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The Dark Room is one of the game's three final stages, alongside its counterpart, Error: The given stage ("The Chest") does not exist., as well as (in Afterbirth † and Repentance) (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)The VoidThe Void. The Dark Room is unlocked by defeating Satan 5 times, after which it can be accessed by touching the chest dropped by Satan with Collectible The Negative iconThe Negative equipped. Entrance to the Dark Room can also be achieved via the I AM ERROR room on Sheol, even without Collectible The Negative iconThe Negative as well as through the Black Market on SheolSheol and through a trapdoor spawned by a button. After completing this level or The Chest for the first time, the Dark Room will always contain a large golden door in the first room, which can be unlocked with either the Key Pieces (combination of Collectible Key Piece 1 iconKey Piece 1 and Collectible Key Piece 2 iconKey Piece 2), Collectible Dad's Key iconDad's Key, (except in Rebirth)Get out of Jail Free CardGet out of Jail Free Card or (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Mr. ME! iconMr. ME!.

(except in Rebirth) The Dark Room can also be accessed by repeatedly using a Sacrifice Room. After Uriel and Gabriel are killed, continuing to use the Sacrifice Room will teleport Isaac to the Dark Room, regardless of what floor he was previously on.

(in Afterbirth † and Repentance) The Dark Room is home to the Grave Room which will contain a Dirt Patch, which can be dug up using (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Mom's Shovel iconMom's Shovel. Doing so for the first time will unlock The Forgotten. On subsequent runs, multiple Dirt Patches can be found, and digging them up using Collectible We Need To Go Deeper! iconWe Need To Go Deeper!, Rune of EhwazRune of Ehwaz, or Mom's Shovel will spawn a random type of chest.

Like SheolSheol before it, the Dark Room consists of only one floor. In the Dark Room, it is not possible to bomb doors open to skip rooms. The Dark Room's rooms are mainly filled with bosses and mini-bosses. The boss of the floor is always The Lamb.

The first room the player spawn in will automatically contain 4 Red Chests that function normally. All other types of chests spawned in the Dark Room will always contain Treasure Room items. Destroying Slot Machines, Fortune Telling Machines and all types of Beggars with the exception of a Shell Game Beggar will also spawn items.

Monsters

Degraded Bosses

Bosses

Boss The Lamb
The Lamb

Notes

  • If Isaac gets Collectible Key Piece 1 iconKey Piece 1 and Collectible Key Piece 2 iconKey Piece 2, the key will open the golden gate to fight Mega Satan, but if Isaac uses Collectible Forget Me Now iconForget Me Now, the floor will reset and Isaac won't get both Key Pieces back, making it so that the golden gate won't open again.
  • (except in Rebirth) The I AM ERROR room cannot be reached by any method in Error: The given stage ("The Chest") does not exist. and the Dark Room.

Unlockable Achievements

  • Dead Boy
    Dead Boy - Complete Chapter 6 without taking damage.

Trivia

  • The Dark Room is the only floor in the game which originates from Rebirth. All the other floors included in Rebirth at its launch were from the original The Binding of Isaac and its DLC Wrath of the Lamb.
  • The Dark Room is also the name of a room which, like its name suggests, is plunged into complete darkness, for the notable purpose of processing photos. The fact access to this floor is done by touching the chest in Sheol while holding Collectible The Negative iconThe Negative, which is the name given to a photo that has not been processed yet and whose colors and hues are inverted, might be a nod to this.
  • The layout to The Chest and the Dark Room are identical for a given seed.
  • One of the Super Secret Room layouts is of the Dark Room and a Black Heart. The sprite for the door is a portal rather than a gray door, however, since bombed-out entrances in the Dark Room appear as portals.
    • This secret room appears floating in a black void on most floors, but in the Dark Room, it appears in a purple misty void instead, just like all the other rooms.

Music

The music for the Dark Room is titled Devoid, which means “empty”.

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth OST


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