Repentance · normal character

??? (Blue Baby)

Compare base stats, review starting health and inventory, learn how to unlock the character, and follow their completion rewards.

Character unlock

How to unlock ??? (Blue Baby)

Defeat Mom's Heart ten times.

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
1.10
Above baseline
Tears / sec
2.73
Baseline
Damage
3.67
Above baseline×1.05 damage multiplier
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 ??? (Blue Baby) reference ↗

Which pickups help this character?

Choose ??? (Blue Baby) 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 guide

How ??? (Blue Baby) works

Learn Blue Baby's health-up conversion, turn ordinary poop into flies and separate Birthright health gains from red healing.

Soul health and The Poop: 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

3Soul hearts

Starting items

Birthright

Stronger spirit

Health-up effects grant twice as many Soul Hearts.

Pickup line from the game files. Effect summary checked against External Item Descriptions. See the Birthright item page for general mechanics.

More to earn

Other character rewards

Co-op companions and Soul Stones tied to this character's completion marks.

Co-op baby · Achievement #174

Dead Baby

Defeat Mom's Heart or It Lives! on Hard mode as ??? (Blue Baby).

Track completion marks

Character rewards

Unlockable items and trinkets

11 item reward entries linked to ??? (Blue Baby). Follow the exact requirement shown on each card. Some tainted rewards require a group of completion marks.

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.