Godhead

"God tears"

Item ID
5.100.331
Character Appearance
Tear Appearance


Collection Grid
(page 3, column 6, row 5)
(page 4, column 6, row 3)
(page 3, column 7, row 5)



Unlock Method
Earn all
5 /
9 (except the cent sign for Ultra Greed) /
10 /
12 completion marks on Hard mode as The Lost





Godhead is a special unlockable passive item.
Effects[edit | edit source]
- +0.5 damage.
+0.93 damage.
- -0.3 tears.
-0.6 tears.
- +1.2 range.
+0.5 range.
- -0.3 shot speed.
- +0.8 tear height.
- Grants homing tears.
- Tears gain a damaging aura.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- The damaging aura gets bigger with items that make tears bigger, e.g.
Cricket's Head,
Polyphemus, and
Pupula Duplex.
- The aura deals around 30% of Isaac's current damage per tick, and ticks a total of 15 times per second.
The aura deals 1.05 damage per tick.
Synergies[edit | edit source]
Compound Fracture/
Cricket's Body/
The Parasite: Main tears and burst tears retain all effects.
Explosivo/
Mucormycosis: Causes damaging aura to grow once attached to an enemy.
Euthanasia: When needles are fired, they retain homing and damaging aura.
Glass Cannon: The huge tear gains the homing ability and fully scaled damaging aura, able to cover most of the screen with extreme damage.
Lachryphagy: Fired tears and burst tears retain aura and homing effect.
The Ludovico Technique: Tear increases in size and gains the damaging aura effect.
Tear also gains homing effect. May cause Tear to get stuck near enemies.
A Lump of Coal: The size and damage of the aura increases as long as the tear is on screen.
Interactions[edit | edit source]
Brimstone: Brimstone laser retains the homing effect, but doesn't receive the damaging aura.
Dr. Fetus: Bombs retain the homing effect, but don't receive a damaging aura.
Epic Fetus: The crosshair homes in upon enemies, but neither the crosshair nor the missiles receive the damaging aura.
Haemolacria: Main tear retains all effects, but burst tears do not.
Burst tears also retain all effects.
Mom's Knife: Knife retains the homing effect, but doesn't get the damaging aura.
- Piercing tears: Once the tear hits the enemy, the aura also ceases to do damage to that particular target.
Enemies still get damaged by the aura after being pierced.
Sinus Infection: The aura on booger tears stuck to an enemy won't hurt that particular enemy. Other enemies passing through it still take damage.
Technology/
Technology 2/
Tech.5/
Tech X: Lasers retain the homing effect, but don't receive the damaging aura.
Trisagion: Causes Godhead's aura to visually disappear; however, the aura is still there and can still damage enemies.
Aura does not appear and deals no damage.
- Sometimes, the aura will work normally[1].
In-game Footage[edit | edit source]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Godhead is another term for Godhood or overall Divine nature.
- The Godhead bears a strong resemblance to the Eye of Providence, Eye of God, or The Eye That Sees All, a common religious symbol also used in Christian religions. The three edges of the triangle may represent each part of the Holy Trinity.
- Godhead is arguably the hardest/most grueling item to unlock in Rebirth and Afterbirth, as it requires having to kill every final boss, on hard mode, with The Lost.
- The three triangles on the corners of the Godhead icon may be a reference to
The Mind,
The Body, and
The Soul items.
- This item appears in the Afterbirth † release date trailer.
Seeds[edit | edit source]
PC Z9GL MZCT (The Catacombs I Angel Room)
PC
L8MZ JAF7 (The Basement I Angel Room (6 Sacrifices))
PC
A1H7 Q9RK (First floor Golden Treasure Room)
PC
NDKO JTLQ (Second floor Treasure Room)
PS4 G2KQ M1J1 (Angel Room in The Catacombs I in a damageless run)
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- ↑ https://youtu.be/_i-MFfbi3LE?t=1088 A faint aura can be seen. It is much more noticeable later in the run, specifically after the Curse of Darkness is cleared.