The Binding of Isaac is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements.
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What counts as a kill when using Charm of the Vampire?
I noticed that both smashing Globins into piles of meat and actually killing them both count as a kill when using Charm of the Vampire. This can be used to continually farm health. I also noticed ...
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How do I unlock the Cathedral in the Wrath of the Lamb DLC?
I bought the Wrath of the Lamb DLC, but the Cathedral isn't unlocked yet. How is this unlocked? Is it because I haven't beaten the Sheol with all the characters yet?
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Can I unlock samson by ignoring two treasure rooms on the same floor?
Unlocking the new Samson character requires one to "pass on 2 treasure rooms". I've recently started the game only to encounter an extra large version of the basement (the level I was on said ...
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What do the orange keys do?
I just found an orange key that went on top of my key count. What does this item/pickup do?
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Is it possible to improve stats beyond what is shown? [duplicate]
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Do items in Binding of Isaac affect stats that are at max?
Stats include something like 6 or 7 bars. I'd like to know if they can be improved past where it shows as ...
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Is there any way for me to turn off just the music in The Binding of Isaac?
I've got nothing against the awesome soundtrack of The Binding of Isaac, but I love to blast other songs while I play video games, so I'm trying to turn the music off. There doesn't seem to be any ...
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When do I fight Satan?
I killed mom (heart) 4 times but still there's no Satan at final.
When do I fight Satan? What should I do?
Thank you.
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Can I get to Sheol through a challenge run?
So, I need to beat Sheol with Isaac in The Binding of Isaac, can I select the "Doctors Revenge" challenge (which requires you to beat Mom's Heart) and maybe get lucky with a demon room on the Mom's ...
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What's the effect of pentagram?
I am trying to understand the effect of each power-up, but for some of them is not easy.
What about the pentagram, for example? What is its effect, apart those nice devil's horns?
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What counts as beating a challenge in Binding of Isaac?
I've been trying to work through the challenges introduced in Wrath of the Lamb to unlock stuff in the Binding of Issac,but have noticed that I'm not winning the challenges after beating 'It Lives'. ...
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Is the Sacrificial Dagger like the other orbitals?
The wiki description for the Sacrificial Dagger is:
Dagger orbits Isaac, very high damage.
Does it also have the projectile blocking property of the other orbitals(i.e. Meat Boy or Halo of ...
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Can I choose which level I'll go in?
Sometimes, when starting anew game in Wrath of the Lamb, I'll find myself in the cellar rather than the basement. Ditto when going down a level.
What determines which level I'll go in?
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What's the difference between yellow and orange fire?
With the new DLC I've noticed a new fire animation, that has an "oranger" hue. Is there any difference between this new fire and the old one?
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Are the chances between the Portable Slots and the Slot Machine different?
I just found an item called Portable Slots, which allowed me to use it (with spacebar) any number of times (regardless of charges), but it took a coin on every use, like the normal slot machine.
I ...
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Defeated Mom with Magdalene but got no achievement on STEAM [duplicate]
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Binding of Isaac achievements and Steam in-game not working
I defeated Mom for the first time, but I did not get the Killed Mom! achievement on Steam.
I played as ...
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Why is this challenge room locked? [duplicate]
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How do you open the barred doors in the Binding of Isaac?
I ran into this gated challenge room during a recent Binding of Isaac playthrough (with Maggie, as you can ...
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What does the A Missing Page trinket do?
In the Binding of Isaac expansion I found a trinket called A Missing Page, and so far I have not noticed any effect. What does this trinket do?
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What's Tick effect? [duplicate]
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Which Trinkets are available in Wrath of the Lamb?
I just found this strange thing called Tick in Cellar level. Its stay on player head but it also shown to the top-left ...
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Do normal tears do increased damage with Chemical Peel?
The Chemical Peel item's text said "DMG UP" and it changed my tears to blood tears, but it didn't change the tear icon. Every so often, I shoot a normal tear. Do only the blood tears get the ...
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My game tends to crash
I play the Binding of Isaac a lot. I'm trying to unlock the D6, so I must beat the womb as ???. But when I get to the loading screen for the womb part 1, the game always crashes. Is there a way to fix ...
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Are the chest level unlockables required for Platinum God?
In the most recent update after beating the most recent boss holding the Polaroid. You can unlock a special chest level which beaten by each character unlocks a new trinket. Are these items required ...
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What does the Undefined/Fish Head trinket do?
In the Binding of Isaac expansion Wrath of the Lamb, I got a trinket called Undefined, which looks like the severed head of a green fish. What does this trinket do?
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What does the Childs Heart do?
I got an item called Childs Heart, but it is on the left side of the screen (opposite of where Q items appear) and I can't figure out how to use it. What does it do and how can I use it?
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Binding Of Isaac sound problem
I recently purchased the Wrath of the Lamb expansion and since then there's no in-game music and no sound...
I have just recently formatted my computer and re-installed Windows XP, I don't know if it ...
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What are all the levels introduced in Wrath of the Lamb?
In a very small number of playthroughs of Wrath of the Lamb, I have seen:
The Cellar (pre-Mom)
Necropolis (pre-Mom)
Utero (post-Mom)
What are all the new levels introduced in Wrath of the Lamb, ...
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What does Spirit of the Night do?
I just paid two hears for Spirit of the Night (whose lower-right hand message was "Scary").
Did I just pay two hearts so that I could fly? What does "Scary" mean, and what does Spirit of the Night ...
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Dependency is not satisfiable: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 error when installing Binding of Isaac
I'm trying to install Binding of Isaac on my Debian machine, when I try to install the .deb installation package with GDebi, I get the error
Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: ...
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Why my cellar changed and now is full of spider webs?
My basement cellar texture changed and now rooms are full of spider webs and fast annoying spiders. What's happened? Any hints how to go back and how to kill these spiderlings?
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BoI erases my data
I got Binding of Isaac for Linux through the Humble Bundle. It works fine, and sometimes saves my data (things found, challenges unlocked, etc.), but then sometimes erases them - seemingly at ...
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Does the Lucky Foot affect the Slot machine or not? [duplicate]
So yeah the wiki says that it does increase the chances of winning at the Slot Machine but it also says that it doesn't. I would like a definitive answer to if the Lucky Foot does or does not affect ...
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Binding of Isaac soundtrack [duplicate]
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How do I access the Binding of Isaac soundtrack?
I found the soundtrack but how do I play it it says .ncf or something...
If you know how to play it thanks I need to ...
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Binding of Isaac Cathedral glitch [closed]
Before I go on Wrath of Lamb is installed correctly, I have beaten the sheol before it lives (because a devil room spawned on the third run) and after it lives. Yet I don't get a beam of light. I ...
