Banishing

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In KoL, banishing a monster removes it from the possible encounters in any zone for a certain number of Adventures. Almost all banishers that cost a turn will run out of their effect 1 turn earlier, because the adventure itself took a turn.

General-Purpose Banishers

Source	Type	Duration	Queue¹	Cost	Costs Turn?²	Avail.	Notes
Louder Than Bomb	Combat Item	20	1	Item Loss	No	HC/SC Unrestricted	Indirectly acquired from Summon Smithsness
Breathe Out	Skill	20	1	Item Loss,1 Spleen or 1 Fullness	No	HC/SC Standard (2017)	Temporary skill goes away after single use; learn the skill by consuming hot jelly or toast with hot jelly from a Space Jellyfish
crystal skull	Combat Item	20	1	Item Loss	Yes	HC/SC Unrestricted	Acquired from Summon Clip Art
divine champagne popper	Combat Item	5	1	Item Loss	No	HC/SC Unrestricted	Acquired from Summon Party Favor
Nanorhino	Familiar	Rollover	1	Effect Loss	Yes	HC/SC Unrestricted	From using Unleash Nanites with 40+ turns of Nanobrawny; requires a Muscle-based combat skill; Nanobrawny is lost upon use
Harold's bell	Combat Item	20	1	Item Loss	Yes	HC/SC Standard	Only one bell can be obtained per ascension
bundle of "fragrant" herbs	Combat Item	Rollover	3	-	No	Crimbo 2015	Limit 10 uses per day. Cannot be used during Ronin or Hardcore.
ice house	Combat Item	∞	1	Item Loss	Yes	HC/SC Unrestricted	Persists through ascension. Monster can be retrieved from the Museum.
Batter Up!	Skill	Rollover	1	5 Fury	Yes	HC/SC Standard	Class-specific: Only usable by Seal Clubbers; banished monster gives stats but not meat/item drops
Snokebomb	Skill	30 turns	1	50 MP	No	HC/SC Standard (2016)	Limit 3 uses per day. Acquired from Training scroll: Snokebomb.
Creepy Grin	Equipment	10	1	30 MP	No	SC Unrestricted	From V for Vivala mask, once per day; removing mask ends banishment
Give Your Opponent the Stinkeye	Equipment	10	1	-	No	SC Unrestricted	From stinky cheese eye, once per day; removing eye does NOT end banishment
Pantsgiving	Equipment	30	1	-	Yes	SC Unrestricted	From Talk About Politics, can only be used five times per day; kills the banished monster and gives stats, meat, and drops.
tennis ball	Combat Item	30	1	Item Loss	No	HC/SC Standard (2015)	Acquired from Playing Fetch* with a Hallowiener Dog
Daily Affirmation: Be a Mind Master	Combat Item	80?	1	Item Loss	Yes	HC/SC Standard (2017)	From New-You Club Membership Form
KGB tranquilizer dart	Equipment	20	1	-	No	HC/SC Standard (2017)	From Kremlin's Greatest Briefcase; can be used three times per day
Asdon Martin: Spring-Loaded Front Bumper	Workshed	30	1	50 fuel	No	HC/SC Standard (2017)	From Asdon Martin workshed appliance; has a 30 turn cooldown
Show them your ring	Equipment	60	1	13 MP	No	SC Standard	From mafia middle finger ring, once per day; removing ring does not end banishment
Throw Latte on Opponent	Equipment	30	1	-	No	HC/SC Standard (2018)	From Latte lovers member's mug, up to 4 times per day.
tryptophan dart	Combat Item	Rollover	1	Item Loss	Yes	HC/SC Standard (2019)	Dropped by Elf Operative
Reflex Hammer	Equipment	30	1	-	No	HC/SC Standard (2019)	From Lil' Doctor™ bag, up to 3 times per day
pulled indigo taffy	Combat Item	40	1	Item Loss	No	HC/SC Unrestricted	Underwater only; acquired from Summon Taffy
Banishing Shout	Skill	∞	3	50 MP	Yes	Path	Challenge path-specific: Only available in Avatar of Boris runs
Howl of the Alpha	Skill	∞	3	9 zombies	Yes	Path	Challenge path-specific: Only available in Zombie Slayer runs
classy monkey	Combat Item	20	1	Item Loss	Yes	Path	Challenge path-specific: Only works in Class Act runs
Staff of the Standalone Cheese	Equipment	Rollover	5	-	Yes	Path	Challenge path-specific: Only available in Avatar of Jarlsberg runs; performed by jiggling the staff in combat up to 5 times/day
dirty stinkbomb	Combat Item	Rollover	1?	Item Loss	No?	Path	Challenge path-specific: Only available in KOLHS runs
deathchucks	Combat Item	Rollover?	1?	Item Loss	No	Path	Challenge path-specific: Only available in KOLHS runs
Peel Out	Skill	Rollover	1	10 MP	No	Path	Challenge path-specific: Only available in Avatar of Sneaky Pete runs; requires the Extra-Smelly Muffler motorcycle upgrade
Walk Away From Explosion	Skill	30	1	30 MP	Yes	Path	Challenge path-specific: Only available in Avatar of Sneaky Pete runs; banished monster gives stats/etc.
smoke grenade	Combat Item	20	1	Item Loss	Yes	Path	Challenge path-specific: Only available in Avatar of Sneaky Pete runs.
Thunder Clap	Skill	40	1	40 dB	Yes	Path	Challenge path-specific: Only available in Heavy Rains runs.
Curse of Vacation	Skill	Rollover	1	30 MP	Yes	Path	Challenge path-specific: Only available in Actually Ed the Undying runs.
Beancannon	Skill	Rollover	5	15 MP, Item Loss	Yes	Path	Challenge path-specific: Only available in Avatar of West of Loathing runs. Requires a can of beans equipped in the off-hand slot, which is destroyed.
Baleful Howl	Skill	Rollover	1	30 HP	No	Path	Challenge path-specific: Only available in Dark Gyffte runs. Usable up to 10 times per day.

¹ How many monsters can be banished at a time by this particular source. If you use this banisher to banish another monster (in any zone), the first monster in the banisher's "queue" will be un-banished. Most things can only banish one monster at a time.
² Does ending a combat with this item consume an Adventure?

Monster-Specific Banishers

Source	Monster	Source Type	Duration	Costs Turn?	Avail.	Notes
cocktail napkin	clingy pirate	Combat Item	20	No	Both	Deals 20-40 hot damage to other monsters
Chatterboxing	chatty pirate	Adventure	20	No	Both	Requires a valuable trinket, which is consumed
Bowl of Scorpions	drunk pygmy	Item	Rollover	No	Both	Each Bowl of Scorpions will cause one free run-away. After the 11th occurrence, the pygmy is banished.
spooky music box mechanism	any in Spookyraven Manor	Combat Item	Rollover	Yes	Both	Queue size of 1. Deals 100-120 spooky damage to other monsters.
ice hotel bell	any in The Ice Hotel	Combat Item	Rollover	No	Both	Queue size of 1 Deals 250-300 cold damage to other monsters.
Licorice Rope	any dude(?) in Gingerbread City	Skill	Rollover	Yes	Both	Queue size of 1.

Notes

• Banishing all possible monsters from a zone results in all of the monsters returning.
• Banishing all normal monsters in a zone with special monsters in it will sometimes yield a tumbleweed.
• If you banish a monster with multiple versions/copies (i.e. Astronomer), the other version(s) will continue to appear unless you banish them as well. This is most noticeable with additional monster copies added by On the Trail. (The "base copy" of the monster is not added to the adventure queue, but the 3 bonus copies are still added; so instead of being reduced from 4 copies to 0, banishing a trailed monster will reduce it from 4 copies to 3. See the Adventure Queue process for details.)
• Banishing a foe in the Boss Bat's Lair ends the fight, but the foe is not removed from the area. At the end of combat you get the message:

Unfortunately this is a very small space and your opponent quickly returns.

• Banishing a foe in the Secret Tropical Island Volcano Lair ends the fight, but the foe is not removed from the area. At the end of combat you get the message:

As you leave the area, you catch sight of your opponent in the distance. Apparently he's realized that there isn't much of anywhere to run to on this little island, and is sheepishly wandering back to where he was before.

• Entire types of monsters in Dreadsylvania can be banished as a result of special non-combats; see Advanced Dreadsylvania Mechanics for details.

History

• For a long time, banishing was a game mechanic tied almost exclusively to Mr. Store items. Banishing has been slowly trickling into the base game through channels like challenge paths and Batter Up!

See also

• Adventure Queue
• On the Trail (another common way to influence which monsters you encounter)
• Run Away