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Greed mode is a game mode introduced in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth.

Gameplay[ | ]

Greed Mode Layout

In Greed mode, each floor has a Curse RoomCurse Room, a Devil RoomDevil Room/Angel RoomAngel Room, a double-wide Shop, and an exit room all connected to a main double-height arena room with a button in the center. A Super Secret RoomSuper Secret Room is also connected to one of the rooms. Up until the penultimate floor, an already unlocked Treasure RoomTreasure Room with a silver door frame and a normal locked Treasure Room are also available. The silver Treasure Room always gives items from the Boss pool. The sixth floor (The Shop) does not have any Treasure Rooms but does have the Shop and Curse Rooms. The final seventh floor has no waves and contains only three rooms, the largest of which contains the game mode's final boss.

When playing Greed Mode, a yellow coin (Greed mode only) will appear on the HUD, below the consumables.

Shop[ | ]

As there are no normal drops in Greed mode, the Shop becomes Isaac's primary source of items and pickups. Shops in Greed mode automatically restock. Shops will always have six items/pickups for sale, sometimes discounted; in order from the left side of the room to the right, these will always be:

There will also almost always be two ShopkeeperShopkeepers near the center of the room, as sometimes just one special shopkeeper spawns instead.

Layouts[ | ]

The following room maps were made using Basement Renovator for cleaner viewing.

ID Contents Image preview
0 A Shop Restock MachineShop Restock Machine and a red heart. Shop (Greed) 0
1 A restock box, a Locked ChestLocked Chest behind rocks, a Red HeartRed Heart, and either a trapdoor or random pickup behind rocks. Shop (Greed) 1
2 A restock box, a BeggarBeggar, a Devil BeggarDevil Beggar, a Half Red HeartHalf Red Heart, and two random pickups behind rocks. Shop (Greed) 2
3 A restock box, a red heart, and two random pickups behind key/iron blocks. Shop (Greed) 3
4 A random heart and a Reward Plate. Shop (Greed) 4
5 A Soul HeartSoul Heart, two Blue Fire PlaceBlue Fire Places, and a ChestChest behind rocks. Shop (Greed) 5
6 A restock box, a Slot MachineSlot Machine, and a red heart behind urns. Shop (Greed) 6
7 A restock box, a Fortune Telling MachineFortune Telling Machine, and a half red heart behind PoopPoop. Shop (Greed) 7
8 A restock box, a Blood Donation MachineBlood Donation Machine, a random heart, and three random pickups behind key/iron blocks. Note that all blood donation machines are automatically replaced with devil beggars in greed mode. Shop (Greed) 8
9 A restock box, a Key MasterKey Master, and either a trapdoor or random pickup behind rocks. Shop (Greed) 9
10 A Bomb ChestBomb Chest, a half red heart, and a random pickup and either a trapdoor or another random pickup, each behind rocks and iron blocks. Shop (Greed) 10
11 A restock box, a Reward Plate, and two random pickups behind rocks and spikes. Shop (Greed) 11
12 A random heart pickup and a random pickup and Red ChestRed Chest behind spikes; the red chest can be accessed without taking damage by walking diagonally between the spikes. Shop (Greed) 12
13 A restock box, a Shell GameShell Game, and two random pickups behind spikes. Shop (Greed) 13
14 A restock box, a devil beggar, a half red heart, and a Reward Plate behind spikes. Shop (Greed) 14
15 A restock box and a beggar. Shop (Greed) 15
16 A slot machine and poop. Shop (Greed) 16
17 A restock box and fortune teller. Shop (Greed) 17
18 A restock box, a blood donation machine, and two random pickups behind rocks. Note that all blood donation machines are automatically replaced with devil beggars in greed mode. Shop (Greed) 18
19 A random pickup behind rocks. Shop (Greed) 19
20 A restock box, a locked chest, and two random pickups behind rocks. Shop (Greed) 20

There is an overall ~71.42% chance (15/21) that a shop will have a restock box.

Arena[ | ]

The 1x2 room in the center of all floors except the final one is the Arena, where most of the game mode’s coins and enemies come from. These rooms always have a button in the center that, when pressed, bars all the doors and starts spawning waves of enemies and coins. While active, the button has a timer underneath it that counts down; when the timer runs out or all enemies in the current wave are killed, the next wave spawns. This continues until wave 8 or 10 is reached, Isaac dies, or Isaac presses the button again. Pressing the button before all the waves have spawned deals half a heart of damage to Isaac (or removes 1 penny from the next wave if playing as Character The Lost iconThe Lost or Character Tainted Lost iconTainted Lost) and stops the timer that causes waves to spawn automatically. Once the timer stops and all remaining enemies are killed, the doors re-open. The button can then be reactivated to continue progressing through the waves. All waves except the optional “nightmare” wave must be completed for the door to the next floor to open.

For the first 8 waves, the timer will start at a set time and then increase by 1 second for subsequent waves. For BasementBasement and CavesCaves, the clock starts at 6 seconds. For DepthsDepths, the clock starts at 5 seconds. For WombWomb, the clock starts at 4 seconds. For SheolSheol and The ShopThe Shop, the clock starts back at 6 seconds again. The first boss wave is set at 30 seconds on all floors.

The enemies spawned by each wave are determined by the wave number and current floor. For the initial set of eight waves, the first three waves will use the floor’s “easy” enemy pool, the three waves after that use the floor’s “medium” enemy pool, and the last two waves use the floor’s “hard” enemy pool. For the ending two waves, the first wave uses the floor’s “easy boss” pool, and the second wave uses the floor’s “medium boss” pool. Upon completing the second boss wave of the floor, an optional nightmare boss wave, which uses the floor’s “hard boss” pool, can be started by pushing the button again. Clearing the wave grants access to the floor’s Devil RoomDevil Room/Angel RoomAngel Room. Note that “boss” pools can include multiple (mini)bosses spread out across the room.

(in Repentance) Enemies can spawn as Champions as normal, but will not drop pickups, with the exception of Boss The Hollow ingameThe Hollow's gold champion, which drops coins as normal. Rainbow champions drop consumables too, albeit only appear in Sheol in Greed and greedier modes only Greedier version of the mode.

At the start of each wave (except possibly the last, optional one), Pennies are dropped on the ground, which Isaac can use in the Shop to purchase items and pickups. Waves 1-3, 5, 6, and 8 drop 2 pennies, waves 4 and 7 drop 3 pennies, the first boss wave drops 4 pennies, and the second boss wave drops 5 pennies. The mob waves give a total of 18 coins and the boss waves give a total of 9 coins, for a floor total of 27 coins.

Something to note is that the "deal" wave drops a coin very, very infrequently.

Each new wave counts as a new 'room' for purposes of item charges, familiars dropping items or the like. However, one-room temporary effects, such as Collectible The Book of Belial iconThe Book of Belial, will remain across waves, and items that activate upon entering a new room will not activate when a new wave starts.

  • (in Repentance)Collectible Taurus iconTaurus is an exception and will activate each time the button is pressed to start a wave.

Floors[ | ]

Greed mode has seven total floors, five of which are based on floors found in the main game. These floors are BasementBasement, CavesCaves, DepthsDepths, WombWomb, SheolSheol, a unique floor called The ShopThe Shop, and the final boss floor. Each floor will spawn enemies and bosses native to that floor in the main game, except for The Shop, which has no counterpart outside of Greed mode. Instead, The Shop spawns mostly Greed enemies, but can also spawn enemies from any floor. The Shop is the only normal floor which does not contain Treasure Rooms.

(in Repentance) Greed mode floors can appear as their variants with unique waves including Burning BasementBurning Basement, CellarCellar, Flooded CavesFlooded Caves, CatacombsCatacombs, Dank DepthsDank Depths, NecropolisNecropolis, UteroUtero, and Scarred WombScarred Womb.

Ultra Greed[ | ]

The Ultra Greed floor contains only three rooms: An empty starting room, a Mini-Boss Room in which multiple GreedGreeds, Super GreedSuper Greed, WrathWrath or Boss Monstro ingameMonstro will spawn, and the final Boss Room containing Boss Ultra Greed ingameUltra Greed.

After Ultra Greed has been defeated, turning him into a golden statue, a Final Boss Chest to end the level and the Greed Donation MachineGreed Donation Machine will spawn. Isaac is given the chance to donate his remaining money to the Greed Machine, which will unlock several rewards including the Character Keeper iconKeeper character.

(in Afterbirth † and Repentance) Greedier Mode[ | ]

Greedier mode is a harder version of Greed mode. When playing Greedier mode, a small, red stained coin (Greedier mode only) will appear on the HUD, below the consumables.

You must Greedier! Donate 500 Coins to the Greed Donation MachineGreed Donation Machine to unlock it.

Greedier mode changes gameplay in the following ways:

  • An additional “hard” wave is added to the initial set of 8 waves, bringing it up to 9.
  • The time the clock starts at is shorter (with the exception for Basement and Caves' mob waves).
    • For BasementBasement, the clock starts at 8 seconds. For CavesCaves, the clock starts at 6 seconds. For DepthsDepths, the clock starts at 4 seconds. For WombWomb, the clock starts at 3 seconds. For SheolSheol and The ShopThe Shop, the clock starts at 2 seconds. The first boss wave is set at 14 seconds on all floors.
  • Coin drops per wave are modified to give fewer coins overall.
    • Waves 1-3, 5, 6, and 8 drop 1 penny.
    • Waves 4, 7, and 9 drop 2 pennies. (total 12 coins from mob waves)
    • The first boss wave drops 4 pennies.
    • The second boss wave drops 6 pennies. (total 10 coins from boss waves, or 22 for the floor)
    • The nightmare boss wave very rarely drops a coin.
  • Basic enemies have a chance to be champions. They will not drop pickups, unlike the regular game.
  • The final boss gains a second phase.
  • The Greed Donation Machine's chance to jam is greatly reduced, making it much easier to fill out.

Greedier mode unlockables were separate from Greed mode unlockables; however, as of Booster Pack #5, completing Greedier Mode with a character will also unlock the corresponding Greed mode unlockable.

Despite being a "hard" version of Greed, most hard mode rules from the vanilla gamemode don't apply.

Unlockable Achievements[ | ]

Greed Mode[ | ]

(in Afterbirth † and Repentance) Greedier Mode[ | ]

Completing Greedier Mode with a character will unlock the corresponding Greed Mode unlockable if it hasn't been unlocked.

Greed Machine[ | ]

Tips[ | ]

  • Flight will not prevent damage from the spiked stop button unless the player is Character The Lost iconThe Lost, Character Tainted Lost iconTainted Lost, or Character Tainted Forgotten iconTainted Forgotten.
    • However, a Penny is deducted from the next round of rewards if the button is pressed as Character The Lost iconThe Lost or Character Tainted Lost iconTainted Lost. It is possible to negate this by triggering the button and surviving until all waves have spawned before quitting out. When you reload the save, all of the coins will be on the ground. Pressing the button again will start the waves from wave 1. You can now press the button to cancel waves with no loss of coins.
  • Items with effects that only persist in the room are especially useful in Greed mode. Complete all waves in one go to maximize their efficiency. Examples of such items include Collectible Box of Friends iconBox of Friends, Collectible The Book of Belial iconThe Book of Belial, Collectible Lusty Blood iconLusty Blood, Collectible The Pinking Shears iconThe Pinking Shears, Collectible Scissors iconScissors, and (in Repentance)Collectible Sulfur iconSulfur.
  • Being teleported by the Curse of the Maze can open the exit door without needing to complete the floor, allowing large portions of a run to be skipped.
  • Only a half heart of damage is taken in floors beyond chapter 3, a feature unique to Greed mode.
    • This makes items such as Collectible The Wafer iconThe Wafer substantially less useful, since there is a limited number of enemies that could cause more than a half heart of damage. However, they can still be used for the Ultra Greed boss fight, since all of his attacks deal a full heart of damage.
  • Killing all the enemies before the timer resets doesn't increase the number of coins produced.
  • It as advised destroying polyps | mushrooms, all sorts of fireplaces / skulls and even some of the more ordinary obstacles sometimes, before or during fights to prevent potential unavoidable damage.
  • It is also often a good idea to get rid of pickups on the ground if possible, as they could be handicapping your ability to aim | dodge in a relatively cramped arena.
  • Due to the fact that the mode lacks a presence of rocks, finding crawlspaces is way easier.
  • Using keys or bombs | buying them for 5 cents to open golden / stone chests is almost always worth it since it can give items for 5 cents, give you back spent resources twofold or even grant you Collectible A Quarter iconA Quarter.
  • Trying to stay somewhere in the middle of the room is pretty smart as it allows you to see pretty much everything in the arena from the bird's eye view, as well as avoiding potential instant damage. Same goes for firing your tears 24/7, sometimes just not attacking [especially as a new wave is about to start] is the play as it allows you to not accidentally injure yourself by immediately killing a bomb champion and else.
  • "The Shop" penultimate chapter tends to spawn a lot of shopkeeper entities throughout the waves, which can be blown up for extra cash.
  • The dead shop keepers have a very low chance of dropping Collectible Steam Sale iconSteam Sale | Counterfeit PennyCounterfeit Penny and other useful outcomes when bombed.
  • Sometimes spending the acquired pennies may be wiser on the next floor. Certain collectible items, hearts or keys may be on sale a depth below, which saves money compared to refilling them when not yet necessary.
  • Any form of homing is tremendous in this gamemode as its' effect covers a relatively large part of the arena.
  • "Ace of" cards are very helpful to use on spawning enemies — be it to heal up or gain resources.
  • There are methods of achieving infinite coins/items. Although difficult to coordinate, and sometimes heavily reliant on luck, these methods can practically guarantee a successful run. These strategies can be combined with Collectible Chaos iconChaos to allow stronger items to be obtained more easily.
    • Method #1: Requires a 2 of Diamonds2 of Diamonds card, the Collectible Blank Card iconBlank Card, a Shop selling Lil' BatteryLil' Batteries, and enough coins to buy one. This allows infinite coin count doubling with no drawback.
    • Method #2: Requires a Rune of JeraRune of Jera, the Collectible Blank Card iconBlank Card, a Shop selling Lil' BatteryLil' Batteries, and enough coins to buy one. Similar to the first method, but instead of doubling Isaac's currently held coins, this method allows for infinite duplication of Pennies dropped during waves.
    • Method #3: Use Collectible Diplopia iconDiplopia or the (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Crooked Penny iconCrooked Penny on a Collectible Steam Sale iconSteam Sale. This will allow Isaac to take as many items as desired for free.
      • (in Repentance) This method is no longer infinite, as stacking multiple Collectible Steam Sale iconSteam Sale uses a new algorithm.
    • Method #4: Requires Swallowed PennySwallowed Penny and a discounted red heart (2c). Use the curse door by entering and exiting right after losing only half a red heart and spawning a coin. By repeating the process long enough you can get infinite coins, Swallowed PennySwallowed Penny being able to spawn 5c and 10c coins and being guaranteed 1c per half red heart. If Collectible Mom's Box iconMom's Box is held, this method can be performed without a discounted red heart as the number of coins spawned by Swallowed PennySwallowed Penny will be doubled.
  • The Collectible D20 iconD20 can be used in tandem with Lil' BatteryLil' Batteries to re-roll all Pennies dropped during combat, some of which will become Grab Bags or chests. The process can then be repeated indefinitely.
    • (except in Repentance) As the D20 re-rolls all opened chests into pickups, chests should not be opened unless the D20 is fully charged.
    • (in Repentance) Using the D20 in conjunction with the Collectible Book of Virtues iconBook of Virtues will destroy all pickups in the room; as such, the D20 should not be picked up while playing as Character Bethany iconBethany.
  • (except in Repentance) In Greedier mode, upon defeating Ultra Greedier, all poops, whether destroyed, damaged or intact, will be converted into Golden PoopGolden Poops.
    • As a result, A Card Against HumanityA Card Against Humanity can be used to guarantee a large source of coins for the Greed Donation Machine.
      • (in Repentance) Poops spawned inside of the Ultra Greedier fight are turned into yellow colored poops, and drop normal brown poop pickups.
  • Common display resolutions, such as 1920x1080 with aspect ratio 16:9, will show only part of the arena in fullscreen mode. Switching to windowed mode and then resizing the window makes it possible to keep an eye on the entire arena while playing.

Helpful Items[ | ]

  • As mentioned above, all items that grant a temporary buff or benefit that expire once Isaac leaves the room are extremely powerful in Greed mode, as these effects can last an entire floor's worth of waves, and some can be stacked.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Genesis iconGenesis: Skips an entire floor & potentially saves the run by giving helpful stuff if you were poor in the first place, including a bunch of coins in its' area potentially.
  • Collectible Steam Sale iconSteam Sale: Renders any money-related issues nonexistent and extremely helpful to avoid going bankrupt.
  • Collectible Sack of Pennies iconSack of Pennies: Gives you an abundance of money.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Keeper's Sack iconKeeper's Sack: This item helps massively considering how pretty much the entire dynamic of the mode is trying your best to buy necessary power.
  • Collectible Leech iconLeech and Collectible Charm of the Vampire iconCharm of the Vampire: Help you stay afloat with red HP & (in Repentance)Collectible Blood Puppy iconBlood Puppy is easily agitated with such a large amount of enemies, potentially helping you heal up in its' angriest form.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Mr. ME! iconMr. ME! or (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Crooked Penny iconCrooked Penny: Could help steal items.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Sprinkler iconSprinkler: Useful as you can spawn multiple turrets lasting through waves.
  • Collectible Gnawed Leaf iconGnawed Leaf helps you get out of trouble scot-free as long as you have other items doing your bidding.
  • Beelzebub transformation is very useful as it helps prevent unavoidable damage from off-screen brimstone flight, as well as giving you an army of flies helping you clear waves while you just fly by.
  • Collectible Mega Blast iconMega Blast and (in Repentance)Collectible Mega Mush iconMega Mush are insanely useful, practically making you unstoppable.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Glitched Crown iconGlitched Crown and (in Repentance)Collectible Sacred Orb iconSacred Orb: Godsent, granting exclusively good offers from the items most of the time.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Red Stew iconRed Stew: Incredibly useful, granting a huge damage up for a very long time.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible The Stairway iconThe Stairway: As long as you don't leave arena at the start of a floor, you can do the waves to get richer first, before going into Stairway's deal.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Quints iconQuints: Gives you a persistent source of help during all the waves.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Angry Fly iconAngry Fly and (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Linger Bean iconLinger Bean linger between waves, angry fly just doesn't let go off enemies, making them very helpful.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Azazel's Rage iconAzazel's Rage: Triggers every 4 waves.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Larynx iconLarynx: cleans up the mess fast as well as preventing hits with high likely-hood.
  • Collectible D10 iconD10: Gives you breathing room while enemies get repurposed, while also making your life easier with weaker versions of them.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Birthright iconBirthright + Character Tainted Cain iconTainted Cain: Purchasing an on-sale item over and over while having Birthright results in almost infinite consumables.
  • (except in Repentance)Collectible Betrayal iconBetrayal: Charms every enemy when hit, allowing an entire wave to be cleared at the cost of one hit.
  • Collectible Black Candle iconBlack Candle: Not very helpful outside of removing darkness and blind from items, but when it finally becomes useful it does help a ton.
  • Collectible Mom's Heels iconMom's Heels,Collectible The Virus iconThe Virus and Collectible Serpent's Kiss iconSerpent's Kiss: Since the mode prevents telefragging for a tiny amount of time even if enemies spawn on top of you - the contact damage trait of that item becomes very useful to instantly kill those that spawn on you with no consequences, however it can turn out badly if said monsters are explosive.
  • Collectible Infestation 2 iconInfestation 2 and (in Repentance)Collectible Keeper's Kin iconKeeper's Kin help a lot due to the nature of the game.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Potato Peeler iconPotato Peeler helps a lot to create an army of Meat Boys. Both Meat Boy and Bandage Girl make your life significantly easier to the point clearing waves becomes a walk in the park.
  • Collectible Guppy's Head iconGuppy's Head helps a lot since you can use it every single wave.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Book of the Dead iconBook of the Dead: Spawns bone orbitals or charmed BonyBonies when there are killed enemies in a room. Making this item especially useful after the first 8 rounds and before the boss rounds.
  • Collectible D20 iconD20: The D20 is a one-item game breaker as long as the Shop has a Lil' BatteryLil' Battery available. See the tips section above for more information.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible D Infinity iconD Infinity: Incredibly powerful in Greed Mode, as the dice can now be toggled to mimic the effects of the Collectible D1 iconD1, Collectible The D6 iconThe D6, and the Collectible D20 iconD20, allowing Isaac to quickly gain consumables and reroll items.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Dark Arts iconDark Arts: Dark Arts can be used to press the button without taking any damage, kill many enemies with each activation, and have the item be constantly recharged with each wave.
    • While playing as Character Tainted Judas iconTainted Judas, each enemy or projectile ran into will grant a damage buff. With the sheer amount of enemies appearing, especially in Greedier, Tainted Judas will gain an immense damage buff and can kill huge swaths of enemies with ease. Additionally, this is even more potent against Boss Ultra Greed ingameUltra Greed, as you can run through the many Greed GaperGreed Gapers summoned to gain even greater damage buff, as the Gapers will be clustered very closely together.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Gello iconGello: Incredibly powerful, as it can be activated multiple times in the same room.
  • Collectible Bloody Lust iconBloody Lust,(in Repentance)Collectible Bloody Gust iconBloody Gust and especiallyCollectible Lusty Blood iconLusty Blood are very useful due to the nature of gamemode's gimmick.
  • Collectible Number Two iconNumber Two: Can deal room-wide damage every 5 seconds, as well as giving you free bombs to blow up shopkeepers & secret room walls.
  • (except in Repentance)Collectible Red Candle iconRed Candle: Filling the room with flames before pushing the button will quickly kill all enemies and bosses.
    • (in Repentance) This method is no longer effective because the flames now extinguish after a set time.
  • Collectible Wooden Nickel iconWooden Nickel: Allows Isaac to easily gain a lot more money very quickly, as it can be used once per wave. If the Collectible 9 Volt icon9 Volt is also picked up, Isaac can use activate the item once every 15 seconds to gain infinite money as long as there is an enemy left in the room.
  • Liberty CapLiberty Cap: constantly re-entering the arena helps consistently sustainCollectible Magic Mushroom iconMagic Mushroom effect every single floor except the very last one.
  • (in Repentance)Mom's LockMom's Lock: can be used to get a powerful item likeCollectible Mom's Knife iconMom's Knife by re-entering the arena.
  • Counterfeit PennyCounterfeit Penny, Swallowed PennySwallowed Penny and all other penny trinkets are useful due to the nature of Greed Mode. Even (in Repentance)Cursed PennyCursed Penny is useful if you're trying to teleport into the exit door of the floor ; Although it is wise to take all money before picking the trinket up, and only using it with 1 coin left.
  • (in Repentance)Sigil of BaphometSigil of Baphomet: makes clearing the floors a breeze, (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Pay to WinPay to Win is a Godsent due to lack of items in the mode and the TickTick helps dealing with hordes of enemies as well.

Unhelpful Items[ | ]

  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Blanket iconBlanket: Only grants a shield for the two boss fights on the final level. The shield does not activate for the regular boss waves on previous floors.
  • (in Afterbirth †)Collectible Camo Undies iconCamo Undies: This item does almost nothing in Greed Mode, despite being able to be obtained from the Greed Mode Treasure Room.
    • (in Repentance) Due to its ability to destroy ShopkeeperShopkeepers, Camo Undies can net you some extra pennies or nickels from shops each floor. Its' new effect in Repentance also nets you a risk | reward dynamic as long as you re-enter the arena. You risk by losing money but get rewarded by clearing the waves easier.
  • Collectible Champion Belt iconChampion Belt:While it does provide a damage up, it also quadruples the chance for champion enemies to appear, while not being able to profit from any extra pickups dropping from champions.
  • Collectible D12 iconD12: Very few rocks to reroll, however, can be abused to force a hatch to the next floor.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Eucharist iconEucharist: You're already guaranteed an Angel or Devil deal each floor, so all this does is ensures that it's an Angel Deal.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Guppy's Eye iconGuppy's Eye: This item is substantially less useful in Greed Mode, due to the scarcity of chests.
  • Collectible Guppy's Tail iconGuppy's Tail: This item has no effect in Greed Mode other than counting towards the Guppy Transformation.
  • Collectible Holy Mantle iconHoly Mantle: Only triggers once without leaving the room, however can still be useful to make use of curse rooms for free ; As well as stepping on the spikey button with no consequences.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Mom's Bracelet iconMom's Bracelet: Very few rocks to throw.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Mama Mega! iconMama Mega!: The explosion will only trigger once per room, making it effectively useless in Greed Mode after the first activation.
  • Collectible The Mind iconThe Mind: In Greed Mode, this item effectively becomes Collectible Blue Map iconBlue Map. Other map-related items such as Collectible Treasure Map iconTreasure Map and Collectible The Compass iconThe Compass are negated completely irrelevant.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Pause iconPause: Using the item in Greed Mode will freeze all enemies but will not pause the timer. New waves of enemies will continue to spawn even while the effect is active.
  • (in Repentance)Soul of CainSoul of Cain: Will show red door outlines, but cannot generate normal red rooms, leaving only special rooms as a rare possibility. The red outlines can be used to find the Secret Room, however.
  • Collectible The Wafer iconThe Wafer: Only Ultra Greed, Champion enemies, spikes, and certain enemies deal 1 heart of damage.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Meat Cleaver iconMeat Cleaver: Virtually useless, especially considering how pretty much none of the champions drop any pickups.
  • (in Repentance)Collectible Dream Catcher iconDream Catcher doesn't show the outcomes for the boss waves and is bugged in the way that it doesn't show the right items, making it absolutely useless with the exception of half a soul heart on every floor entrance.
  • Collectible Deep Pockets iconDeep Pockets: doesn't drop more money during the waves & is only potentially useful if you manage to find 2 of Diamonds card, which is pretty rare already.

Gallery[ | ]

Trivia[ | ]

  • Ultra Greed’s theme, named “Chorus Mortus”, is a remix of the main menu theme.
  • During Greedier mode, beating Ultra Greedier with poop in the room turns it into golden colored poops, however, it'll drop normal brown poop pickups.
  • Greed Mode is the only place in the game where Collectible Match Book iconMatch Book doesn't drop Match StickMatch Stick.
  • Despite being possible to make, red rooms will only open if a generated one is a special one, or if you're on the final floor. Red Rooms on the last floor are just empty with no contents inside.
  • Lucky pennies never drop during any of the waves.
  • Unlike vanilla gamemode, deal precedent only applies after doing the "hellish" wave, even if a deal was already seen via a red chest or Joker teleport.
  • (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Sulfuric Acid iconSulfuric Acid is both a blessing and a curse since it helps to always find secret rooms for free and destroy polyps to avoid damage that out of your hands ; however it is bad for Character The Lost iconThe Lost and Character Tainted Lost iconTainted Lost because you effectively can't hide inside rocks anymore.
  • Both Collectible Head of the Keeper iconHead of the Keeper and (in Afterbirth † and Repentance)Collectible Eye of Greed iconEye of Greed are very useful throughout the entire run but harm you severely during the final boss fight by giving Boss Ultra Greed ingameUltra Greed and (in Afterbirth † and Repentance) Boss Ultra Greedier ingameUltra Greedier a consistent way to heal themselves.
  • Collectible Money = Power iconMoney = Power is a double edged sword in the mode as it essentially forces you to choose between buying shop items | saving coins for Greed donation machine or keeping it for empowerment in form of money itself.
  • Isaac doesn't have the animation of jumping inside a golden chest in the end, possibly drawing a parallel with the ending in which he gets stucked inside a cave, becoming Greed. Possibly referencing how Isaac was thinking about his Dad all the time during his lifetime, practically getting obsessed with the divorce situation.

Bugs[ | ]

Bug Bug! If the Super Secret Room is generated behind the locked (golden) Treasure Room, it is possible to get stuck by teleporting into before unlocking the Treasure Room. The Treasure Room doors all become unlocked when one of them is, unlike the normal game mode where a Treasure Room may have only one locked door, which results in the bombable wall between the Super Secret Room and the Treasure Room also being "locked". It cannot be bombed or opened with a key from inside the Super Secret Room, and unless another means of teleporting is available, the run is softlocked.
Bug Bug! Using (in Repentance)Collectible Genesis iconGenesis forces you down a new "Ultra Greed" floor instead of the safe place, even if the final boss is already killed.
Bug Bug! (in Repentance)Collectible Dream Catcher iconDream Catcher shows the wrong items in Greed mode.


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