Soul Stone · Achievement #630
Soul of the Keeper
Complete Boss Rush and defeat Hush as Tainted Keeper.
Soul Stone effect guideRepentance · tainted character
Tainted 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 Tainted Keeper
Reach Home as Keeper, 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
- 1.00 Baseline
- Tears / sec
- 0.99 Below baseline
- Damage
- 3.50 Baseline
- Range
- 6.50 Baseline
- Shot speed
- 1.00 Baseline
- Luck
- -2.00 Below baseline
Character note: Tainted Keeper fires a built-in four-tear spread. 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 Tainted Keeper reference ↗
Which pickups help this character?
Choose Tainted 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 guideHow Tainted Keeper works
Balance coin healing, disappearing enemy drops and priced item choices without treating every penny as spendable money.
Coin healing and item prices: 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
Coins refill Tainted Keeper's Coin Hearts.
Starting items
No starting collectible or pocket active is listed in the base player record.
Birthright
Money money money
Nearby coins dropped by defeated enemies are drawn toward Tainted Keeper. Other coins are unaffected.
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 #536
XII - The Hanged Man?
Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tainted Keeper.
Character rewards
Unlockable items and trinkets
4 item reward entries linked to Tainted Keeper. Follow the exact requirement shown on each card. Some tainted rewards require a group of completion marks.
Collectible · Achievement #503StrawmanDefeat The Beast as Tainted Keeper.
Trinket · Achievement #572Keeper's BargainEarn the Isaac, ??? (Chest), Satan, and The Lamb completion marks as Tainted Keeper.
Trinket · Achievement #573Cursed PennyDefeat Mother as Tainted Keeper.
Collectible · Achievement #596Keeper's KinDefeat Delirium as Tainted Keeper.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.