The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

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13 Rebirth Tips and Tricks
By A Skeleton
Whether you're a long time Isaac player or a curious newbie looking for some assistance, this collection of tips and tricks should help give you that edge you need to survive.
   
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13 Rebirth Tips and Tricks
Thanks to some diligent note-taking and contributions from the Binding of Isaac community, here is a short collection of tips and tricks that should help you get through Rebirth. If you have a tip that you'd like to have added to the guide, just get in touch with me and we'll talk.



1: Allow the "Leech" familiar to kill flies that spawn from losing slot machines for easy hearts.

2: "Dr. Fetus" or "Kamikaze!" combined with "Pyromaniac" effectively makes you invincible.

3: The "Haunt" boss is vulnerable to attacks within the first second of walking into the boss room. (May be patched in the future)

4: Using "Jera" in a shop will duplicate all of the consumable items for free.

5: "Dad's Key" can be used to open the Golden Gate door inside The Chest. -SuprisingLee Delicious-

6: Donation Machines can be bombed to withdraw money. -SuprisingLee Delicious-

7: You can bomb the bedroom carpet to find a secret. -Doniazade-

8: The pill "Health Down" turns into "Health Up" if you have one heart or less (from, say, a deal with the devil). Likewise, a "Bad Trip" becomes "Full Health" pill at one heart remaining or less. -JacksonTriggs-

9: "Curse of the Maze" can randomly give you access to closed rooms with enough patience. -JacksonTriggs-

10: The D6 can be used to reroll the two key pieces that drop from angel bosses. -QcChopper-

11: You will survive a devil deal that would normally kill you if the item gives you spirit/black hearts. -Jordan-

12: Taking a deal with the devil will prevent you from getting angel rooms in the future, unless you have bible tract. -Jordan-

13: You can give yourself an early advantage by resetting your game if you do not get a good item on the first floor. Keep doing so until you get a good starting item.



Thanks again to all of those that submitted their tips for this collection.
30 Comments
alkahest 27 Nov, 2016 @ 2:36pm 
I feel like I should say that the thing about the Bible Tract trinket allowing acess to angel rooms is actually a myth. It might've been true in the original game, but here it just increases eternal heart spawn rates.
Stormo 16 Mar, 2016 @ 5:08am 
Might be important to add that the Angel Room chance is only diminished if you actually make a deal with the devil. So you can freely enter the Devil Room (you really should unless you're worried about the possibility of facing Krampus), and you can even pick up black hearts or open curse chests as long as you don't actually trade away heart containers (or soul/black hearts) for an item.
CircumSamurai 21 Dec, 2014 @ 11:20am 
Also, bombing mushrooms can find you random pills, but can also explode into gas. Bombing skulls can find you black hearts, tarot cards, and even a ghost familiar follower, but can also spawn skull turrets.
CircumSamurai 21 Dec, 2014 @ 11:02am 
Rocks that are dark blue (Or brown/gray on later levels) and have a small X on them, will yeild soul hearts, bombs and sometimes other things when bombed.
hullumaussi 19 Dec, 2014 @ 1:17pm 
Actually these are pretty good tips, had no idea.
Nymira 17 Dec, 2014 @ 1:42pm 
I had no idea that you could drop your 'Q' item and your trinket if you held down ctrl
Memor 15 Dec, 2014 @ 10:23pm 
Gnawed Leaf has many good synergies. Placenta can heal you fully while you're a statue. Leech and a few other familiars can clear a room for you while you're a statue. Enemies that chase you can be hit with the effects of E. Coli, Midas' Touch, and The Virus while you're a statue. Kamikaze! and Blood Rights can be used once when you're a statue, and will deal damage without you taking any. Keep in mind this will break the statue and you will have to turn into a statue again in order to pull this trick off once more.
Memor 15 Dec, 2014 @ 10:07pm 
Any item that can make you invincible temporarily can be taken advantage of when you're playing a blood bank or demon beggar, as it will count as you paying them, but won't take off any health.
Memor 15 Dec, 2014 @ 10:06pm 
Trapdoors can't be placed in front of secret room entrances, so We Need To Go Deeper! will help finding them via process of elimination.
Beanstalk 15 Dec, 2014 @ 8:55pm 
3 has been patched.