Clown Horn Trinket Guide

Appearance

The icon appears as a stereotypical mellow-yellow clown horn with a red rubber handle. The yellow section of the clown horn seems to be plastic or metal, as it is shiny.

Strategies

Pairing Clown Horn with Ribbon Spool grants the player a permanent 10% Walk and Run Speed, making this combination work best on Toons with 3-star Movement Speed who need to prioritize Run Speed but can also benefit from some Walk Speed. However, this combination is not always ideal, as there are better options that avoid wasting two Trinket slots. If you plan on distracting, consider Dog Plush and Speedy Shoes instead — compared to Clown Horn and Ribbon Spool, you get 15.5% Walk Speed as opposed to just 10%. Because you will not always be sprinting, the 10% Run Speed from Clown Horn is less useful compared to the extra 5.5% Walk Speed from that pairing.

Pairing Clown Horn with Dog Plush grants the player 21% Walk Speed, which allows Pebble, Looey, and Eclipse (during Blackouts) to slightly outwalk Twisted Pebble by 0.1 to 1.2 units. Having two Pebbles — one with Dog Plush and Clown Horn, and one with Dog Plush and Ribbon Spool — and having them alternate between distracting on odd versus even Floors is called duo distracting and is one of the strongest distractor strategies in the game.

Either of these Trinket combos can be very useful on 3-star Movement Speed distractors, as their Walk Speed will be increased to 18.15 units on their active Floors. The trade-off is that you only have 16.5 units during the other half of the Floors, so duo distracting or very high individual skill is required. This approach is not recommended unless you have experience distracting various Twisteds in various scenarios.

Clown Horn can be used if the player struggles with mobility in Dyle's Floor, however, that Floor only appears once per run, meaning it is not great to waste a Trinket slot for a single Floor. That said, if you intend on ending the run after completing Dyle's Floor — particularly if you are trying to obtain Hissy Fit, Overtime, or Clocked In — the temporary speed boost may be worthwhile.

Try to avoid using this Trinket alone, as you are basically wasting a Trinket slot on even-numbered Floors. Out-performing on odd Floors does not matter if you cannot survive an even Floor. Aim for long-term reliability across the entire run.

Best Users and When to Skip

Clown Horn is best suited for dedicated distractors with 3-star or higher Movement Speed, particularly Pebble, Looey, and Eclipse. These Toons already have enough base speed that the 10% boost on odd Floors creates meaningful spacing against Twisteds. For duo distracting setups, the Clown Horn holder takes odd-Floor duty while their partner with Ribbon Spool handles even Floors, giving both distractors a break to hunt Items, collect Tapes, or extract Machines during their off-Floors.

Skip Clown Horn on Toons with 2-star or lower Movement Speed. The percentage-based boost translates to only 1 extra unit of Walk Speed at 1-star, which is not enough to change any chase outcome. Slower Toons are better served by Pink Bow or Speedy Shoes for consistent Run Speed improvement. Also skip Clown Horn if your lobby lacks a second distractor to cover even Floors, since running it solo leaves you exposed half the time.

Trivia

Clown Horn has several notable details about its history and movement math.

• Ribbon Spool originally used to have the Clown Horn's boost (odd Floors), but it was changed to even Floors quickly after release.
• Clown Horn was added on December 6, 2024, alongside Ghost Snakes In A Can.
• At 1-star Movement Speed (10 Walk / 20 Run), Clown Horn increases Walk to 11 and Run to 22 on odd Floors.
• At 2-star Movement Speed (12.5 Walk / 22.5 Run), Clown Horn increases Walk to 13.75 and Run to 24.75 on odd Floors.
• At 3-star Movement Speed (15 Walk / 25 Run), Clown Horn increases Walk to 16.5 and Run to 27.5 on odd Floors.
• At 4-star Movement Speed (17.5 Walk / 27.5 Run), Clown Horn increases Walk to 19.25 and Run to 30.25 on odd Floors.
• At 5-star Movement Speed (20 Walk / 30 Run), Clown Horn increases Walk to 22 and Run to 33 on odd Floors.

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