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Name	Difficulty	Ability	Starting Ball
The Warrior	Easy	None	Bleed
The Itchy Finger	Medium	Rapid Fire	Burn
The Embedded	Medium	Pierce Shot	Poison
The Repentant	Medium	Bouncing Damage	Freeze
The Cohabitants	Medium	Mirrored Shots	Brood Mother
The Physicist	Medium	Gravity Effect	Light
The Spendthrift	Medium	Wide Arc	Vampire
The Flagellant	Hard	Bottom Bounce	Egg Sac
The Shade	Medium	Critical Strikes	Dark
The Radical	Easy	Full Automation	Wind
The Empty Nester	Medium	Special Ball Focus	Ghost
The Shieldbearer	Hard	Shield Bounce	Iron
The Cogitator	Easy	Auto-Upgrade	Laser (Vertical)
The Tactician	Hard	Turn-Based	Iron
The Juggler	Hard	Lobbed Projectiles	Lightning
The Makeshift Sisyphus	Hard	AOE Focus	Earthquake
The False Messiah	Hard	Twitch Integration	Bleed

The Warrior

Easy

Bleed

Ability

None

The default character with no special gameplay quirks.

Unlock

Starter Character

The Itchy Finger

Medium

Burn

Ability

Rapid Fire

Shoots twice as fast and constantly launches balls if any are available. Can move at full speed while shooting.

Quirks

Scattered aimShoots twice as fastAuto-fire onlyMoves at full speed while shooting

Unlock

Build the Sheriff's Office Blueprint, which is unlocked by clearing the Bone x Yard biome.

The Embedded

Medium

Poison

Ability

Pierce Shot

Balls always pierce enemies until they hit a wall.

Quirks

Balls pierce enemies until they hit a wall (back wall included)

Unlock

Build the Veteran's Hut Blueprint, which is unlocked by clearing the Snowy x Shores biome.

The Repentant

Medium

Freeze

Ability

Bouncing Damage

Balls deal 5% more damage each time they bounce. When they hit the back wall, they return to the player, damaging each enemy they pass through.

Quirks

Balls gain 5% damage with each bounceBalls return to you after they hit the back wall, damaging enemies they pass through on the way back

Unlock

Build the Haunted House Blueprint, which is unlocked by clearing the Snowy x Shores biome.

The Cohabitants

Medium

Brood Mother

Ability

Mirrored Shots

For each ball launched, a copy is launched in the mirrored direction. Balls deal half damage.

Quirks

Every ball is fired with a duplicate in the mirrored directionAll balls deal half damage

Unlock

Build the Cozy Home Blueprint, which is unlocked by clearing the Bone x Yard biome.

The Physicist

Medium

Light

Ability

Gravity Effect

Balls are affected by gravity pulling towards the back of the screen.

Quirks

Balls are pulled by gravity toward the back wall (balls fired at an angle will curve toward straight)

Unlock

Build the Laboratory Blueprint, which is unlocked by clearing the Fungal x Forest biome.

The Spendthrift

Medium

Vampire

Ability

Wide Arc

Shoots all balls at the same time in a wide arc.

Quirks

All balls are fired simultaneously in an arc

Unlock

Build the Mansion Blueprint, which is unlocked by clearing the Fungal x Forest biome.

The Flagellant

Hard

Egg Sac

Ability

Bottom Bounce

Balls bounce normally off the bottom of the screen.

Quirks

Balls bounce off the bottom of the screen, meaning they must be caught to be re-fired

Unlock

Build the Monastery Blueprint, which you can unlock by clearing the Gory x Grasslands biome.

The Shade

Medium

Dark

Ability

Critical Strikes

Balls shoot from the back and have a base critical hit chance of 10%.

Quirks

Balls are fired from the back wallBalls start with a base critical hit chance of 10%

Unlock

Build the Mausoleum Blueprint, which is unlocked by clearing the Liminal x Desert biome.

The Radical

Easy

Wind

Ability

Full Automation

Plays the game and chooses upgrades automatically.

Quirks

Plays the game automaticallyUpgrades are chosen automatically

Unlock

Build the Campground Blueprint, which is unlocked by clearing the Heavenly x Gates biome.

The Empty Nester

Medium

Ghost

Ability

Special Ball Focus

No baby balls. Each shot shoots multiple instances of one equipped special ball.

Quirks

No baby ballsMultiple of each equipped special ball are fired

Unlock

Build the Single Family Home Blueprint, which is unlocked by clearing the Snowy x Shores biome.

The Shieldbearer

Hard

Iron

Ability

Shield Bounce

Holds a large shield that bounces back balls that hit it.

Quirks

Bounces balls off of a shield instead of catching them from the frontA ball's damage doubles every time it bounces off the shield consecutivelyInfinite pickup rangeNerfed ball speed

Unlock

Build the Iron Fortress Blueprint, which is unlocked by clearing the Fungal x Forest biome.

The Cogitator

Easy

Laser (Vertical)

Ability

Auto-Upgrade

Automatically chooses upgrades.

Quirks

Upgrades are chosen automatically

Unlock

Build the Villa Blueprint, which is unlocked by clearing the Snowy x Shores biome.

The Tactician

Hard

Iron

Ability

Turn-Based

Battles become turn-based.

Quirks

Battles become turn-basedInfinite pickup range

Unlock

Build the Captain's Headquarters Blueprint, which is unlocked by clearing the Smoldering x Depths biome.

The Juggler

Hard

Lightning

Ability

Lobbed Projectiles

Lobs balls into the air at a target position on the field. Balls don't start bouncing until they reach the ground.

Quirks

Balls are launched into the air, rather than straight aheadBalls only start bouncing after they land in the targeted area

Unlock

Build the Theater Blueprint, which you can unlock by clearing the Gory x Grasslands biome.

The Makeshift Sisyphus

Hard

Earthquake

Ability

AOE Focus

Balls no longer deal direct hit damage, but AOE and status effects damage is increased by 4x. No baby balls.

Quirks

No baby ballsBalls deal only area-of-effect damage, no direct damage

Unlock

Unlock the Rocky Hill in the late stages of the game.

The False Messiah

Hard

Bleed

Ability

Twitch Integration

If streaming on Twitch, viewers can vote on partner selection, level-up upgrades, ball/passive evolution choices, and various random in-game events

Quirks

PC exclusive characterCannot be assigned to buildings or used in harvest modeCannot participate in harvest mode upgradesTwitch audience can vote on certain choices and random events

Unlock

PC Only: Activate the Twitch Extension and link a Twitch account

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