In-game pickup line
“Turn back time”
Mechanics
What Glowing Hourglass does
- A use takes Isaac back to the previous room and undoes actions in the room being rewound.
- In Repentance, the rewind works three times per floor; further uses that floor act like the regular Hourglass and slow enemies.
From the game files
Recharge
Standard recharge2 room clears
Standard room-clear recharge. Batteries and other effects can change how quickly it refills.
In a run
Practical note
It can undo a bad room decision, but count your three rewinds before relying on another one.
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.
