Creep

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Questionmarkisaac.png For the monster with a similar name, see Wall Creep.

Creep is a liquid created by the attacks of certain monsters and bosses, or may be spawned by Isaac. Creep appears on the ground as a glowing or "shiny" puddle or line. There are a few different kinds of Creep which can affect enemies or Isaac. Having the ability to fly or the CallusCallus trinket or (in Repentance and Repentance+)Collectible Orphan Socks icon.pngOrphan Socks item nullifies the effects of Creep.

Creep that will affect Isaac is shown flickering rapidly. When all enemies inside a room are defeated, the creep they produced will quickly disappear.

Red Creep

Red Creep is the most common type of Creep in the game. It can be created by various different enemies, champions, or Isaac himself. When spawned by enemies, it damages Isaac but not other enemies in the room. When spawned by Isaac, it damages walking enemies but not Isaac himself. It deals half a heart of damage to the player. Red Creep is representative of blood.

Green Creep

Green Creep is spawned by various enemies, Ultra Pride.pngUltra Pride, Boss Pestilence ingame.pngPestilence, green champion monsters, (except in Rebirth) Boss Dangle ingame.pngDangle, and (except in Rebirth) Boss Brownie ingame.pngBrownie (when they are poisoned). When spawned by enemies, it is functionally equivalent to Red Creep; however, some forms spawned by Isaac deal damage at a faster rate. It can be spawned by Isaac with (except in Rebirth)Bob's BladderBob's Bladder, (except in Rebirth)Collectible Toxic Shock icon.pngToxic Shock, Collectible Mysterious Liquid icon.pngMysterious Liquid, or (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth)Collectible 7 Seals icon.png7 Seals' Boss Pestilence ingame.pngPestilence familiar. ((except in Rebirth)Notably, the BobBob transformation actually generates red creep that is just colored green.) Green Creep is representative of acid, bile, or poison.

Yellow Creep

Yellow Creep is spawned by Boss Peep ingame.pngPeep, Collectible Lemon Mishap icon.pngLemon Mishap, Lemon Party pills, and (in Repentance and Repentance+)Collectible Free Lemonade icon.pngFree Lemonade. When spawned by Boss Peep ingame.pngPeep, it deals half a heart of damage to the player. When spawned by Isaac, it continuously damages walking enemies and seems to do more damage than any other type of creep that Isaac can create. Yellow Creep is representative of urine.

Black Creep

Black Creep is spawned by various enemies, Boss Gish ingame.pngGish, (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth)the Something's Wrong... pill, Collectible Ball of Tar icon.pngBall of Tar, and (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth)Collectible 7 Seals icon.png7 Seals' Boss Famine ingame.pngFamine familiar. It slows the movement speed of affected enemies or the player. When spawned by enemies, it affects Isaac but not other enemies. When spawned by Isaac, it affects enemies but not Isaac, bypassing the status resistances of Bosses. Black Creep is likely representative of tar or oil, (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth)though in the case of the Something's Wrong... pill, it may be fecal matter with blood in it.

White Creep

White Creep is functionally similar to Black Creep. White Creep is spawned by several bosses, including Boss Widow ingame.pngWidow, Boss The Wretched ingame.pngThe Wretched, Boss Triachnid ingame.pngTriachnid, and (except in Rebirth) Boss The Frail ingame.pngThe Frail, as well as Small Baby Long Legs.pngSmall Baby Long Legs. Isaac can spawn white creep with Collectible Juicy Sack icon.pngJuicy Sack, (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth)Collectible Large Zit icon.pngLarge Zit, (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth)Collectible Parasitoid icon.pngParasitoid, and (in Repentance and Repentance+)Collectible Sticky Bombs icon.pngSticky Bombs. White Creep could be representative of a liquid form of Cobweb or pus.

Blue Creep

Blue Creep is spawned by (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth)Collectible Depression icon.pngDepression, Collectible Holy Water icon.pngHoly Water, and Collectible Aquarius icon.pngAquarius. Blue creep damages enemies that walk over it. It is likely representative of water or tears.

(in Repentance and Repentance+) Blue creep spawned by Collectible Holy Water icon.pngHoly Water petrifies enemies.

(in Repentance and Repentance+) Blue creep spawned by Collectible Aquarius icon.pngAquarius synergizes with tear effects.

(except in Rebirth) Dark Blue Creep

Dark Blue Creep is spawned by Boss Hush ingame.pngHush during his beam attack. Blue creep spawned by Boss Hush ingame.pngHush makes Isaac slide, and does not affect other enemies.

Grey Creep

Grey Creep is spawned only by Boss The Cage ingame.pngThe Cage. It damages Isaac like Red Creep but does not affect other enemies. It may be representative of some type of rotten fluid.

Orange Creep

Orange Creep is spawned only by Boss Mama Gurdy ingame.pngMama Gurdy. It slows down Isaac like Black Creep, but does not affect other enemies. Unlike other types of Creep, Orange Creep does not flicker rapidly, even though it only affects Isaac. Due to its nature, it may be representative of vomit, pus, or some other bodily liquid.

(except in Rebirth) Brown Creep

Brown Creep is spawned by Character Tainted ??? icon.pngTainted ??? and (in Repentance and Repentance+)Collectible IBS icon.pngIBS's mechanics, or by bosses such as Boss Brownie ingame.pngBrownie, Boss Dangle ingame.pngDangle, Boss Turdlings ingame.pngTurdlings, (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth) Boss Sisters Vis ingame.pngSisters Vis, and the (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth)X-Lax pill. Hostile Brown Creep and the Creep spawned by X-Lax will make Isaac slide, affecting his ability to stop moving or change directions while moving. This kind of Brown Creep does not flicker rapidly even though it only affects Isaac. Friendly Brown Creep spawned by Character Tainted ??? icon.pngTainted ??? or (in Repentance and Repentance+)Collectible IBS icon.pngIBS boosts damage and tears if Isaac is standing on it, and will synergize with other kinds of poop spawned by those mechanics. It is representative of liquid poop, likely to be diarrhea.

(in Repentance and Repentance+) Static Creep

Static Creep is spawned exclusively by Boss Dogma ingame.pngDogma's first phase. It appears underneath the boss as they move. It functions the same as Red Creep, harming Isaac for half a heart. Rather than being representative of a certain type of liquid, it represents visual static, most commonly seen on televisions with no signal.

Trivia

  • All Creep share a single sprite base, and simply apply their colors and visual effects to it in accordance to the Creep's type.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Static Creep uses the same static effect as the Collectible Dogma icon.pngDogma item and Boss Dogma ingame.pngDogma, but applied to the entire sprite, and not just the areas indicated in blue.

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