Changes: Dim Bulb

Revision as of 22:32, 31 May 2021

Dim Bulb is a trinket added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth †.

Increases all stats while Isaac's active item is completely uncharged:
- +0.50 speed.
- +1.50 range.
- +0.40 tears.
- +0.50 tears.
- +0.30 shot speed.
- +1.5 damage.
- +2 luck.
Items that charge automatically will get only a tiny moment of benefit from the Dim Bulb before they gain more charge again.
If Isaac's active item has no charge bar and can used anytime, like How to Jump, Dim Bulb's effects will be permanent.

Dim Bulb is more than twice as powerful as Vibrant Bulb; however, its effects are active less frequently.
- However, 1 room charge items can be used at the start of each room to effectively get the Dim Bulb's effects constantly.
Dim Bulb has no effect when no active item is held.
If the player has 2 items (via Schoolbag), only 1 of them needs to be empty to receive the benefits.
- This appears to have been patched out on PC. However, if one of your two active items has no charge bar (e.g. Remote Detonator), you can swap to it after using the charged item to preserve the Bulb's effect.
Dim Bulb produces no effect with active items in consumable slots, e.g. Tainted Apollyon's Abyss or Tainted Bethany's Lemegeton.
The effect remains active with Bethany's soul charges and Tainted Bethany's blood charges.
- If the active item is fully charged only with soul/blood charges and no regular charges, Dim Bulb and Vibrant Bulb can be both active at the same time if Isaac holds both of the trinkets.
When the active item is partially charged by 4.5 Volt, the Dim Bulb will be active as long as the active item has less than one bar of charge.
If the player has gotten 9 Volt, Dim Bulb will be essentially useless due to 9 Volt always giving the active item 1 charge on use, unless it is a 1 room charge.

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 ** If the active item is fully charged only with soul/blood charges and no regular charges, Dim Bulb and Vibrant Bulb can be both active at the same time if Isaac holds both of the trinkets.
 * When the active item is partially charged by {{i|4.5 Volt}}, the Dim Bulb will be active as long as the active item has less than one bar of charge.
+*If the player has gotten [[9 Volt]], Dim Bulb will be essentially useless due to 9 Volt always giving the active item 1 charge on use, unless it is a 1 room charge.
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