Beats

Beats are a special type of equipment that can be used by any character, regardless of class. Unlike the skills granted by Mods, Beats cost no Hype to use, however, they also do not automatically scale with your bands stats. The Sampler class focusses on Beats and allows the character to equip more than one Beat and use multiple Beats at once in a single action.

Most Beats can be upgraded twice using Bops. Upgrading always increases the numeric stats (damage, healing) of the Beat. Some upgrades unlock additonal effects or improve existing effects beyond damage. This includes adding measure effects to the attack or making the attack inflict additional hits. Upgrading an enemy's Beat also unlocks their full entry in the Gear menu. The legendary Beats rewarded for defeating certain Bosses cannot be upgraded at all.

Aside from each character's signature beat, which they have from the very beginning, additional Beats can only be obtained as drops from defeated enemies. Each enemy has one, and only one Beat to drop, with drop rates varying between enemy types. The DJ Beatseek and Major Droppage Patches increase drop rates by a flat amount, so that even the lowest beat drop rate in the game, 2%, can be increased to a much more manageable 11% by using both. Battle length does not affect the drop rate, making the aforementioned patches and the Maximum Volume beat a powerful combo to hunt down missed beats in the later stages of the game.

List of maxed Beats

Icon	Name	Damage/Heal	Average	Type	Additional Effects	Unlock	Legend
	Slick Lick	24-50	37 (67 @ Lv20)	damage	Deals additional damage equal to 1.5*band level, rounded down. Bonus damage is not affected by Bar Effects like Amplify, Weaken, or Fortify.	Default.
	Strong Tone	32-42	37 (67 @ Lv20)	damage	Deals additional damage equal to 1.5*band level, rounded down. Bonus damage is not affected by Bar Effects like Amplify, Weaken, or Fortify.	When Ian joins
	Simple Snare	37	37 (67 @ Lv20)	damage	Deals additional damage equal to 1.5*band level, rounded down. Bonus damage is not affected by Bar Effects like Amplify, Weaken, or Fortify.	When Briff joins
	Beak Box	75-115	95	heal	2x Haste to player	Gifted by Rinna before fighting K-Kwak shortly after arriving in Hoho
	Rinna's Rath	30-55	42.5	damage	2x Pain to enemy	Gifted by Rinna before fighting K-Kwak shortly after arriving in Hoho
	Shrubbash	15-19	17	damage	1x Slow to enemy	Shrubbusher
	Venom Blast	8-30	19	damage	1x Pain to enemy	Python
	Toot	6-8	7	damage	2x Haste to player	Tootstump
	Banshbash	5-8	6.5	AoE damage	Replaces all negative measure effects on enemy's bar with Slow.	Shrubbanshee	x
	Boomtime	22-30	26	damage	2x enemy measures cleared	Boompidge
	Sick Flip	18-36	27	damage	15% chance to restore some Hype	Milkshake
	Bellowing Blast	9-18	27	AoE damage	hits twice	Vertebellow
	Absolute Belter	24-30	27	heal	1x Sooth to player	Madam Bouffant	x
	Chonk	6-50	28	damage	1x Shield to enemy measure	Conchonko
	Bagparp	30-32	31	damage	Muffle to enemy bar	Bagpuff
	Dad-dance	22-28	25	AoE damage	1x Pain to enemy	Horndaddy
	Sputter	32-37	34.5(103.5)	AoE heal	-	Splutterspit
	Cuttlebuddy	-	-	summon	1x Cuttlefish to player	Chuckridge Cuttlebrander	x
	Shadowscream	26-34	30	AoE damage	10% chance for 1x Mad Pain	Flaunthaunter
	Twinklethump	42-57	49.5	damage	5% chance to Amplify player and Weaken enemy	Twinklespark
	Harpleech	30-38	34	damage	heal for 20% of damage and Nurture to player	Harpleen
	Partyhearty	36-48	42(126)	AoE heal	-	Ravestone
	Starstrike	4-86	75	damage	Two additional damage instances, each with a 33% chance to hit.	Glamourella	x
	Pedalpower	28-45	36.5	damage	2x Empower to enemy measures	Pedalhead
	Hardwire	28-45	36.5	damage	2x Empower to player measures	ShrubBORGer
	Protungtion	28-45	36.5	damage	2x Shield to player measures	Tingtung
	Rat Battery	18-30	72	damage	hits thrice	Rats
	Stresstoot	28-45	36.5(73)	damage	double damage if user below half health	Puppettoot
	Makeshift Beat	32-64	48(96)	damage	up to double damage against high health enemies	WIP	x
	Demon Dunk	24-75	49.5	AoE damage	25% chance for 1x Shielded Haste to player	Duncubus
	Nauseating Belch	38-58	48	AoE damage	2x random negative measure effects to enemy	Orbomina
	The Quench	72-106	111.25	heal	25% chance to trigger twice	Event Security
	Power of Fiendship	56-84	70	damage	deals bonus damage equal to 40% of Noise stat rounded up, heal for 15% of damage. Bonus damage is not affected by Bar Effects like Amplify, Weaken, or Fortify.	Fiendship
	Maximum Volume	???	-	AoE damage	Insta-kills most enemies, never affects bosses or enemies in Lower Locks	Volmax	x
	Toxic Heckle	71-98	84.5	damage	1% chance for 1x Contagion to enemy	Boohiss
	Ghoulish Whine	53-64	58.5	AoE damage	2x Invert to enemy measures	Ghoulstump