In-game pickup line
“Curse immunity + evil up”
Mechanics
What Black Candle does
- Grants a Black Heart on pickup and prevents most floor curses from taking effect.
- Also improves the chance of a Devil or Angel Room appearing.
From the game files
What you receive on pickup
Pickup grants
- Black hearts
- +1
Heart values are shown in whole hearts. Character rules and health limits can affect the result.
Achievement #136
How to unlock it
Donate 150 coins to the Donation Machine.
Unlocking an item and finding it during a run are separate steps.
Explore more unlocksIn a run
Practical note
Its curse protection is especially useful when you need to see the map or identify item pedestals reliably.
Reference
Game data and sources
The item ID, quality and pool listings, icon, game-file tags, and short pickup line come from the extracted Repentance files. This effect explanation is an editorial summary checked against the references below. Repentance+ can differ. Charge and pickup values shown above also come from the extracted items.xml.
