In-game pickup line
“Bloody blast + HP up”
Mechanics
What Blood Bombs does
- Grants a red heart container and heals red health; placed bombs leave damaging red creep.
- When out of bombs, Isaac can place one by spending half a heart.
From the game files
What you receive on pickup
Pickup grants
- Red-heart capacity
- +1
Heart values are shown in whole hearts. Character rules and health limits can affect the result.
In a run
Practical note
Use the blood-fueled bomb only when the obstacle or enemy is worth the health cost.
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.
