The Binding of Isaac is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements.
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How do secret rooms work in Wrath of the Lamb?
Without the DLC, the secret room would've been here guaranteed, as it's the only non-room area with three or more rooms around it:
Instead, I lose. I get nothing. Good day, sir. Why is that? What ...
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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 ...
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What is the stat 'Luck'?
I just used a pill and received the message "Luck Down." I'm aware of Faith, which increases your chances of finding the Bible, and I suspect this is similar.
What is Luck?
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What counts as damage for the no damage achievements?
In the Binding of Isaac, there are various things that decrease total health in some way. Which of those things count as damage for the "Complete the X without taking damage achievements" (Basement ...
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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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What are the white hearts?
Apparently multiple items can give you white hearts, like the ones given by Fate.
What are these white hearts? What do they do, and what can give them to you?
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The Binding of Isaac just got harder, but how?
I have just finished my sixth and seventh full runs of The Binding of Isaac. After completing the sixth run, you do not unlock a new item but instead you just get the "Everything's Terrible!" ...
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What does the Mitre do?
One of the items the Binding of Isaac expansion Wrath of the Lamb added was the Mitre. When I picked it up I just go the message "You feel blessed" I haven't noticed a change in my shots or anything. ...
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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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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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How can I change my controls?
My W key is broken but I can't find a way to edit the controls to something different.
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How do you open the barred doors in the Binding of Isaac?
These doors are grey and usually (always?) open into a "weapon" room, i.e. there is a weapon on the minimap for them. I've gotten in two, but it was very non-obvious what I did to open the doors. For ...
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What determines how much damage a blue fly does?
I've had trips into the basement where blue flies seemed to do almost cosmetic damage, and trips into the dungeon where the blue flies were a murderous death swarm. What items or statistics make blue ...
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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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How can I kill Mom?
Mom keeps haunting my dreams, and after countless battles with this horrible woman, I only find myself badly beaten up.
Are there any strategies or items that can make this boss fight somewhat ...
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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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How do black hearts function?
I just started playing the Binding of Isaac and one of the pick-ups I came across was a black/blue-ish heart (much like the red ones that fill up your HP). Initially, I thought it was a sort of "heart ...
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Is there a method to beating Hosts?
Hosts are the skulls that occasionally raise themselves up to shoot at you. When they raise themselves, that is the only time you can damage them. I can't seem to find any sort of pattern and end up ...
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How to improve Binding of Isaac performance?
I cannot go past level 3/4 because when I enter in rooms full of monsters the game start lagging a lot and controls do not respond at all or with a huge delay.
My configuration is not actually bad: ...
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How do I know what all this stuff does?
This game has all kinds of items, but everytime I find one there doesn't seem to be a description. How do I know what all this stuff does?
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I found an item and it went to a weird spot on my screen. Now what?
I found an item called Match Stick. After I picked it up, it went to a weird spot on my screen:
What makes this item so special that it gets to go to that part of my screen? How do I use it? Are ...
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Why does this door have teeth?
This door wants to eat me! What will happen if I go in? What is this sorcery?
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Where does the Binding of Isaac store its saved data?
I know you can't save your game in the Binding of Isaac, I am referring to the local save data: unlocks, collection, stats, etc.
I move between three computers regularly (home pc, laptop, and work ...
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Which walls are bombable?
I've recently started playing The Binding of Isaac, and I've noticed that some walls can be bombed to reveal a secret room containing coins, or items. The problem is, I can't tell which ones can be ...
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When should I use the Blood Donation Machine?
The Blood Donation Machine allows you to trade half a heart pre-Womb or a whole heart in or after the Womb for some amount of money. Additionally, there is a chance that the machine will explode and ...
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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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How do I access the Binding of Isaac soundtrack?
I recently bought the Binding of Isaac + soundtrack.
...so how do I actually access the soundtrack?
The soundtrack shows up when I view downloadable content via steam, and it shows that I own it in ...
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Which Trinkets are available in Wrath of the Lamb?
I just found a new item called Tick in Wrath of the Lamp DLC and discovered that is a 'Trinket'. In the meanwhile while playing I found other trinkets like Aces of Spades, Push Pin, 2 of Diamonds and ...
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Why did I turn into a demon instead of dying?
While playing the Binding of Isaac, I should have died when fighting Monstro II, but instead I got a message on a blue screen saying (I think): "Today is a bad day to have a castle". It gave me half a ...
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Is Wrath of the Lamb available to buy anywhere besides Steam?
I see from here that the expansion is available to buy from Steam but there doesn't seem to be any alternative methods of purchase available. Does anyone know if the expansion can be bought anywhere ...
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Does buying the Treasure Map cancel the Curse of Darkness Curse?
I'm doing my first challenge run in The Binding of Isaac and I've decided to do the the first challenge on the list: Dark was the Night. This is the challenge where you automatically have the Curse of ...
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What does Fate do?
I just found a sad/dead blue head (called "Fate" when I picked it up), and now I have half of a white heart (not a soul heart) and wings.
What does Fate do?
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Is the shell game rigged?
When playing the shell game in the Arcade rooms, the shells move pretty fast and I can almost never tell where the prize ends up. I'm not sure if this is attributed to me just having poor focusing ...
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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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What does health actually mean?
The health rating on the character select screen, what is the actual meaning for it? The wiki mentions how one health is equal to one red heart container, but this is not the case.
Case in point ...
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What strategy can I use to beat Isaac?
I'm trying to finally get myself over the Binding of Isaac, and I fear that won't happen until I've beaten the chest level with a few more characters. The problem is that I find it remarkably ...
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How do I get A Gift from Krampus?
Binding of Isaac has an achievement for "A Gift From Krampus". The hint says it's in Satan's room, but I don't know where that is.
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How to setup the joypad for Binding of Isaac?
It seems that Binding of Isaac supports joypad, but simply connecting XBox 360 joypad does not work. Do you know how to setup it?
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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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Is there anything special about the blood rooms?
Typically, only special rooms are marked on the map (item rooms, shops, arcades, bosses, deadly sins, etc.).
What's special about the blood room shown below? I tried hurting myself on the spikes, and ...
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What are each of the challenges?
On the main menu, there are a list of challenges you can attempt. Clicking one starts the game, presumably with differences depending on the challenge.
What is the locked challenge, and what is ...
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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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Binding of Isaac soundtrack [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
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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How can I fix my face?
I FOUND SOME PILLS, AND I ATE THEM!
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That's cool and all, but how do I get out of this state? It's not good with the ladies.
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Are there always enough keys on a level?
On a certain level of this basement, I found 2 locked doors but only 1 key. I think I have cleared out everything I can from this level but I still only found one key. Are there always as many keys ...
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What is the deal with this weird poop and white fly?
This poop appears to have something embedded in it that I really hope is not corn, and some sort of white fly flying around it.
What's up with this poop?
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How do I unlock the “Meat 4 Evar” challenge in “The Binding of Isaac”?
I've had Wrath of the Lamb for a week, and everywhere I search, I can't find the answer. Please help!
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Are there any ways to break rocks without bombs?
Sometimes I have quite a bit of trouble finding bombs or I will need a bomb in order to get more bombs. What ways can I break rocks (via items or enemies) if I have zero actual bombs?
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How can I find the secret rooms most efficiently?
With the Wrath of the Lamb expansion, The Binding of Isaac now has two different kinds of secret rooms, and together they seem to have somewhat complex placement rules.
If I can only search for these ...
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What does Bloody Lust do?
I picked up an item called Bloody Lust, and the effect in the lower right-hand corner was "Rage!". Plus, I get this totally rad headband.
I've tried getting hit and I've tried killing enemies, and ...
