Compound Fracture

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(except in Rebirth and Afterbirth)
This article is about Compound Fracture, similar in appearance to Brittle Bones.

Compound Fracture is an unlockable passive item added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth †.

Effects

  • Tears turn into bones, which shatter into 1-3 shards upon hitting an obstacle or enemy, which each deal 50% of Isaac's Damage.
    • Unlike The Parasite, there is no damage minimum on splitting, but the tears can also split only once.
    • The shards have a fixed size, about the same as a 3.5 damage tear, regardless of their Damage.
  • +1.5 Range.
  • (except in Repentance and Repentance+) +1.0 Tear Falling Speed.

Notes

  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) This item can be spawned by Boss Bumbino ingame.pngBumbino if he picks up 12 cents.
  • (in Repentance+) This item has a 1% chance to drop when defeating Boss The Pile ingame.pngThe Pile.
  • Unlike The Parasite and Cricket's Body, Compound Fracture is overriden by most tear replacing items instead of having a synergy, making the item less versatile than those.

Synergies

  • Bob's Rotten Head: The bomb will break into 1-3 more bombs which are launched in random directions from the point of impact.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) C Section: Fetuses are skeletons that shoot splitting bone fragments when in contact with an enemy.
  • Cricket's Body/The Parasite: Each tear splits into more tears, which will all shatter.
  • Haemolacria: Tears will sometimes burst into smaller tears when hitting obstacles or enemies. These smaller tears are miniature versions of Haemolacria tears, which will burst when hitting the ground.
  • Ipecac: If the bone tear hits a wall or an obstacle, it will split into explosive half-damage shards. Hits on enemies and the floor behave as normal Ipecac.
  • The Ludovico Technique: Tear turns into a spinning bone that rapidly spews out smaller bone shots on contact with enemies.
  • Kidney Stone: First bullet shatters into smaller kidney stone bullets.
  • Spectral tears: Bones pass through obstacles and generate shards for each obstacle they pass through, which can result in many shards being generated from a single bone.
  • Technology Zero: The bone fragments will be connected by the electric current.

Interactions

  • Anti-Gravity: Bone tears will hover until released but bone shards will travel normally.
  • Brimstone / Dr. Fetus / Epic Fetus / Technology / Tech X: Overrides Compound Fracture.
  • Flat Stone: Bone tears will bounce when they are fired, however, bone shards will not bounce when they travel.
  • Character The Forgotten icon.pngThe Forgotten: Smaller bone shots appear whenever an enemy is hit with the melee attack. (except in Repentance and Repentance+) The bone toss is unaffected.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Bone toss attack also creates bone tears.
  • Lachryphagy: Bone tears can be fed and will burst into split tears. Bone tears will burst into bone shards when hitting obstacles or enemies which can also be fed and burst into split tears and bone shards yet again. When bone shards are fed, they turn back into bone tears which can repeat this process again and again.
  • (except in Repentance and Repentance+) Mom's Knife: Overrides Compound Fracture.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Knife will occasionally spawn bone fragments.
  • (except in Repentance and Repentance+) Rubber Cement: Tears turn to bones, but bones do not shatter.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Tears hitting enemies will both shatter and bounce simultaneously.
  • Technology 2: The laser is not affected, but bone tears still shoot from Isaac's left eye.
  • Tractor Beam: Bone tears will not burst into bone shards when fired at obstacles, however, bone tears will burst into bone shards when fired at enemies.
  • Trisagion: Beams will only burst when hitting obstacles.

In-game Footage

Trivia

  • The item is a reference to a compound fracture, a medical condition where a bone breaks and is exposed through the skin.