9 Volt

Item Icon
Pickup Quote	"Quicker charge"
Entity ID	5.100.116
Character Appearance
Item Pool	Battery Bum Crane Game Shop Shop
Quality	2
Item Tags
Collection Grid	(page 2, column 3, row 2) (page 1, column 13, row 6)

9 Volt is a passive item.

Effects

• Fully charges the currently held active item upon 9 Volt's first pickup.
• If the current active item has a recharge time of more than 1 bar, then it will grant 1 bar of charge whenever the item is activated.
• If the current active item has a recharge time of 1 bar, then it will change the item to have a timed recharge of 15 seconds. The recharging of the item only triggers so long as there are enemies present in the room in any fashion. Empty rooms do not cause recharging to start.
• If the current activated item already has a timed recharge, 9 Volt makes it start at half charge when used, effectively halving the time to recharge and allowing quicker reuse.

Notes

• Enemies generated through a Slot Machine, Shell Game, Hell Game, Rotten Beggar or breaking Urns/Skulls will restart the charging process, even though a cleared room still counts as cleared if enemies are spawned in it.

Synergies

• 2-bar items: Fills the entire gauge in a single room, effectively granting the opportunity for the item to be used every room.
• 3-bar items: Quadruple rooms and L-shaped rooms give 2 bars after clearing them, allowing one free use of the item in those rooms if the gauge is full upon entering them. It can also be used at the beginning of a Boss Challenge Room to get the full charges back after beating both bosses.
  • AAA Battery + 3-bar items: Same as the 2-bar item synergy without AAA Battery.
• 4-bar items: In a Challenge Room, if the item is used during the first wave, it will get all its charges back at the end.
  • AAA Battery + 4-bar items: Same as the 3-bar item synergy without AAA Battery.
• Jacob's Ladder: Increases arcing distance of sparks.
• Keeper: The Wooden Nickel and the 9 Volt allow him to gain health (and money) forever, as long as there is an enemy in the room.
  • An enemy spawned in a cleared room will also cause recharging to start.
• Telekinesis: The item can be reactivated the moment the previous charge stops, making it always active.

Interactions

• 9 Volt: No further decrease in charges.
• Alabaster Box: No effect.
• Dim Bulb: Prevents Dim Bulb from working, as minimum charge becomes 1 instead of 0.
• Eraser: No effect.
• Everything Jar / Larynx: The first bar gains an automatic recharge, but the further bars will not be affected.
• Sharp Plug:
  • Renders the Sharp Plug unusable on 2+ charge items. Sharp Plug can only be used if the item is at 0 charges, but 9 Volt instantly gives +1 charge to the item upon activation.
  • Lowers the cost of using Sharp Plug by half a heart on 2+ charge items.

Unlockable Achievements

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  Extension Cord - Have The Battery, 9 Volt, and Car Battery in Isaac's collection.

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  Jumper Cables - Pick up any 2 of the following items/trinkets in a single run: 9 Volt, The Battery, Car Battery, AAA Battery, and Watch Battery ( Any 2 items that have the 'battery' item tag).

Trivia

• This item is used in When Life Gives You Lemons (challenge #12), Beans! (challenge #13), It's in the Cards (challenge #14), and Scat Man (challenge #36).

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