Brittle Bones

Brittle Bones is an unlockable passive item added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth †.

Effects

 * Grants 6 empty Bone Hearts.
 * Removes all Red Heart containers. Does not remove existing Bone Hearts, but does empty them.
 * Upon losing a Bone Heart, including ones acquired from other sources, Isaac fires a ring of 8 bones that split into more bones and permanently gains a +0.5 tears up.
 * Each bone does twice Isaac's damage plus a flat 22 damage; split bones do half this amount.

Synergies

 * : The empty Bone Hearts will trigger Empty Vessel's effects.

Trivia

 * Brittle Bones has been added in Booster Pack, after the initial release of the DLC.
 * "Everything hurts" may be a reference to Melting from Nuclear Throne.