Co-op baby · Achievement #177
Fighting Baby
Defeat Mom's Heart or It Lives! on Hard mode as Samson.
Repentance · normal character
Samson
Compare base stats, review starting health and inventory, learn how to unlock the character, and follow their completion rewards.
Character unlock
How to unlock Samson
Finish two consecutive floors without taking damage.
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
- 2.50 Below baseline
- Damage
- 3.50 Baseline
- Range
- 5.00 Below baseline
- Shot speed
- 1.31 Above 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 Samson reference ↗
Which pickups help this character?
Choose Samson 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 Samson works
Understand Samson's Bloody Lust trigger, carry its bonus between rooms and check what resets when entering a new floor.
Bloody Lust and floor transitions: 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
3Red hearts
Starting items
Unlockable starting upgrades
1 permanent upgradeThese are save-file upgrades earned through achievements or challenges. They are not part of the base player record above.
Birthright
Rage up
Blood Lust can trigger four more times per floor, increasing its possible damage bonus to +14 after ten triggers.
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.
Character rewards
Unlockable items and trinkets
11 item reward entries linked to Samson. Follow the exact requirement shown on each card. Some tainted rewards require a group of completion marks.
Collectible · Achievement #54Bloody LustDefeat Isaac as Samson.
Trinket · Achievement #55Bloody PennyDefeat ??? (the Chest boss) as Samson.
Collectible · Achievement #56Blood RightsDefeat Satan as Samson.
Trinket · Achievement #74Samson's LockDefeat The Lamb as Samson.
Collectible · Achievement #115Samson's ChainsComplete Boss Rush as Samson.
Trinket · Achievement #185Blind RageDefeat Hush as Samson.
Collectible · Achievement #198Lusty BloodDefeat Ultra Greed as Samson.
Trinket · Achievement #287Bloody CrownDefeat Delirium as Samson.
Trinket · Achievement #301Stem CellDefeat Ultra Greedier as Samson.
Collectible · Achievement #452Bloody GustDefeat Mother as Samson.
Collectible · Achievement #453Empty HeartDefeat The Beast as Samson.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.