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Familiars
A host of familiars.
MirthmannorAdded by Mirthmannor

A Familiar is a subtype of passive items. Familiars are small companions that follow and assist you on your journey. The effects from these include (but are not limited to): spawners that generate Pick Ups, shooters that fire additional shots at enemies, and orbitals that act as projectile shields or deal damage.

Orbitals stack up to a maximum of three. Flies have the lesser priority and are replaced if you pick up another while all three slots are taken.

Item Icon Effect
Spawners

Bomb Bag

Bomb Bag Icon

Isaac is followed by a small bag that drops a Bomb, 1+1 Free, or a Troll Bomb every 3 rooms.

Sack Of Pennies

Sack Of Pennies Icon

Isaac is followed by a small bag that drops a coin every 2 rooms.
Usually a penny, sometimes a nickel.

Little C.H.A.D.

Little CHAD Icon

Isaac is followed by Little C.H.A.D, who will drop a half Heart every 2 rooms.

The Relic

The Relic Icon

Isaac is followed by a small blue cross that will drop a Soul Heart every 4 rooms.

Bum Friend

Bum Friend Icon

A portable beggar who will follow you, pick up coins for himself, and occasionally drop Pick Ups. Does not spawn Collectibles.
The beggar pushes bombs around, he does this to spite you

Item Icon Effect
Shooters

Brother Bobby

Brother Bobby Icon

Follows Isaac around shooting normal tears.

Demon Baby

Demon Baby Icon

Follows Isaac and automatically fires at enemies in its reach.

Little Chubby

Little Chubby Icon

Adds a small grub that follows Isaac.

Charges forward and deals touch damage to any enemies in his path. Will attack when the player attacks with a moderate cooldown time before he can attack again.

Little Gish

Little Gish Icon

Follows Isaac around shooting tar projectiles that reduce enemies' movement speed, shot speed, and range for a few seconds.

Little Steve

Little Steve Icon

Follows Isaac around shooting homing projectiles

Robo-Baby

Robo-Baby Icon

Follows Isaac around, shooting enemies with an eye laser similar to Technology.

Sister Maggy

Sister Maggy Icon

Follows Isaac around shooting blood tears.

Abel

Abel Icon

Mirrors Isaac's movements. Shoots in opposite direction to the player.

Ghost Baby

Ghost Baby Icon

Familiar that shoots spectral tears.

Harlequin Baby

Harlequin Baby Icon

Familiar that shoots a pair of tears diagonally every second while Isaac is firing.

Rainbow Baby

Rainbow Baby Icon

Tear Effect changes every shot.

Item Icon Effect
Orbitals

Forever Alone

Forever Alone Icon

Spawns a blue attack fly that orbits a long distance from Isaac.

Distant Admiration

Distant Admiration Icon

A red attack fly circles further out than the Halo of Flies/Pretty Flies, but closer than Forever Alone.

The attack fly can deal damage to all enemies, unlike the other flies which can only block shots and hurt enemy flies.

Deals more damage than Pretty Fly / Forever Alone.

Guardian Angel

Guardian Angel Icon

Spawns a guardian angel that orbits Isaac.

Does damage on touch, blocks bullets and doubles the speed of other orbiting items.

Halo Of Flies

Halo Of Flies Icon

Grants 2 Flies that circle Isaac.

Blocks bullets and damages fly enemies on touch.

Pretty Fly Fly

Grants a Fly similar to those from Halo Of Flies.

Obtained from a Slot Machine or a Pill effect by the same name.

Sacrificial Dagger

Sacrificial Dagger Icon

Dagger orbits Isaac, very high damage.

Item Icon Effect
Specials

Dead Cat

Dead Cat Icon

Your HP is set to 1.

You are followed by a floating cat head and have 9 lives (these still count as deaths on the statistics screen).

You can increase your max HP as normal, but after each death it will reset to 1 again.

1UP

1 UP Icon

Gives an extra life. Upon death, you will respawn in the previous room with full health and lose the 1UP.

Guppy's Hair Ball

Guppys Hair Ball Icon

Loosely follows behind Isaac. Can be swung like a flail by rapidly spinning Isaac in a circle.

Grows bigger by killing enemies

Cube Of Meat Cube Of Meat Icon

The first pick up gives a floating cube similar to a Pretty Fly that damages enemies.

The second pick up changes it into a floating head that shoots red tears.

The third pick up changes it into a humanoid Meat Boy, who walks around chasing enemies, but no longer shoot projectiles.
(This form pushes bombs around, it does this to spite you)

The fourth pick up increases his size and damage.

A fifth pick up will create another cube of meat orbital which then advances to another Super Meat Boy.

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Attack FliesEdit

Flies
A large number of flies
GroliAdded by Groli

 Attack Flies are small blue flies that circle the player in a loose orbit. When in range, they will break away from their orbit and chase after an enemy, dealing touch damage and usually killing themselves.   There is no limit to the number of attack flies that can hold orbit around you, but only 5 will follow you from room to room. The rest will disappear.

These flies can be found from Pills (Friends 'Till the End), Red Chests, Fish Head trinket, Infestation and The Mulligan treasures, as well as be spawned with Guppy's Head.

Blue fly

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