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| description = Displaces enemy sprites for the current room, randomly increases one [[Attributes|stat]] and decreases another.
 
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* For the current room, rotates every enemy and pickup 90 degrees and moves its sprite up and left.
  
* For the current room, rotates every enemy and pickup 90 degrees and moves its sprite up and left.
 
** Enemy hitboxes remain the same.
  
** Enemy hitboxes remain the same.
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* Increases one of Isaac's stats and decreases another. Possible stat changes include:
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* Increases one of Isaac's [[Attributes|stats]] and decreases another. Possible stat changes include:
 
** ± 1 flat [[damage]]
  
** ± 1 flat [[damage]]
 
** ±0.5 [[tears]]
  
** ±0.5 [[tears]]
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** ±1 [[luck]]
  
** ±1 [[luck]]
 
** {{dlc|nr}} ±0.5 [[range]]
  
** {{dlc|nr}} ±0.5 [[range]]
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*** {{dlc|r}} ±1.50 [[range]]
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** {{dlc|r}} ±1.50 [[range]]
 
* Adds random tear effects for the current room.
  
* Adds random tear effects for the current room.
 
* Distorts the music for the current room.
  
* Distorts the music for the current room.
   
 
== Synergies ==
  
== Synergies ==
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* {{i|Rock Bottom}}<nowiki>: Removes the stat down effect, essentially giving a free random stat boost for every use. {{</nowiki>
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* {{i|Rock Bottom}}: The stats are locked to the highest number achieved, rendering the stat downs behind the scene immaterial.
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== Notes ==
  
== Notes ==
   
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* {{Dlc|r}}If the tear stats reaches a negative number, there will be an integer overflow, which will max out the tear rate at the 120 cap, if the tear stats is boosted back into a positive number, it will replace the value obtained previously.
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* {{Dlc|r}} If the tear stat reaches a negative number, there will be an integer underflow, which will max out the tear rate at the 120 cap; if the tear stat is boosted back into a positive number, it will replace the value obtained previously.
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*If Rock Bottom is obtainted while Tear Rate is underflowed, it will stay at 120 even if boosts are obtained.
   
 
== In-game Footage ==
  
== In-game Footage ==
 
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===== Trivia =====
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== Trivia ==
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* The item name and description are a likely reference to the dataminers who discovered the secret of {{C|The Lost}}, as well as the {{C|Keeper}} ARG's recurring usage of the number 109.
  
* The item name and description are a likely reference to the dataminers who discovered the secret of {{C|The Lost}}, as well as the {{C|Keeper}} ARG's recurring usage of the number 109.
 
** The item and its pickaxe icon are a play on words on the term data mining, used in the context of gaming communities as extracting data from the game files.
  
** The item and its pickaxe icon are a play on words on the term data mining, used in the context of gaming communities as extracting data from the game files.
 
* The item's sprite is a recolor and flipped version of the {{i|Notched Axe}}.
  
* The item's sprite is a recolor and flipped version of the {{i|Notched Axe}}.
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* If used during the [[Mom]] fight, you will be able to see a normally hidden part of the leg sprite revealing a blue skirt with yellow polka dots.
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* If used during the [[Mom]] fight, a normally hidden part of the leg sprite, revealing a blue skirt with yellow polka dots, will be visible.
 
* If Dataminer is used right before travelling to the next floor, the music for the transition screen will be affected by it.
  
* If Dataminer is used right before travelling to the next floor, the music for the transition screen will be affected by it.
 
** Also affects the music during the Game Over screen ([[Isaac's last will]]), if activated before death.
  
** Also affects the music during the Game Over screen ([[Isaac's last will]]), if activated before death.
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* In a Q&A from Twitter, Edmund McMillen considered [https://twitter.com/edmundmcmillen/status/1160772106344288256 Dataminer to be the worst item in The Binding of Isaac].
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* In a Q&A from Twitter, Edmund McMillen considered [https://twitter.com/edmundmcmillen/status/1160772106344288256 Dataminer to be the worst item in ''The Binding of Isaac''].
   
 
== Seeds ==
  
== Seeds ==

Revision as of 18:26, 21 June 2021

(in Afterbirth † and Repentance)

Dataminer is an activated item added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth †.

Effects

  • For the current room, rotates every enemy and pickup 90 degrees and moves its sprite up and left.
    • Enemy hitboxes remain the same.
  • Increases one of Isaac's stats and decreases another. Possible stat changes include:
  • Adds random tear effects for the current room.
  • Distorts the music for the current room.

Synergies

  • (in Repentance)Collectible Rock Bottom iconRock Bottom: The stats are locked to the highest number achieved, rendering the stat downs behind the scene immaterial.

Notes

  • (in Repentance) If the tear stat reaches a negative number, there will be an integer underflow, which will max out the tear rate at the 120 cap; if the tear stat is boosted back into a positive number, it will replace the value obtained previously.
  • If Rock Bottom is obtainted while Tear Rate is underflowed, it will stay at 120 even if boosts are obtained.

In-game Footage

Trivia

  • The item name and description are a likely reference to the dataminers who discovered the secret of Character The Lost iconThe Lost, as well as the Character Keeper iconKeeper ARG's recurring usage of the number 109.
    • The item and its pickaxe icon are a play on words on the term data mining, used in the context of gaming communities as extracting data from the game files.
  • The item's sprite is a recolor and flipped version of the Collectible Notched Axe iconNotched Axe.
  • If used during the Mom fight, a normally hidden part of the leg sprite, revealing a blue skirt with yellow polka dots, will be visible.
  • If Dataminer is used right before travelling to the next floor, the music for the transition screen will be affected by it.
    • Also affects the music during the Game Over screen (Isaac's last will), if activated before death.
  • In a Q&A from Twitter, Edmund McMillen considered Dataminer to be the worst item in The Binding of Isaac.

Seeds

PC (in Repentance) VTGP F8HD (Treasure Room adjacent to spawn)


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