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This article is about Isaac's primary weapon. For the attribute of the same name that governs the rate of fire, see Tears .
Tear Effects modify Isaac's primary weapon — tears. A few of the most common tear effects are listed below.
Effect
Appearance
Description
Homing
Completely diverts from their original path to seek nearby enemies. The distance homing tears can travel is determined by the range stat.
Piercing
Can travel through enemies (but not obstacles) without breaking on impact. Once a single target or a segment of an enemy has been hit by a piercing tear, it can no longer take damage from that tear. However, piercing effects also remove knockback .
Spectral
Can travel through obstacles (but not enemies) without breaking on impact. Spectral tears can be used to safely dispatch most types of monsters from behind obstacles, or over them in combination with flying . Allows tears to pass through both enemies and obstacles if combined with Piercing.
Activated Items that grant homing tears [ edit | edit source ]
Passive Items that grant homing tears [ edit | edit source ]
Name
ID
Icon
Quote
Description
Quality
Godhead
5.100. 331
God tears
Grants homing tears with a damaging halo. +0.5 damage , -0.3 tears , +1.2 range , -0.3 shot speed , +0.8 tear height .
4
Sacred Heart
5.100. 182
Homing shots + DMG up
Grants homing tears , x2.3 damage multiplier, +1 flat damage, +4.125 range , +0.75 tear height , -0.4 tears , -0.25 shot speed , a red Heart Container and replenishes all Red Hearts.
4
Spoon Bender
5.100. 3
Homing shots
Grants Isaac homing tears .
3
Trinkets that grant homing tears [ edit | edit source ]
Name
ID
Icon
Quote
Description
Nose Goblin
5.350. 98
Seems magic...
Chance to fire a homing booger that sticks to enemies and deals damage over time.
Ouroboros Worm
5.350. 96
Foop foop!
Tears travel in a large spiral pattern and become spectral, with a small chance to home .
Cards that grant homing tears [ edit | edit source ]
Familiars that fire homing tears [ edit | edit source ]
Trinkets that grant Familiars homing tears [ edit | edit source ]
Name
ID
Icon
Quote
Description
Baby-Bender
5.350. 127
Feed them magic!
Grants Isaac's familiars homing shots.
Passive Items that grant piercing tears [ edit | edit source ]
Name
ID
Icon
Quote
Description
Quality
Cupid's Arrow
5.100. 48
Piercing shots
Grants Isaac piercing tears that travel through enemies (but not obstacles) instead of breaking on impact with them.
3
Dead Onion
5.100. 336
Toxic aura tears
Grants piercing and spectral tears. Increases tear size (without increasing damage) while greatly reducing range and shot speed.
3
Death's Touch
5.100. 237
Penetrative shot + damage up
+1.5 damage , -0.3 tears . Tears are replaced with large piercing scythes.
3
Sagittarius
5.100. 306
Penetrative shot + speed up
Increases speed by +0.2 and grants piercing tears .
3
Eye of Belial
5.100. 462
Possessed tears!
Grants piercing tears. After piercing one enemy, tears start homing and deal double damage.
3
Trisagion
5.100. 533
Smite thy enemy
Damage down. Tears are replaced with piercing white blasts of light that can damage the same enemy multiple times.
2
Trinkets that grant piercing tears [ edit | edit source ]
Name
ID
Icon
Quote
Description
Push Pin
5.350. 31
Piercing shots
Adds a 10% chance to shoot a piercing and spectral tear.
Passive Items that grant spectral tears [ edit | edit source ]
Name
ID
Icon
Quote
Description
Quality
Dead Dove
5.100. 185
Flight + spectral tears
Grants spectral tears and flight .
3
Dead Onion
5.100. 336
Toxic aura tears
Grants piercing and spectral tears. Increases tear size (without increasing damage) while greatly reducing range and shot speed.
3
Ouija Board
5.100. 115
Spectral tears
Grants spectral tears that travel through obstacles (but not enemies) instead of breaking on impact with them.
2
Spirit of the Night
5.100. 159
Scary
Grants spectral tears and flight .
3
Tiny Planet
5.100. 233
Orbiting tears + range up
Range up and makes shot tears revolve around Isaac until they drop.
0
Continuum
5.100. 369
Transcendent tears
Grants spectral tears and increases range . Tears travel through walls and appear at the opposite side of the room.
2
Pupula Duplex
5.100. 379
Wide shot
Gives Isaac spectral tears and gives his tears a wide arc shape, increasing their size.
2
The Wiz
5.100. 358
Double wiz shot!
Tears simultaneously fire out of both eyes diagonally, similar to the effect of the R U a Wizard? pill. Isaac's tears also travel above all obstacles.
1
Familiars that fire spectral tears [ edit | edit source ]
Trinkets that grant spectral tears [ edit | edit source ]
Name
ID
Icon
Quote
Description
Push Pin
5.350. 31
Piercing shots
Adds a 10% chance to shoot a piercing and spectral tear.
Ouroboros Worm
5.350. 96
Foop foop!
Tears travel in a large spiral pattern and become spectral, with a small chance to home .