Black Hole is an unlockable activated item added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth † (Booster Pack #1).
Effects[ | ]
- Upon use, Isaac throws a black hole that lands on the ground and forcefully sucks in enemies and their shots, which lasts for about 6 seconds.
- It deals 0.4 damage per tick very rapidly to enemies in the area, for a maximum of 6 damage per second.
- Isaac and pickups are slightly sucked towards the black hole.
- Nearby obstacles are occasionally destroyed by the black hole.
Notes[ | ]
- Black Hole can pull pickups across pits, and may pull pickups to areas where they are unobtainable.
- Black Hole cannot free
Sticky Nickels, kill Shopkeepers, or destroy Angel Statues. - Black Hole has the strongest pulling effect in the game, and will override the pulling force of Strange Attractor, Super Magnet, Ocular Rift, and Lodestone.
- Black Hole can't open Secret Room and Super Secret Rooms regardless of placement, despite crushing obstacles.
- Black Hole does not suck in stationary or invincible enemies.
- Black Hole will not suck in the following bosses, although they can still take damage from the black hole and their shots are affected by it:
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- The Adversary
- The Beast
- Big Horn
- Blighted Ovum (Suture)
- Brownie
- The Cage
- Chimera
- Clog
- Colostomia (second phase)
- Daddy Long Legs
- Dangle
- Dark One
- Delirium
- Dingle
- Dogma
- Gabriel
- The Gate
- Great Gideon
- Gurdy Jr.
- Gurdy
- Hornfel (in minecart)
- Hush
- Isaac
- It Lives
- Mama Gurdy
- The Matriarch
- Mega Fatty
- Mega Maw
- Mega Satan
- Mom's Heart
- Mom
- Mother
- Mr. Fred
- The Pile
- Polycephalus
- Rotgut
- Satan
- The Scourge
- The Shell
- The Siren
- Sisters Vis
- The Stain
- Triachnid
- Tuff Twins
- Turdlet
- Ultra Death
- Ultra Famine
- Ultra Greed
- Ultra Pestilence
- Ultra War
- Uriel
- The Visage (first phase)
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Synergies[ | ]
- Book of Virtues: Spawns black wisps on the middle ring. Wisps' tears have the Strange Attractor effect.
Interactions[ | ]
- Car Battery: No effect.
- Gnawed Leaf: The black hole does not pull Isaac in while he is a statue.
In-game Footage[ | ]
Trivia[ | ]
- Black Hole is based on this Steam Workshop item by Custom Phase.
Bugs[ | ]
 Bug!
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 Falling into a  Pitfall while the Black Hole is active will result in Isaac becoming headless, immobile and invulnerable, softlocking the run until it is quit and resumed.
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 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
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