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.
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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.
 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
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