Krampus

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Krampus is the mini boss added to the game during the Christmas update. He has a 10% chance to appear in a Devil Room. He is considered as an alternate version of The Fallen.

Krampus looks like a more "colorful" Fallen, but also larger, with longer horns.

Behaviour

Krampus' main attack consists of spitting two salvos of bullets, one with 3 and the other with 4 bullets. If Isaac aligns himself vertically or horizontally with Krampus, he will react by quickly shooting up blood beams in all four cardinal directions (similar to The Fallen's attack).

• Keep your distance from Krampus. This will help you to better dodge his bullets.
• Try not to align with him in a cardinal direction. If you have to cross Krampus' line of sight, do it as quickly as possible.
• Angling your shots can help to deal additional damage during the blood beam.
• While spewing blood, Krampus is immobile, which means that he's the perfect target for a well placed bomb.

After defeating Krampus, he drops the item A Lump of Coal and a random pickup may spawn (like when finishing a normal room).

Notes

• Krampus has a 1/10 chance to spawn in any devil room, plus an extra 1/3 chance if you have taken a devil deal at any point during the run. Due to how this is calculated, if you've taken a devil deal the overall probability works out at a total of 40%.
• You can only fight Krampus once per run.
• Using The Dice to re-roll the Lump of Coal will change it to another item found in the Devil Room Item Pool.

Gallery

Krampus as seen on Isaac's Last Will (same picture as The Fallen)

The Pumpkin Mask that was replaced by A Lump Of Coal

Trivia

• Krampus cannot appear in the Angel Room.
• Krampus is a mythological creature from the Alps, believed to punish or warn children who have been naughty; hence the lump of coal.
• In Yule mythology, Krampus looks more like a goat, and has a sack of which he puts very naughty children in as a punishment.
• The Pumpkin Mask was originally supposed to be the item dropped after defeating Krampus.
• When killed by Krampus, the picture on Isaac's Last Will will display the drawing of The Fallen.

Videos

Cain vs. Krampus - TBoI 1.4 Petden

Krampus fight

thumb|left|300px|Fight vs Krampus

Related Achievements

"A Gift From Krampus" - Defeat Krampus in the Devil Room.