Tear Effects

This article is about Isaac's primary weapon. For the attribute of the same name that governs the rate of fire, see Tears. For debuffs that can be inflicted on monsters, see Status Effects.

Tear Effects modify Isaac's primary weapon — tears. A few of the most common tear effects are listed below.

Effects[]

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.

Homing[]

Activated Items that grant homing tears[]

Name	ID	Icon	Quote	Description	Quality
Telepathy for Dummies	5.100.192		Temporary psychic shot	Gives homing tears for the current room. Also gives +3 range.	1

Passive Items that grant homing tears[]

Name	ID	Quote	Description	Quality
Godhead	5.100.331	God tears	Grants homing tears with a damaging halo. +0.5 Damage, -0.3 Tears -0.3 Shot Speed, +0.8 Tear Height, and +1.2 Range.	4
Sacred Heart	5.100.182	Homing shots + DMG up	Gives Isaac a red Heart Container and replenishes all Red Hearts. Grants homing tears, a x2.3 Damage multiplier, +1 flat Damage, -0.4 Tears, -0.25 Shot Speed, +0.75 Tear Height +4.125 Range	4
Spoon Bender	5.100.3	Homing shots	Grants Isaac homing tears.	3
Hallowed Ground	5.100.543	Portable sanctuary	Spawns a white poop familiar, which turns into a white poop when Isaac is hurt. White poop has an aura that increases tear fire rate and can block enemy shots.	1
C Section	5.100.678	Fetus shots	Replaces tears with fetuses that chase down enemies and deal contact damage. Each shot requires a brief charge up.	4
Star of Bethlehem	5.100.651	Follow the light	Spawns a star familiar that slowly travels towards the Boss Room, giving an aura that increases damage and tears and grants homing tears.	3

Trinkets that grant homing tears[]

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 gain spectral, with a small chance to gain homing. Also adds +0.4 Tears.

Cards that grant homing tears[]

Name	ID	Icon	Message	Description
I - The Magician	5.300.2		May you never miss your goal	Grants homing tears and +3 Range for the current room (same effect as Telepathy for Dummies).

Familiars that fire homing tears[]

Name	ID	Icon	Quote	Description	Quality
Little Steven	5.100.100		Psychic friend	Spawns a familiar who follows Isaac around and fires homing tears.	1
Seraphim	5.100.390		Sworn friend	Spawns an angel familiar which follows Isaac and fires homing tears which deal 10 damage and have 75% shot speed.	3

Trinkets that grant Familiars homing tears[]

Name	ID	Icon	Quote	Description
Baby-Bender	5.350.127		Feed them magic!	Grants Isaac's familiars homing shots.

Piercing[]

Passive Items that grant piercing tears[]

Name	ID	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	Piercing shots + DMG up	+1.5 damage, -0.3 tears. Tears are replaced with large piercing scythes.	3
Sagittarius	5.100.306	Piercing shots + speed up	Increases speed by +0.2 and grants piercing tears.	3
Technology	5.100.68	Laser tears	Replaces tears with a piercing laser with unlimited range.	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
C Section	5.100.678	Fetus shots	Replaces tears with fetuses that chase down enemies and deal contact damage. Each shot requires a brief charge up.	4

Familiars that fire piercing tears[]

Name	ID	Icon	Quote	Description	Quality
Robo-Baby	5.100.95		Friends 'till the bbbbzzzt	Spawns a familiar that shoots Technology lasers.	1
Robo-Baby 2.0	5.100.267		We worked out all the kinks	Spawns a familiar that fires lasers at any enemy in its line of sight and moves based on the direction Isaac is firing tears.	1

Trinkets that grant piercing tears[]

Name	ID	Icon	Quote	Description
Push Pin	5.350.31		Piercing shots	Adds a 10% chance to shoot a piercing and spectral tear.

Spectral[]

Passive Items that grant spectral tears[]

Name	ID	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
C Section	5.100.678	Fetus shots	Replaces tears with fetuses that chase down enemies and deal contact damage. Each shot requires a brief charge up.	4

Familiars that fire spectral tears[]

Name	ID	Icon	Quote	Description	Quality
Ghost Baby	5.100.163		Spectral buddy	Spawns a familiar that follows Isaac around and fires spectral tears.	1
Robo-Baby	5.100.95		Friends 'till the bbbbzzzt	Spawns a familiar that shoots Technology lasers.	1

Trinkets that grant spectral tears[]

Name	ID	Quote	Description
Push Pin	5.350.31	Piercing shots	Adds a 10% chance to shoot a piercing and spectral tear.
Ring Worm	5.350.11	Woop woop!	Isaac fires in a fast spiraling pattern. Also grants +0.4 Tears and spectral tears.
Wiggle Worm	5.350.10	Wiggle waggle!	Isaac's tears travel in a wave-like pattern. +0.4 Tears up. Also grants spectral tears.
Ouroboros Worm	5.350.96	Foop foop!	Tears travel in a large spiral pattern and gain spectral, with a small chance to gain homing. Also adds +0.4 Tears.