Jar of Flies

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Jar of Flies is an activated item added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth.

Effects[edit | edit source]

Killing an enemy adds a fly to the jar, up to a maximum of 20.
Upon use, releases blue flies equal to the number of flies in the jar.
This item belongs to the Beelzebub set. Collecting three items from this set will transform Isaac into a giant humanoid fly.

Kills by blue flies and locusts (including flies from the jar) and shooting familiars (including Incubus) do not add flies to the jar.
Blue spiders, orbital familiars, and chasing familiars do add flies to the jar.
Friendly enemies such as from the Friendly Ball add flies to the jar, but not those spawned from other enemies.
Batteries do not affect the number of flies in the jar.
Enemies must be actually killed to add a fly; transformations (such as Gapers turning into Pacers) or knockouts (such as incapacitating a Globin) do not count as kills.
Destroying a shopkeeper will count as a kill.
With items that kill normally unkillable enemies, killing things like Stone Grimaces will add flies to the jar.
Killing minions in the Hush fight does not add flies to the jar.

Hive Mind: Flies are bigger and deal double damage.
Fish Tail: Doubles the number of flies that spawn.
Schoolbag: Flies will be gained even while the Jar of Flies is in the inactive slot.

Car Battery: No effect.
Void: Flies will not collect when absorbed by Void, making the interaction worthless.

The item's pickup quote references the tagline of the Pokémon games.
With Booster Pack #2, this item's sprite fills up with more flies depending on how many flies it contains. This is based on this Steam Workshop mod by Stewartisme.
The item is likely a reference to the Alice In Chains album of the same name.

PC KTHW HTAY (First floor, in the shop)

Bug! The synergy of and will not spawn flies.