The Common Cold

Item Icon
Pickup Quote	"Poison Damage"
Entity ID	5.100.103
Character Appearance
Tear Appearance
Item Pool	Treasure Room Treasure Room
Collection Grid	(page 1, column 10, row 10) (page 1, column 20, row 5)

The Common Cold is a passive item.

Effects

• Adds a chance to shoot poison tears, dealing damage over time when inflicted.
• The poison randomly hits either 2 or 3 times, dealing a total of 4 or 6 damage.
  • The poison hits twice, dealing a total of double Isaac's damage.

Notes

• The chance for a tear to be poisoned depends on the Luck stat and goes up to 100% at 12 Luck.

Synergies

• Brimstone: The laser turns green and the poison effect sometimes applies to enemies.
• Compound Fracture/Cricket's Body/Haemolacria/The Parasite: Chance for tears and split tears to be poisonous. If the main tear is poisonous, the split tears are too.
• Dr. Fetus/Epic Fetus: Chance for bombs/explosions to become poisonous like Bob's Curse.
• Lachryphagy: If a poison tear is fed, all burst tears are poisonous. If a normal tear is fed, the burst tears are not poisonous.
• The Ludovico Technique: Tear occasionally becomes green and can poison enemies.
• Mom's Knife: The poison effect applies sometimes.
• Monstro's Lung: Some of the tears in the tears cluster will be poisonous.
• Technology: The laser is green and the poison effect sometimes applies to enemies.

Interactions

• Ipecac/Scorpio: Overrides The Common Cold.
• Serpent's Kiss: Overrides The Common Cold.

Trivia

• In the original Binding of Isaac, this item also belonged to the Devil Room pool.

Seeds

PC ANX3 VC3V (Adjacent Treasure Room)

PC MPLX AJVP (Treasure Room adjacent to spawn ; Curse of the Labyrinth)

Switch KWFP J9MK (First Floor Treasure Room ; East from Start)

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