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IV Bag is an activated item.

Effects[ | ]

  • Upon use, causes Isaac to lose half a heart of health (or a full heart in Chapter 4 onward) while spawning coins.
    • (except in Repentance) Each use pays out with 1-2 coins.
    • (in Repentance) Each use pays out with 1-2 coins on Normal mode or 1 coin on Hard mode.
    • (except in Rebirth) Spawns 0-1 coins instead when used by Character Keeper iconKeeper.
    • IV Bag takes Red HeartRed Hearts before other heart types.

Notes[ | ]

Synergies[ | ]

  • (in Repentance) Collectible The Book of Belial iconThe Book of Belial + Collectible Birthright iconBirthright as Character Judas iconJudas / Character Dark Judas iconDark Judas: Gives a temporary +0.66 damage up with each use.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Book of Virtues iconBook of Virtues: Spawns wisps in the outer ring, resembling coins. The wisps only have one health.
  • (except in Rebirth)Cracked DiceCracked Dice: Rerolling the coins generated by IV bag can be used to generate unlimited pickups and items.
  • Collectible Old Bandage iconOld Bandage + Collectible Humbleing Bundle iconHumbleing Bundle/Collectible Maggy's Bow iconMaggy's Bow: The damage from IV Bag has a chance to spawn 2 hearts, which can be picked up to create further coins and possibly even heal hearts with enough Luck.
    • (in Repentance)Humbleing Bundle only has a 50% chance to double the hearts dropped, but Old Bandage may still drop 1 heart.
  • (except in Repentance) Collectible Isaac's Heart iconIsaac's Heart: Can be used without taking damage, resulting in an infinite amount of coins.
    • (except in Rebirth) Isaac still takes damage from this during (except in Rebirth) The Guardian (challenge #30).
  • (except in Repentance) Collectible PHD iconPHD: Increases each payout to 2-3 coins.
    • (in Repentance) Collectible PHD iconPHD: Increases each payout to 2-3 coins on Normal mode and 2 on Hard mode.
  • Collectible Portable Slot iconPortable Slot: Can be alternated between to gain ridiculous amounts of pickups from only a few initial coins or hearts.
  • (except in Repentance) Collectible Scapular iconScapular: Allows for infinite coins once Isaac is at half a red heart (or full red heart in Chapter 4 onward) by moving between rooms to reset Scapular's effect.

Interactions[ | ]

  • (except in Rebirth)Collectible Car Battery iconCar Battery: No effect.
  • (except in Rebirth) Collectible Holy Mantle iconHoly Mantle and similar items: IV Bag ignores the shield's protection, resulting in Isaac taking damage regardless.

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Gallery[ | ]

Trivia[ | ]

  • A glitch in the original The Binding of Isaac existed where the player could leave a room and activate the item during the invincibility frames offered during recovery of using the items, effectively spawning infinite coins.


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