Krampus is a mini-boss that can occasionally appear inside of a Devil Room.
Behavior[ | ]
Krampus moves randomly around the room in cardinal directions and can perform the following attacks:
- Stops and fires Brimstone lasers in all 4 cardinal or diagonal directions.
- The lasers can sometimes rotate 90 degrees in either direction after being shot.
- Krampus signals rotating Brimstone lasers by growling and quickly dashing towards Isaac before performing this attack.
- The lasers can sometimes rotate 90 degrees in either direction after being shot.
- Fires 3 projectiles in a spread followed by 4 projectiles in a spread in succession towards Isaac.
Krampus deals a whole heart of contact damage.
Gallery[ | ]
Krampus as one of Delirium's forms before Repentance.
Unlockable Achievements[ | ]
- Head of Krampus - Defeat Krampus.
Notes[ | ]
- Beating Krampus the first time will unlock Head of Krampus.
- Encountering Krampus replaces both the statue of Satan as well as any deals in regular Devil Rooms.
- Chaos will not change the items dropped from Krampus.
- Rerolling A Lump of Coal or Head of Krampus causes another Devil Room Pool item to appear.
- Krampus can never appear in the first Devil Room entered on a run.
Trivia[ | ]
- His name and appearance are based on Krampus, an alpine folkloric figure. It supposedly acts as a antithesis to Saint Nicholas, punishing children who misbehave near Christmas time.
- This is most likely why A Lump of Coal is in his item pool.
- Krampus is both visually and behaviorally similar to The Fallen, but does not split upon death.
- Krampus can spawn in Greed Mode without needing to be unlocked.
- Defeating Krampus when encountered here still unlocks Head of Krampus even if Krampus himself has not yet been unlocked.
- In an AMA subreddit thread for Edmund McMillen, a user questioned why Krampus got "worse with every update." Edmund McMillen jokingly responded, "he's the new bloat."; referencing the general hatred some fans have towards The Bloat.
- Despite Krampus receiving a redesign in Repentance, Delirium's Krampus appearance has yet to be updated.
- Red Mini-Boss Rooms created by Red Key (etc.) can contain a battle against Krampus.
- Krampus is tied with The Fallen as having the highest Stage HP among all entities in the game.
Mini-Bosses | |
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Seven Deadly Sins | Lust • Gluttony • Greed • Sloth • Wrath • Envy • Pride |
Super Sins | Super Lust • Super Gluttony • Super Greed • Super Sloth • Super Wrath • Super Envy • Super Pride • Ultra Pride |
Devil Room / Angel Rooms | Krampus • Uriel • Gabriel |
Repentance | Mother's Shadow • Dark Esau |
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth |
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