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 MeatOrbiting familiar that blocks enemy shots and deals damage to enemies. If collected while already having one, makes the familiar evolve. Only drops from Horsemen. Similar to Ball of Bandages..
  • Grants the Anemic+5 range. After Isaac is damaged, a trail of red creep will be left behind Isaac until he leaves the current room. 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

• D4Rerolls all of Isaac's items.: Every Cube of Meat produced using Potato Peeler count as an item for reroll. 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.

Trivia

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