With over 700 items, 34 characters, 22 endings, and at least a dozen final bosses, The Binding of Isaac: Repentance is a massive game. But after wading through all of its content, you may feel like Edmund McMillen and his team of developers didn't add nearly enough. Luckily, they also added mod support to the game in 2017, and creators have been able to implement everything from original items and characters to entirely new sections of the game.
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Arguably the most useful mods are those that make small quality-of-life fixes. Adding accessibility options, revealing hidden information, and fixing some mechanics that are downright annoying are only some of the great things mod creators have been able to do.
Updated September 28, 2022, by Doruk Kaptan: The Binding Of Isaac is an extremely content-heavy game in and of itself. However, with a really passionate fanbase and modding community, there've been tons of amazing mods released for the game, including ones that completely transform the way the game is played.
Some mods focus more on making it easier to discern information and the game more accessible. These mods are the best quality-of-life updates for the game, and are sure to make your time with it quite easier and more comfortable. These also are a great benefit to people with disabilities and/or impediments, which is always great to see.
15 Visible Tinted Rocks: No More Missing Out On A Great Resource
Among the destructible rocks, there are some that have a slight tint and a marking on them. These are called tinted rocks, and once destroyed can give you some very valuable resources. These range from Soul Hearts to keys and bombs.
There is also a very strong item called Small Rock, a sizable damage upgrade that these rocks can yield. Unfortunately, with several screen-altering effects, the urge to move fast, and the tiny hint of difference between the types, it's quite easy to miss tinted rocks. Well not anymore! The Visible Tinted Rocks mod simply increases the contrast of these rocks and makes them easier to spot, saving you lots of squinting in darker areas.
14 Visible Challenge Unlocks: More In-Game Information About Achievements
As much fun as the main game mode is, there are many achievements and features that can only be unlocked by completing Challenges. Some of these unlockable features include special items, powerful cards and runes, and upgrades for characters. While they can provide great benefits, the unlockable features often have no logical connection to the Challenges, which can make it tough to decide what Challenges you want to complete.
The Visible Challenge Unlocks mod offers a simple solution. By hovering over the name of a Challenge, you will be able to see exactly what you will unlock by completing it. No need for the Binding of Isaac wiki this time.
13 Colored Achievement Descriptions: For The Completionists Out There
As it's known, The Binding Of Isaac has thousands of hours' worth of content if you want to dive in completely. That of course includes achievements. With over 600 in total, even after getting all of the ones that you could naturally get by playing the game, there's sure to be some left.
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If you have the intention of completing the game 100 percent, then you're in for a challenge. Some achievements are very specific, and you might think they could take hundreds of hours. Luckily, the Colored Achievement Descriptions mod tell you what to do in order to get each achievement. This is a must for any completionist or achievement hunter.
12 Better Doors: Know What's Inside For Real
In The Binding Of Isaac, there are several unique rooms. These include but are not limited to Treasure Rooms, Libraries, Curse Rooms, and Arcades. Sometimes, it can be hard to tell what a room will be before going in, considering how some of them don't use unique doors and some rooms share the same entrance design. The doors also become way better-looking, making this an aesthetic mod too.
Luckily, the Better Doors mod changes the doors for the better. Lots of rooms get a respite for their door including the likes of rooms from other mods such as Tainted Treasure Rooms and Astral Challenge Rooms. This is a great way to tell the room you're entering from similar ones.
11 Hanging Dream Catcher: Making An Awkward Item Easier To Use
When you beat a boss and jump into the trapdoor to the next floor, you will be presented with a short dream cutscene. Since these cutscenes serve no practical purpose, you will develop the muscle memory to immediately skip them after every trapdoor. The Dream Catcher item replaces these useless dream sequences with information about the next floor, namely a preview of the item you'll get from the treasure room (which can be useful for getting Planetarium items) and the boss you'll fight.
Since that muscle memory is so ingrained, however, you may forget you have Dream Catcher altogether and accidentally skip the cutscene. The Hanging Dream Catcher mod will catch you before you make that mistake: a dream catcher will hang above every trapdoor to remind you that you have the item. Say goodbye to your nightmares and your trigger finger.
10 Gruesome Mimics: Visible Difference Between Chests
Among the new things added in the Repentance DLC was the Mimic Chest. Mimic Chests look the same as normal chests, save for the small bloodstain in the bottom right corner, and while both types of chests give similar rewards when opened, Mimic Chests will also reveal their hidden spikes and deal damage to you. The two look close enough that even the most experienced players can accidentally hurt themselves.
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The Gruesome Mimics mod is here to fix that. In addition to the small bloodstain in the corner, this mod plants a bloody handprint on all Mimic Chests to make the mimicry more obvious. You can now live happily knowing your Lost runs are less likely to end because you put your guard down.
9 Detailed Respawn: More Information About Extra Lives
Extra lives are not uncommon in The Binding of Isaac. Some items will give you stat boosts when you use an extra life, others will revive you as a different character, and one item will even give you nine extra lives. Every time you grab one of these items, the number of times you can revive will be added to a counter on the right side of your hearts, but this counter won't distinguish between different revive mechanics. Figuring out how you will revive can sometimes be an impossible task.
With the Detailed Respawn mod, all your extra lives will be displayed in full detail. Not only will you know the exact source of your extra lives, but you'll also know exactly in what order they'll activate and which character you'll become, if any, which can help you maximize the benefits.
8 Tainted Character Alt Names: Easier To Distinguish Between Characters
Of the 19 new characters added in the Repentance DLC, 17 are alternate versions of the original characters, also called Tainted characters. In-game, these alternate characters have the same names as the original ones, which feels underwhelming given that they all have such unique gimmicks.
With the Tainted Character Alt Names mod, these alternate characters are given names based on their associated achievements on Steam. These names make them appear as unique as their gimmicks make them feel. For example, Tainted Cain is called The Hoarder because he's all about collecting lots of loot, much like the Miner from Rogue Legacy.
7 Timed Active Icons: Notifications When Timed Items Are Ready
While most active items recharge by clearing rooms, some items recharge over time. And with the addition of more experimental items in the Repentance DLC, these timed active items have started appearing more. But because the game can be so chaotic and fast-paced, constantly taking a peek at the corner of the screen to see if your active item is recharged can waste precious seconds needed to dodge enemies.
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The Timed Active Icons mod makes an icon appear above your head when your active item is ready. Since you're sometimes able to hold two or even three active items at a time, each item has a unique icon, which lets you know exactly which items are charged.
Not knowing how much health a boss has can be frustrating and demotivating. While this isn't a problem most of the time in The Binding of Isaac, final bosses like Mother, Mega Satan, and The Beast have no health bars, which can make the fights that much more stressful. With the Enhanced Boss Bars mod, you'll be able to see exactly how much damage you need to deal to these end-game villains.
But the mod doesn't stop there, since it also modifies the boss bar when you're up against multiple bosses. Whether the boss splits apart in the middle of the fight like Larry Jr. or Envy, or whether you have to fight two enemies at once like Sisters Vis, this mod will be able to accommodate your every boss bar need.
5 No More Useless Items: Make Special Characters Less Punishing
There are some very unique characters in this game. For example, The Lost has no HP and also cannot benefit from any HP ups. There's Lillith, who uses the familiar Incubus to shoot and has a blindfold on, preventing her from shooting tears. While these special characters are extremely fun to play, they do make tons of items altogether useless.
This mod has a list of blacklisted items for many characters with a quirk. No More Useless Items does exactly as it says on the tin. The character list that the mod applies to is sizable, and lots of thought seems to have been put into choosing the blacklisted items for each character. This is a great mod to always have on, making many characters so much more fun to play.
4 Encyclopedia: The In-Game Wiki
The Encyclopedia mod is a self-proclaimed in-game Wikipedia. By pressing the C button (or both control sticks on a gamepad), you will open a book containing practically all the knowledge of the game's universe. This includes descriptions of all characters' unique mechanics and their completion marks, every trinket's effect, and every item's abilities, synergies, and hidden uses.
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The mod is also compatible with items and characters from other mods, provided they include an encyclopedia entry in their files. No matter if it's your first or your thousandth hour playing Isaac, the Encyclopedia mod can save you a lot of research time.
One of the most infuriating enemies added in the Repentance DLC is the Needle, which will burrow underground and jump at you from a random place in the room. Since they're already underground when you enter a room, you can't see them until they jump, so you're likely to get hit by one before you realize they're even there.
With the Clearer Hidden Enemies mod, Needles will cause rock particles to spew out of the ground while they're burrowing, making them more visible and predictable. This mod also gives this effect to bosses that hide underground like Pin, Polycephalus, and Scolex — if you're having trouble with them, this mod is well worth a download.
2 External Item Descriptions: Know What You're Getting Into
The Binding Of Isaac is a game with hundreds of unique items that all interact with one another, have smaller side effects, and can either be amazing or pathetic with your current selection of items. As such, knowing the details of what an item, a dice room, or a consumable does is essential to success.
While part of the fun is learning what each item does and amassing knowledge over time, it can become tedious with the sheer amount of things you have to learn. With the External Item Descriptions mod, a little pop-up of what exactly things do appears as you get close to them. This makes life extremely easier, and to be honest, lowers the barrier of entry quite a bit.
1 Colorblind Accessibility: Improving Visibility For All
Do you have colorblindness but still want to play The Binding of Isaac? Say no more, because the Colorblind Accessibility mod is here! This mod overhauls the graphics to make certain game elements more distinguishable from each other. The changes are as big as new body parts for enemies or new shapes for items, and as small as modified color intensities for different poops and fires, or new outlines for different hearts.
Of all the existing quality-of-life mods, Colourblind Accessibility is one that would be highly appreciated if it were implemented into the base game.
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FAQs
What is the most powerful item in the binding of Isaac repentance? ›
1 Brimstone
Possibly the most famous powerful Isaac item, the Brimstone changes your default tears into a large beam that must be charged first. The beam has spectral and piercing effects, and it excels at melting through multiple enemies at a time.
Modding is now officially supported in Afterbirth+ as well as Repentance, enabling users to mod the game using the Lua programming language and to upload their creations to the Steam Workshop.
What mod is Repentance based on? ›After a long period lying fallow, 2021's Repentance expansion (based on community mega-mod Antibirth) brought new life to the game, almost doubling its size and giving players hundreds of new goals to chase after and secrets to uncover.
What happens when you get 999 coins in binding of Isaac? ›...
Donation chances.
| Coins donated | Total jam chance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 999 | ~100% | The maximum amount of coins Isaac can carry with Deep Pockets |
Dross. Henry appears only in a single rare room within the floor. When Isaac enters the room, Henry smiles and then gets flushed down a drain. Isaac can fire tears at it, but due to its high HP it is extremely difficult to kill, and would be pointless anyway as its only behavior is killing itself.
What is the highest tear rate in Isaac? ›With a tear delay of 1, the maximum achievable rate of fire is 15 tears per second (every 2 frames).
What is the best transformation in Isaac repentance? ›Guppy is, without a doubt, the best transformation in the game. You have to collect or touch three Guppy items, of which there are seven items and a trinket, and you'll become Guppy. This transformation grants you flight and the ability to spawn friendly blue flies for each of your tears that hit an enemy.
What is the easiest Isaac character to unlock? ›Lazarus stands as one of the easiest characters to unlock, although it may take a bit of doing. Players need to have 4 Soul Hearts or Black Hearts at once. Soul Hearts aren't that hard to come by, but players will need to be careful about how much damage they take, as Soul Hearts are always lost first.
Is Repentance unlimited? ›There are two things to remember here: (1) God's mercy is indeed infinite, and (2) true repentance means forsaking your sins. On the one hand, because of the infinite Atonement of Jesus Christ, repentance is available to everyone, even those who have made the same mistakes many times.
Can you unlock the lost in Repentance? ›How to unlock the The Lost achievement. Steps to unlock this somewhat secret character: * Step One: Unlock the level Dark Room by beating Satan five times. * Step Two: Beat the boss in Dark Room as Isaac, this will unlock the trinket Missing Poster on future runs.
What mods are used in afterlife? ›
| Category | ||
|---|---|---|
| Twigs | Twigs is a Minecraft mod all about building, adding new and interesting materials, as well as new renditions of vanilla blocks! | |
| Vampire | Origins | Adds the Vampire origin |
| Villager | Origins | Adds the Villager origin |
| Visuality | A mod that adds particles such as crystal sparkles, mob particles, and more. |
Initially, Repentance was announced to be a reworking of the extremely well-regarded Antibirth mod for The Binding of Isaac (it's being developed alongside Antibirth's original creator Vinh), albeit tweaked to "make it canon" and expanded with "a ton more content".
Will Repentance be the last DLC? ›The Repentance DLC is officially announced to include the Antibirth mod alongside a ton of other new content - Edmund affirms it is "the FINAL (for real this time) DLC for Isaac".
Is Tarnished Isaac a mod? ›The Binding of Isaac: Epiphany is a mod that aims to add a new variant for all characters in Repentance, called "Tarnished" characters.
How long does it take to 100 percent binding of Isaac? ›When focusing on the main objectives, The Binding of Isaac is about 11 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 139 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
How many coins do you need to get 999 moons? ›If you plan on collecting every single thing in Super Mario Odyssey, you're going to need a lot of coins. And by a lot, we mean 37,189 coins if you don't use amiibo to get any outfits. It takes 11,900 coins just to get the final Power Moons, and one special outfit costs 9,999 coins alone.
Why was binding of Isaac banned? ›In late February, McMillen stated that Nintendo had rejected the game because of "questionable religious content".
What item gives the most damage in Isaac? ›Abaddon gives Isaac, damage up, speed up, black hearts (removing red hearts), and even a chance to shoot fear tears. It is a definite pickup, barring a few builds that would hurt from losing their red hearts, and is undoubtedly one of the strongest items in the game.
How many hours to beat Isaac? ›When focusing on the main objectives, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is about 5½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 281 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
What does rotten baby do in Isaac? ›Effect. Spawns a familiar which spawns friendly Blue Flies in a room with monsters when Isaac holds down a fire key. The initial blue fly will target a monster once nearby, in which Rotten Baby will lock its blue flies automatically onto the same one, immediately heading towards and damaging it until it dies.
What happens after you beat Isaac 5 times? ›
After defeating Isaac 5 times you'll unlock the Polaroid item, it will appear every time you defeat Mom. After collecting it, defeat Isaac and enter the golden chest, now you have unlocked The Chest chapter, go ahead and defeat the boss ???.
How do you unlock Apollyon? ›Apollyon is a character added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth †. He is unlocked after defeating Mega Satan for the first time.
What does a 6 room do in Isaac? ›Dice Room Six
This room has four effects: Rerolls all of Isaac's passive and active items. Rerolls all pickups on the floor. Rerolls all trinkets on the floor.
After starting the Ascent by collecting Dad's Note, the trinket left behind will have become a Cracked Key in the corresponding room. Perfection to spawn. Mom's Box can be helpful for creating Cracked Keys, providing extra trinkets to leave in Boss rooms or Treasure rooms for later use.
How do you unlock Azazel fast in Isaac? ›Azazel can be unlocked by making three Devil deals in a singular run. He's fairly simple to unlock but he's also a pretty powerful character.
How do you unlock Godhead Isaac? ›To obtain "Godhead" you will only have to complete your post-it on hardmode as the Lost - it is not necessary to do so as any other character. (I have only completed Mom's Heart as everyone else in hardmode.)
What does forgive 70 times 7 mean? ›Jesus speaks of forgiveness beyond what anyone had ever considered before: seventy times seven! Many commentaries understand this to mean that Jesus was telling Peter that he should forgive his brother a limitless number of times.
Which sin Cannot be forgiven by God? ›Graham: Only one sin that can't be forgiven is on God's list — and that is the sin of rejecting Him and refusing His offer of forgiveness and new life in Jesus Christ. This alone is the unforgivable sin, because it means we are saying that the Holy Spirit's witness about Jesus is a lie (see Luke 12:10).
How many times will God forgive? ›Matthew 18: 21-22 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Can you take Devil deals as the lost? ›Angel & Devil Rooms
The Lost can only choose one of the available Devil deals. It is generally recommended to go for Devil deals, and thus hinder Angel Rooms to appear, though the player is free to pursue Angel Rooms if they find them more attractive.
Can I unlock lost with Azazel? ›
Die to the 2nd stage of the Satan boss fight as Azazel.
This is the final step in unlocking The Lost, which means you cannot use a seed. Luckily Azazel is considered by many the easiest character.
Greedier Mode is a mode added in Afterbirth ♰. It is unlocked by depositing 500 coins in the Greed Machine.
Can you mod high on life? ›Like many games, High on Life allows you to customize your weapons to an extent. Each weapon, known as a Gatlian, has multiple mods available. These provide buffs, new abilities, and sometimes completely change the way they work.
What mod tells you where you last died? ›Death Finder adds the exact position of every death to the death screen as well as the death message, so you know exactly where to go looking for your items.
What religion is repent? ›The practice of repentance plays an important role in the soteriological doctrines of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Analogous practices have been found in other world religions as well. In religious contexts, it often involves an act of confession to God or to a spiritual elder (such as a monk or priest).
Can you play Repentance without Rebirth? ›The Binding of Isaac: Repentance on Steam. Nicalis, Inc. This content requires the base game The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth on Steam in order to play.
Who is witness Antibirth? ›The Witness is the post-mortem version of Mama Gurdy. The Witness was officially incorporated to the official The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth game (along with most of Antibirth's content) in the Repentance DLC, where it is renamed to Mother.
Who is the final boss of repentance? ›Players will need to defeat all four of the Ultra Harbingers to trigger the fight with the final boss of The Binding of Isaac, The Beast.
How many bosses does repentance add? ›In total, there are 102 bosses and 20 mini-bosses. 10 bosses were added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth, 6 were added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth †, and 30 bosses and 2 mini-bosses were added in The Binding of Isaac: Repentance.
Did repentance add coop? ›For items that follow Isaac, see familiar. For Co-op babies, see Co-op. In the Repentance expansion, a new Co-Op mode was added.
What is the hardest boss in the binding of Isaac repentance? ›
Corpse mother is the hardest because you get to her the weakest. Unless you take a very early portal to the void. The beast path you can ez get a free planeterium as well as skip any curse of the blind item rooms going down (And get everything going back up without the curse still being there).