Repentance · passive · #514

Broken Modem

Interrupts enemies and projectiles and sometimes doubles rewards.

Typepassive
Quality3
Listed pools2
UnlockAchievement #354

In-game pickup line

“Lag!”

Mechanics

What Broken Modem does

  • Some enemies and shots pause briefly at random; paused projectiles disappear in Repentance.
  • Room-clear rewards have a chance to be doubled.

Achievement #354

How to unlock it

Complete seven Daily Challenges by reaching the end trophy in each.

Unlocking an item and finding it during a run are separate steps.

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In a run

Practical note

Use the pauses to reposition, while still dodging shots that were not interrupted.

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.