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No Man's Sky Update - The Loop
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Slot Machine
Assist Characters are NPCs that are supposed to help the player.
Overview
All the Assist Characters are purely based on the Dragon Ball Z series. Players can receive an Assist Character from a machine, whit a price of 2,000 zenni, at South City called the Slot Machine, and they can be summoned by pressing "B" on the Keyboard, and left on the D-Pad for controller.
There are currently only 9 Assist Characters in the game, each having their own ability and cool down timer.
Characters
| Assist Character | Description | Info | Damage Type | Cooldown (seconds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whis | Heals all nearby players for 1/4 of their health | Heals all nearby players (5-13 Stud Radius) | None | 360 |
| Krillin | Heals you for 1/3 of your health | Throws a bean at you with a short delay. Cannot miss | None | 360 |
| Yamcha | WOLF FANG FIST | Instantly uses wolf fang fist, totalling 6.8x punch damage. | Melee Damage | 120 |
| Goku | Goku fires a quick Kamehameha straight forward | Instantly shoots a blue cylindrical beam forward, dealing 3.33x punch damage. No knockback. | Ki Damage | 60 |
| Vegeta | Vegeta does a quick melee barrage | Instantly uses an attack similar to mach kick, totalling 4x punch damage | Melee Damage | 60 |
| Majin Vegeta | Blows himself up | Does a large blast around him, dealing 8.31x punch damage. Has knockback | Ki Damage | 300 |
| Tien | Tien uses Tribeam | Instantly fires a yellow cylindrical beam, dealing 5x punch damage. Has knockback | Ki Damage | 120 |
| Piccolo | Fires a short range blast | Does a somewhat large blast, dealing 5x punch damage. No knockback | Ki Damage | 60 |
| Future Trunks | Trunks use his sword to slash | Uses a standard series of slashes, totalling 10x punch damage | Melee Damage | 120 |
Trivia
- Tien's description "Tien uses Tribeam!" might be a reference to the popular game series Pokémon, where if a player selects a move their Pokémon should use, the output text would say, "[Pokémon] used [move]!".
- Majin Vegeta is the only villain Assist Character.
- He is also the only NPC who has not been seen throughout the game, prior to the Slot Machine's release, despite him being Vegeta's counterpart.
- Whis and Krillin currently have the longest cool downs in the game, each being 360 seconds.
- Unlike Krillin, it is possible to get out of range of your own Whis and thus not be healed, such as by using him while flying quickly.
- When you prestige after buying the Assist Character, you will lose it, having to buy it again.
- It is often speculated that gained Assist Characters reset every time the player joins another server.
