Converter

"Convert your soul"

Item ID
5.100.296

Recharge Time

Unlimited

Item Pool

Shop

Collection Grid

(page 3, column 11, row 3)

(page 3, column 1, row 10)

(page 3, column 12, row 3)

Converter is an activated item.

Effects

• Upon use, converts two Soul or Black Hearts into one full Heart Container.
• Upon use, converts one Soul or Black Heart into one full Heart Container.

Notes

• Using this item on Black Hearts will activate the Black Hearts damaging effect.
• Must use with two full Soul Hearts to work. One and a half will not work.

Synergies

• Guppy's Paw: Allows Isaac to attain up to 10 Heart Containers and 1 Soul Heart.
  • Allows Isaac to attain up to 12 Heart containers.

Interactions

• ???: Converts two Soul/Black Hearts into one Soul Heart, resulting in a net loss.
• ???: Converts one Soul/Black Heart into one Soul Heart, making it only useful for getting rid of Black Hearts without lowering his health or for items that trigger when an active item is used.
• Bethany: No effect.
  • Tainted Bethany: Adds 1 Heart to her reserve at no cost in health.
• The Forgotten: Converts Soul Hearts into Bone Hearts. Only works when controlling The Soul.
• Tainted Judas: Converts one Black Heart into one Black Heart, effectively keeping Judas’ health the same as before but activates The Necronomicon effect regardless.
• Car Battery: No effect.

Gallery

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  3DS}} T The icon of Converter as seen on the lower 3DS screen.

Trivia

• The Converter is a reference to a converter, a device or system that changes the form of something.
• The Converter can be seen as an opposite to Guppy's Paw. Where the Converter takes two Soul or Black Hearts to form a Heart container, Guppy's Paw takes one Heart container to form three Soul Hearts. Additionally, their flavor texts are similar.
• The Converter can be seen as an opposite to Guppy's Paw. Where the Converter takes one Soul or Black Heart to form a Heart container, Guppy's Paw takes one Heart container to form three Soul Hearts. Additionally, their flavor texts are similar.

Seeds

PC 1TNY 7MJ0 (1st floor Shop, Purchase after getting A Quarter in 1st floor Treasure Room)
Notes: Must be Isaac because a bomb is needed to get a key. The Pandora's Box in the Curse Room must be picked up before entering the Shop. The Converter is inaccessible on the Hard mode seed due to the difficulty of getting a key to open the Shop.

PC LGD3 W0PB (1st floor Shop, Purchase after getting Store Credit as a drop )
Notes: Converter is inaccessible on the Normal mode seed due to the difficulty of getting a key to open the shop.

Switch KEBM C08G (First-floor Shop, half price) (Coins are abundant in Hard mode, obtaining in Normal mode requires bombing shopkeeper and using Sacrifice Room)