up	Beam	Fires a laser that homes in on all on-screen enemies.	8
Black Hole Gun	Won't You Come	Charged	Fires black holes that attract enemies and enemy bullets.	20
Yari Launcher	Hell. Yes.	Automatic	Rapidly fires homing rockets.	25
Railgun	Calibrating	Charged	Fires a fast-moving piercing bullet that bounces many times.	30
Microtransaction Gun	Pay To Win	Semiautomatic	Shoots various projectiles at the cost of 1 coin per shot.	100

Name	Type	Quote	Effect	Cost
Rocket-Powered Bullets	Passive	Faster Bullets	Increases the player's bullet speed, fire rate, and damage.	4
Heart Bottle	Passive	Liquid Life	Grants a heart container.	2
Heart Locket	Passive	Memento Mori	Grants a heart container.	4
Hot Lead	Passive	Chance To Ignite	Adds a chance to fire bullets that ignite enemies.	5
Heart Lunchbox	Passive	Healthy Meal	Grants a heart container.	5
Box	Active	Just A Box	If the player enters a room while under the box, enemies will not target the player. Firing a weapon will remove the box. Has no effect if used while enemies are already targeting the player. Can be used to steal items from shops.	8
Fat Bullets	Passive	Fatter = Stronger	Significantly increases bullet size and damage but slightly decreases maximum ammo.	6
+1 Bullets	Passive	+1 To Bullet	Increases damage.	6
Angry Bullets	Passive	Hungry For More	Hitting an enemy refires the projectile at a nearby enemy.	8
Heart Purse	Passive	Form Begets Function	Grants a heart container.	4
Eyepatch	Passive	Hit Harder Less Often	Increases damage but decreases accuracy.	8
Bloody Eye	Passive	Slower Enemy Bullets	Decreases enemy bullet speed.	7
Spice	Active	A tantalizing cube of power.	Single use. Increases certain stats upon use, depending on how many times it has been used. Each time a spice cube is used, more spice cubes will spawn in place of items or pickups.	7
Sunglasses	Passive	Bright Future	Slows down time and increases dodge power during explosions. Increases coolness by 2.	10
Singularity	Active	Sucks	Spawns a black hole that attracts enemies and bullets.	12
Nanomachines	Passive	Son	Grants two pieces of armor upon pickup. Grants a piece of armor every 4 times damage is taken.	10
Portable Turret	Active	Some Assembly Required	Places a stationary turret that shoots at enemies. The turret will be destroyed if it takes enough damage.	12
Duct Tape	Active	Friend Of Gunsmiths	Single use. Combines 2 guns by granting one gun the projectiles that the other gun fires.	10
Space Friend	Passive	A Friend From The Space	Follows the player, firing lasers at enemies and blocking enemy bullets.	25
Broccoli	Passive	Makes You Strong	Increases damage.	25
Platinum Bullets	Passive	Over One Million Served	Increases damage and fire rate with every bullet landed.	200

Shop Restocking[]

Whenever a row of articles in the shop is bought out, it will be replaced by a selection of new ones when players visit the shop again after another (attempted) run through the Gungeon. Alternatively, the player can walk out of the Breach by going south. This brings the player to the Title Screen and restocks the shop upon reentering the game.

Trivia[]

Ox's arm delivery quest might be a reference to Venom Snake's bionic arm in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and the balloon is likely a reference to the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system.
Upon entering their shop, there is a small chance Ox's face will be covered by a paper sheet with a smiley face on it.
In an early version of the game, Ox was instead referred to only by the name 'Robot', and was not rescued alongside Cadence, instead simply being in the Gungeon Acquisitions Department upon her arrival.
The Acquisitions Department may possibly be a reference to Acquisitions Incorporated, a series of podcasted D&D adventures.
While Ox's named is spelled Ox, like the animal, it is close to "0x" which is commonly used to denote a set of numbers being in hexadecimal format (for instance, 0x11 means 18 in decimal). This does not seem to relate to anything beyond Ox being a robot, and may be a coincidence.

Gallery[]

A Gun Nut with the red balloon.
The player with the red balloon.
A successful delivery of the arm.
Ox's Arm resting on a shelf behind the shop.
Ox's face covered with a paper sheet.

Exit the Gungeon[]

(Will be tabbered when finished)

Ox and Cadence reappear in the Enter the Gungeon spinoff Exit the Gungeon, where they fulfil a similar role as merchants of unlockable items. After being freed from the Rat's cage, they will move to the Underbreach where they will set up shop, accepting in return for unlocking items and guns that may appear on future attempts to exit the Gungeon.

Items Sold in the Underbreach[]

Guns[]

Name	Quote	Type	Notes	Cost
H4mmer	Many Bullets	Automatic		3
Bee Hive	Bzzzzzzzz!	Automatic	Fires homing bees	10
RPG	Leveled Up	Semiautomatic	Fires explosive rockets	10
Cold 45	Shatterday Night Special	Semiautomatic	Fires freezing bullets	8
Laser Lotus	Level 5	Semiautomatic		8
Com4nd0	You're Fired	Semiautomatic	Fires homing, explosive rockets	10
Freeze Ray	Ice To Meet You	Beam	Fires a freezing beam	10
Stinger	Drone Warfare	Semiautomatic	Fires explosive rockets that release homing bees	10
Void Marshal	Acquired Under The Table	Semiautomatic		10
Rube-Adyne Mk.II	Polished Product	Semiautomatic	Rapidly fires bouncing energy blasts	10
Balloon Gun	Hot Air	Semiautomatic	Fires lingering tornadoes. Grants flight while held	15

Items[]

Name	Quote	Effect	Cost
Heart Lunchbox	Healthy Meal	Grants a heart container.	5
Bouncy Bullets	Boiyoiyoing!	Grants the player's bullets the ability to bounce off of walls or obstacles twice.	10
Magic Sweet	Free Stats		15
Homing Bullets	Fire And Forget	Player bullets will occasionally home in on enemies.	15
Frost Ammolet	Chance To Freeze	Blanks have a chance to freeze enemies.	15
Bloody Eye	Slower Enemy Bullets	Enemy bullets move slower	15
Gold Ammolet	Blank Damage Up	Greatly increases the damage dealt to enemies by blanks	10
Heart Purse	Form Begets Function	Grants a heart container	15
Scattershot	Quantity Over Quality	Decreases damage, but multiplies the amount of bullets fired by three	15
Hot Lead	Chance To Ignite	Player bullets have a chance to light enemies on fire	15