It Lives is a boss that can appear on the second floor of Chapter 4 (Womb, Utero, Scarred Womb). It permanently replaces Mom's Heart after killing the latter 11 times.
Behavior[]
It Lives behaves identically to Mom's Heart, with the exceptions of different spawns for its phases:
- In phase 1 the order is now:
- In phase 2 the is order is now:
- In phase 3 the order is now:
Then It Lives shoots brimstone lasers to four sides and will spin, much like Krampus.
Gallery[]
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It Lives! in-game.
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It Lives! as one of
Delirium's forms.
Unlockable Achievements[]
- Wrapped Baby -
Defeat Mom's Heart on Hard mode as Azazel
Defeat Mom's Heart on Hard mode as Lazarus.
- Begotten Baby -
Defeat Mom's Heart on Hard mode as Lazarus
Defeat Mom's Heart on Hard mode as Azazel.
Notes[]
- Just like Mom and Mom's Heart, using The Bible or
XV - The Devil? against It Lives will kill it instantly.
Isaac can encounter It Lives in the nightmare boss wave of chapter 4 in Greed/Greedier mode even if it has not been unlocked.
Trivia[]
- It Lives appeared in the original The Binding of Isaac. Unlike its appearance in Rebirth, It Lives had opened eyes, a simple poker face, and hung to the ceiling in a sideways position via an umbilical cord.
- The music that plays during this fight is titled Ventricide.[1] Ventricide is a portmanteau formed from the word ventricle (chamber of the heart) and the suffix -cide, which denotes an act of killing. This theme is used in other tracks, such as Matricide, Hericide, and Infanticide.
- Ventricide could also be a junction of the prefix ventr- (from the latin word venter), which could denote "belly", "stomach", "womb" or "fetus", with the suffix -cide.
- It Lives shares this theme with Mom's Heart, and therefore, both interpretations could co-exist.
- It Lives, according to the developers, takes the shape of what Isaac looked like as a fetus.
- According to Edmund McMillen, It Lives supposedly represents Isaac wishing that he were never born.
- It Lives makes the same sounds as Mom's Heart.
- Like Mom's Heart, if Isaac takes damage from It Lives' Brimstone attack, Mom's laugh can be heard.
- Despite being a major boss, It Lives isn't linked to any Ending, instead, it opens up entrances to both Sheol and the Cathedral, as well as
??? if beaten in under 30 minutes.
- The unlock note for It Lives states "Your futures past awaits.", referencing Time Fcuk, another game by Edmund Mcmillen.
During the versus screen, It Lives' enemy/boss-spawning sound can be heard. It Lives is one of
seven/
five bosses that can be heard during the versus screen, the other
six/
four being
The Stain,
The Forsaken,
Big Horn, Mom,
Mom's Heart and
Mother.
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