Repentance · normal character

Keeper

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

Character unlock

How to unlock Keeper

Donate 1,000 coins to the Greed Donation Machine.

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
0.90
Below baseline
Tears / sec
1.06
Below baseline
Damage
4.20
Above baseline×1.2 damage multiplier
Range
6.50
Baseline
Shot speed
1.00
Baseline
Luck
-2.00
Below baseline
Character note: Keeper fires a built-in triple shot. The lower tears value reflects that starting multishot setup.

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 Keeper reference ↗

Which pickups help this character?

Choose Keeper 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 Keeper works

Manage Coin Hearts, check permanent starting upgrades and use Wooden Nickel without assuming it guarantees a healing coin.

Coin Hearts and starting upgrades: 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

2Coin hearts
1Bombs

Keeper can unlock an additional starting Coin Heart and other starting upgrades through completion goals.

Starting items

No starting collectible or pocket active is listed in the base player record.

Greed donation progression

The Greed Donation Machine unlocks Cain's Paper Clip, Eve's Razor Blade, The Lost's Holy Mantle, and Keeper at different saved coin totals.

Compare milestones and plan the next deposit

Birthright

Coin up

Gains one coin heart and can hold up to four coin heart containers.

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 #241

Super Greed Baby

Defeat Mom's Heart or It Lives! on Hard mode as Keeper.

Track completion marks

Character rewards

Unlockable items and trinkets

7 item reward entries linked to Keeper. 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.