Shade

"It follows"

Item ID
5.100.468

Item Pool

			Curse Room
			Devil Room
			Devil Room

Collection Grid

(page 4, column 3, row 6)

(page 4, column 4, row 6)

Unlock Method
Defeat Delirium as Judas

Shade is an unlockable passive item added in Afterbirth †.

Effects

• Grants a shadow familiar that follows Isaac's movements on a 1-second delay and deals 2 contact damage per tick or 30 damage per second to enemies.
• Shade is absorbed by Isaac after dealing 600 damage.
  • The familiar disappears and turns into friendly dark Chargers, similar to those spawned by My Shadow.
  • Isaac will now do equal contact damage at the same rate as the Shade used to.
    • BFFS! will continue to work on Isaac even after absorption, doubling damage dealt.
    • Isaac's contact damage increases when absorbing multiple Shade familiars.

Notes

• If other familiars that move with a similar pattern such as Multidimensional Baby have been collected before the Shade, it will follow them instead with further delay.
• If Isaac gains a method of flight, Shade will gain wings.

Trivia

• Obsessed Fan behaves similarly to Shade before the disappearance, but with a longer delay on following Isaac's movements.
• Shade's pickup quote may be a reference to the horror film "It Follows".