The Book of Sin

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The Book of Sin is an unlockable activated item.

Effect

Notes

  • (except in Repentance) Hearts are proportionally more likely to be generated, with Red Heart.pngRed Hearts, Soul Heart.pngSoul Hearts and Black Heart.pngBlack Hearts each having a 1/9 chance of being chosen, the other 6/9 being distributed among the other categories.
  • (in Repentance) Each category has a 1/7 chance of being chosen.
  • The card category includes runes, (except in Rebirth)Dice ShardDice Shard, (except in Rebirth)Emergency ContactEmergency Contact and (in Repentance)Cracked KeyCracked Key.
  • (in Repentance) The heart category has the following distribution:
Type Chance
Red Heart.pngRed Heart 48.3%
Soul Heart.pngSoul Heart 16.1%
Black Heart.pngBlack Heart 16.1%
Bone Heart.pngBone Heart 6.4%
Rotten Heart.pngRotten Heart 6.4%
Eternal Heart.pngEternal Heart 3.2%
Gold Heart.pngGold Heart 3.2%

Synergies

  • (in Repentance)Collectible Book of Virtues icon.pngBook of Virtues: Grants a random wisp based on one of the Seven Deadly Sins. The wisp spawned isn't linked to the pickup dropped.
    • Pride.pngPride: a blue bomb wisp in the middle ring. When destroyed, a small homing bomb that deals normal troll bomb damage is spawned.
    • Greed.pngGreed: 3 yellow coin wisps in the outer ring. Their tears may petrify enemies like Collectible Midas' Touch icon.pngMidas' Touch.
    • Wrath.pngWrath: an orange bomb wisp in the middle ring, which fire flaming tears. They drop troll bombs when continuously firing, and leave a bomb pickup when they die.
    • Envy.pngEnvy: a white face-like wisp in the outer ring.
    • Lust.pngLust: a randomly colored pill wisp in the inner ring, with effects that are the same as Collectible Mom's Bottle of Pills icon.pngMom's Bottle of Pills wisps.
    • Gluttony.pngGluttony: a heart wisp in the middle ring, with effects that are the same as Collectible Yum Heart icon.pngYum Heart wisps.
    • Sloth.pngSloth: a Bob's Head wisp in the middle ring. Their tears travel in an arc like Collectible Ipecac icon.pngIpecac but don't always explode on impact. There is a small chance for an exploding tear.

In-game Footage

Trivia

  • The Book of Sin is a reference to the Seven Deadly Sins. Unlike other Book items, The Book of Sin doesn't appear to be based on a real book or scripture.

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