Cuphead – How to Make Cuphead Black and White

Yes, they do. Or at least, some of them do.

I tested out A Ruse of an Ooze: the first transition starts when the boss flips a coin into his mouth, question marks show up around him, he embiggens, and the question marks disappear as he starts attacking. A couple of runs I shot him during the transition (from the coin flip until the question marks disappeared) and a couple of runs I held off.

Immediately dying after the transition, I could tell from the progress bar that I had advanced about a third of the way towards his final form when I shot him during the transition but didn't advance at all when I held off. So for that boss at least, damage during transition was significant.

Update: Having worked through S-ranking all bosses on expert, they all take damage during their transitions in general. Some bosses even require it to sneak under the 2:00 time limit.

There are two 'branches' in the shop, one for weapons and one for charms

When you purchase items in the shop, the new item that take the place of what you purchased depends on what type of item it was, and will always follow a set list. If every item of one type has been purchased, it will not pull the next item from the other branch.

Starting Items

• Chaser (4C - weapon)
• Heart (3C - charm)
• Spread (4C - weapon)
• Smokebomb (3C - charm)
• Roundabout (4C - weapon)

Weapon Order

1. Lobber (4C)
2. Charge (4C)

Charm Order

1. P. Sugar (3C)
2. Coffee (3C)
3. Whetstone (3C)
4. Twin Heart (5C)