Bangboo lore
Small body, big helper!
When you walk down the street and see a small figure making "enn enn" noises, don't be alarmed. It's just a Bangboo — an intelligent device unique to New Eridu. Bangboo are only around knee-height in size, but they're indispensable helpers in New Eridu's daily operation. After years of research and development, Bangboo are widely and comprehensively used in many scenarios. Many factories also provide customization services to allow for specific Bangboo functions for different groups of people.
What can Bangboo be used for?
Bangboo were originally created to assist New Eridu residents with evacuation in Hollow disasters. When a Hollow occurs in New Eridu's residential areas, Bangboo will immediately receive disaster information and evacuation guidance from the public network, and help people around them avoid the hazard-prone areas.
Now, thanks to technological advancement and emerging diverse needs, Bangboo have evolved from simple helper intelligent devices for disaster avoidance to more comprehensive and versatile intelligent individuals. Some pro version Bangboo even go deep into Hollows with Investigators and help with various operations.
Bangboo & Combat
If you ever played Honkai Impact 3, then Bangboo are really similar to ELFs - they are the 4th team member who supports the currently active character with both active skills and buffs. Similar to Agents, Bangboo come in different ranks: B, A and S.
How to obtain Bangboo?
While you can obtain B and A rank Bangboo from the gacha mechanic, in the current CBT2 the only way to obtain S rank Bangboo is via a selector every tester receives. We don't know if there will be Bangboo dedicated banners, but it's highly likely.
Bangboo Skills
Each Bangboo has 3 skills:
- Active skill - codenamed A - that is used automatically by the Bangboo with different frequency (usually 3-5 times per minute),
- Unique passive - codenamed B - that is always active and buffs the whole squad. The buffs vary between the Bangboo and some increase ATK, others CRIT etc.,
- Common passive - codenamed C - every Bangboo no matter the rank has the same third passive and it increase the ATK, DEF and HP of the whole squad based on the percentage of the Bangboo stats.
Bangboo Leveling
You can level your Bangboo just like you can level the Agents and this will increase their base stats (HP, ATK and DEF). Still, the Impact stat won't change with levels and will always remain the same.
Bangboo Ascension
Bangboo can be ascended and this will improve their skills - the multipliers on them will change - and you can ascend each Bangboo up to 5 times.
Bangboo list
If you want to check the list of currently available Bangboo and their skills, take a look at this guide:
