Greed's Gullet

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Secret Room

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Complete challenge #35Greed's Gullet

Greed's Gullet is an unlockable passive item added in Afterbirth+.

Effects

• Grants an extra heart container for every 25 coins Isaac has, up to a maximum of 4 hearts at 99 coins.
  • Dropping below the number of coins required for a heart container removes the heart container.

Notes

• The extra heart container can exceed the maximum heart container limit of Keeper, allowing him to obtain more than 2 heart containers.
• Depending on the character used, this item only affects red heart containers, soul hearts (???) or health coins (Keeper). It has no effect on The Lost.
• The health container gain is not retroactive - picking it up at 99 coins will not grant 4 extra heart containers.
  • However, picking it up at 99 coins and then dropping below 99 coins will lose a heart container, decreasing the feasibility of picking this item up the more coins you have.
    • The player will die if they lose their last form of health as a result of Greed's Gullet.
    • If Keeper drops to under 2 health coins as a result of Greed's Gullet, or by any other means (devil deal, etc.), he is unable to use a HP Up to increase his health back to 2, and has to regain the lost coins to do so.
  • If Greed's Gullet is rerolled away after gaining health, the extra health will be preserved even if the player loses coins afterwards.
    • However, if this happens with Keeper, his health will drop back to 2 health coins upon picking up an item, unless another Greed's Gullet is picked up.
• Be careful when buying items from the Shop, as it can remove heart containers.
• Enemies that drain Isaac's coins (such as Keepers, Hangers, Greed, or Super Greed) can remove heart containers.

Synergies

• A DollarGives Isaac 99 coins. Can be found multiple times in a single playthrough.: The player will instantly gain the max amount of heart containers.
• A QuarterAdds 25 to Isaac's coin count, capping at 99.: The player will gain a heart container.

Interactions

• Eye of GreedAdds a chance to fire tears that temporarily stun enemies and turn them into gold. Any enemy killed while in this state will drop coins.: Coins will be lost for every 20th tear fired, risking heart container loss if Isaac has more than 24 coins.