Potato Peeler

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Unlimited

Devil Beggar Shop Shop

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Potato Peeler is an activated item added in Afterbirth †.

Effect

• On use:
  • Removes one red heart container.
  • Increases damage by a flat +0.2.
  • Grants one Cube of Meat.
  • Grants the Anemic effect (+5 range, red creep trail).
• The damage and Cube of Meat level increases stack and are permanent, but the Anemic effect will only last until Isaac exits the room.

Notes

• It is possible for Isaac to kill himself by removing his final heart container.
• It is possible to generate multiple Meatboys.
• Cubes of Meat given by this item do not remove any Cubes of Meat from Greed Mode item pools.
• This item cannot be used on soul hearts, black hearts, bone hearts, and eternal hearts.

Synergies

• D4: Every Cube of Meat produced using Potato Peeler counts as an item for rerolling. Because health usually is not removed in rerolling items this is useful to increase the number of items at the expense of the item pool.
  • Cubes of Meat created by Potato Peeler will always reroll into Treasure Room items, regardless of where Potato Peeler was obtained or the rooms it was used in.
• XI - Strength: The temporary heart granted by a Strength Card can be used to create a Cube of Meat.

Trivia

• The pickup quote "A pound of flesh" is a reference to Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.