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Gunblood cheats: every code, how they work, and what they actually do

A player who searches for Gunblood cheats usually wants one of three things: the complete list of valid cheat codes, an explanation of how the game’s built-in cheat box actually works, or a way to feel competitive against tougher opponents without changing the game in a way that breaks the experience. This guide covers all three, but it treats them as related parts of the same question. The cheat system in Gunblood is unusual because it is not hidden behind mods, trainers, or third-party tools. The developers put a labelled text box on the character selection screen and left the codes there for anyone willing to type. That single design decision shapes everything that follows, from how cheats are entered to how they affect scoring, progression, and online play.

Before diving into the code list, it is worth being clear about scope. The cheats discussed here are the ones shipped with the game itself and documented on the official strategy wiki. They are not exploits for browser console manipulation, not save-file edits, and not scripts that depend on third-party software. If a reader is looking for any of those, they fall outside what the developers intended and outside the reliability guarantees of the documented code list. The four codes that follow are the only ones officially supported in the cheat box, and each one changes a specific gameplay parameter in a way that is easy to verify once you know what to look for.

What the Gunblood cheat box actually is

On the character selection screen, below the row of available gunslingers, there is a small input box labelled “Cheats.” It accepts short text strings, usually one or two words separated by a space, and applies them the moment you start a match. The box is case-insensitive in practice, and the codes do not require a confirmation prompt, a separate menu, or a pause. If you type a recognised code, the effect simply takes hold on the next duel. If you type something the game does not recognise, the match starts normally with no effect. This makes the system forgiving for experimentation, but it also means a player can accidentally leave a code active across many matches without realising it, because the game does not flash a warning when a cheat is on.

For players who are curious about the technical side, the cheat box is a small piece of the same input layer that handles character names and lobby configuration. It is not a separate system that runs in the background, and it does not modify any file on disk. Each code corresponds to a value in the match rules, and entering the code is functionally the same as setting that value through the debug interface that the developers use internally. The reason this matters for a player is that the effects are deterministic: if you enter the same code twice, the same parameter changes both times, and there is no randomness in which cheat “wins” if you somehow entered more than one valid code at once. The game simply reads the string and applies the last rule it recognises.

The four official Gunblood cheats

The complete list of cheats built into Gunblood is short. There are exactly four codes that the cheat box recognises, and each one is meant to address a specific weakness or to encourage a different style of play. The table below summarises what each one does, how it changes the duel, and what kind of player tends to use it.

Cheat code	Effect on the duel	Who tends to use it	Interaction with scoring
big shot	Increases the damage dealt by the player’s shots, so fewer hits are needed to win a duel	Players who keep losing on the first exchange and want faster rounds	Does not directly multiply score, but shorter duels leave less time to accumulate bonuses
howdy partner	Summons a second AI-controlled gunslinger as a temporary ally for the player	Players who want a more cinematic, story-style duel rather than a one-on-one shootout	Match length and kill count behave differently because the AI ally can end the duel early
trigger happy	Shortens the delay between the draw signal and the earliest moment the player can fire	Players who feel they are always half a beat slower than the opponent	Improves consistency on reaction-based wins, which tends to raise average match scores
sharpshooter	Slows the in-match time scale, giving the player more visible frames before the draw	Players who want to read opponent tells and practice timing without losing to reflex opponents	Higher accuracy usually leads to cleaner wins, which in turn affects combo or streak bonuses

These four codes are documented on the game’s official strategy wiki, and they are the only codes the cheat box is designed to accept. The reference page lists them in the same order as the table above, and the descriptions of their effects are consistent across repeated testing. If a code does not appear in this list, it is not a built-in cheat, and typing it will do nothing. Some players have reported that certain phrases seem to “work,” but those reports typically describe normal gameplay patterns or coincidences, not undocumented code branches.

How to enter a cheat without breaking your session

Entering a cheat is straightforward, but a few small habits make it less likely that you will leave one on by accident. The steps below work on both the browser version of Gunblood and the standalone client.

Open the main menu and select the character or mode you want to play. The cheat box is on the same screen as the character portraits.
Click inside the box labelled “Cheats.” Make sure your cursor is in the box and not on a portrait or a button.
Type the code exactly as it appears in the table above. The game accepts lowercase and mixed case, but the canonical form is lowercase.
Do not press Enter. The code is applied when you start the match, not when you finish typing.
Start the duel. The effect should be visible within the first second of the round, either as a different pacing, a partner character, or a different damage number on hit.
To turn the cheat off, return to the character selection screen, clear the cheat box, and start a new match. The previous code is not remembered between matches once the box is empty.

A useful diagnostic is to deliberately enter a code you do not intend to keep, then immediately clear the box. This confirms that the box itself is the source of the effect, and it stops you from blaming other game settings when a duel feels different than expected. The same habit makes it easier to compare fair and cheated runs side by side, which is useful if you are trying to decide whether a code genuinely helps your playstyle or simply masks an underlying problem.

What each cheat actually changes under the hood

Each of the four Gunblood cheats maps to a single tunable in the match rules. Understanding what is being changed is useful because it tells you what to expect and what not to expect. None of the codes modify the opponent’s behaviour directly, none of them unlock new characters, and none of them persist into online leaderboards in any way that the developers have documented. They are local session modifiers, and they reset when the match ends.

Big shot. This code increases the per-hit damage of the player’s weapon. In practical terms, a duel that would normally require two or three clean hits can end after one. The opponent’s hit points are reduced faster, so the time-to-kill on both sides shifts in the player’s favour. It does not change the draw timing, the accuracy cone, or the opponent’s damage, so a player who already wins duels cleanly will not notice a large change. A player who loses on the first exchange will notice the largest change because they are no longer punished as harshly for a slow read.

Howdy partner. This is the only cheat that adds a new entity to the match. The player gains a temporary AI ally who fires from a fixed position on the player’s side of the street. The ally does not follow the player, does not heal, and does not revive, but they do draw their weapon on the same signal as the player. The result is a duel that frequently ends faster than a one-on-one, because the opponent is now facing two guns at once. This is the cheat most likely to feel “easy,” and it is also the one most likely to interfere with score-based objectives, because the kill is no longer solely the player’s.

Trigger happy. This code shortens the input buffer that the game uses between the draw signal and the earliest allowed fire. In a normal duel, there is a brief window during which pressing fire does nothing, to prevent players from mashing the key. The cheat shrinks that window, so a player who presses fire immediately after the draw is more likely to register a hit. The change is small, often a few hundred milliseconds, but it is enough to swing close duels.

Sharpshooter. This code applies a time-scale modifier to the match. The draw animation plays more slowly, the opponent’s reaction animation is also slowed to keep the duel fair, and the player’s own movement is reduced at the same rate. The result is a duel in which more frames are visible, which makes it easier to read tells and to time the draw. It is the closest the game has to a practice mode without leaving the standard duel structure.

Cheat code vs. fair play: what the developers actually shipped

It is worth pausing on the design choice. The developers did not hide the cheat box, did not bury the codes, and did not lock them behind an account level or a separate unlock. They put the box on the same screen as the character select and labelled it “Cheats.” This is a deliberate decision, and it changes how the cheats should be read. They are not exploits. They are not secrets. They are a set of toggles that the developers chose to expose, presumably so that players who are stuck, who want a more cinematic experience, or who want to practise timing can do so without leaving the game.

The IGN guide for the game treats the codes as part of the normal feature set, alongside beginner tips and loadout advice. The framing there is helpful because it puts the codes in the same category as any other difficulty modifier or accessibility toggle. The codes are there to be used, and the game is designed to remain coherent when they are active. That is not the case for exploits, third-party trainers, or save editors, which exist outside the developers’ control and which can leave a save file in a state the game does not expect.

Common questions about the cheat box

Players often have follow-up questions after they find the cheat box. The list below covers the ones that come up most often in community discussion, and each answer is grounded in what the cheat box actually does rather than in speculation.

Does the cheat box accept codes from other games? No. The box is scoped to the Gunblood match rules and ignores strings that the game does not recognise.
Are the cheats case-sensitive? In practice, no. The game treats the input as a normalised string, so “Big Shot” and “big shot” behave the same way.
Can I stack cheats? The match rules apply the most recently parsed code, and the cheat box is a single text field, so only one code can be active at a time in any given match.
Do cheats affect online leaderboards? The documentation does not describe any official leaderboard integration, and the cheats are local session modifiers, so they do not interact with any cross-game ranking system that the developers have shipped.
Will using a cheat void anything? There is no official “void” mechanic. The cheats are part of the game, and using them does not mark a save or lock content.

How cheats interact with scoring and progression

Because the cheat box only changes local match rules, its effect on scoring and progression depends entirely on what the game counts and how the player is judged. In a casual duel, the cheats simply make the round play differently. In a score-chasing session, the picture is more nuanced. Trigger happy and sharpshooter both tend to improve average accuracy and reduce wasted draws, which usually raises a player’s average match score. Big shot tends to shorten duels, which can reduce the opportunity to chain kills or to accumulate mid-match bonuses. Howdy partner introduces a second shooter, which complicates any score that attributes a kill to a single player.

The table below summarises the typical effect each cheat has on common scoring patterns. It is not a guaranteed outcome, because the game does not publish a numerical formula for these effects, but it is a useful starting point for a player who wants to know whether a code is likely to help or hurt their average score.

Cheat	Effect on duel length	Effect on accuracy-based score	Effect on kill-streak or combo bonuses
big shot	Shortens duels because one hit can end a round	Neutral to slightly positive, since each shot is more decisive	Reduces opportunity, because duels end before chains can build
howdy partner	Shortens duels because the ally can end rounds quickly	Variable; the ally’s shots count toward some score categories and not others	Disrupts combo logic, since the player is no longer the only shooter
trigger happy	Slightly shortens duels by rewarding fast draws	Positive, because earlier valid hits register as clean shots	Positive, because faster first hits enable quicker follow-ups
sharpshooter	Slightly lengthens duels due to slowed time	Positive, because more visible frames improve shot placement	Positive in the long run, because cleaner hits enable longer chains

If a player is optimising for a specific objective, the choice of cheat becomes a strategic decision rather than a casual toggle. Trigger happy is usually the safest pick for a player who wants to raise their average without changing the feel of the duel too much. Sharpshooter is the best pick for a player who wants to practise timing while still playing real matches. Big shot and howdy partner are better treated as cinematic or stress-relief options, because they change the structure of the round more than they change the player’s skill.

Fair alternatives if you would rather not use a cheat

Some players find the cheats useful as a crutch, and then want to put them down once their confidence improves. The game supports this transition because the cheat box is a session-level toggle rather than a permanent unlock. A few habits tend to transfer cleanly from cheats to fair play.

If trigger happy helped, the underlying skill it trains is reading the draw signal and pressing fire on the same frame. That habit is valuable without the cheat, and it can be practised by watching the draw animation without firing.
If sharpshooter helped, the habit to keep is treating the opponent’s shoulder and hand as separate signals. A player who learned to read those signals under slow motion can still read them at full speed, with practice.
If big shot helped, the underlying weakness is usually duels that go long because neither player commits. Training the habit of committing to the first clear signal tends to have the same effect without the cheat.
If howdy partner helped, the underlying preference is for a more chaotic, story-driven duel. That style is also reachable in fair play by selecting more aggressive opponents or by playing longer match series.

The official beginner tips in the Gunblood cheats and secrets guide cover the same habits in a different order, and they are worth reading alongside the cheat descriptions because they show what the developers consider the underlying skills to be. The tips and the codes are not in tension. The codes are a shortcut, the tips are the destination.

Troubleshooting: when a code does not seem to work

Most reports of “the cheat does not work” fall into one of three categories: the code was mistyped, the cheat box was not focused when the code was entered, or the player was looking for a visual effect that the cheat does not produce. The diagnostic steps below help isolate which category a given case falls into.

Re-enter the code from a fresh state. Clear the cheat box completely, click inside it once to make sure it has focus, and type the code again from the table above.
Start a duel and watch the first second closely. Big shot shows up as a faster kill, sharpshooter shows up as a slower draw animation, trigger happy shows up as a tighter reaction window, and howdy partner shows up as a second gunslinger on the player’s side of the street.
If the expected effect does not appear, exit to the main menu and start a new match without re-entering the code. If the effect disappears, the code was the cause and a different string was active.
If the effect still appears with an empty cheat box, the game is in a state that the developers do not document, and the safest fix is to restart the client.

Browser versions of the game can occasionally have stale cached state, especially after a patch. If the cheat box behaves inconsistently, a hard refresh of the browser tab usually clears the cache and restores the documented behaviour. Standalone clients have a similar fix: verifying the local files or reinstalling the client usually puts the cheat box back into its expected state.

Why the cheat box design matters for the wider game

It is worth stepping back from the code list and looking at the design choice, because it says something about how Gunblood treats player skill and player fun. Most competitive shooters hide their difficulty modifiers behind a separate menu, label them “assist,” or lock them behind an account level. Gunblood does the opposite. It labels the box “Cheats” and leaves it on the main screen, which frames the cheats as a normal part of the game rather than as a workaround. The official wiki page on the cheats, hosted on the same domain as the rest of the game’s documentation, treats them the same way: as a tool the developers chose to ship.

This matters for the player because it means the cheats are not a grey area. There is no hidden contract about when they are “allowed.” The developers made them available, they documented them, and they left them in. A player who wants to use them can do so without worrying about an unofficial rule. A player who does not want to use them can ignore the box entirely. The game supports both choices, and neither one breaks the experience.

Putting it all together

The complete Gunblood cheats list is small enough to memorise: big shot, howdy partner, trigger happy, and sharpshooter. Each one changes a single match rule, and each one is documented on the official wiki page. The cheat box is on the character selection screen, accepts a single string at a time, and applies the effect on the next match. The codes are case-insensitive, do not require confirmation, and reset when the cheat box is cleared. None of the codes unlock new content, modify the opponent directly, or persist outside the current match. They are local session toggles, designed to be used or ignored, and the game is designed to remain coherent in either case.

For a player who is choosing whether to use them, the useful question is not “are they allowed” but “what do I want from this match.” If the goal is to feel powerful, big shot and howdy partner deliver the most immediate change. If the goal is to improve reaction time, trigger happy is the cleanest training tool. If the goal is to practise timing, sharpshooter provides the most readable frames. If the goal is to play the game exactly as the developers shipped it, the cheat box can be left empty, and the game remains a pure duel of reflexes and reads. All four options are supported, and the cheat box is the single point where the player decides which option to take.

Frequently asked questions

How many Gunblood cheats are there in total?

There are four official Gunblood cheats that the in-game cheat box recognises: big shot, howdy partner, trigger happy, and sharpshooter. These four are the only codes the developers have shipped in the cheat box, and they are the only ones documented on the official strategy wiki. Any other “code” that circulates online is either a community invention, a leftover string from an older build, or a misread of one of the four official codes.

Where do I type Gunblood cheats?

You type them into the input box labelled “Cheats” on the character selection screen. The box sits below the row of character portraits. Click inside the box, type the code, and start the match. The cheat takes effect on the next duel and resets when the box is cleared.

Can I use more than one Gunblood cheat at the same time?

The cheat box is a single text field, so only one code can be active at the start of a given match. If you type a second code, the match rules apply the most recently parsed string. There is no documented way to stack cheats, and the game does not provide a UI for combining them.

Do Gunblood cheats work in every game mode?

The cheat box is on the character selection screen, and the codes are match-rule modifiers rather than mode-specific toggles. They apply to whatever duel structure the player selects, and the developers have not published a mode that ignores them. If a particular mode does not respond to a code, the cause is usually that the mode overrides the relevant rule, not that the code itself is broken.

Will using a Gunblood cheat get me in trouble?

The developers shipped the cheat box as a documented feature, and the codes are listed on the official wiki. There is no rule against using them, no ban system tied to them, and no progression penalty that the documentation describes. They are part of the game, the same way a difficulty setting is part of the game.

Are Gunblood cheats available on every platform?

The cheat box is part of the client build the developers ship, and it appears on every platform that runs the same build. If a particular version of the game does not show the box, the most likely cause is an older client, a cached browser version, or a regional build that strips optional UI. Updating the client or clearing the cache usually restores the box.

Which Gunblood cheat is best for beginners?

For a player who keeps losing on the first exchange, sharpshooter is usually the most useful starting point because it slows the duel and makes the opponent’s tells easier to read. Trigger happy is a close second because it tightens the reaction window without changing the visual structure of the duel. Big shot and howdy partner are better as confidence boosts than as training tools, because they change the duel structure more than they change the player’s skill.

Do Gunblood cheats carry over between matches?

Each match reads the cheat box at the moment it starts. If the box is empty, no cheat is active. If the box contains a code, that cheat is active for the new match. The game does not remember a cheat between sessions, so a player who wants to keep using the same code must re-enter it on the character selection screen each time.

What should I do if a Gunblood cheat stops working after a patch?

If a previously working code stops having an effect, the first step is to clear the cheat box, retype the code from the table above, and start a fresh match. If the effect still does not appear, the most likely cause is that the patch changed the relevant match rule or removed the code. Checking the official wiki page for the current list of valid codes confirms whether the code is still supported. If it has been removed, the remaining three codes remain available in the cheat box.

Is there a way to practise Gunblood without using cheats at all?

Yes. The cheat box is optional, and the game supports a clean duel with no modifiers. The most effective practice habit is to focus on the opponent’s draw animation, commit to a single fire decision per duel, and treat each round as a data point rather than a win or loss. Over a session, this builds the same reaction and timing skills that trigger happy and sharpshooter accelerate, just at a slower pace.