King Baby

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Defeat Delirium as ???King Baby

King Baby is an unlockable passive item added in Afterbirth †.

Effects

• Grants a familiar that follows Isaac and always appears first in the familiar chain.
  • While firing tears, King Baby stops moving and glows white.
  • While King Baby is stationary, other familiars remain stationary as well. Shooting familiars will fire tears in the direction the player is firing.
  • When Isaac stops firing tears, King Baby moves rapidly back towards Isaac.

Notes

• King Baby will move back towards Isaac during Isaac's hurt animation, even if a fire button is still being held.
• Abel will still reflect Isaac's movements, and not King Baby ones.
• Lil Delirium depends on which familiar form it takes.
• Familiars unaffected by King Baby include:
  • ???'s Only Friend
  • ???'s SoulSpawns a familiar that floats slowly around the room on a pattern similar to The Peeper and fires spectral and homing tears.
  • 7 Seals
  • Angelic Prism
  • Angry Fly
  • BBF
  • Big Chubby
  • Bob's Brain
  • Bum Friend
  • Bumbo
  • Cain's Other Eye
  • Daddy Longlegs
  • Dark Bum
  • Dead Bird
  • Finger!
  • GB Bug
  • Gemini
  • Guppy's Hair Ball
  • Jaw Bone
  • Key Bum
  • Leech
  • Lil Gurdy
  • Lil Haunt
  • Little Chubby
  • Multidimensional Baby
  • Obsessed Fan
  • Orbital familiars
  • Papa Fly
  • The Peeper
  • Pointy Rib
  • Samson's Chains
  • Shade
  • Sissy Longlegs
  • Smart Fly
  • Spider Mod
  • Succubus
  • Super Bum
  • Temporary familiars
  • YO LISTEN!

Synergies

• Isaac's Heart: Isaac can fire tears and leave King Baby and the heart behind, and run into a group of enemies without being damaged.

Interactions

• BFFS!: Increases King Baby's size. No other effect.
• Duct TapeStops Isaac's familiars from moving.: King Baby will stay in place relative to Isaac until Isaac starts firing tears. Then King Baby will remain stationary until Isaac has stopped firing and will rapidly move back to him.

Trivia

• The Steam achievement description for unlocking King Baby says "Unlocked a new co-player baby," despite it being an item.

Familiar Modifiers

Items:

• BFFS!
• King Baby

Trinkets:

• Baby-BenderGrants Isaac's familiars homing shots.
• Child LeashCauses familiars to stay closer to each other.
• Duct TapeStops Isaac's familiars from moving.
• Extension CordBeams of yellow electricity flow between Isaac and his familiars, damaging any enemies between them.

??? (Character) Unlocks
The D6Defeat Isaac as ???Forget Me NowDefeat Satan as ??????'s SoulDefeat The Lamb as ???FateDefeat ??? as ??????'s Only FriendComplete the Boss Rush as ???Dead BabyDefeat Mom's Heart on hard mode as ???	Fate's RewardDefeat Hush as ???Cracked DiceDefeat Ultra Greed as ???Blue BabyDefeat Mega Satan as ???Hive BabyEarn all hard mode completion marks as ???	King BabyDefeat Delirium as ???MeconiumDefeat Ultra Greedier as ???