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Head of Krampus is an unlockable activated item.

Effects[ | ]

  • Fires a powerful Collectible Brimstone iconBrimstone beam in the four cardinal directions, much like Boss The Fallen ingameThe Fallen and Boss Krampus ingameKrampus shoot.
    • (in Afterbirth) Has a 50% chance to rotate all beams around the player 90 degrees, similar to Krampus' second Brimstone attack.

Notes[ | ]

  • Head of Krampus is one of two items that can drop by defeating Boss Krampus ingameKrampus.
  • (except in Repentance) Each beam deals 22 damage per tick, and they tick a total of 20 times, dealing a total of 440 damage per use.
    • (in Repentance) Each beam deals 10 damage over 20 ticks, dealing a total of 200 damage per use.
  • Damaging enemies with the effect of this item as GuppyGuppy will spawn multiple Blue Flies.
  • By standing really close to large enemies such as bosses, it's possible to hit them with multiple beams at once, dealing significantly more damage than a single beam.

Synergies[ | ]

  • (in Repentance)Collectible Book of Virtues iconBook of Virtues: Spawns red wisps in the middle ring. The wisps fire small link={{{page}}}[[{{{page}}}|Brimstone]] lasers in the cardinal directions when destroyed. The lasers deal the wisps' tear damage per tick, and can hit up to 20 times. link={{{page}}}[[{{{page}}}|BFFS!]] will not increase this damage, despite it scaling with the wisps' tear damage.
  • (except in Rebirth)Collectible Car Battery iconCar Battery: Doubles the damage the brimstone beams deal (for a total of (except in Repentance) 880 damage/(in Repentance) 400 damage per use). Doesn't double the brimstone beams' duration.

In-game Footage[ | ]

Trivia[ | ]

  • This item was originally planned to appear as a Halloween Update in the original The Binding of Isaac but was scrapped.
    • A scrapped item in the original game called Pumpkin Mask was very similar in effect to Head of Krampus.

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History[ | ]

  • v1.031: Head of Krampus' recharge was set to 6 charges, up from 3.


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