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(except in Rebirth)

Bomber Boy is a passive item added in Afterbirth.

Effects

  • Grants 5 bombs.
  • Causes bombs to explode in a large cross-shaped blast by adding two additional explosions in each cardinal direction.
    • The damage for a single explosion is unchanged, but each successive explosion that hits the same enemy has its damage halved; for example, if 5 of the explosions hit the same enemy, the total damage is 60 + 30 + 15 + 7.5 + 3.75 = 116.25 instead of 60 * 5 = 300.
    • Collectible Mr. Mega iconMr. Mega changes the base damage to 110, with the same halving reductions as above.

Notes

  • With Bomber Boy, bedrooms can be opened with a single bomb.
  • Bombing the donation machine will cause a greater than normal amount of coins to drop from the machine.
  • Bombing a blue or purple fireplace may cause it to drop multiple soul hearts.
    • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance) This bug has been fixed.

Synergies

  • Collectible Anarchist Cookbook iconAnarchist Cookbook: Spawned bombs explode in a cross pattern, therefore covering a wider area.
  • Collectible Bob's Curse iconBob's Curse: The range for poisoning nearby enemies is much bigger.
  • Collectible Butt Bombs iconButt Bombs / Error: The given collectible ("No. 2") does not exist.: Each explosion counts as an individual Butt Bomb, so this deals 90 damage per explosion to all enemies in the room.
  • Collectible Curse of the Tower iconCurse of the Tower: The troll bombs spawned by the effect of this item will explode in a large cross pattern, making them more likely to damage both enemies and Isaac.
  • Collectible Dr. Fetus iconDr. Fetus: Bomber Boy also affects the bombs fired by Dr. Fetus.
  • Collectible Glitter Bombs iconGlitter Bombs: Each explosion has a independent chance of generating a pickup to use.
  • Collectible Hot Bombs iconHot Bombs: Creates fire in a shape of a cross.
  • Collectible Mr. Mega iconMr. Mega: All explosions deal more damage, have a larger radius and will overlap each other more, potentially vastly increasing damage.
  • Collectible Pyromaniac iconPyromaniac: Each bomb can restore multiple red hearts.
  • Collectible Sad Bombs iconSad Bombs: Each of the nine explosions will have its own tear burst.
  • Collectible Scatter Bombs iconScatter Bombs: Each of the smaller bombs explode in large cross-shaped blasts.

Interactions

In-game Footage

Trivia

  • Bomber Boy is a reference to the 1983 video-game Bomberman.

Seeds

PC YZLQ WLAV (Treasure room adjacent to spawn on Normal, just to the left of spawn on Hard)

Bugs

Bug Bug! Due to the extreme force of multiple simultaneous explosions, it is possible for Bomber Boy bombs (especially when combined with Mr. Mega) to propel Isaac into obstacles or over pits.


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