Pestilence
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Ingame Appearance
Entity ID
64.0


Pestilence is a Harbinger that can appear in all environments of Chapter 2 ( The Caves,
The Catacombs,
Flooded Caves).
Contents
Behavior[edit | edit source]
Phase 1[edit | edit source]
- Floats around the room, leaving a large trail of damaging Green Creep.
- Fires an
Ipecac projectile at Isaac, which leaves Green Creep on impact.
- Summons two Chargers or Spitties and can have a maximum of four summons.
- Any Chargers or Spitties caught in Pestilence's Ipecac explosion will be killed.
Phase 2[edit | edit source]
After taking enough damage, Pestilence's head will explode, beginning the second phase.
- No longer moves around the room but slowly drifts around, leaving Green Creep.
- Continues to fire Ipecac projectiles at Isaac, but at a faster rate.
- Summons two Attack Flies.
Champion Versions
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- Pale Grey: Leaves a trail of slowing White Creep instead of Green Creep, shoots 6 projectiles in all directions instead of an Ipecac shot and spawns Trites instead of Chargers or Spitties. It spawns Spiders instead of Attack Flies in Phase 2.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Pale Grey Champion Pestilence before Repentance.
Pestilence as one of Delirium's forms.
Unlockable achievements[edit | edit source]
- The Book of Revelations - Defeat a Harbinger.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Pestilence appeared in the original The Binding of Isaac.
- Pestilence is not directly one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and is not present with the other Horsemen in Revelations (Revelation 6:2). The canonical Four Horsemen are Conquest (white), War (red), Famine (black), and Death (pale).
- However, pestilence is featured as one of God's "four disastrous acts of judgment" alongside sword, famine, and wild beasts (Ezekiel 14:21), which, in some cases, can be interpreted as symbolic of the Horsemen- as the acts of judgement are often used by God for destructive purposes throughout the Bible.
- These four acts are given to the Horseman of Death to perform (Revelation 6:8) despite the contradictory fact that famine, the attribute of a completely separate Horsemen is among the acts.
Despite not being a true Horseman, Ultra Pestilence still appears instead of an ultra version of Conquest during The Beast fight.
- However, pestilence is featured as one of God's "four disastrous acts of judgment" alongside sword, famine, and wild beasts (Ezekiel 14:21), which, in some cases, can be interpreted as symbolic of the Horsemen- as the acts of judgement are often used by God for destructive purposes throughout the Bible.
- Pestilence means a fatal disease epidemic.
- Pestilence is the only Harbinger that does not have a charge attack.
- Pestilence’s head resembles The Husk.
- Pestilence makes a "Hey!" sound when launching explosive projectiles at Isaac. Famine makes the same noises when spitting shots at Isaac at its second phase.
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