Sharp Plug

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Sharp Plug is a passive item.

Effects

  • Damages Isaac in exchange for fully recharging Isaac's current activated item.
    • (except in Repentance and Repentance+) Sharp Plug costs two hearts of health to use.
      • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Sharp Plug's heart cost is one half-heart per charge slot filled. The health cost is not increased in later stages where half-heart damage is upgraded to full heart.
    • If the item has no charges, the Sharp Plug will not activate.

Notes

  • (except in Repentance and Repentance+) If Isaac has less than two Black or Soul Hearts, it will remove them but will not remove any Red Hearts.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Sharp Plug attempts to draw from Red Hearts first.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Sharp Plug cannot deal fatal damage. If used at half a heart, it will not work.

Synergies

  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Damage-triggered items: Each half heart used up by activating Sharp Plug triggers damage effects separately, allowing multiple payouts.
    • HabitHabit: Each damage taken triggers the extra charge, which can be seen when Isaac has The BatteryThe Battery, or when using Sharp Plug without having enough health to fully charge the active.
  • (in Afterbirth and Afterbirth †) Glowing HourglassGlowing Hourglass: As long as Isaac has more than 2 full hearts, time can be rewinded indefinitely since the health used to recharge the item is refunded upon use.
  • (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth) Jacob's LadderJacob's Ladder / (in Repentance and Repentance+) 120 Volt120 Volt: Electricity deals 75% of Isaac's tear damage if he owns 1 of these items, to 100% if Isaac owns both.
  • (in Afterbirth and Afterbirth †) Character Keeper icon.pngKeeper: The Keeper takes only one heart of damage.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Expends health for charges at the rate of 2 charges per 1 Coin Heart. If an item is 1-charge, removes 1 Coin Heart.
  • (in Afterbirth †) SchoolbagSchoolbag: The active item in the main slot is fully charged as normal and the secondary slot gains as many charges as the main one did.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) : Only the front item is charged.
  • (except in Repentance+) Character Tainted Magdalene icon.pngTainted Magdalene: Tainted Magdalene's Yum HeartYum Heart can be used infinitely, allowing for infinite invincibility frames from taking damage. Paired with Tainted Magdalene's melee attack, this can easily win a run.
  • (except in Repentance and Repentance+) The WaferThe Wafer: Reduces the health cost to half a heart (except for Keeper).

Interactions

  • (except in Repentance and Repentance+) 9 Volt9 Volt: Renders the Sharp Plug unusable. Sharp Plug can only be used if the item is at 0 charges, but 9 Volt instantly gives 1 charge to the item upon activation.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) As Sharp Plug can now be used with charges and the cost is based on charges filled, 9 Volt now synergizes with Sharp Plug, lowering the cost of using it by half a heart on 2+ charge items.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Alabaster BoxAlabaster Box: Expends up to 6 full hearts if possible with no charges given.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Character Bethany icon.pngBethany / (in Repentance and Repentance+) Character Tainted Bethany icon.pngTainted Bethany: Soul/blood charges are used before Sharp Plug when available.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) EraserEraser: Attempting to recharge the Eraser with the Sharp Plug fails and only hurts Isaac for half a heart.
  • (except in Repentance and Repentance+) Holy MantleHoly Mantle: Holy Mantle blocks the damage from Sharp Plug if the shield is active, but also keeps Isaac's active item from charging.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Bypasses the Holy Mantle and gives charges as usual.
  • (except in Repentance and Repentance+) Isaac's HeartIsaac's Heart: Renders the Sharp Plug unusable.
  • Character The Lost icon.pngThe Lost: No benefit from this item unless he has a respawn item because his active item's charge will not refill if the Holy MantleHoly Mantle effect activates. Sharp Plug only activates upon receiving actual damage.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) No effect, as The Lost doesn't have health.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Character Tainted Jacob icon.pngTainted Jacob or White Fire Place.pngWhite Fire Place Lost form: Activating Sharp Plug will take the health cost from the original character's health. Holy MantleHoly Mantle will not block the health cost.
      • Lost form + (in Repentance and Repentance+) HeartbreakHeartbreak: Every point of health taken to activate Sharp Plug is considered fatal damage, leaving Isaac with as little as half a soul heart. It is possible to get 12 Broken Hearts in addition to this final half heart, past the normal limit.
  • (in Afterbirth and Afterbirth †) Mega BlastMega Blast: Sharp Plug will not work with Mega Blast.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Works as intended, giving 1 charge per half a heart.

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