Repentance · active · #628

Death Certificate

A one-use trip to a special area where you can choose an item from the game's catalogue.

Typeactive
Quality4
Listed pools2
UnlockAchievement #636

In-game pickup line

“Where am I?”

Mechanics

What Death Certificate does

  • Using it sends Isaac to rooms containing item pedestals from across the game.
  • Taking one item ends the visit and returns Isaac to the room he left.

From the game files

Recharge

Standard rechargeNo charge bar

The game file specifies zero standard charges. Use conditions can depend on the item or another resource.

Achievement #636

How to unlock it

Earn every Hard mode completion mark as every character, including tainted characters.

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

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In a run

Practical note

Decide which item your current run needs before taking a pedestal; you get one choice.

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.