Immaculate Conception

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(except in Rebirth)

Immaculate Conception is an unlockable passive item added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth.

Effects

Notes

  • After all five familiars have been spawned, a Soul Heart.pngSoul Heart will still drop every 15 hearts collected.
  • All types of hearts except Gold Heart.pngGold Hearts and (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth) Blended Heart.pngBlended Hearts count.
  • Items that directly add health such as Yum HeartYum Heart, Book of RevelationsBook of Revelations, Satanic BibleSatanic Bible, and The NailThe Nail do not count towards spawning a familiar.
  • Character The Lost icon.pngThe Lost can pick up Soul Hearts and Black Hearts despite having no health and thus can activate Immaculate Conception.
  • Character Keeper icon.pngKeeper cannot encounter hearts, thus the item is useless for him.
  • As the short-lived Half Red Heart.pngHalf Red Hearts dropped by (in Repentance and Repentance+) Character Tainted Magdalene icon.pngTainted Magdalene also count, it is an excellent choice for her since she will constantly be picking up hearts and gain all five familiars quickly.
  • Familiars spawned by the item do not affect item pools, so multiple copies of one familiar can be obtained. For example, a second Seraphim can be purchased after Immaculate Conception spawns one.
  • As with Cambion ConceptionCambion Conception, if this item is removed in anyway (such as with a (in Repentance and Repentance+) XVII - The Stars?XVII - The Stars?), the familiars from Cambion Conception will be removed upon updating familiars, including picking up items that don't add familiars but update its cache, such as BrimstoneBrimstone.
    • If the item is re-obtained after being removed (e.g. by dropping the item as (in Repentance and Repentance+) Character Tainted Isaac icon.pngTainted Isaac), any familiars that were removed will return once familiars are updated.

Interactions

  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) HypercoagulationHypercoagulation: By intentionally taking damage with something like a fire and grabbing the half-red hearts, Isaac can easily generate powerful familiars for free.
  • The JarThe Jar: Hearts collected in the jar do not count towards activation.

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Trivia