Dead Sea Scrolls

Item Icon
Pickup Quote	"It's a mystery"
Entity ID	5.100.124
Recharge Time	2 rooms
Item Pool	Angel Room Treasure Room Treasure Room
Quality	1
Item Tags
Collection Grid	(page 2, column 1, row 3) (page 2, column 1, row 1)

Dead Sea Scrolls is an activated item.

Effect

When used, a random activated item effect will be activated from the following:

• Anarchist Cookbook
• Best Friend
• Bob's Rotten Head
• The Book of Belial
• Book of Revelations
• Book of Shadows
• The Book of Sin
• Crack the Sky
• Crystal Ball
• Deck of Cards
• Doctor's Remote
• The Gamekid
• The Hourglass
• Kamikaze!
• Lemon Mishap
• Mom's Bottle of Pills
• Mom's Bra
• Mom's Pad
• Monster Manual
• Monstro's Tooth
• Mr. Boom
• My Little Unicorn
• The Nail
• The Necronomicon
• The Pinking Shears
• Prayer Card
• Shoop da Whoop!
• Spider Butt
• Tammy's Head
• Telepathy For Dummies
• Teleport!
• We Need To Go Deeper!
• Yum Heart

Notes

• When Bob's Rotten Head or Shoop da Whoop! is chosen, Dead Sea Scrolls will not lose its charge until said item is thrown or released.
  • This allows Isaac to press Spacebar again if need be to skip over said items in the rotation while keeping full charge, allowing it to be used again for a different effect.
    • This doesn't work if Bethany has Soul Charges and Book of Virtues.
• It may be helpful to use Dead Sea Scrolls upon entering an enemy room, as many of its effects such as The Gamekid and Tammy's Head are helpful in combat.
• As many of Dead Sea Scrolls effects involve explosions, using it near Tinted Rocks or potential Secret Room entrances can potentially be helpful when low on bombs.
  • While Anarchist Cookbook and Kamikaze! can hurt the player, effects such as Book of Revelations, The Nail, Crystal Ball and Prayer Card will pay out with more health than is lost long-term.

Synergies

• Book of Virtues: Each wisp spawned has the attributes of the active item that was triggered.

Interactions

• Car Battery: Two effects are activated, with only one being named on screen.

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Gallery

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  3DS The icon of Dead Sea Scrolls as seen on the lower 3DS screen.

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  Dead Sea Scrolls' splash image which appears when it's activated.

Trivia

• The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of 981 Hellenistic-period manuscripts found within caves on the north shore of the Dead Sea.
  • The pickup quote "It's a mystery" references the item's effect, as well as the fact that the real Dead Sea Scrolls are so tattered and eroded that reading them can prove impossible.

Bugs

Bug!	If an effect triggers and adds to the character's appearance while being held (Monstro's Tooth or Kamikaze! for example), the additional visual effects will remain for the rest of the game or until they are replaced.

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