In Dandy’s World, trinkets serve as essential permanent items that you can equip for every run, each impacting your performance in distinct ways. Following the 3.0 update, the sheer variety of trinkets has expanded, making the choice of equipment more critical than ever. Whether you are playing as a support, a kiter, or an extractor, selecting the right item can significantly boost your efficiency, helping you reach much higher floors. This Dandy's World trinket tier list breaks down these items based on their utility for specific roles and overall viability in game.
Understanding Trinket Mechanics
Trinkets function by modifying your base stats or providing situational advantages. Some offer passive buffs, while others provide one-time boosts per floor or specific bonuses during panic mode—the state triggered when all machines are completed and the elevator opens. Because some trinkets offer percentage-based increases, their effectiveness often scales with your character’s base stats. For instance, percentage speed boosts provide more tangible value to characters who already possess high mobility.
S-Tier: The Gold Standard
These trinkets are considered top-tier staples that provide consistent, high-value advantages for specialized roles.
Magnifying Glass As Roger’s signature trinket, this is a must-have for extractors. It adds slightly more completion when performing a skill check. While it does decrease skill check size by 33%, the trade-off is well worth it. Extractors, especially those with high skill check capabilities like Shelly, benefit immensely from the increased completion speed. It is widely regarded as the equivalent of the dog plush for extractors.
Dog Plush This is Toodles’ trinket and is arguably the most popular item in the game. It increases your walk speed by 10%. Because it is a percentage-based boost, it offers the most value to characters with higher base movement speeds (four stars and above). It is a staple for kiters because it allows you to maintain distance without burning through your stamina as quickly.
A-Tier: High-Utility Powerhouses
These items are highly effective and often provide significant strategic advantages, though they may be slightly more situational than S-tier items.
Participation Award Shell’s research trinket increases your skill check chance by 25% but decreases the skill check size by 10%. When combined with the magnifying glass, it creates a very small, challenging window, but for players skilled at hitting those marks—especially following the golden skill check update—it is an amazing combination.
Speedy Shoes Increasing both walk and run speed by 5%, this is one of the few items that buffs walk speed, making it essential for kiters. It allows you to outwalk enemies like a pebble, even if you are a four-star speed character. It is an excellent secondary choice for those who need that extra bit of distance.
Night Cap Asteros’ trinket increases stamina regeneration by 40% when extracting from a machine. This is a massive boost for characters who need to cycle between machines or perform solo speed runs. It allows you to run to a machine, extract, and recover quickly, which is vital for maintaining momentum.
Vote This item instantly completes the first machine you extract from on any floor, provided the number of machines completed is below 50%. It is limited to one activation per floor. While it is less effective in large groups where many players might try to use it, it is incredibly powerful for solo runs, especially when paired with a night cap.
B-Tier: Solid Choices
These trinkets are reliable and provide good value, though they may have minor drawbacks or niche use cases.
Alarm This trinket increases both walk and run speed by 25% when panic mode activates for 10 seconds. It is particularly fun when used with Shelly. While highly situational, it is an excellent tool for lower-speed characters to reach the elevator safely if they are far away.
Dandy Plush Granting a 50% discount on all Dandy shop items, this is a very useful utility trinket. It makes essential items like a 50-tape medkit much more affordable. It is particularly valuable for characters who rely on tapes, such as Sprout and Tegan.
Friendship Bracelet Goobs’ trinket grants five stamina for every tune in the round, maxing out at 40 stamina. Its effectiveness is highly dependent on your team composition. In public lobbies with randoms, it can be risky, but with a coordinated group of friends, it provides great value, especially for kiters or Shelly players who need extra stamina for emergencies.
Sweet Charm This item decreases active ability cooldown by 8%. It is excellent for support characters like Astro, Shelly, or Tisha. By reducing cooldowns, it allows teams to optimize their strategy, potentially allowing a team to run one Astro instead of two, freeing up a slot for an extra extractor.
C-Tier: Niche or Situational
These items have specific uses but are generally outclassed by higher-tier options.
Dog Bone This increases both run and walk speed by 25% for 4 seconds when picking up an item (excluding tapes and capsules). It is great for characters like Sprout who frequently pick up items, but its effectiveness is inconsistent and depends on item density on the floor.
Machine Manual This provides a 5% increase to extraction speed. While it lacks the negative effects of the blue bandana, the value is quite low. It is a strictly positive item, but most players would prefer the speed of other trinkets or the completion bonus of the magnifying glass.
Pop Pack This grants a pop item (pop can) every new floor. It is useful for characters with low stamina, such as Shrimpo, Roger, or V, but it is effectively a temporary solution that is often outpaced by finding sodas naturally on the floor.
Ribbon Spool This provides a 10% increase to walk and run speed on even-numbered floors. It is a gamble, similar to a passive ability, and while the boost is good, the inconsistency makes it less reliable than permanent speed buffs.
Wrench This adds a large amount of completion to the first machine you extract from on any floor. It is limited to one activation per floor. While useful, it is effectively a weaker version of the vote, offering less utility for high-level runs.
D-Tier and F-Tier: Limited Viability
These items generally provide negligible benefits, have severe drawbacks, or are one-time use items that offer little impact.
Blue Bandana Increases extraction speed by 7.5% but decreases skill check size by 5%. Because you generally want to hit as many skill checks as possible to complete floors quickly, the negative effect makes this a poor choice.
Crayon Set Grants a random item from the uncommon tier every floor if an inventory slot is open. It is a 50/50 toss-up, and you are often better off just picking up items from the floor directly.
Feather Duster Restores 20 stamina when picking up an item (excluding tapes and capsules). 20 stamina is a very small amount, consumed in roughly one second of movement. It is too inconsistent to be a reliable stamina source.
Fishing Rod Finn’s trinket starts you with three random items from the common to rare tiers. Like the coin purse, it is a one-time bonus that doesn't provide long-term utility.
Coin Purse / Fancy Purse These items grant a small amount of extra tapes at the start of a run. Because this is a one-time bonus, you are usually better off using your trinket slot for something that provides a constant, floor-by-floor advantage.
Savory Charm Grants invincibility for 10 seconds after a fatal attack. It only activates once and does not save the user from lethal attacks. It is a highly situational item, essentially a one-time "get out of jail free" card that is rarely better than items that prevent you from getting hit in the first place.
Spare Bulb Increases blackout light radius by 25%. This is generally considered an F-tier item because, in a blackout, the standard rule is to avoid being out in the open. A better light radius does not compensate for the risks involved.
Speedometer Restores 15 stamina. Like the feather duster, this amount is far too small to be meaningful in a high-intensity run.
Brick Lowers both walk and run speed by 10%. As the name implies, it is a brick. It is intended purely for challenge runs and offers no practical benefit for standard gameplay.
FAQ
Which trinket is best for a kiter role?
Player guidance suggests that the Dog Plush is the gold standard for kiters, as it provides a percentage-based walk speed boost. The Speedy Shoes are also highly recommended as a secondary item because they allow you to outwalk enemies, including pebbles, when used correctly.
Is the Dandy Plush worth the slot?
Yes, the Dandy Plush is considered a valuable utility item. By granting a 50% discount on shop items, it makes essentials like medkits significantly cheaper. Players who use characters like Sprout or Tegan, who rely heavily on tapes, often find this to be an upper B-tier or even A-tier choice.
Should I use the Blue Bandana for faster extraction?
Most players advise against using the Blue Bandana. While it does increase extraction speed by 7.5%, it simultaneously decreases your skill check size by 5%. Since hitting skill checks is crucial for machine completion, the negative drawback often outweighs the minor speed increase.