Repentance · normal character
Jacob & Esau
Compare base stats, review starting health and inventory, learn how to unlock the character, and follow their completion rewards.
Character unlock
How to unlock Jacob & Esau
Defeat Mother.
Read unlock guideBase 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.
Jacob
- Speed
- 1.00 Baseline
- Tears / sec
- 3.00 Above baseline
- Damage
- 2.75 Below baseline
- Range
- 5.00 Below baseline
- Shot speed
- 1.00 Baseline
- Luck
- 1.00 Above baseline
Esau
- Speed
- 1.00 Baseline
- Tears / sec
- 2.50 Below baseline
- Damage
- 3.75 Above baseline
- Range
- 8.00 Above baseline
- Shot speed
- 1.00 Baseline
- Luck
- -1.00 Below 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 Jacob & Esau reference ↗
Which pickups help this character?
Choose Jacob & Esau 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 guideWhat counts toward progress?
Check active swaps, duplicates, pill uses, held trinkets and reroll risks through fifteen illustrated examples.
Transformation progress guide →How Jacob & Esau works
Assign items and healing to the right brother, keep both bodies safe and check both bomb placements before using one.
Two bodies and separate builds: 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
Jacob
Esau
Jacob and Esau have separate health bars. The run ends if either brother dies.
Starting items
No starting collectible or pocket active is listed in the base player record.
Birthright
What's yours is mine
The brother who picks up Birthright gains copies of the other brother's three most recently acquired passive items.
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 Jacob & Esau. Follow the exact requirement shown on each card. Some tainted rewards require a group of completion marks.
Collectible · Achievement #429The StairwayDefeat Isaac as Jacob and Esau.
Collectible · Achievement #430Red StewDefeat Satan as Jacob and Esau.
Collectible · Achievement #431BirthrightDefeat ??? (the Chest boss) as Jacob and Esau.
Collectible · Achievement #432DamoclesDefeat The Lamb as Jacob and Esau.
Collectible · Achievement #433Rock BottomComplete Boss Rush as Jacob and Esau.
Collectible · Achievement #434Inner ChildDefeat Ultra Greed as Jacob and Esau.
Collectible · Achievement #435Vanishing TwinDefeat Hush as Jacob and Esau.
Collectible · Achievement #436GenesisDefeat Ultra Greedier as Jacob and Esau.
Collectible · Achievement #437Suplex!Defeat Delirium as Jacob and Esau.
Collectible · Achievement #472Magic SkinDefeat Mother as Jacob and Esau.
Collectible · Achievement #473Friend FinderDefeat The Beast as Jacob and Esau.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.