Pyromaniac

"It hurts so good +5 Bombs"

Item ID
5.100.223

Character Appearance

Item Pool

			Treasure Room
			Treasure Room

Collection Grid

(page 3, column 10, row 2)

(page 2, column 20, row 5)

This article is about the explosion immunity item. For the item that grants bombs, see Pyro.

Pyromaniac is a special passive item.

Effects

• +5 bombs.
• All explosions heal Isaac instead of damaging him. If Isaac has no Red Heart containers or full health, no damage is taken.
  • Explosions heal one full Red Heart.
  • Explosions heal one half Red Heart.
• Grants immunity to damage from Fire Places or enemy fires, but does not heal Isaac.
  • It does not protect the player from taking damage from the White Fireplace in Downpour II, making it still possible to acquire Knife Piece 1.

Notes

• Makes the player immune to Mom's, Satan's, and other enemies' stomp attacks, making those fights substantially less difficult.
  • Due to the immunity to Mom's stomping attack, Mom's Toenail has improved usefulness.
• Makes the player immune to The Cage's, The Adversary's, Mega Satan's, and Ultra Greedier's rock wave attack.
• The item is unable to produce Soul Hearts, Black Hearts, or Eternal Hearts, making Pyromaniac a little less effective if used with ??? or The Lost. However, these characters still gain immunity to explosions.
• Makes the player immune to fires left behind by enemies and their hot bombs, as well as projectiles from Red and Purple Fireplaces but not the fireplaces themselves.
• Ultra Greed's second form in Greedier mode uses explosive attacks almost exclusively. As a result, Pyromaniac makes characters nearly invulnerable against him.

Synergies

• Dr. Fetus / Epic Fetus / Ipecac: Explosions heal Isaac, essentially making him invincible as long as he has more than one red heart container and a decent rate of fire.

Trivia

• This item is used in Blue Bomber (challenge #23).
• Pyromania is an impulse control disorder in which individuals repeatedly fail to resist impulses to deliberately start fires.
• This item was greatly nerfed, as now nothing else than bombs and explosions can heal.

Seeds

PC 7HQC 0YH9 (Treasure Room adjacent to spawn)

PC PR2N SB6M (Treasure Room adjacent to spawn, Kamikaze! synergy on first floor)

PC 0DJW Y6DB (Pyro + Pyromaniac adjacent to spawn)

PC 0MMV NJKX (First floor Treasure Room)

PC 2CBJ S32P (Treasure Room adjacent to spawn)

PC 47SZ RCWR (Treasure Room, 2 rooms right of spawn)

PS4 7BAK S8YD (First floor Treasure Room)

3DS 4L93 XLGW (Treasure Room adjacent to spawn)

Switch YDRY EDY0 (First Golden Treasure Room) (Curse of the Blind)

Bombs

Items:

• Anarchist Cookbook
• Blood Bombs
• Bob's Curse
• Bob's Rotten Head
• Bobby-Bomb
• Bomber Boy
• Boom!
• Brimstone Bombs
• Butt Bombs
• Curse of the Tower
• Dr. Fetus
• Fast Bombs
• Ghost Bombs
• Glitter Bombs
• Hot Bombs
• Mama Mega!
• Mr. Boom
• Mr. Mega
• Nancy Bombs
• No. 2
• Pyro
• Remote Detonator
• Rocket in a Jar
• Sad Bombs
• Scatter Bombs
• Sticky Bombs

Trinkets:

• Blasting Cap
• Bob's Bladder
• Ring Cap
• Short Fuse

Cards:

• XVI - The Tower