In-game pickup line
“9 lives”
Mechanics
What Dead Cat does
- Picking it up sets Isaac's red heart containers to one.
- On death, another life revives him with one red heart container until the lives are spent.
In a run
Practical note
The extra attempts can be worth the immediate health loss, especially when other protection is available.
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.
