The Legend of Bum-Bo – Spells Guide

Guide for The Legend of Bum-Bo – Spells Guide

Spell Mechanics

The Basics
Spells are useful abilities the player accumulates throughout the game, and are an important part of any run of The Legend of Bum-bo.
There are 5 types of spells: attack spells, puzzle spells, defense spells, special spells, and charge spells.

• Attack spells allow the player to attack enemies.
• Puzzle spells allow the player to modify the tile board.
• Defense spells allow the player to avoid damage and heal.
• Special spells do a variety of helpful things.
• Charge spells have powerful effects that can only be used once in a while.

Each playable character starts with a few default spells, whereas new spells can be found in treasure rooms that the player encounters throughout the game. With the exception of charge spells, all spells cost mana to cast. The 5 colors of mana are white, brown, green, grey, and yellow. Mana can be gained by matching tiles on the tile board.

Treasure Rooms
Treasure rooms are the primary source of new spells and trinkets for the player. Each chapter consists of three enemy rooms, two treasure rooms, and one boss room. The rooms appear in the order below:

1. Enemy Room
2. Treasure Room
3. Enemy Room
4. Enemy Room
5. Treasure Room
6. Boss Room

Treasure rooms usually contain two spells, although occasionally one or both of the spells will be trinkets instead. When two spells are available, they will never be the same spell type as each other. The first treasure room encountered in each run will always contain one defense spell and one puzzle spell. If the player has all 6 spell slots full when entering a treasure room, they will be given the option to cancel and take no spells or trinkets. A treasure room’s spells will try to avoid costing the same color of mana as the player’s existing spells. When a spell or trinket is chosen, it is added to the player’s inventory and the other option becomes unavailable. If the player tries to take a spell or trinket but does not have room, they must choose a spell or trinket to replace with the new one.

After defeating any boss except Bygone, two trinkets will always appear in the boss room. Similarly to a treasure room, the player may add one of the trinkets to their inventory. Strangely, although boss rooms provide trinkets and not spells, they only provide the option to cancel when the player has all 6 spell slots full. In certain cases, this can cause the player to be forced to replace one of their trinkets.

Charge Spells
Charge spells cost no mana, but must recharge after each use. Each room cleared will increase the spell’s charge by 1. When the spell’s charge is full, it can be used again. Spells with a charge of 0 recharge every turn. Also, making a 7 tile combo of yellow tiles will charge all charge spells by 2. The number of charges required to use a charge spell can be reduced by purchasing charge needles from the vendor at the Wooden Nickel.

Base Damage vs. Static Damage
There are two main methods that the game uses to determine how much damage a spell should inflict upon enemies. This guide uses the following labels to describe the two main types of spell damage:

• The term base damage refers to spell damage that scales with the spell damage stat; base damage starts at 0 but each level of the spell damage stat increases base damage by 1.
• The term static damage refers to spell damage that doesn’t scale with the spell damage stat; usually, the only way to increase this type of damage is by purchasing damage needles from the vendor at the Wooden Nickel.

Status Effects
Some spells can inflict status effects on enemies:

• Blind enemies are depicted with a pair of sungla*ses on their face, and will sometimes miss their attacks. Blindness wears off after a few turns. Most bosses cannot be blinded.
• Poisoned enemies are depicted with a green face sticker on them, and will take 1 static damage at the end of each enemy phase. Poison wears off after 2 turns. Poison damage is not cla*sified as spell damage or puzzle damage; this means that enemies with spell damage resistance or puzzle damage resistance do not resist poison damage. Most bosses cannot be poisoned.

Mana Costs

Default Mana Costs
The default total mana cost of a specific spell will always be the same, however the number of colors of mana required to use the spell will vary randomly:

• Spells with a total mana cost of 1 will always cost 1 mana of 1 color.
• Spells with a total mana cost of 2 will always cost 2 mana of 1 color. The only exception is the Converter spell, which has a default cost of 1 mana of 2 colors.
• Spells with a total mana cost of 4 will either cost 4 mana of 1 color or 2 mana of 2 colors.
• Spells with a total mana cost of 6 will either cost 6 mana of 1 color, 3 mana of 2 colors, or 2 mana of 3 colors.
• Spells with a total mana cost of 10 will either cost 5 mana of 2 colors or 2 mana of 1 color and 4 mana of 2 colors.
• Spells with a total mana cost of 16 will either cost 8 mana of 2 colors or 6 mana of 1 color and 5 mana of 2 colors.
• Spells with a total mana cost of 20 will always cost 7 mana of 2 colors and 6 mana of 1 color.

Here is a table to summarize this information:

Mana Cost Reduction
The mana cost of a spell can sometimes be reduced by using the Sleight of Hand and Golden Tick spells or by purchasing mana needles from the vendor at the Wooden Nickel. The way the cost is lowered depends on which method is used.

When using a mana needle or the Sleight of Hand spell:

• If the spell costs 3 or more mana of any number of colors, one of those colors’ mana costs is reduced by 1, chosen randomly.
• Colors with mana costs of 2 or less are not affected.

When using the Golden Tick spell:

• If the spell costs 3 or more mana of any number of colors, each of those colors’ mana costs is reduced by 1.
• Colors with mana costs of 2 or less are not affected.

Certain spells have reduced total mana costs when they are used as a default spell for a playable character. These spells are Puzzle Flick, Attack Fly, and Blender Blade. Rerolling the spell’s mana cost when it has the reduced total mana cost will cause it to revert to its default, more expensive total mana cost.

Rerolling a Mana Cost
The mana cost of a spell can be rerolled when purchasing shuffle needles from the vendor at the Wooden Nickel, when entering a new room as Bum-bo the Dead, or when entering a new room while the Bag-O-Trash trinket is in the player’s posession. The cost is rerolled by randomly generating a new cost that has the same total mana cost of the default spell; any mana cost reduction is lost when the cost is rerolled. The new cost does not necessarily have the same number of colors of mana as the original spell; it only has to have the same total mana cost. The cost will never be rerolled into the exact same mana cost as before. Contrary to mana costs of new spells found in treasure rooms, a rerolled mana cost does not try to avoid costing the same color of mana as the player’s other spells. The Converter spell is a special case. When its cost is rerolled by purchasing a shuffle needle, the new cost will always be 2 mana of 1 color. Its cost cannot be rerolled in any other way while it still has its default cost, however its rerolled cost can be rerolled again by any means and will always stay as 2 mana of 1 color.

Attack Spells

Image	Name	Description	Total Mana Cost	Effect	Additional Notes
	Attack Fly	Fly Damage Over Time	6	Deals the player’s base damage. Additionally, 1 static damage is dealt every turn the the closest enemy in the lane.	The damage over time cannot be increased past 1. Bum-bo the Dead starts with a copy of this spell that costs 4 grey mana.
	Bee Butt	Poison Attack	4	Deals the player’s base damage, poisoning the enemy.
	Big Rock	Hits the Furthest Enemy + Splash	10	Deals 2 more than the player’s base damage to the furthest enemy in a chosen lane, and 1 static damage to all adjacent enemies.
	Borf Bucket	Splash Damage Attack	6	Deals the player’s base damage. Deals 1 static damage to all adjacent enemies.
	Brimstone	Penetrative Attack	6	Deals 3 static damage to all enemies in a chosen lane.
	Bum-bo Smash	Bum-bo Smash!	4	Deals the player’s base damage.	Bum-bo the Brave starts with a copy of this spell that costs 4 white mana.
	Dog Tooth	Attack that Heals You on Kills	10
	ExorcismKit	Kill One Enemy, but Heal Others	6	Kills a random enemy. Increases two random enemies’ health by 2.	When the spell targets an enemy with spell resistance, the enemy takes no damage and the other enemies do not gain health. The spell cannot target bosses.
	Fish Hook	Mana Gaining Attack	2	Deals 1 static damage. Provides 1 mana of a random color.	Sometimes the attack will attempt to provide what seems to be red mana. When this happens, no mana is gained.
	Flush	Hits All Enemies	6	Deals 1 static damage all enemies.
	Hat Pin	Attack a Row	6	Deals 1 static damage to a chosen enemy and all other enemies in the same row.
	Lemon	Blinding Attack	4
	Lil Rock	Hits the Furthest Enemy	2	Deals 1 static damage to the furthest enemy in a chosen lane.
	Mama Shoe	Hits All Non-Flying Enemies	6	Deals the player’s base damage to all grounded enemies.
	Meat Hook	Attack That Pulls an Enemy	4
	Mega Bean	Knocks Back Front Row	6	Knocks back all enemies in the front row. Poisons all flying enemies.
	Nail Board	Hits All Front Row Enemies	6	Deals your base damage to all enemies in the front row.
	Needle	Damage Goes Up With Each Hit	4	Deals 1 static damage. Damage increases by 1 with each successful attack, which resets between rooms.	The damage increase applies to all instances of the Needle spell in the player’s posession. Starting damage can be increased using damage needles. Bum-bo the Nimble starts with a copy of this spell that costs 4 yellow mana.
	Number 1	Movement Gaining Attack	10	Deals the player’s base damage. Provides 1 movement.
	Pliers	Attack + Adds Tooth Tile & Mana	4
	Poopymorph	Poopymorph Attack	6
	Puzzle Flick	Removes Tiles and Throws Them	10	Destroys all tiles of a chosen color. Deals static damage equal to half the number of tiles removed, rounded down.	Damage needles have no effect on this spell. Bum-bo the Weird starts with a copy of this spell that costs 3 white mana and 3 grey mana.
	Rock	Hits the Furthest Enemy + Push	4	Deals the player’s base damage to the furthest enemy in a chosen lane, knocking the enemy back.
	Rock Friends	Hits 3 Random Enemies	6	Deals the player’s base damage to 3 random enemies.
	Rubber Bat	Hits Front Row Enemies + Push	4	Deals 1 static damage to all enemies in the front row, and knocks them back.
	Stick	Wack Away!	4	Deals the player’s base damage to a chosen enemy, and knocks the enemy back.	Bum-bo the Stout starts with a copy of this spell that costs 3 brown mana.

Puzzle Spells

Image	Name	Description	Total Mana Cost	Effect	Additional Notes
	8 Ball	Adds Wild to Next Row	2	Replaces a random tile in the upcoming row with wild tile.
	Black D12	Reroll a Column of Tiles	2	Rerolls a column of tiles.
	Blender Blade	Destroys Tiles and Touching	6	Destroys a chosen tile and the 4 tiles directly touching it.	Bum-bo the Stout starts with a copy of this spell that costs 3 green mana.
	Bum-bo Shake	Rerolls the Puzzle Board	2	Shuffles the tile board.	The number of each tile will always be the same, only the positions change. Bum-bo the Brave starts with a copy of this spell that costs 2 grey mana.
	Buzz Down	Move a Tile Column One Down	1	Moves a tile row 1 space downwards.	Bum-bo the Dead starts with a copy of this spell that costs 1 white mana.
	Buzz Right	Move a Tile Row One Right	1	Moves a tile row 1 space to the right.	Bum-bo the Dead starts with a copy of this spell that costs 1 grey mana.
	Chaos	Add Wild Tile and a Curse	2	Replaces 2 random tiles with a wild tile and a curse tile.
	Cursed Rainbow	Makes Wilds… and Curses	4	Randomly replaces 3 tiles with curse tiles. Randomly replaces 4 tiles in the upcoming row with wild tiles.
	Eraser	Destroy All Tiles of One Type	4	Destroys all tiles of a chosen color.
	Flip	Rerolls Any Tile	1	Replaces a chosen tile with a randomly colored tile.	The new tile cannot be a wild tile or a curse tile. It will also never be the same color of tile as the tile it is replacing.
	Krampus Cross	Destroy a Row and Column of Tiles	6	Destroys a row and column of tiles.
	Magic Marker	Adds More of a Selected Tile	4	Randomly converts 2 or 3 tiles to a chosen tile’s color.	Bum-bo the Weird starts with a copy of this spell that costs 4 yellow mana.
	MallEt	Split a Tile in Two	4	Destroys a chosen tile. Both tiles directly beside the chosen tile become the same color as the chosen tile.	When used on a wild tile, both tiles directly beside the chosen tile become random colors.
	Mirror Mirror	Flips a Row of Tiles	2	Horizontally inverts a chosen row of tiles.
	Mom’s Lipstick	Turns a Tile Into a Heart	4	Converts a chosen tile into a heart tile.
	Ms. Bang	Removes a Tile and All Adjacent		Destroys a chosen tile and all 8 tiles around it.
	Navy Bean	Destroy a Column of Tiles	4	Destroys a column of tiles.
	Paper Straw	Gain Mana = to Most Common Tile	6
	Potato Masher	Smash a Tile… Kinda	2	Destroys a chosen tile, then converts another random tile to the chosen tile’s color.
	Rainbow Finger	Change any Tile to Wild	4	Transforms a chosen tile into a wild tile.
	Rainbow Flag	Adds 3 Wild Tiles	10	Replaces 3 random tiles with wild tiles.
	Red D12	Rerolls a Row of Tiles	2	Rerolls all tiles in a chosen row.	The number of each color of tile does not have to be the same.
	Skewer	Destroys a Row of Tiles	4	Destroys all tiles in a chosen row.
	TinyDice	Reroll Tiles of the Same Type	4	Rerolls all tiles of a chosen color.
	Toothpick	Remove a Single Tile	2	Removes a chosen tile. Provides 1 mana of the chosen tile’s color.	Bum-bo the Nimble starts with a copy of this spell that costs 2 grey mana.

Defense Spells

Image	Name	Description	Total Mana Cost	Effect	Additional Notes
	Barbed Wire	Melee Attackers Take Damage	4
	Beckoning Finger	Pulls an Enmy Close	2	Poisons a random enemy and pulls it towards the player.
	Brown Belt	Blocks Next Attack + Attacks	4
	Euthanasia	Hurts an Enemy that Hits You	4
	Flash Bulb	50% of Blinding Enemies	4
	Lard	Heals 1 Heart, Lose One Move	6	Heals 1 heart and makes the player lose a move at the start of their next turn.	Note that the number of moves at the start of a turn cannot be reduced below 1.
	Mom’s Pad	Blinds 1 Enemy!	4	Blinds a chosen enemy.
	Old Pillow	Blocks the Next Single Attack	4
	Orange Belt	Attacking Enemies Take Damage	2	During the enemies’ next turn, deals 1 static damage to an enemy whenever it damages the player.	Using the spell multiple times on the same turn has no additional effect.
	Peace	Unprime One Random Enemy	4	Randomly chooses a primed enemy and unprimes it.
	Pepper	Booger and Knock Back!	4
	Pinto Bean	Push All Front Row Enemies	2	Knocks back all enemies in the front row.
	Prayer Card	Gain Half a Soul Heart	16	Provides half a soul heart.
	Rotten Meat	Heals 1/2 Heart, But You Barf…	4	Heals 1/2 heart. Obscures four random tiles.
	Smoke Machine	50% to Dodge Next Attacks	4	Gain a 50% chance for the next enemy attack to miss this turn.	Using the spell multiple times on the same turn has no additional effect. Using this spell can also make enemies miss poop walls.
	Snack	Heals 1/2 Heart	6	Heals 1/2 heart.
	Snot Rocket	Booger a Lane	10
	Stop Watch	Enemies Move Slower	4	Whenever an enemy moves during the next enemy phase, it immediately loses the rest of its actions.	Using the spell multiple times on the same turn has no additional effect.
	The Virus	Poisons Enemy that Hits You	2	Enemies that hit the player during the next enemy phase become poisoned.	Using the spell multiple times on the same turn has no additional effect.
	Trash Lid	Blocks the Next 2 Attacks	6
	White Belt	Avoid Status Effects	2

Special Spells

Image	Name	Description	Total Mana Cost	Effect	Additional Notes
	Addy	+1 Damage This Turn	2	Increases the player’s spell damage and puzzle damage stats by 1. Resets between turns.	The player’s spell damage and puzzle damage stats can never be increased past 5.
	Big Slurp	+2 Movement	10	Provides 2 movement.
	Black Candle	Removes All Curse Tiles	4	Destroys all curse tiles on the tile board.
	Blind Rage	You and Enemies Hurt More	4	Increases the player’s spell damage and puzzle damage stats by 1, and increases damage taken from enemy attacks by 1/2 heart. Resets between rooms.	The player’s spell damage and puzzle damage stats can never be increased past 5.
	Blood Rights	Gain Mana + Curses	2	Replaces 1 or 2 random tiles with curses. Provides 1 mana of each color.
	Box!	+1 Mana of Each Color	4	Provides 1 mana of each color.
	Coin Roll	+1 Coin	10	Provides 1 Coin.
	Converter	Gain X Mana	2	Gain 1 mana of color X.	X is a random color of mana. The default mana cost will never include mana of color X.
	Crazy Straw	Destroys a Tile + Mana	6	Removes a chosen tile. Gain 3 mana of the chosen tile’s color.
	Juiced!	+1 Movement	4	Provides 1 movement.
	Libra	Averages Your Mana	4	Averages the player’s mana.	The method for averaging mana works as follows: First, the spell removes all of the player’s mana. Then, the spell takes the total number of mana removed as X and divides X by 5, rounding up. Finally, the spell provides the player X mana of each color.
	Lucky Foot	Gain +1 Luck for the Room	4	Increases the player’s luck stat by 1. Resets between rooms.	The luck stat can never be increased past 5.
	Metronome	???	4
	Missing Piece	Gain +1 Puzzle Damage	10	Increases the player’s puzzle damage stat by 1. Resets between rooms.	The player’s puzzle damage stat can never be increased past 5.
	Pentagram	Gain +1 Damage for the Room	6	Increases the player’s spell damage stat by 1. Resets between rooms.	The player’s spell damage stat can never be increased past 5.
	Refresh	Charges Random Usable Item	16	Randomly chooses one of the player’s charge type spells, and adds 1 charge to it.
	Roid Rage	Your Next Attack Will be Critical	4	The player’s next attack has 100% critical chance.
	Sleight Of Hand	Spells Cost Less for the Room	10	Reduces the mana cost of all other spells. Resets between rooms.
	Time Walker	+3 Movement	20	Provides 3 movement.
	Wooden Spoon	Gain +1 Movement for the Room	16

Charge Spells

Image	Name	Description	Charge	Effect	Additional Notes
	Butter Bean	Knockback All Enemies	1 Charge	Knocks back all enemies.
	Cat Paw	Converts Hearts Into Soul Hearts	1 Charge	Causes the player to lose 1 red heart. Provides 1 soul heart.
	Craft Paper	Becomes a Copy of a Spell	1 Charge	Becomes a duplicate of a chosen spell, but with a randomized mana cost.
	D4	Rerolls the Puzzle Board	1 Charge
	D6	Reroll a Spell	1 Charge	Replaces a chosen spell with a random new one.	The new spell does not have to be the same type of spell as the one it replaced.
	D10	Rerolls All Enemies	1 Charge	Rerolls all enemies in the current room.	Bosses cannot be rerolled.
	D20	So Mysterious…	4 Charge	Rerolls the puzzle board and the player’s mana. Provides 1 soul heart.	The number of each color of tile does not have to be the same.
	Golden Tick	Reduce the Cost of Your Spells	3 Charge	Reduces the mana cost of all the player’s spells. Resets between rooms.
	Leaky Battery	Hits All Enemies	2 Charge
	Lithium Battery	+2 Movement	2 Charge	Provides 2 movement.
	Loose Change	Gain Coins = to Next Damage Taken	0 Charge	during the next enemy phase, the player gains 1 coin each time they are hit by an enemy.
	Mega Battery	+3 Movement + Random Mana	3 Charge	Provides 3 movement and 3 mana of random colors.
	Mushroom	+1 Damage and Life Gain	3 Charge	Heals 1/2 heart. Increases the player’s spell damage and puzzle damage stats by 1, which resets between rooms.	The player’s spell damage and puzzle damage stats can never be increased past 5.
	Price Tag	Destroys a Spell, Gain 10+ Coins	1 Charge	Destroys a chosen spell. Provides 10-20 coins.
	Silver Chip	Extra Reward at End of Combat	2 Charge
	Teleport	Skip Ahead 1 Room	3 Charge	Skips the current room.	No coins are rewarded when skipping the room, and charge spells don’t gain any charge from the skipped room. Can be used to skip the Bygone boss fight.
	The Poop	Make a Poop Shield	1 Charge	Places a poop in a chosen lane.
	Trace Paper	Copies Spell at Random	2 Charge	Randomly chooses one of the player’s other spells, and duplicates its effect.
	Trap Door	Skip Chapter +10 Coins!	4 Charge	Skips the current floor. Provides 10 coins.
	Watch Battery	+1 Movement	1 Charge	Provides 1 movement.
	Wooden Nickel	Gain 1-2 Coins	2 Charge	Provides 1 or 2 coins.
	Yum Heart	Gain 1 Heart	2 Charge	Heals 1 heart.

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