Book of Revelations

Item Icon
Pickup Quote	"Reusable soul protection"
Entity ID	5.100.78
Recharge Time	6 rooms
Item Pool	Library Treasure Room Library Angel Room Treasure Room
Quality	3
Item Tags
Collection Grid	(page 1, column 5, row 8) (page 1, column 15, row 4)
Unlock Method	Defeat a Harbinger

Book of Revelations is an unlockable activated item.

Effects

• On use, gives one Soul Heart.
• Increases chance for a Devil Room or Angel Room door to open by 17.5% (35%) if held while killing the final boss of the floor.
• If the Book of Revelations is used at least once on a floor, a Harbinger will sometimes/ always replace the current floor's boss if possible.
• This item belongs to the Bookworm set. Collecting three items from this set will transform Isaac into Bookworm.

Notes

The Harbingers capable of appearing, and the floors they appear on, are as follows:

1. Famine in Chapter 1
2. Pestilence in Chapter 2
3. War in Chapter 3, floor 1
4. Death or Conquest (if unlocked) in Chapter 4, floor 1
5. The Headless Horseman on any floor in Chapters 1-4

• Set bosses ( Mom, Isaac, The Lamb, etc.) are unaffected by Book of Revelations.
• Only the first boss of a floor affected by Curse of the Labyrinth is affected.
• Book of Revelations won't replace the boss on double-sized Boss Rooms, like Double Trouble rooms or if the boss is Mr. Fred.
  • Furthermore, if the Book of Revelations is used on the first floor of a Chapter with a Double Trouble room no Harbinger will spawn on the second floor, even if Book of Revelations is used again. If finding a Harbinger is desired, Isaac should wait until seeing the shape of the Boss Room before using it.
• Keeping Book of Revelations until Chapter 4 is one of the methods to unlock achievements related to Super Meat Boy and Super Bandage Girl, explained in detail here.
• This item can replace the Boss even after Isaac initiates a battle with a normal boss and then teleports out before the fight is completed.
• This item can ( will) replace The Bloat with a Harbinger in Aprils Fool (challenge #32).
• Bosses in Downpour / Mines / Mausoleum and their variants cannot be replaced with Harbingers.
• This item will replace Mother with Death or Conquest during Red Redemption (challenge #44).

Synergies

• Book of Virtues: Creates wisps in the inner ring, resembling tiny crosses that do not fire tears. The wisps create Harbingers that spawn Locusts (the same ones that 7 Seals creates) for the current room when destroyed.

Interactions

• Satanic Bible: The spawned Ball of Bandages or Cube of Meat will cost hearts like a normal devil deal.

Gallery

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  3DS The icon of Book Of Revelations as seen on the lower 3DS screen.

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  Book of Revelations's splash image which appears when it's activated.

Trivia

• The Book of Revelation (note the lack of an "s") is the final book of The Bible. It depicts the apocalypse through a vision shown to John of Patmos and includes the Four Horsemen and themes of Hell, Satan, and The Lamb. This explains why using it causes the next boss to be a Harbinger, as well as why it increases the chances of a Devil Room / Angel Room to appear.

Seeds

PC 3C6Z 880R ( Treasure Room adjacent to spawn)

PC 9867 22FF ( Treasure Room adjacent to spawn)

PC 42ZY EYNS ( Treasure Room adjacent to spawn)

PC 6A7C BBKN ( Treasure Room adjacent to spawn)

PS4 BQ7G DLKQ ( Treasure Room adjacent to spawn)

PS4 G98Z MNSS ( Treasure Room adjacent to spawn)

Vita RKV8 O883

3DS GKM3 XJJ0 ( Treasure Room adjacent to spawn)

Switch V10Q 3WX1 (Starting item as Eden)

Switch DM91 QYEQ (First Treasure Room)

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