Repentance · passive · #579

Spirit Sword

Replaces tears with close-range sword swings and a charged spin attack.

Typepassive
Quality3
Listed pools2
UnlockAchievement #520

In-game pickup line

“Divine blade”

Mechanics

What Spirit Sword does

  • Tap fire to swing the sword; hold it to charge a spin and projectile attack.
  • At full health, regular swings also send out projectiles.

Achievement #520

How to unlock it

Complete Isaac's Awakening (challenge #39).

The Isaac's Awakening challenge starts with Spirit Sword before this achievement unlocks it for other runs.

Unlocking an item and finding it during a run are separate steps.

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In a run

Practical note

Use the charged attack to reach enemies before stepping into melee range.

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.