Bumbo

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(except in Rebirth)

Bumbo is a passive item added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth.

Effect

  • Spawns a familiar which follows Isaac and picks up any nearby coins. Bumbo changes level based on the amount of coins it's collected.
Collectible Bumbo level 1.png Level 1 (0-5 coins): Bumbo just collects coins to level up.
Collectible Bumbo level 2.png Level 2 (6-11 coins): Bumbo occasionally drops a pickup, trinket, chest or pedestal item after a room clear.
Collectible Bumbo level 3.png Level 3 (12-23 coins): Bumbo now fires tears that deal 3.5 damage in the same direction Isaac does. Bumbo's tears have a chance to drop a coin if they hit an enemy.
Collectible Bumbo level 4.png Level 4 (24+ coins): Bumbo no longer fires tears and instead chases enemies slowly and deals contact damage (2.5 per tick, or (except in Repentance and Repentance+)37.5 per second/(in Repentance and Repentance+)10.7 per second). Bumbo will occasionally drop Bomb.pngBombs while chasing enemies or coins.
  • After reaching level 4, Bumbo will continue to collect coins, and can drop a pickup, trinket, or chest for each coin it collects, similar to Collectible Bum Friend icon.pngBum Friend.
    • Bumbo can also drop pedestal items.

Notes

  • Level 1-3 Bumbo can fly over pits and obstacles, despite having limbs at level 2 and 3 that serve him as legs.
  • If Bumbo consumes an absurd amount of coins while level four, Bumbo can become level one again (Unsure if bug, likely a buffer overflow)
  • If Level 4 Bumbo targets Mega Satan Head ingame.pngMega Satan's head, Bumbo will attempt to "chase" him the entire fight by standing in the middle of the room.
  • Level 4 Bumbo's bombs are unaffected by Isaac's bomb synergies.
  • Bumbo cannot pick up Nickel.pngSticky Nickels and will hover over them. Level 4 Bumbo can eventually bomb the Sticky Nickel to free it.
  • Bumbo will pick up Lucky Penny.pngLucky Pennies, without additional benefit to evolution or drops.
  • If Bumbo drops a pedestal item, it will be pulled from the current room's item pool.
  • In a RERUN, Bumbo's level is reset.
  • Bumbo's level is reset when entering the (in Repentance and Repentance+)Collectible Knife Piece 2 icon.pngKnife Piece 2 sequence.
  • Level 4 Bumbo can target charmed enemies and will try to follow them around to no effect. This prevents him from picking up coins until the target is changed.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) There is a similar boss named Boss Bumbino ingame.pngBumbino.
  • From a scoring perspective, Coins that Bumbo picks up count towards your Schwag bonus on daily runs. (only applies to Afterbirth and Afterbirth ✞ dailies)

Synergies

  • Collectible BFFS! icon.pngBFFS!: Doubles both the contact and shot damage, when applicable.

Interactions

  • Collectible Box of Friends icon.pngBox of Friends: Will spawn a level 1 Bumbo regardless of the original Bumbo's current level.
  • Collectible Bum Friend icon.pngBum Friend: The bum friend will follow Bumbo instead of Isaac.
  • Character Keeper icon.pngKeeper: Not recommended, as the coins Bumbo collects could have been used to heal Keeper.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Character Tainted Keeper icon.pngTainted Keeper: Due to the large influx of coins spawned, it's technically possible to sustain Bumbo while also maintaining a good level of wealth and health.

In-game Footage

Trivia

  • Bumbo is the main character of his own game, The Legend of Bum-Bo, designed by Edmund McMillen.
  • The name is a play on the word bum and Rambo.
  • Bumbo Level 1 looks similar to Bum Friend's head.

Bugs

Bug Bug! (in Repentance and Repentance+) Bumbo's level can be reset after the sequence of obtaining Collectible Knife Piece 2 icon.pngKnife Piece 2 in AshpitAshpit/MinesMines II.
Bug Bug! (in Repentance and Repentance+) Collision between Bumbo and other bum familiars such as Collectible Dark Bum icon.pngDark Bum can prevent them from collecting pickups if you're holding one of the firing buttons upon entering a room

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