In-game pickup line
“Eternal sorrow”
Mechanics
What Heartbreak does
- Grants 3 Broken Hearts and +0.25 damage for each Broken Heart held.
- A lethal hit adds 2 more Broken Hearts instead of ending the run, but reaching 12 Broken Hearts kills Isaac.
Achievement #496
How to unlock it
Defeat The Beast as Tainted Eve.
Unlocking an item and finding it during a run are separate steps.
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Practical note
Track the Broken Heart count carefully because each saved hit reduces the remaining margin.
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.
