Eden's Blessing

Eden's Blessing is an unlockable passive item added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth.

Effects

+0.7 tears up.
Grants a random item at the start of the next run.

Notes

Quest items, such as Key Piece 1, Key Piece 2, Broken Shovel, Broken Shovel, Mom's Shovel, Knife Piece 1, Knife Piece 2, and Dogma cannot be granted.
The effect still occurs whether the run was successful or not, even if the run was restarted.
The effect does not work if Eden's Blessing was obtained on a seeded run, during a Victory Lap, a RERUN, or during a challenge.
- Likewise, Eden's Blessing will not grant a free item at the start of a challenge or RERUN, instead granting the free item on the next valid run started.
  - Interestingly, seeded runs will still gain the benefit of banked Eden's Blessings, without depleting them. This means that it is possible to play an infinite amount of seeded runs, and they all start with a free item until a normal run is started.
Even if Eden's Blessing is re-rolled, such as with the D4 or D100, a random item will still be granted at the start of the next run.
- Picking up Eden's Blessing and then using Glowing Hourglass to pick it up again will not reward more than one extra item on the next run.
- Absorbing Eden's Blessing with Void will not grant an extra item in the next run.
- Removing Eden's Blessing as Tainted Isaac will still grant an extra item in the next run.
- Obtaining Eden's Blessing temporarily by using Soul of Jacob and Esau will grant an extra item in the next run.
Eden's Blessing can choose itself as the free item you gain, but will not give you an item on your next run.
If more than one Eden's Blessing is acquired in a single run, that quantity of random items will be granted at the start of the next run, although it's capped at ten items.
- It is possible to obtain multiple copies of an item at once this way.
If Eden's Blessing effect is obtained through Metronome, no extra item will be given.
If gained from Lemegeton, it will not grant an item next run.
Taking Eden's Blessing and then starting a run as Jacob and Esau will only give item(s) to Jacob.
As Tainted Lazarus, the item will be given to his alive form.
- If Tainted Lazarus somehow acquires the item before flipping for the first time of the run, Eden's Blessing will be consumed upon flip and a random item will be granted to Dead Tainted Lazarus.
Using R Key or Genesis will not consume Eden's Blessing.
If Strawman picks up Eden's Blessing, the item will be granted on the next run whether Strawman Keeper survives or not.
XVII - The Stars? can't remove the item(s) given by Eden's Blessing and using it will consume the first item(s) acquired after them or do nothing if there are no other items.
XVII - The Stars? can remove Eden's Blessing and the item will be granted in the next game.
Eden's Blessing will never attempt to give more than one activated item. Even if there are multiple Blessings and one of them gives Isaac a Schoolbag, only one activated item can be generated.

Interactions

Glowing Hourglass: If Isaac starts with this item and immediately uses it in the starting room, the room will be reset, and all starting items and trinkets removed.
- Instead of the starting room being reset, Isaac is taken to the starting room of Home. If used again in this room without having entered any other rooms, the room will be reset, and all starting items and trinkets removed except Glowing Hourglass.

In-game Footage

Trivia

The white eyes given to Isaac by Eden's Blessing first appear during ending 1, when Isaac falls into the chest and transforms into Eden.
This is the only item with an effect that applies on a future run.

Bugs

Bug!	A bug may occur when the item is picked up, and Glowing Hourglass is used with either ? Card or The Battery to reverse time, out of the room, restoring your ability to get out using either of the two items and the Eden's Blessing pickup. This will allow you to generate an endless amount of Eden's Blessings, which will all carry over to your next run, and may be repeated endlessly.

Bug!	If Clicker turns the player into Jacob and Esau after collecting Eden's Blessing, any items that would have been normally gained at the beginning of the next run are instead given to Jacob and Esau.

Bug!	If the game crashes on the floor where you have taken Eden's Blessing (like during a breaking run), that counts as +1 item for the next run. If you continue the saved game and you take Eden's Blessing again, you gain an additional +1 item for that run. This process can grant you unlimited items for the next run.

From the bugs listed above, one can potentially "soft-lock" the game by overflowing the number of items one gets. This repeats and crashes until it fully loads, which may take several attempts to load. Anywhere over 1000 Eden's Blessings will have an increased chance to permanently soft-lock the game; therefore, these bugs are highly unadvised to abuse.
- Up to 10 Eden's Blessing items will be given per run. Any remaining Blessings will continue to be given each run until you have no more left.
- Free items gained from Eden's Blessing do not carry over to subsequent runs and are capped at 10 free items for only the next run.