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Repentance · A life per floor
Understand Lazarus's floor-based revival, reduced heart capacity and lasting damage gain before risking another hit.
Understand the system
Lazarus starts with an innate extra life. Its revival turns him into Lazarus II with stronger base stats, losing one Red Heart container but never falling below one container from this penalty. The transformation adds a permanent +0.5 damage bonus.
Once this revival has been spent, another room on the same floor does not restore it. Without a separate extra-life effect, lethal damage can now end the run. Lazarus II still earns ordinary Lazarus completion marks.
Entering a new floor returns Lazarus II to normal Lazarus and restores the innate extra life. The permanent damage gain stays. Optional Birthright adds a separate revival damage burst that fades over one minute.
Birthright is optional, not a starting revival item. The Red Heart icon identifies health and container planning; the innate life does not require Lazarus' Rags.
Practice the decision
These are fixed teaching examples with stated conditions. Choose an action and compare what you have before and after it.
Lazarus
Before
Normal Lazarus; 3 Red Heart containers; innate life ready; no other revival effects
After
Lazarus II; 2 Red Heart containers; innate life spent on this floor
The revival changes the form and adds the lasting +0.5 damage bonus. Container count describes capacity, not a promise that every container is filled.
Check before acting: Check the new health bar and find recovery before the next dangerous room.
Birthright is optional, not a starting revival item. The Red Heart icon identifies health and container planning; the innate life does not require Lazarus' Rags.
This reference does not read your save, calculate a crafting recipe or simulate an arbitrary inventory, health bar, queue or combat state.
