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Beginner screen guide
Read your health and supplies, tell an active item from a trinket, understand the numbers in Found HUD, and spot floor conditions under the map.
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This is a simplified screen layout, not a screenshot. It uses original Repentance art for the hearts, supplies, stat icons, charge bar, card, room symbols, curses, and shield, alongside item, trinket, and character sprites. Exact placement depends on your screen and HUD options.
Left side
Red Hearts fill containers and can be restored. Soul Hearts are blue protection beyond or in place of red health; Black Hearts are a darker variant that also damages the room when depleted. Other heart types change these rules, so read their color and outline.
These counters show your current supplies. Coins pay for shops and some machines, bombs open paths and damage targets, and keys open locked doors or chests.
An active item is a tool you choose when to use. Its charge bar tells you when it is ready. Most room-charge items gain charge by clearing rooms, though timed and resource-based items work differently. The D6 shown here needs six room charges and rerolls item pedestals in the room.
Explore the D6
Cards, runes, and pills normally occupy the consumable slot until used or replaced. A trinket has a separate slot and usually works while held. Paper Clip is a sample trinket; Mom's Purse or Belly Button can let you hold a second one. Some characters have a pocket active item, so that slot can look different.
Explore Paper Clip Look up a card, rune, soul stone, or pillOptional stat display
Enable Found HUD in the game options to see numerical stats. The display changes during a run as items and effects change your character. Some unusual attacks use these values differently.
Tears and shot speed are easy to mix up: one describes firing frequency, the other describes a tear already in motion.
Understand Devil and Angel percentagesCompare heart types, character-specific healing and protection. An empty red container, a lost Soul Heart, and a consumed shield require different answers.
Learn what the stats change in combat, including tears caps, damage tradeoffs and special-weapon rules.
Top right and in the room
Use these game icons as a quick recognition key. Check where a symbol appears before deciding what it means; room destinations, floor curses, and status cues describe different things.
A symbol inside a revealed room marks a place such as a Treasure Room or Shop. The map shows connections and your position, but what it reveals can change with items and floor conditions.
A curse icon signals a condition affecting the current floor. Curse of the Blind conceals pedestal item identities; Curse of the Lost hides the map. Mapping-effect indicators can also appear under the minimap.
A status cue can show a specific shield or other effect. For example, the blue cross near health represents Holy Mantle protection. Other temporary effects may be visible on the character or in the room instead.
Make the screen easier to read
Found HUD adds numerical stats, while Extra HUD shows your collected item history. Both are game options. The main health, item, pocket, supply, and map areas remain useful even if you leave those optional displays off.
Learn how to choose a destination and earn a character completion mark.
Run goalsKeep each character's Normal and Hard marks in the manual tracker.
Completion trackerWritten for the supplied Repentance data. The screen diagram uses example values and a simplified map. Detailed rules: HUD reference, attributes, and curses.
