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(except in Rebirth)
This article is about the chapter. For other uses, see ??? (Disambiguation).

???, referred to as Blue Womb or Dead Womb in the OST, is a chapter added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth. It is unlocked by defeating Boss Mom's Heart ingameMom's Heart for the 10th time.

It is accessed by defeating Mom's Heart or Boss It Lives ingameIt Lives within 30 minutes. Leaving and re-entering the Boss Room after the timer has reached 30 minutes will make the entrance to ??? disappear.
If the player is fast enough, both Boss RushBoss Rush and ??? can be completed in a single run.

It contains the following:

  • Four Locked ChestLocked Chests in the main room.
    • Unlike the ones in the ChestChest, these are just regular golden chests and don't guarantee an item drop.
  • Two locked Treasure RoomTreasure Rooms, both of them offering two choices of items as if Collectible More Options iconMore Options was active.
  • A ShopShop that always contains 6 goods for sale, even if Shop Upgrade Lvl. 4 has not been unlocked.
  • A 2x2 boss room that contains Hush.
    • The door leading to the boss room might blend in with the northern wall but will slide away upon approaching it.

It is advised to only enter ??? with very powerful items and/or a set of good dodging skills because Hush ranks amongst the most difficult bosses of the entire game.

After Hush is defeated, one of two things will happen:

  • If this is the first time Hush has been defeated, a giant golden chest will appear in the middle of the room. Jumping into it ends the run and gives ending 17.
  • If Hush has been defeated before, a trapdoor and a beam of light leading to SheolSheol or the CathedralCathedral will appear.
    • If Hush has been defeated before but Sheol and the Cathedral have not been unlocked, the giant golden chest will appear instead.
    • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance) Additionally, an exit will spawn in the corner of the room, containing a portal leading to The VoidThe Void.

Boss[ | ]

Boss Hush
Hush

Notes[ | ]

Entity ID Description
Blue Conjoined Fatty
Blue Conjoined Fatty
257.1 Slowly walks towards Isaac and occasionally farts out a homing Ipecac shot at Isaac.
Hush Fly
Hush Fly
296.0 Gathers with other Hush Flies to form certain patterns. If spawned by Boss Hush ingameHush, can chase Isaac or orbit Hush. Deals contact damage.
Blue Gaper
Blue Gaper
297.0 Walks towards Isaac, dealing contact damage.
Blue Boil
Blue Boil
298.0 Stationary enemy that decreases in size when hit, but regenerates to its full size until fully destroyed. Fires 1-3 blood shots towards Isaac when fully swollen.

Trivia[ | ]

  • The displayed name of the chapter is ???, but the chapter is referred to as Blue Womb by the achievement, using the same logic as the character Character ??? (Character) icon???.
  • The character ??? and the chapter ??? have the same unlock requirements.
  • ??? is unique as the only chapter that can be optionally done between mandatory chapters.
    • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance) It is mandatory, however, to complete this chapter to unlock The VoidThe Void.
    • (in Repentance) It is also mandatory to complete three times to unlock DownpourDownpour, as well as the rest of the alternative chapters.
  • (except in Repentance) ??? is the smallest chapter, only containing 6 normally accessible rooms.
    • (in Repentance)HomeHome ties with ??? in terms of having 6 normally accessible rooms.
  • In Isaac's last will, ??? is referred to as "some barren place".
    • This may be a reference to the fact that infertile women were historically referred to as "barren".
  • ???'s icon on the progress bar is actually a recolor of the WombWomb's.
    • Similarly, the trapdoor leading to ??? is a recolor of the trapdoor leading to the first and second floor of Chapter 4.
  • There is an unused version of ???, which uses the textures for the Basement and has the filter seen in The Ascent, with the song for The Void. The sound played after defeating Hush normally is replaced by a sound that plays after defeating an alt-path boss. It can be accessed by typing stage 9c in the Debug Console. The void portal in this version of ??? is replaced by a cobweb.

Gallery[ | ]

Music[ | ]

  • The stage's music is called "Nativitate", or, as an alternative title, "Mater Prope".[1]
    • These names are in Latin and could be translated as "Almost Mother", and "With Birth" / "Due to Birth" / "At the Time of Birth" respectively.
  • The tracks that play during the battle against Hush are called Ascension (the Boss ??? ingame??? boss fight music; played during Hush's first phase, which is similar to the ??? boss) and Morituros (during the second phase).
    • Morituros in Latin is the accusative masculine plural for the future participle of the verb Morior, and roughly translates as "those who will die". This could be interpreted as a reference to the inevitable death that Isaac, suffocating in his chest, is heading towards.

Trivia[ | ]

  • The 30-minute limit of reaching Blue Womb could signify how long it took Isaac to suffocate, hence the floor's theming and Boss Hush ingameHush's presence.

Bugs[ | ]

Bug Bug! (except in Repentance) Attempting to open the door leading to Hush's room while holding a Golden KeyGolden Key will cause Isaac to walk through the door without opening it, immediately beginning the Hush fight.
Bug Bug! XboxOne PS4 (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Mama Mega! iconMama Mega! cannot be used to open the door to ??????.

References[ | ]


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