Characters

Nuclear Throne hosts a total of 15 playable characters, each having their own unique active and passive abilities which each adds their own unique playstyle to the game.

Of the 15 characters, 12 of them are considered main characters. Unlocking them will add them to the campfire character selection screen, and each have their own unique B-skins as well as crown and golden weapon unlocks. Fish and Crystal are unlocked by default, while the rest are tied to progression into new areas/finding secret areas.

The other 3 characters are all secrets and cannot be played as by normal means. These characters are moreso additional content and aren't as balanced as the main characters, each provides a very unique playstyle that far differs from a normal run and more than enough justifies going out of the way to try given the chance.

This page serves as a general overview of each character's abilities and unlock conditions as it appears in game(with some slight edits for clarity). Any character can be clicked on to go to their page which will give more in-depth information on every ability and its mechanics, as well as subjective strategy guides for those looking for advice.

Main Characters
Fish	Unlock: Default B-Skin: Loop With Every Character Active: Can Roll Passive: Gets More Ammo Thronebutt: Water Boost Ultra A: Confiscate Enemies Sometimes Drop Chests Ultra B: Gun Warrant Infinite Ammo The First 7 Seconds After Exiting A Portal
Crystal	Unlock: Default B-Skin: Reach 4-? As Crystal Active: Can Shield Passive: More Max HP Thronebutt: Teleportation; Shorter Shielding Ultra A: Fortress +6 Max HP Ultra B: Juggernaut Move While Shielded
Eyes	Unlock: Reach 2-1 B-Skin: Reach 2-? As Eyes Active: Telekinesis Passive: Sees In The Dark Thronebutt: Stronger Telekinesis Ultra A: Projectile Style Telekinesis Holds Your Projectiles Ultra B: Monster Style Push Nearby Enemies Away When Not Using Telekinesis
Melting	Unlock: Die B-Skin: Defeat The Nuclear Throne As Melting Without Taking Rhino Skin Or Strong Spirit Active: Explode Corpses Passive: Less Max HP; More Rads Thronebutt: Bigger Corpse Explosions Ultra A: Brain Capacity Blow Up Low HP Enemies Ultra B: Detachment 3 More Mutations; Lose Half Of Your HP
Plant	Unlock: Reach 3-1 B-Skin: Reach the Nuclear Throne In Under 10 Minutes As Plant Active: Snare Enemies Passive: Is Faster Thronebutt: Snare Finishes Enemies Under 33% HP Ultra A: Trapper Big Snare Ultra B: Killer Enemies Killed On Your Snare Spawn Saplings
Y.V.	Unlock: Reach 3-? B-Skin: Get A Golden Weapon For Every Character Active: Pop Pop Passive: Higher Rate Of Fire Thronebutt: Brrrap Ultra A: Ima Gun God Higher Rate Of Fire Ultra B: Back 2 Bizniz Free Pop Pop Upgrade
Steroids	Unlock: Reach 6-1 B-Skin: Defeat Technomancer As Steroids Active: Dual Wielding Passive: Inaccurate; Automatic Weapons Thronebutt: Firing Gives Ammo For Your Other Weapon More Effective When Firing Both Ultra A: Ambidextrous Double Weapons From Chests Ultra B: Get Loaded Ammo Chests Contain All Ammo Types
Robot	Unlock: Reach 5-1 B-Skin: Eat Any Hyper Weapon Active: Can Eat Weapons Passive: Finds Better Tech Thronebutt: Better Weapon Nutrition Ultra A: Refined Taste High Tier Weapons Only Auto Eat Weapons Left Behind Ultra B: Regurgitate Eating Weapons Can Drop Chests Auto Eat Weapons Left Behind
Chicken	Unlock: Reach 5-? B-Skin: Reach 2-1 On Hardmode As Chicken Active: Can Throw Weapons Passive: Hard To Kill Thronebutt: Throws Pierce Through Enemies Ultra A: Harder To Kill Kills Extend Bleed Time Ultra B: Determination Thrown Weapons Can Teleport Back To Your Secondary Slot
Rebel	Unlock: Defeat Throne II B-Skin: Defeat Mom As Rebel Active: Can Spawn Allies Passive: Portals Heal Thronebutt: Higher Ally Rate Of Fire Ultra A: Personal Guard Start A Level With 2 Allies All Allies Have More HP Ultra B: Riot Double Ally Spawns
Horror	Unlock: Defeat Hostile Horror B-Skin: Defeat Hyper Crystal As Horror Active: Radiation Beam Passive: Extra Mutation Choice Thronebutt: Beam Charges Up Faster; Prolonged Beam Use Heals You Ultra A: Stalker Enemies Explode In Radiation On Death Ultra B: Anomaly Portals Appear Earlier Ultra C: Meltdown Double Rad Capacity
Rogue	Unlock: Defeat The Nuclear Throne B-Skin: Defeat Captain As Rogue Active: Portal Strike Passive: Blast Armor; Heat Thronebutt: Stronger Portal Strike Ultra A: Super Portal Strike Double Portal Strike Pickups And Capacity Ultra B: Super Blast Armor Super Blast Armor
Secret Characters
Skeleton	Playable: Die As Melting In Necromancer Circle Unlock: Become Skeleton (NTT Only) Active: Blood Gamble Passive: Less HP, Speed, And Accuracy Thronebutt: Better Odds Ultra A: Redemption Back In The Flesh Ultra B: Damnation Fast Reload After Blood Gamble
Frog	Unlock: Storing Golden Frog Pistol Active: Toxic Cloud Passive: Can't Stand Still Thronebutt: Toxic Gas Spreads Faster Ultra A: Distance Rads Can Spawn Toxic Gas Ultra B: Intimacy Continuously Spawn Toxic Gas
Big Dog	Unlock: Defeat Big Dog (April Fools Only - Beta) Active: Missiles Passive: More HP; Spin Attack Thronebutt: Faster Missiles And Bullets Ultra A: Ultra Spin Improved Spin Attack Ultra B: Ultra Missiles Missiles Fire Bullets