In-game pickup line
“Stop!”
Mechanics
What Pause does
- The active item stops enemies in the current room for up to about 30 seconds.
- Firing ends the effect early, and touching a frozen enemy can still hurt Isaac.
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
Use the pause to reposition or escape, then fire when ready to resume the fight.
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.
