In-game pickup line
“Homing shots + DMG up”
Mechanics
What Sacred Heart does
- Grants a red heart container and heals red health.
- Adds damage and applies a 2.3× damage multiplier; Tears and shot speed decrease, while shots home toward enemies.
From the game files
What you receive on pickup
Pickup grants
- Red-heart capacity
- +1
Heart values are shown in whole hearts. Character rules and health limits can affect the result.
In a run
Practical note
The homing effect helps slower shots connect, while the multiplier scales with later damage upgrades.
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.
