This article is about the Magneto item. For a similar item, see Strange Attractor. For a related trinket, see Broken Magnet.
Magneto is a passive item.
Effects[]
- Pickups (e.g. hearts, coins, keys, bombs, etc.) are attracted to Isaac.
- The attraction enables the item to pass/fly over pits or rocks, but not through Key Blocks.
- Hearts are only attracted if Isaac could pick them up with his existing Red Heart containers.
- Batteries act similarly to hearts in that they will only be attracted to Isaac if his active item isn't fully charged.
Chests roughly 2 or fewer tiles away from Isaac open automatically. Spiked Chests are opened without damaging Isaac. Locked Chests and Bomb Chests are not opened and still require a key/bomb, though Locked chests will be opened from a distance if Isaac possesses the Paper Clip.
Notes[]
- Magneto can attract
Scared Hearts, but they still run away from Isaac.
Grab Bags are not attracted by Magneto.
They are also not opened by Magneto.
If Magneto opens the chests in Challenge Rooms, the waves won't start spawning unless you touch the empty chests, nor will the way out be closed.
Interactions[]
Hypercoagulation: Magneto cuts the momentum of the hearts, allowing for easy pickup and, in turn, making Isaac very tough to kill.
Options?: If a chest is presented as a choice and opened by Magneto, the other reward won't disappear unless the empty chest is then touched. Chests with items disappear or make the other reward disappear, though.
Options? +
Broken Modem: If Broken Modem duplicates a chest that was spawned by Options?, using Magneto to immediately open the chest while in its glitched form will create a
TMTRAINER item if the chest contained an item.
- Tainted Magdalene/ Tainted Keeper: Attracts hearts and coins dropped by enemies, allowing for easier survival and/or coin-gathering, respectively.
- Tainted ???: Poop pickups are not attracted.
- Paper Clip: Allows locked chests to be opened from a short distance.
- Broken Magnet: Does not increase the pull speed of coins.
In-game Footage[]
Trivia[]
- The item's name may be a reference to the X-Men villain, Magneto.
- This item's coloration and placement on Isaac's head may be a nod to Magnet Man, a villain from the early Mega Man games (noticeably Mega Man 3).
- Despite what the description says, Magneto will not attract passive or active items.
- Broken Magnet appears to be half of this item, and indeed retains part of its function.
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