The Bazaar Chocolates and Gumballs Explained

When you start playing The Bazaar, there will be a ton of options where you'll have no idea what they do until you try them.

These include consumable food choices, like Chocolates and Gumballs.

In this quick beginner guide, we'll cover what they do, and why you'd want them in certain situations.

Chocolates grant you Max Health, and can be found at events like Candy Stash and Eating Contest.

Candy Stash doesnt give you an option of what Chocolate Bar rarity you get, but Eating Contest allows you to pay for a higher rarity (free, +1 rarity for 5 gold, and +2 rarity for 10 gold).

For example, you might have a choice of 5 Bronze Chocolate Bars for free, 5 Silver Chocolate Bars for 5 gold, and 5 Gold Chocolate Bars for 10 gold).

Chocolate Bar effects are as follows, "When you sell this, gain ___ Max Health.":

• Bronze Chocolate Bar = 10 Max Health
• Silver Chocolate Bar = 20 Max Health
• Gold Chocolate Bar = 30 Max Health
• Diamond Chocolate Bar = 40 Max Health

Gumballs grant you various effects based on their color.

You can get them from the Gumball Machine vent along with Pygmalien items like Gumball Machine and Cargo Shorts.

At the Gumball Machine, you'll be able to buy up to 10 Gumballs for 1 gold each.

Here are all the Gumball effects, "When you sell this, give your items...":

• Blue Gumball
• • Bronze = +1% Crit Chance
  • Silver = +2% Crit Chance
  • Gold = +3% Crit Chance
  • Diamond = +4% Crit Chance
• Green Gumball
• • Bronze = 10 Max Health
  • Silver = 20 Max Health
  • Gold = 30 Max Health
  • Diamond = 40 Max Health
• Red Gumball
• • Bronze = +1 Damage
  • Silver +2 Damage
  • Gold = +3 Damage
  • Diamond = +4 Damage
• Yellow Gumball
• • Bronze = +1 Shield
  • Silver = +2 Shield
  • Gold = +3 Shield
  • Diamodn = +4 Shield

A key part to note is that the effect is granted to ALL your items, both on your active board and within your Stash.

So when should you take Chocolates and Gumballs?

Here are a few examples and what to look out for.

Item Stacking

If you're playing Pygmalien (or manage to get some of his items), Chocolates and Gumballs are attractive choices since they allow you to double dip.

Essentially, they give you their base effect while also helping you scale your stacking effects for items like Dog and Lemonade Stand.

You can also make a lot of money over time with Loupe, which increases Small Item sale value.

Early Game Aggression

Since Chocolate Bars and Green Gumballs offer small flat health increases, their effects are more valuable at the early game when players have lower health.

So if you're going for an aggressive build that wants to win early on and you have some decent starter items on your board, you can consider going for a Max HP edge.

When To Consider Gumballs

Here are some other cases where you might want to choose Gumballs:

• When you're going for a Crit build
• • Crit% increases can be difficult to find
• When you have hybrid items
• • If you have items that have hybrid effects, such as Shield + Heal (like Bushel) or Shield + Damage, you'll get more value in comparison to if you didn't have any Shield items (since Yellow Gumballs would be a waste).
• When you have a wide board
• • The more targets your Gumballs have to hit, the more worth they become. For example, if you have a 1 Weapon build, a Bronze Red Gumball is only +1 Damage. But if you have 10 Small Items, that same Gumball becomes +10 Damage.
• When you have nothing better to choose
• • Sometimes you're just going to have 2 other choices that don't make any sense. If you have the gold to spare, consider just going for whatever stat buffs you can get since some fights can be determined by a few HP.

One Last Tip...

This one might seem obvious, but make sure you have space in your inventory before buying these consumables! If you don't, you can end up wasting gold and lose out on stats.