The Stairway

The Stairway is a passive item added in The Binding of Isaac: Repentance.

Effects

 * Generates a ladder which leads to a special Angel Room Shop at the start of every floor, regardless of whether a devil deal has been taken. These angel shops always contain the following:
 * Three items/pickups for sale. These items/pickups can be on sale, just like with normal Shops.
 * An item from the Angel Room Item Pool for 15 pennies.
 * An Eternal heart for 5 pennies.
 * A Soul heart for 5 pennies.
 * A key for 5 pennies.
 * A for 5 pennies.
 * An Angel statue. The Angel can be fought for a Key Piece like normal.
 * A normal beggar or rotten beggar next to the entrance.
 * A Confessional, if it has been unlocked.

Trivia

 * This item was originally called "Jacob's Ladder" in Antibirth, but was changed, most likely to avoid confusion between this item and the existing . Jacob's ladder refers to a ladder leading to Heaven that Jacob sees in a dream in the Book of Genesis.
 * This item's name and its flavor text are a reference to the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven."