In-game pickup line
“It's only up from there”
Mechanics
What Rock Bottom does
- When a stat would go down, its visible value stays at the highest value Rock Bottom has preserved.
- The underlying calculation can still fall. Later boosts may have to overcome that hidden reduction before the visible stat rises again.
Achievement #433
How to unlock it
Complete Boss Rush as Jacob and Esau.
Unlocking an item and finding it during a run are separate steps.
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Practical note
Temporary stat boosts can leave lasting visible gains, but future upgrades are not guaranteed to raise the displayed number immediately.
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.
