Megabonk characters

A character in Megabonk is a starting weapon plus a passive that grows while you level. The Steam pitch says “20 Characters with unique abilities.” The store asset timestamp on that page is 14 Oct 2025. The December 2025 Spooky patch announced a new character, and the two rosters below both list 21 names. Buy from the Unlocks tab after the task is done. The menu is the live list.

Starters

Character	Unlock	Starts with	Strength
Fox	Available immediately	Firestaff	Luck each level, so later offers skew better. Wikis disagree on the percent.
Sir Oofie	Available immediately	Sword	+1% Armor per level. The passive name is Reinforced on one wiki and Fortified on the other.

The rest of the roster

Character	Unlock	Starts with	Strength
Calcium	Defeat 1,000 skeletons, then buy	Bone	Damage that cares about speed. The exact formula differs by wiki.
Megachad	Get the Damage Tome to level 7, then buy	Aura	A flex that stuns and adds damage. One wiki also lists a shorter cooldown each level.
Ogre	Defeat 15,000 Goblins, then buy. One index also wants the Axe unlocked first.	Axe	+1.5% Damage per level.
CL4NK	Clear Forest Tier 1, then buy	Revolver	+1% Crit Chance per level.
Athena	Tied to Aegis and the Thorns Tome. One wiki asks for Thorns Tome level 9.	Aegis	Thorns each level, and more damage at low HP.
Robinette	Clear Forest Tier 2, then buy	Bow	+1% Gold Gain per level, and damage that scales with gold you are carrying. The rate per 1,000 gold is not the same on both pages.
Monke	Free Monke in the Forest with the gold key / hidden banana and the cage	Bananarang	Climbs walls. +2 max HP per level.
Tony McZoom	Complete 2 challenges, then buy. One index also wants Wireless Dagger unlocked.	Wireless Dagger	An electric charge while you move, and +2% Pickup Range per level.
Bush	Defeat Bush (also called Sus Bush) in the Forest. One index wants the Sniper Rifle owned first.	Sniper Rifle	Marks enemies. +1% Crit Damage per level.
Birdo	In the Desert, defeat 100 enemies with Tornado while airborne	Tornado	Hold jump to float. +1% Airborne Damage per level.
Noelle	Use a Microwave to duplicate an Ice Crystal 3 times in a row	Frostwalker	Grows in size, and deals more damage per frozen enemy. The percents differ.
Amog	Poison 50,000 enemies with Moldy Cheese	Poison Flask	Poison spreads or scales when things die. The passive text is not the same on both wikis.
Spaceman	Complete 6 challenges, then buy. One index also wants Black Hole unlocked.	Black Hole	Extra XP as you level. One wiki adds a flat XP bonus on top.
Bandit	Defeat the Bandit in the Desert	Dexecutioner	+1% Attack Speed per level.
Ninja	Clear Desert Tier 1. One index also wants the Katana.	Katana	+0.5% Evasion per level, and an execute after a dodge.
Vlad	Clear Desert Tier 2, then buy	Blood Magic	Lifesteal each level. Whether there is also a flat 5% is where the wikis split.
Sir Chadwell	Clear Forest Tier 3, then buy	Corrupted Sword	+1% difficulty (also called Curse) per level. The run gets harder because you picked him.
Dicehead	Complete 100 quests, then buy	Dice	A random stat when you level. One wiki describes a reward multiplier instead of a plain stat roll.
Roberto	Defeat Spooky Steve. One index also wants the Scythe purchased.	Scythe	Free chests on a timer that gets slower as you level, and a little float. Added with the spooky content.

How to use the table

• If a row says “one index also wants…”, do that extra step if the Unlocks menu still shows a lock. The menu text beats either wiki.
• Desert characters assume you can select Desert. That map is the CL4NK trip described on Maps.
• Starting weapons still have to be in your pool. If Roberto’s Scythe or Ninja’s Katana is a separate purchase, buy the weapon before you expect the character to matter.
• Strengths are the reason to pick them, not a tier. Opinion routes are on Builds.

Hats are not characters. A 25 Jan 2026 Steam post for v1.0.64 said it added 21 hats. This page does not list them.