In-game pickup line
“Infest”
Mechanics
What The Swarm does
- Starts with eight orbiting flies and adds a new one after each cleared room.
- An orbital fly that blocks a projectile becomes a blue attack fly.
Achievement #495
How to unlock it
Defeat The Beast as Tainted ??? (Blue Baby).
Unlocking an item and finding it during a run are separate steps.
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Practical note
Keep clearing rooms to replenish the orbitals spent on blocking shots.
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.
