Repentance · tainted character

Tainted Lilith

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 Lilith

Reach Home as Lilith, then open the hidden door with Red Key, Cracked Key, or Soul of Cain.

Read unlock guide

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
0.85
Below baseline
Tears / sec
2.73
Baseline
Damage
3.50
Baseline
Range
6.50
Baseline
Shot speed
1.00
Baseline
Luck
0.00
Baseline
Character note: Tainted Lilith attacks by launching Gello instead of firing ordinary tears directly.

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 Lilith reference ↗

Which pickups help this character?

Choose Tainted Lilith 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 guide

How Tainted Lilith works

Choose between a fetus launch and sustained fire, then recall it to prepare the next launch.

Launch, hold and recall: 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

1Red hearts
2Black hearts

Starting items

No starting collectible or pocket active is listed in the base player record.

Birthright

Conjoined

Following familiars attach to Gello instead of Lilith. Her close-range attack gains damage for each of those familiars.

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.

Soul Stone · Achievement #629

Soul of Lilith

Complete Boss Rush and defeat Hush as Tainted Lilith.

Soul Stone effect guide
Track 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 #526

II - The High Priestess?

Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tainted Lilith.

Track this character's marks

Character rewards

Unlockable items and trinkets

4 item reward entries linked to Tainted Lilith. Follow the exact requirement shown on each card. Some tainted rewards require a group of completion marks.

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.