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.

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.	0

Passive Items that grant homing tears

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

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

Name	ID	Icon	Message	Desciption
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	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

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	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

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

Trinkets that grant spectral tears

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.