Soul Stone · Achievement #627
Soul of Eden
Complete Boss Rush and defeat Hush as Tainted Eden.
Soul Stone effect guideRepentance · tainted character
Tainted Eden
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 Eden
Reach Home as Eden, 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
- 0.85–1.15 Random range
- Tears / sec
- 1.80–3.50 Random range
- Damage
- 2.50–4.50 Random range
- Range
- 5.00–8.00 Random range
- Shot speed
- 0.75–1.25 Random range
- Luck
- -1.00–1.00 Random range
Character note: Tainted Eden starts inside these ranges and rerolls stats after taking qualifying damage. Stat multipliers are not randomized.
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 Eden reference ↗
Which pickups help this character?
Choose Tainted Eden 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 Eden works
Recognize damage-triggered rerolls, separate self-damage payments and understand which acquired items Birthright protects.
Damage rerolls and Birthright: 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
RandomHealth and stats
RandomItems and pickups
Each run generates random health, stats, one active item, one passive item, and a possible pickup or trinket.
Starting items
Tainted Eden receives a random active item and a random passive item when the run is generated.
Birthright
Eternal
Items collected before Birthright are protected from Tainted Eden's damage-triggered rerolls. Active items can become rerollable again if dropped and picked back up.
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
2 reviewed achievements for this character. Each card names the mark that unlocks it.
Reversed card · Achievement #544
XXI - The World?
Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tainted Eden.
Character rewards
Unlockable items and trinkets
3 item reward entries linked to Tainted Eden. Follow the exact requirement shown on each card. Some tainted rewards require a group of completion marks.
Collectible · Achievement #500TMTRAINERDefeat The Beast as Tainted Eden.
Trinket · Achievement #566Nuh Uh!Earn the Isaac, ??? (Chest), Satan, and The Lamb completion marks as Tainted Eden.
Trinket · Achievement #567Modeling ClayDefeat Mother as Tainted Eden.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.