Little Horn (Item)

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(in Afterbirth † and Repentance)
This article is about the item. For the boss, see Little Horn.

Little Horn is a passive item added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth †.

Effects

  • (except in Repentance) Adds a chance to fire piercing tears which will instantly kill any non-boss enemy.
  • (in Repentance) Adds a chance to fire a tear that summons Boss Big Horn ingame.pngBig Horn's hand. It will grab and crush any non-boss enemy, killing them instantly, and attacks bosses 3 times for 12 damage each hit (even Boss Big Horn ingame.pngBig Horn himself).
    • Boss Big Horn ingame.pngBig Horn's hand is able to push projectiles of enemies away from the source of contact. These tears gain additional speed. This makes it especially difficult for the player to dodge while fighting Boss Hush ingame.pngHush, as it fires a lot of tears and many are propelled by a turning force.
  • Running into enemies deals 3.5 damage to them.
    • Damage is dealt up to twice per second per enemy.

Notes

  • The chance to fire special tears depends on the luck stat, and the formula used to determine the chance is: min(120Luck,20%)
    • At base luck (0), the chance is 5%, maxing out at 20% at 15 luck.
  • The special tears will kill some normally invulnerable monsters, such as Death's Head.pngDeath's Heads, Stoney.pngStoney, and Boss Peep ingame.pngPeep's floating eyeballs.
  • (except in Repentance)The special tears can also destroy Blue Fire Place.pngBlue Fire Places and Purple Fire Place.pngPurple Fire Places.
  • The special tears can destroy the various spiked blocks ( Wall Hugger.pngWall Hugger, Slide.pngSlide, and Poky.pngPoky) as well as the variants of Stone Grimace.pngStone Grimace. All of these won't respawn if Isaac leaves and re-enters the room.
  • (except in Repentance)The contact damage effect overrides the superior contact damage from Collectible Aries icon.pngAries, Collectible The Gamekid icon.pngThe Gamekid, Collectible My Little Unicorn icon.pngMy Little Unicorn / VII - The ChariotVII - The Chariot, and Collectible The Nail icon.pngThe Nail. Only Collectible Midas' Touch icon.pngMidas' Touch still works and deals an additional 3.5 damage.
    • (in Repentance) The contact damage adds to other contact damage sources.

Synergies

  • Collectible Angelic Prism icon.pngAngelic Prism: Little Horn tears can be split by the prism and will be quadrupled when they pass through it.
  • (in Repentance) Collectible Brimstone icon.pngBrimstone/Collectible Mom's Knife icon.pngMom's Knife: Each damage tick may trigger Little Horn's effect.
  • Collectible Evil Eye icon.pngEvil Eye: Eyes can fire Little Horn tears. Little Horn tears won't destroy other eyes.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Jacob's Ladder icon.pngJacob's Ladder: Enemies hit by Jacob's Ladder's arcs produced by a Little Horn tear will be hit by Big Horn's hand.
  • Collectible Kidney Stone icon.pngKidney Stone: The stone can have the Little Horn effect.
  • Collectible Soy Milk icon.pngSoy Milk: Due to its high tear rate, the effect will trigger very often, even with average luck stats.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Saturnus icon.pngSaturnus: Little Horn tears can orbit around Isaac upon entering a room.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Tech.5 icon.pngTech.5/Collectible Technology icon.pngTechnology/Collectible Tech X icon.pngTech X: Occasionally fires a Little Horn laser beam.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Technology 2 icon.pngTechnology 2: The laser can also trigger Little Horn’s effect with the laser’s chance to apply the effect being determined rapidly every tick.

Interactions

  • (except in Repentance)Collectible Brimstone icon.pngBrimstone/Collectible Mom's Knife icon.pngMom's Knife/Collectible Technology icon.pngTechnology/Collectible Tech X icon.pngTech X: Overrides Little Horn’s tear effects.
  • (except in Repentance)Collectible Dr. Fetus icon.pngDr. Fetus / Collectible Epic Fetus icon.pngEpic Fetus: Overrides Little Horn’s tear effects.
    • (in Repentance) Black-tinted bombs can summon Big Horn's hand to instantly kill non-boss enemies or to deal damage against bosses.
  • Collectible Lachryphagy icon.pngLachryphagy: If Little Horn tears are fed, they will burst into split tears with the same effect. If Little Horn tears feed normal tears, however, the effect is lost.
  • (except in Repentance)Collectible Tech.5 icon.pngTech.5/Collectible Technology 2 icon.pngTechnology 2: The laser is unaffected by Little Horn.
  • Collectible Technology Zero icon.pngTechnology Zero: Electricity connected to Little Horn tears will not instantly kill enemies.

In-game Footage

Trivia

  • This item might be a reference to Cutaneous horns, unusual keratinous skin tumors with the appearance of horns.
  • Little Horn was originally an unofficial item which was supposed to showcase the modding capabilities of Afterbirth+ in the PAX 2016 livestream. However, all items included in the demo were later added to the final game.
  • (except in Repentance) Prior to Repentance, this item's description was "Science!"
  • (in Repentance) Little Horn's description is a reference to George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
  • Little Horn is a reference to the Antichrist in the book of Daniel.

Bugs

Bug Bug! (in Repentance) The item's effect cannot be triggered on Mobile Hosts while they walk.