Akeldama

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(in Repentance and Repentance+)

Akeldama is an unlockable passive item added in The Binding of Isaac: Repentance.

Effects

  • While in a room with enemies, creates a trail of tears that Isaac drags behind him.
    • Each tear deals 3.5 damage, regardless of Isaac's damage.
    • Tears are spawned at an irregular rate, roughly between once every 0.1 to 1 seconds.
    • The tears are spectral.
  • Once the room is cleared, the trail will remain but will stop regenerating.

Notes

  • Another trail of tears may appear if the trail is cut in the middle.
  • A maximum of 20 tears can exist at once, shared between all trails.
  • The tears cannot push active Bomb.pngBombs and Troll Bomb.pngTroll Bombs.
  • The tears can extinguish Fire Place.pngFire Places and set off TNT.pngTNT.

Synergies

  • Collectible Angelic Prism icon.pngAngelic Prism: Splits the trail of tears into four multi-colored chains.
  • Collectible Lachryphagy icon.pngLachryphagy: Some Akeldama tears will absorb tears shot by Isaac and gain size and damage as expected, but will not burst from being overloaded and can be fed infinite amount of tears. Meaning that each tear, if fed enough, can deal massive amounts of damage.
  • Collectible Lodestone icon.pngLodestone: Magnetized enemies will attract the tears from Akeldama's trail, making it easier to use.
  • Collectible Multidimensional Baby icon.pngMultidimensional Baby: Akeldama tears that passes through Multidimensional baby will be cloned and may also create a separate trail if enough tears are cloned.
  • Collectible Tear Detonator icon.pngTear Detonator: Will burst tears generated by Akeldama into Isaac's current tears.
  • Collectible Technology Zero icon.pngTechnology Zero: Shot tears will create a laser between it and the Akeldama tear closest to Isaac.
  • Collectible Dead Eye icon.pngDead Eye: The tears in the trail will contribute to the damage boost, making it possible to stack damage while having items that do not interact with Dead Eye on their own (such as Collectible Brimstone icon.pngBrimstone).

Interactions

  • Collectible Anti-Gravity icon.pngAnti-Gravity: Akeldama tears are unaffected by Anti-Gravity.
  • Collectible Brimstone icon.pngBrimstone: Akeldama creates normal tears.
  • Collectible Godhead icon.pngGodhead: Akeldama tears do not have the aura.
  • Collectible Ipecac icon.pngIpecac: Akeldama creates normal tears.
  • Collectible Pop! icon.pngPop!: Akeldama blocks the eyeballs created by Collectible Pop! icon.pngPop!, making it quite difficult to hit enemies.
  • Collectible Scissors icon.pngScissors: The trail will follow Isaac's body.

In-game footage

Trivia

  • Akeldama originates from the Antibirth mod.
  • Akeldama means 'field of blood' in Aramaic, and is thought to be the monastery where Judas Iscariot committed suicide after betraying Christ in the Bible.
    • The name comes from a passage from the Gospel of Matthew, where after his betrayal, Judas cast his reward of 30 silver pieces into the temple for the priests. The coins were deemed as 'blood money', so instead of adding them to the treasury, a field was bought to bury foreigners (27:7).
    • An alternative naming origin comes from the Acts of the Apostles, where it is stated that Judas "acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out," (Acts 1:18-19). This telling in particular is likely where the item description comes from.
      • However, this is why this item is a Judas unlock.