Golden trinkets have their effects multiplied by 2 where applicable, identical to how the trinket works with Mom's Box.
A Golden Trinket combined with Mom's Box has 3x strength.
Some golden trinkets have special effects.
Notes[ | ]
Once unlocked, any trinket drop has a 2% chance to spawn as a golden version of itself. This includes regular room drops, opening chests, using Mom's Box, finding them in the shop in Greed Mode, etc.
This chance is not affected by luck, Mom's Box or difficulty settings.
Holding a golden trinket counts as the player holding 2 of the normal version.
Only trinkets that are affected by Mom's Box or can stack with each other are affected by their golden counterparts. Others will act just like the normal ones.
Store Credit: The trinket won't be removed. Instead, it has a chance to turn into a non-Golden Store Credit.
Tick: The golden Tick can be dropped/replaced like any other regular trinket.
Hook Worm / Ring Worm / Wiggle Worm: In addition to the further stats increase, they have an increased effect on your tear trajectory.
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Trivia[ | ]
The ID, or more accurately subtype, of a golden trinket is the normal ID + 32768. For example, the ID of Golden Cancer is 32807 (because it normally has an ID of 39).
The Debug Console spawn code would in this case be 5.350.32807.
Using the high damage debug flag, debug 4, causes all trinkets spawn as golden ones.
Bugs[ | ]
Bug!
Golden trinkets rerolled by D20 will cause the resulting pickup to have the golden effect applied to it. If this is a trinket, the trinket will turn into a standard trinket, otherwise the gold effect will do nothing and will disappear upon leaving and re-entering the room.
Additionally, items spawned by chests with the gold effect applied will be golden as well, however other pickups dropped by chests will not be.