How to Beat Gold Joe | Boss Fight Guide

This is a guide on the Rank 9 boss fight with Gold Joe in No More Heroes 3 (NMH3) for the Nintendo Switch. Read on to learn about polarity changing and tips on how to beat Gold Joe, including info on all of his attacks, how to avoid taking damage, and junk material drop rewards for Gold Joe.

Gold Joe Basic Information

Gold Joe Overview

Gold Joe
Galactic Superhero Rank	No. 9
Episode	02 - Space
Stage	Inside UFO
Weakness	Using his magnetism against him.
Voice Actor	Stephen Oyoung

Gold Joe Drop Rewards

Rare	Super Rare
Gold Magnet	Galactic Rolling Thunder Rainbow

The Super Rare (Pink) drop reward is only obtainable by defeating Gold Joe in the Time Machine on Death Difficulty.

Junk Materials Farming Guide

How to Beat Gold Joe

How to Beat Gold Joe Video Guide

Push Gold Joe Towards the Fence

When Gold Joe starts rapidly spinning his swords while moving towards you, a blue or red field will appear, indicating Gold Joe's polarity. Match your color/polarity with his in order to push him towards the fence. Conversely, avoid fighting near the fence.

Travis can change polarity

Walk over the blue tile to change polarity to blue (S) and the red tile to change to red (N). Being the opposite of Gold Joe's polarity draws you closer to him, while matching his pushes him away.

Perform Wrestling Moves

Gold Joe can be stunned by mashing him with combos. When stunned, perform a wrestling move on Gold Joe to deal massive damage and replenish your power. Wrestling moves may also trigger the Slash Reel, which gives you the chance to activate Mustang Mode/Full Armor Travis.

Use Full-Armor Travis in Red Phase

If you get Full Armor Travis via the Slash Reel, it's better to use it to quickly deplete the Red Phase of Gold Joe's health, as that is when his attacks are most powerful and hard to dodge.

Gold Joe Attacks and Abilities

Polarity Change

Gold Joe rapidly swings his swords around while pulling Travis in with polarity. Gold Joe's polarity is denoted by a blue or red field. Gold Joe immediately makes his polarity the opposite of Travis' in order to draw him in. Match his polarity to push him into the fence.

In the Green Phase, Gold Joe remains stationary. In the Yellow and Red Phases, he moves toward Travis.

Sword Slash

Gold Joe's basic attack combo is 2 swings of a single sword, followed by a final dual-wielded slash. The first 2 swings can be blocked, while the finisher should be dodged.

Sword Slash (Four Directions)

Gold Joe slices the ground in 4 different directions at once. The area of effect isn't marked prior to Joe attacking, but the range of these slashes are limited, so just move away from Gold Joe.

Sword Spin

Gold Joe throws 4 rapidly spinning swords forward. Dodge away from his frontside, to either the left or right side.

Lasers (Yellow/Red Phase)

In the Yellow Phase, Gold Joe summons 2 pairs of rocks on opposite sides of the electric fence to smash into each other in the middle of the battlefield. In the Red Phase, it's 4 pairs of rocks. Trajectory is marked with a laser as attack charges up.

Gold Joe Character Profile

Galactic Superhero #9

Gold Joe is an interstellar mineral dealer who wields control over magnetic force and polarity. His kind has served FU's royal family for thousands of years, and he is loyal to FU without question. He is honored that FU considers him a friend.

Flamboyant Personality

Gold Joe boasts confidence with his ability to projection map objects, although Travis Touchdown is not impressed and mocks his unoriginality. Gold Joe takes Travis' irreverent humor lightly though, even if the only comebacks Joe can make are variations of "Oh snap!".

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