Beggar

Beggars are a group of randomly occurring NPCs in the game. There are a total of 8 types of beggars, each requesting different donations. Isaac can donate pennies, keys, hearts, or bombs by simply walking into them. With each donation, the beggar has a chance to drop various pickups and trinkets. Sometimes, the beggar will drop an item and disappear. The rate of drops isn't influenced by luck.

Beggars can be destroyed by bombs, causing them to drop a few pickups. If destroyed in or  they will drop an item, with the exception of the Shell Game who still drops pickups.

Normal Beggars, Devil Beggars, Key Masters, Bomb Bums, and Battery Bums can be spawned using.

Beggar


Beggars ask for coins. For every donation received, they have a chance to drop a random pickup, card, or a pedestal item. After spawning a pedestal item, the Beggar will disappear and can no longer be donated to.

When spawning a pedestal item, beggars have:
 * a 50% chance to spawn one of the following hard-coded items:
 * a 50% chance to spawn an item from the Beggar item pool.
 * a 50% chance to spawn an item from the Beggar item pool.
 * a 50% chance to spawn an item from the Beggar item pool.
 * a 50% chance to spawn an item from the Beggar item pool.
 * a 50% chance to spawn an item from the Beggar item pool.
 * a 50% chance to spawn an item from the Beggar item pool.

The hard-coded items can be spawned if encountered or even collected before during the run.

Devil Beggar


Devil Beggars ask for hearts. For every donation received, they have a chance to drop a card, pill, trinket, or an item from the Devil Beggar item pool. After spawning a pedestal item, the Devil Beggar will disappear and can no longer be donated to.

Key Master


Key Masters are rare and ask for keys. For every donation received, they have a chance to drop a random chest, an item from the Key Master item pool, or the Paper Clip. After spawning a pedestal item or the Paper Clip, the Key Master will disappear and can no longer be donated to.

Bomb Bum


Bomb Bums are rare and ask for bombs. For every donation received, they have a chance to drop 1-2 Bombs or an item from the Bomb Bum item pool. After spawning a pedestal item, the Bomb Bum will disappear and can no longer be donated to.

Bomb Bums are much more common, and give 1-3 coins or a random heart pickup instead of bombs. They still will rarely pay out with a pedestal item from their respective item pool, at which point you cannot donate to them.

Battery Bum


Battery Bums ask for coins. Each coin donated has a chance to give 1 to 3 charges on Isaac's active item, these charges can go above the charge cap, being full up to a maximum of two full charges. On top of that, Battery Bums have chances to drop a Micro Battery, a Lil Battery, a Watch Battery, a AAA Battery, or a pedestal item.

When spawning a pedestal item, the item is chosen from the Battery Bum item pool and the Battery Bum will disappear.

Has a chance to drop random pickups, a pill or a trinket when blown up.

Rotten Beggar


Rotten Beggars ask for coins. Every third (rarely fourth) coin donated to them will either have them spawn Blue Flies, Blue Spiders, drop a Bone Heart, a Rotten Heart, the Fish Head, Fish Tail, Rotten Penny, or Bob's Bladder trinkets, a pedestal item, or fart. After spawning a pedestal item, the Beggar will disappear and can no longer be donated to.

When spawning a pedestal item, they are chosen from the Rotten Beggar item pool.

Has a chance to drop Rotten Hearts when blown up, as well as spawning small maggots.

Unlocked by:. Will be replaced with a Key Master if not unlocked.

Shell Game


Shell Game beggars can sometimes be found in the Arcade; they also have a small chance to spawn elsewhere. After giving the beggar a coin by bumping into them, they will lift a skull, revealing a Penny, Bomb, Red Heart, or Key. The beggar will shuffle the skulls around and wait for Isaac to bump into 1 of the 3 shells. In return, the beggar will spawn either 2 of the pickups or an Attack Fly.

If the pickup was a coin and the player wins, the beggar will spawn 2-3 coins.

Hell Game


Hell Game beggars work the same way as Shell Game beggars, except hearts are required to play. Once unlocked, Hell Games have a chance to replace the Shell Game in an Arcade. After paying the beggar by bumping into them, they will lift a skull, revealing a Black Heart, Blue Spider, Bomb, Item, Key, Penny or Tarot Card. The beggar will then shuffle the skulls around and wait for Isaac to bump into one of the skulls. In return, the beggar will spawn either a payout related to the item shown, or a spider. After spawning an item pedestal, the Hell Game and the beggar will disappear.

Health cost
The Hell Game will usually cost half a heart to play, or one Rotten Heart. From Chapter 4 onwards, the health cost is doubled, unless the player is in possession of, or has The Wafer's effect from or a Percs pill. The health is taken in an Alternate Order, which prioritizes red hearts. If the player is invincible when the Hell Game is first bumped, then no damage will be taken and they can play the game for free.

Payouts

 * Black Heart: the beggar will spawn one Black Heart.
 * Blue Spider: the beggar will spawn two Blue Spiders.
 * Bomb: the beggar will spawn two random Bombs.
 * Item: the beggar will spawn the item shown and then disappear.
 * The item shown will always be an item from the Devil Room Item Pool.
 * Key: the beggar will spawn two random Keys.
 * Penny: the beggar will spawn 2-3 random Coins.
 * Tarot Card: the beggar will spawn one random Card or Rune, despite always showing a Tarot Card.