In-game pickup line
“Evil up”
Mechanics
What Match Book does
- Grants one Black Heart and spawns three bomb pickups.
- In Repentance it also spawns the Match Stick trinket.
From the game files
What you receive on pickup
Pickup grants
- Black hearts
- +1
Heart values are shown in whole hearts. Character rules and health limits can affect the result.
In a run
Practical note
Collect the supplies before leaving, and compare Match Stick with your held trinket.
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.
