Changes: Dataminer

Revision as of 18:26, 21 June 2021

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

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:
- ± 1 flat damage
- ±0.5 tears
- ±0.2 speed and maximum speed (may never exceed 2.0)
- ±0.2 shot speed
- ±1 luck
- ±0.5 range
- ±1.50 range
Adds random tear effects for the current room.
Distorts the music for the current room.

Rock Bottom: The stats are locked to the highest number achieved, rendering the stat downs behind the scene immaterial.

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.

The item name and description are a likely reference to the dataminers who discovered the secret of The Lost, as well as the 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's sprite is a recolor and flipped version of the Notched 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.

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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 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}}.
-* 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.
+* 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 [https://twitter.com/edmundmcmillen/status/1160772106344288256 Dataminer to be the worst item in ''The Binding of Isaac''].
-**This is quite likely on purpouse as the item was originally created as a response to the dataminers who ruinined the fun of the rebirth lost puzzle according to Edmund.
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