All Trinkets in Mina the Hollower: Locations & Effects
Every trinket in Mina the Hollower — what it does, where to find it, and which detailed guide to read next. You can equip up to 6 at once. Some Trinkets are tied to shops, NPC rewards, hidden routes, bosses, or cleanup conditions.
Quick Answer: All Trinkets in Mina the Hollower
Mina the Hollower has 60 numbered Compendium slots, 61 usable forms including Plasma Jug. Use this database to compare effects, locations, and detailed guide pages for every form. For final cleanup, start with the full list, then open detailed Trinket pages like Bubble Ring, Flame Guard, Watchful Eye, Dead Leaf, Dodging Pendulum, Spring Heels, and Wallower's Gauntlets.
If you are trying to finish 100% completion, pair this database with the All Trinket Locations, Missable Trinkets, 100% Cleanup Checklist, and Checklist & Tracker Tool.
Walk faster. Gain a burst of speed for a short time after hitting a foe.
📍 Ossex — Purchased from Lady Susan at the Trinket Bazaar.
Press Attack while burrowing to emit a damaging pulse around you.
📍 Ossex — Trinket Bazaar shop
Deal and receive significantly more damage. High risk, high reward.
📍 Ossex — Trinket Bazaar, 2000 Bones (also drops from Nether Kraken)
Automatically use a Vial when Mina has enough Plasma.
📍 Ossex — Purchased from Lady Susan after collecting at least 5 Trinkets.
Attack at full Plasma or full health to fire a deadly shock ball that grows over distance.
📍 Ossex — Trinket Bazaar shop
Strike foes quickly to form a protective shield that absorbs one hit.
📍 Ossex — Purchased from Lady Susan after the Trinket Bazaar expands.
Dodge and launch a burst at the attacker if struck while readying a Vial.
📍 Ossex — Purchased from Lady Susan after the Trinket Bazaar expands.
Enemies reward far more Bones, but the Bones bounce around.
📍 Ossex — Reward from Elizabeth.
Move normally on water, grass, stairs, and ice. Resist knockback, even into pits.
📍 Ossex — Enter the house right of the fountain via the roof. Burrow under barricade, go through attic.
Move slightly while healing. No Plasma lost when struck during a heal.
📍 Ossex — Speak to Furl above the clothes store, hit his nose, bring him flowers, then burrow-boop him.
Chance to keep Spark on death. On sparkless death, save half or all Bones.
📍 Ossex — Attack Frayd to remove his Bones, then give him 1,000 Bones at the homeless camp.
Supercharge your throws. Thrown objects go faster, further, and deal more damage.
📍 Ossex — Reward from Willis in the Ossex Music Hall.
Take less damage, but healing is much less effective.
📍 Ossex — Near Evra in the city.
Boosts damage after death or exiting Underlab. Effect fades, then returns stronger.
📍 Ossex — Return to the Miner's Den after saving Fiancé from Bone Beach.
Press and hold Jump while airborne to float and extend your fall.
📍 Southern Outskirts — Reward from Poppit near the Bone Beach Trail.
Carry 2 extra Plasma Vials. Using Vials always restores some health.
📍 Southern Outskirts — Small house entered via the roof; chest across a few gaps inside.
Raises Sidearm level by one.
📍 Eastern Heath — Frozen Pass, accessed via the fast travel train system.
After taking damage, summon a friendly wisp that boosts attack damage and attack speed.
📍 Eastern Heath — Grassland, obtained from Poppit.
Picking up Joules restores some Plasma. Foes hit by Sidearms can drop Joules.
📍 Eastern Heath — Obtained from Lad, the kid flying the green kite.
Attack enemies without missing to boost damage. Missing resets the combo.
📍 Eastern Heath — Complete Wrecker's Choppe Shoppe challenge within 30 seconds.
Health decreases very slowly after being hit. You cannot die until the effect runs out.
📍 Nox's Bayou — Near Big Lagoon.
Bounce up when falling into a pit or water. Pit damage is reduced.
📍 Nox's Bayou — Buy from the Kindly Hag merchant in her house, 1,000 Bones.
Increases maximum burrow time, even underwater.
📍 Nox's Bayou — Obtained after defeating Mock Moon.
Press Jump while airborne to spin attack and bounce off enemies.
📍 Nox's Bayou — Return the small frog to the Bayou Band in Backwaters after beating Nox's Beast.
Defeated enemies sometimes drop a bomb.
📍 Nox's Bayou — Buy from a merchant encountered on the Bone Beach–to–Bayou train route.
After taking damage, summon a friendly wisp that restores your health.
📍 Western Wilds — Purchased from Poppit for 400 Bones.
Blocks one hit from fire or explosions, then breaks. Recharges in a few seconds.
📍 Western Wilds — Found in a chest inside the Molten Foundry.
Press Heal to place a Joule-filled decoy that distracts enemies.
📍 Western Wilds — Bring a snowball from Coltrane Peak's Frozen Pass to Franz.
Hold still with this leaf to turn into a silent statue. Breaks if you move.
📍 Western Wilds — Reward from Leaf.
Raises Attack level by one.
📍 Southern Outskirts / Western Wilds — Ack and Dak encounter sequence.
Take less damage and walk steadfastly on spikes without being knocked back.
📍 Knight's Rest — Behind a destructible wall leading to a large spike pit.
Deal more damage when at low health. Sidearms also cost less at low health.
📍 Mourner's Mile — Old Graveyard, along the Queensbury Crypt route. Burrow beneath the hidden coffin north of the sleeping graveyard keeper.
Saves Mina from death once with half health. Resets every time you die.
📍 Queensbury Crypt — Complete the Duke questline (find the Duchess).
Pulls nearby pickups toward Mina with magnetic force.
📍 Queensbury Crypt — Buy from Belvedere's shop in Statue Head Hall, 600 Bones.
Defeat enemies to attract friendly flies that attack other foes.
📍 Queensbury Crypt — Reward from Midden.
Equip this jug and defeat 50 enemies to fill it.
📍 Backwaters — Received from Buffo near the beginning of the area.
Defeating enemies grants bonus Plasma. Plasma can fill above its normal maximum.
📍 Backwaters — Upgrade Glutton's Jug by defeating 50 enemies and returning to Buffo.
Grants one extra Spark Container. Hitting foes recovers lost Sparks; loose Sparks fly to you.
📍 Backwaters — Buy from Pinky's Parlor, 500 Bones.
When hit, summons a Mourndrake that pushes and damages enemies.
📍 Septemburg — Purchased from Corvidden.
Attacking after healing calls down lightning; other hits may also trigger it.
📍 Septemburg / Kindlewood — Campfire Kids reward; later sold by Lady Susan.
Jump after landing to perform a longer, higher jump.
📍 Radiant Manor — Purchased from a Trooper.
Creates a radial explosion when emerging from burrow.
📍 Sandfalls — Check during your Trinket cleanup route.
Hold Jump to burrow repeatedly without needing to land.
📍 Sandfalls — Score 5,000 points in the Ring Dive Parlor mini-game.
Gain Plasma from Sidearms, unless at 1 HP. At 0 Joules, spend health to use Sidearms.
📍 Bone Beach — Treasure chest.
Press Jump while airborne to perform an air dash.
📍 Complete all three Blaise races in Sandfalls, Ossex, and Western Wilds.
Press Jump right before taking damage to dodge and become invulnerable.
📍 Radiant Manor — Won from the right Mimic in the two-Mimic room.
Using a Vial restores Joules but reduces the Vial's healing.
📍 Queensbury Crypt route — Mina's Grave / hidden zone.
Sidearms deal more damage but consume more Joules.
📍 Kindlewood — Madd House. Purchased from the vendor inside.
After healing, your next few hits are powered up, but you're more vulnerable.
📍 Mirror's End — Reward from Dr. Naught.
Earn extra Bones for defeating a foe unharmed, as judged worthy by the eye.
📍 Coltrane Peak — Purchased from Rupert.
Emits a faint light and reduces damage taken in dark places.
📍 Sandfalls — Purchased from a shop.
Leave a damaging trail of ooze behind you whenever you burrow.
📍 Kindlewood — Purchased from the vendor inside the Madd House.
Blocks one hit from lightning attacks, then breaks. Recharges in a few seconds.
📍 Kindlewood — Purchased in the Madd House.
Step off a ledge to summon a web-weaving spider and cross gaps.
📍 Astral Orrery — Found in a chest.
Using a Vial launches missiles. Hitting enemies grants bonus Plasma.
📍 Astral Orrery — Purchased from Tubert.
Drink Plasma Vials twice as fast. Don't lose Plasma Vials when hit.
📍 Ossex — Purchased from Lady Susan at the Trinket Bazaar.
Stay invulnerable longer after damage, and briefly after exiting burrow.
📍 Backwaters — Use the movable Ladder to reach the elevated Trinket chest.
Some Trinkets are tied to optional rewards, shops, hidden routes, or cleanup conditions. Check the related guides below before assuming an item is permanently missed.
Best Trinkets by Use Case
Some Trinkets are best for combat, while others are better for exploration, economy, survival, boss learning, or 100% completion cleanup.
- Survival: Bell of Grace, Flame Guard, Bubble Ring.
- Exploration: Dead Leaf, Spring Heels, Wallower's Gauntlets.
- Economy: Watchful Eye, Deboning Wand, Stolenoid.
- Boss learning: Bell of Grace, Bubble Ring, Dodging Pendulum.
- 100% cleanup: Watchful Eye, Dead Leaf, Flame Guard, and movement or utility Trinkets.
Related Trinket & Completion Guides
Trinket Database FAQ
What are Trinkets in Mina the Hollower?
Trinkets are passive items that change Mina's combat, movement, survival, economy, Spark recovery, exploration, or cleanup routing.
Which Trinkets should I check first for 100% completion?
Start with easy-to-overlook reward, shop, boss, and hidden-route Trinkets. Then compare your save against the All Trinket Locations checklist and use the Checklist & Tracker Tool to mark progress.
Are Trinkets only useful for combat?
No. Some Trinkets improve damage, but others help with movement, survival, Bones farming, Spark recovery, exploration, or late-game cleanup.