The Parasite

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The Parasite is an unlockable passive item.

Effects

  • Tears that deal more than 1.0 damage split into two tears with half damage and half remaining range on impact with obstacles or enemies.
    • Damage less than 1.0 causes the tears to simply disappear.
    • The splitting can keep up as long as the tears have range remaining and the damage of the split tears stays above 0.5.
    • Split tears are scaled down by 0.5x from the parent one, ignoring damage based size reduction.

Synergies

  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Angelic Prism icon.pngAngelic Prism: All tears split by the prism will burst into split tears when hitting obstacles.
  • Character Azazel icon.pngAzazel: Two beams that deal full damage are fired perpendicular to the main beam at the end of the laser.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Brimstone icon.pngBrimstone: Two beams that deal full damage are fired perpendicular to the main beam at the closest point of intersection with an enemy or obstacle.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible C Section icon.pngC Section: Fetuses fire short-ranged tears constantly while in contact with an enemy.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Compound Fracture icon.pngCompound Fracture: Both tear split effects happen simultaneously.
  • Collectible Cricket's Body icon.pngCricket's Body: Two groups of this item's four tears, creating eight additional miniature tears on every point of impact instead.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Flat Stone icon.pngFlat Stone: Every time tears bounce, burst tears spawn.
  • (except in Rebirth)Collectible Holy Light icon.pngHoly Light / Other similar tear modifiers: As the effect is applied before the split, both split tears will retain it.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Jacob's Ladder icon.pngJacob's Ladder: Split tears can spawn sparks.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Lachryphagy icon.pngLachryphagy: Fed tears split into 12 tears. When tears are minimally fed and hit an obstacle, they will split into 5 Lachryphagy burst tears and Parasite burst tears.
  • Collectible The Ludovico Technique icon.pngThe Ludovico Technique: Repeatedly spawns miniature tears when on top of an enemy, greatly increasing damage.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Mom's Knife icon.pngMom's Knife: Knife splits into two smaller, perpendicular knives that deal full damage on hitting an enemy.
  • Collectible My Reflection icon.pngMy Reflection: Split tears boomerang back to Isaac, making it easier to hit enemies with them.
  • Piercing tears: Split tears form for each hit as the tears pass through the enemies.
  • Spectral tears: When tears pass through solid objects, like rocks, they will split, resulting in many tears shooting out from every rock the original tear passed through.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Technology icon.pngTechnology: Laser splits into two perpendicular beams that deal full damage upon hitting an obstacle or enemy.
  • Collectible Tiny Planet icon.pngTiny Planet: The split tears will continue to orbit Isaac, increasing damage potential.
  • (except in Rebirth)Collectible Tractor Beam icon.pngTractor Beam: The split tears will be forced directly forward, impacting whatever caused the first tear to split. This increases damage immensely.
    • If all shots connect, effective damage will be multiplied by 2 + log2(damage) rounded up, with the maximum increasing as range increases, with a max of 4x at Isaac's base range.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Trisagion icon.pngTrisagion: When beams hit obstacles, the beam will split; the split beams can split again when hitting other obstacles.

Interactions

  • (in Repentance) Collectible Aquarius icon.pngAquarius: Creep trail turns dark orange but doesn't affect the creep itself.
  • Collectible Bob's Rotten Head icon.pngBob's Rotten Head: Splits into two explosive shots when it blows up on an obstacle or wall, each dealing half the explosion of the head. Doesn't split on hitting an enemy.
  • (except in Repentance)Collectible Brimstone icon.pngBrimstone: Overrides The Parasite.
  • (except in Rebirth)Collectible Diplopia icon.pngDiplopia: Additional copies of The Parasite have no effect.
  • (in Rebirth)Collectible Dr. Fetus icon.pngDr. Fetus: Bombs turn orange and with no other effect.
    • (in Afterbirth and Afterbirth †) Bombs split into two bombs that deal 24 damage each upon detonation.
    • (in Repentance) Bombs split into two bombs that deal 40 damage each upon detonation.
      • Dr. Fetus + (in Repentance)Collectible Rocket in a Jar icon.pngRocket in a Jar: Rockets split into two bombs (not rockets) upon detonation.
  • Collectible Epic Fetus icon.pngEpic Fetus: Overrides The Parasite.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Eye of the Occult icon.pngEye of the Occult: Split tears can be controlled similarly to normal tears, which results in a large amount of floating tears.
  • Collectible Ipecac icon.pngIpecac: The Ipecac tear will spawn two smaller explosive tears when it collides with a solid object, but not with an enemy. These tears can spawn tears on their own as well, potentially leading to huge chain reactions. Having (except in Rebirth)Collectible Host Hat icon.pngHost Hat or Collectible Pyromaniac icon.pngPyromaniac is strongly recommended.
  • (except in Rebirth)Collectible Kidney Stone icon.pngKidney Stone: Drastically decreases range making it less likely for tears to split. The stone will not split.
  • (except in Repentance)Collectible Mom's Knife icon.pngMom's Knife: Knife turns orange with no other effect.
  • Collectible Rubber Cement icon.pngRubber Cement: Tears only split when hitting enemies and no longer off the wall or most obstacles.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Sharp Key icon.pngSharp Key: Split tears from thrown keys are normal tears.
  • Collectible Soy Milk icon.pngSoy Milk: Without any damage increases, Soy Milk tears deal under 1.0 damage and cannot split until the situation is rectified with other items.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Spirit Sword icon.pngSpirit Sword: No effect on swings and spins. Projectiles bursts into 2 small tears.
  • (except in Repentance)Collectible Technology icon.pngTechnology: Overrides The Parasite.
  • (except in Rebirth)Collectible Tech X icon.pngTech X: Overrides The Parasite. Laser rings become orange.

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