Repentance · normal character
Bethany
Compare base stats, review starting health and inventory, learn how to unlock the character, and follow their completion rewards.
Character unlock
How to unlock Bethany
Defeat Mom's Heart or It Lives as Lazarus on Hard without losing a life.
Base stat profile
Starting combat stats
Values before collectibles, temporary effects, and most character mechanics. Comparison labels use Isaac's standard 1.00 speed, 2.73 tears, 3.50 damage, 6.50 range, 1.00 shot speed, and 0.00 luck as the baseline.
- Speed
- 1.00 Baseline
- Tears / sec
- 2.73 Baseline
- Damage
- 3.50 Baseline
- Range
- 6.50 Baseline
- Shot speed
- 1.00 Baseline
- Luck
- 0.00 Baseline
Reviewed Repentance 1.7.9b reference values. Combat stats are hardcoded by the game and are not stored in the extracted player XML. Check the Bethany reference ↗
Which pickups help this character?
Choose Bethany in the health helper to compare red healing, temporary hearts, coins, and special pickups. For characters with several forms, choose the current form as well.
What do these stats change in a fight?
Read the six HUD stats, understand tears versus shot speed, and compare damage with firing rate. Special weapons and conditional effects need their own rules.
Stats and combat guideHow Bethany works
Turn Soul Hearts into active charges, protect your red health and understand how Book of Virtues works with another active.
Soul Charges and Book of Virtues: rules and examples →Run setup
Starting health and inventory
Base health, pickups, and collectibles from the Repentance player records. Unlockable starting upgrades and special mechanics can change what appears in a run.
Starting health and pickups
Soul Hearts and Black Hearts become Soul Charges instead of health.
Starting items
Birthright
Conserve your faith
Spending Soul Heart charges on an active item has a 50% chance to cost no charges.
Pickup line from the game files. Effect summary checked against External Item Descriptions. See the Birthright item page for general mechanics.
Character rewards
Unlockable items and trinkets
11 item reward entries linked to Bethany. Follow the exact requirement shown on each card. Some tainted rewards require a group of completion marks.
Collectible · Achievement #417Book of VirtuesDefeat Isaac as Bethany.
Collectible · Achievement #418Urn of SoulsDefeat Satan as Bethany.
Trinket · Achievement #419Blessed PennyDefeat ??? (the Chest boss) as Bethany.
Collectible · Achievement #420Alabaster BoxDefeat The Lamb as Bethany.
Trinket · Achievement #421Beth's FaithComplete Boss Rush as Bethany.
Collectible · Achievement #422Soul LocketDefeat Ultra Greed as Bethany.
Collectible · Achievement #423Divine InterventionDefeat Hush as Bethany.
Collectible · Achievement #424Vade RetroDefeat Ultra Greedier as Bethany.
Collectible · Achievement #425Star of BethlehemDefeat Delirium as Bethany.
Collectible · Achievement #470RevelationDefeat Mother as Bethany.
Collectible · Achievement #471Jar of WispsDefeat The Beast as Bethany.These are collectible and trinket rewards in the verified item unlock list. Co-op companions, Soul Stones, cards, and runes with reviewed mark requirements appear in the sections above.
Character-selection and achievement art are from the extracted Repentance files. Starting health, pickups, and items reflect the base player records with reviewed special-character conversions. Combat stats use reviewed Repentance 1.7.9b references because those values are hardcoded and absent from the player XML. Unlock conditions and the additional rewards use reviewed Repentance achievement records and completion references. Repentance+ may differ.