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(except in Rebirth)

Head of the Keeper is a passive item added in Afterbirth.

Effects

  • Enemies have a 5% chance to drop a penny when hit with Isaac's tears.
  • Turns Isaac's tears into coins (cosmetic effect).

Notes

  • Hitting the front side of enemies such as the Knight will still produce coins, even though the enemy does not sustain any damage. This can be exploited to produce an infinite amount of coins from a single enemy. However this won't work with defensive Hosts.
  • Enemies that spawn other enemies, globins, or enemies that regain health can also be farmed for infinite money.
  • Head of the Keeper does not work with The Forgotten but will work with The Soul.

Interactions

  • Collectible Brimstone iconBrimstone: Overrides Head of the Keeper.
    • Azazel's short ranged Brimstone also overrides Head of the Keeper.
  • Collectible Death's Touch iconDeath's Touch: Tears retain Death's Touch's cosmetic effect (scythes) but both items are fully active.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Sulfuric Acid iconSulfuric Acid: Tears retain Head of the Keeper's cosmetic effect but both items are fully active. Which tears are acidic can no longer be visually identified.
  • Collectible Dr. Fetus iconDr. Fetus: Overrides Head of the Keeper.
  • Collectible Epic Fetus iconEpic Fetus: Overrides Head of the Keeper.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Euthanasia iconEuthanasia: Main tears can cause enemies to drop pennies; however, burst tears do not.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Haemolacria iconHaemolacria: Only the main tear retains the effect of Head of the Keeper.
  • Collectible Ipecac iconIpecac: Because Ipecac's high damage will quickly kill enemies, and because enemies will often be hit with explosions rather than tears themselves, coins will not drop as frequently.
  • Collectible Mom's Knife iconMom's Knife: Overrides Head of the Keeper.
  • Collectible Technology iconTechnology: Overrides Head of the Keeper.
  • Collectible Tech X iconTech X: Overrides Head of the Keeper.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Trisagion iconTrisagion: Overrides Head of the Keeper. Coin debris will still appear after beams dissipate.

Synergies

  • Collectible Bum Friend iconBum Friend: Generated coins may be traded for other pickups via bum friend.
  • Collectible Bumbo iconBumbo: Coin drops will quickly raise Bumbo to useful level.
  • Burnt PennyBurnt Penny/Bloody PennyBloody Penny/Flat PennyFlat Penny: Penny trinkets allows Isaac to harvest a lot of bombs/health/keys from dropped coins.
  • Collectible D20 iconD20: Easy way to create a lot of pickups to reroll.
  • Collectible Godhead iconGodhead: Coin tears have damaging auras and will home in on enemies.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Greed's Gullet iconGreed's Gullet: Dropped coins can boost health.
  • Error: The given collectible ("Humbling Bundle") does not exist.: All coins will be dropped as their double version.
  • Collectible The Ludovico Technique iconThe Ludovico Technique: Tear turns into a giant rotating coin.
  • Error: The given collectible ("Money Power") does not exist.: Dropped coins can boost damage.
  • Collectible Monstro's Lung iconMonstro's Lung: Every tear in the burst of tears can spawn coins.
  • Collectible Portable Slot iconPortable Slot: Extra money allows you to gamble more.
  • Collectible Sack Head iconSack Head: When hit, enemies will occasionally drop sacks instead of coins.
  • Collectible Soy Milk iconSoy Milk: Due to the Soy Milk's high fire rate and low damage, enemies can be hit many more times than usual, resulting in a larger amount of coins dropping.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Technology Zero iconTechnology Zero: Coin tears are connected to each other via electricity. Beams of electricity can cause enemies to drop coins.
  • Collectible Technology 2 iconTechnology 2: Due to Technology 2's constant fire rate and reduced damage, enemies are hit many more times than usual, resulting in a higher likelihood of coins dropping.

In-game Footage

Trivia

Seeds

PC 3C4D F1LV (In the room just south of spawn in the Gold chest)

PC NNNQ 0CJT (Challenge room south west - Necropolis 1)


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