Soul Stone · Achievement #620
Soul of Cain
Complete Boss Rush and defeat Hush as Tainted Cain.
Soul Stone effect guideRepentance · tainted character
Tainted Cain
Compare base stats, review starting health and inventory, learn how to unlock the character, and follow their completion rewards.
Character unlock
How to unlock Tainted Cain
Reach Home as Cain, then open the hidden door with Red Key, Cracked Key, or Soul of Cain.
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.
- Speed
- 1.30 Above baseline
- Tears / sec
- 2.73 Baseline
- Damage
- 4.20 Above baseline×1.2 damage multiplier
- Range
- 4.50 Below 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 Tainted Cain reference ↗
Which pickups help this character?
Choose Tainted Cain 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 Tainted Cain works
Turn ordinary pedestals into supplies, reserve useful pickups and build an eight-component crafting preview.
Bag of Crafting: 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
2Red hearts
1Keys
Starting items
Birthright
Salvage
Items broken down for crafting drop twice as many pickups.
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.
Cards and runes
Pocket rewards from completion marks
1 reviewed achievement for this character. Each card names the mark that unlocks it.
Reversed card · Achievement #534
X - Wheel of Fortune?
Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tainted Cain.
Character rewards
Unlockable items and trinkets
4 item reward entries linked to Tainted Cain. Follow the exact requirement shown on each card. Some tainted rewards require a group of completion marks.
Bag of Crafting appears in both sections: it is this character's starting pocket active, and achievement #586 is a separate item unlock.
Trinket · Achievement #493Blue KeyDefeat The Beast as Tainted Cain.
Trinket · Achievement #552Gilded KeyEarn the Isaac, ??? (Chest), Satan, and The Lamb completion marks as Tainted Cain.
Trinket · Achievement #553Lucky SackDefeat Mother as Tainted Cain.
Collectible · Achievement #586Bag of CraftingDefeat Delirium as Tainted Cain.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.