Changes: Breath of Life

Revision as of 17:12, 23 May 2022

Breath of Life is an activated item.

Effects

Holding the active item button will gradually deplete the charge bar. As the charge gets closer to zero, Isaac turns bluer over time.
- Once the invincibility takes effect, Isaac starts flashing rapidly.
Gives a brief moment of invincibility when the charge bar hits zero. If the spacebar is held for an additional second after hitting zero, Isaac will take damage.
- While Isaac is invincible, he deals 3.5 contact damage to enemies and beams of light will strike down enemies touching Isaac, similar to Holy Light, dealing 15 damage.
  - While not time based, invincibility from Breath of Life is otherwise identical to damage immunity granted by the shield effect.
The item will recharge on its own but cannot be used again until it is fully charged (even if you didn't fully deplete the charge bar).

Uses

While difficult to use in combat, it is very helpful for using Blood Donation Machines, Devil Beggars and Confessionals without losing any life. In order to do this, you have to activate it slightly longer when you're invincible, lest you take damage.
- Can not be used to prevent damage from the door to the Mausoleum.
Similarly, it can be used to cross over spikes and enter Curse Rooms without taking damage.

Synergies

Book of Virtues: Spawns 4 regular wisps on the inner ring when the four-way beam is created. Only 4 of these wisps can exist at a time. No wisps are created otherwise.
Isaac's Heart: When held down too long, Breath of Life no longer damages Isaac, resulting in infinite invincibility.
Void: Using Void with Breath of Life will immediately grant invincibility frames.

Interactions

? Card/The Battery/Car Battery/Habit: No effect.

In-game Footage

Gallery

Unused in-game art.
3DS The icon of Breath of Life as seen on the lower 3DS screen.

Trivia

The Breath of Life refers to God breathing life into the soil to create the first human.
Breath of Life initially had a different animation, almost exactly alike to Chocolate Milk's effect. However, this animation has one frame of Isaac holding his breath that isn't found in Chocolate Milk's sprites. It even has its own .anim2 file, paralleling Chocolate Milk's. The finished effect for Breath of Life is a gradual change of Isaac's skin tone, from perky pink to hold-my-breath blue.
Depleting the skill's charge turns Isaac a similar color to ???, who is implied to be Isaac after suffocating in his toy chest.

Bugs

Bug!	This item does not work with Broken Remote.

Bug!	Replacing this item with another active item, switching into another active item with Schoolbag, or directly remove it via debug console while holding active item key cause Isaac to take damage (even if the charge bar isn't depleted at all).

Seeds

PC 9YXJ B6M0 (Found in Angel Room in The Catacombs 1)

PC S8PG 8NLE (Found in Angel Room after defeating the boss in The Caves I)

PC SMJ3 0TLY (Found in Angel Room after defeating the boss in The Catacombs I)

PC 1ATQ LTG7 (Found in Angel Room after defeating Mom)

PC S4FP ER7Y (Found in Angel Room after defeating Mom)

PC SSJ6 26QB (Found inside the Angel Room after defeating the boss in Necropolis I)

PC NKF0 PZFZ (Found in Angel Room in Utero I)

PS4 4RVE W694 (Found in Angel Room after defeating the boss in The Womb I)

Vita R7ZV 8PTB (Found inside the Angel Room after defeating the boss in The Catacombs II)

3DS LTSQ HWAL (Found inside the Angel Room after defeating the boss in The Catacombs I)

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

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 == Uses ==
-*While difficult to use in combat, it is very helpful for using [[Blood Donation Machine]]s, [[Machines#confessional|Confessional]] and [[Devil Beggar]]s without losing any life. In order to do this, you have to activate it slightly longer when you're invincible, lest you take damage.
+*While difficult to use in combat, it is very helpful for using {{M|Blood Donation Machine}}s, {{M|Devil Beggar}}s and {{M|Confessional}}s without losing any life. In order to do this, you have to activate it slightly longer when you're invincible, lest you take damage.
-**{{Dlc|r}} Can not be used to prevent damage from the door to the [[Mausoleum]].
+**{{Dlc|r}} Can not be used to prevent damage from the door to the {{s|Mausoleum}}.
-* Similarly, it can be used to cross over [[spikes]] and enter [[Curse Room]]s without taking damage.
+* Similarly, it can be used to cross over [[spikes]] and enter {{R|Curse Room}}s without taking damage.
 == Synergies ==
@@ Line 42: / Line 42: @@
 == Trivia ==
 * The Breath of Life refers to God breathing life into the soil to create the first human.
-*Breath of Life initially had a different animation, almost exactly alike to [[Chocolate Milk]]'s effect. However, this animation has one frame of Isaac holding his breath that isn't found in Chocolate Milk's sprites. It even has its own .anim2 file, paralleling Chocolate Milk's. The finished effect for Breath of Life is a gradual change of Isaac's skin tone, from perky pink to hold-my-breath blue.
+*Breath of Life initially had a different animation, almost exactly alike to {{I|Chocolate Milk}}'s effect. However, this animation has one frame of Isaac holding his breath that isn't found in Chocolate Milk's sprites. It even has its own .anim2 file, paralleling Chocolate Milk's. The finished effect for Breath of Life is a gradual change of Isaac's skin tone, from perky pink to hold-my-breath blue.
-*Depleting the skill's charge turns Isaac a similar color to [[??? (Character)|???]]/Blue Baby, who is implied to be Isaac after suffocating in his toy chest.
+*Depleting the skill's charge turns Isaac a similar color to {{C|???}}, who is implied to be Isaac after suffocating in his toy chest.
 == Bugs ==