Pause

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Treasure Room Shop

(page 4, column 13, row 6)

Pause is an active item added in Afterbirth †.

Effect

• Stops all enemies including bosses until a fire button is pressed.
  • This does not affect troll bombs.
  • Touching frozen enemies will still damage Isaac.
  • Co-op babies can fire without ending the effect.
  • Stops fireplaces from shooting projectiles.
  • Bosses will resume their actions after 30 seconds have passed, while non-boss enemies (except Lil' Haunt) are still paused.

Notes

• New enemies generated during Pause being active will not be frozen and act normally. This applies for spawn-upon-death effects such as Attack Flies created by a Moter, or a Boss that stopped becoming frozen and began summoning enemies.
• Paused enemies will not have their damage scaling working effectively, making it highly effective against bosses that employ the mechanic.
• Damage against paused multi-segmented bosses works unpredictably, most notably allowing you to damage Scolex on normally invulnerable parts.
  • The health bars of multi-segmented bosses may not be updated properly, making it seem as if they died without running out of health.
• Reducing a boss to zero health whilst they are paused will initiate their death animation but they will not die until a fire button is pressed or the 30 second timer has lapsed.