Dog

Dog
Statistics
Type:	Passive
Quality:
Sell Price:	16
Unlock:	Kill The Hunter's past.
Ammonomicon Entry
Junior II
A faithful companion. Finds items on room clear. Keeps the Hunter company. He has a good nose for treasure, but all attempts to train him in combat have failed.

Dog is a passive item in Enter and Exit the Gungeon. The Hunter starts with this item in both games.

Effects

Enter the Gungeon

• Summons a dog companion who follows the player around.
  • Has a 5% chance to dig up a pickup upon completing a room.
  • Identifies chest Mimics by barking.
    • Dog will not bark at Pedestal Mimics or Wall Mimics.
  • The player can pet the dog by interacting with him.

Exit the Gungeon

• Summons a dog companion that will fly around the screen in a jetpack.
  • The dog will go after any pickups on screen and collects them for the player. This includes casings, blanks, armor, hearts, Hegemony credits, and Powerups.
  • The player can pet the dog by interacting with him while he is not chasing down items.

Other Appearances

• The Dog appears in key art for the A Farewell to Arms Update of Enter the Gungeon, and the initial release of Exit the Gungeon, illustrated by Max Grecke.
• The Dog appears in the animated launch trailer for Enter the Gungeon, accompanying the Hunter.
• The sleeve for the 2022 special edition vinyl release of the Enter the Gungeon soundtrack includes an illustration of the Dog by artist Joseph Harmon.
  • The Dog also appears in the inside art of the sleeve, again illustrated by Joseph Harmon.

Unused and Cut Content

• Unused: Husky - If the player has Wolf, it spawns smaller puppy versions of the two companions that follow the player. These puppies have no effect.

Notes

• Cannot be dropped when playing as The Hunter.
• The dog cannot be interacted with if the player is currently in combat.
• If the player has flight, they can still interact with the dog but there will be no petting animation.
• If the player is playing as The Marine and they lose his helmet, he will have no more petting animation, but he'll still be able to interact with the Dog.
• Most Gungeoneers smile when petting the Dog, with the exception of The Robot, whose monitor displays a heart, and The Pilot and The Bullet, with both remaining serious during the animation. The reason is unknown.
• The Convict's petting animation is slower than the other characters. This doesn't happen when using her alternate costume.
• The Gunslinger will not smile while petting the dog as he is expressionless.
• The dog can dodge-roll across pits.
• If the player has Baby Good Mimic and it transforms into the dog, each individual Dog will have a chance to find an item, both will play the digging animation if one finds an item, and both can be pet if interacted with.
• The ability to pet the dog was added in the Farewell to Arms Update, in direct response to a post from twitter account @CanYouPetTheDog, calling out Enter the Gungeon for containing a non-pettable dog. According to Dodge Roll designer Dave Crooks, while the idea of making the dog pettable had come up before in development, it was the intervention of @CanYouPetTheDog that spurred the change.
• The Dog's name implies that the Hunter got him as a replacement for her Wolf, Junior.

Gallery

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  The Dog in key art for A Farewell to Arms by Max Grecke
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  The Dog in key art for XTG, by Max Grecke
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  The Dog in the launch trailer for Enter the Gungeon, next to the Hunter
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  Ditto, growling at a Mimic
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  Junior II on the sleeve of the 2022 special edition soundtrack vinyl. Illustration by Joseph Harmon.
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  Ditto, on the inside art of the sleeve

See also

• Items