Headless Horseman

The Headless Horseman is a Harbinger that can appear in all environments of Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4; replacing any other Horsemen.
The head has 100 HP. The body's HP scales depending on what Chapter it is encountered- ranging from 60-300 HP.

Behavior

The Headless Horseman consists of two entities: The head and the body. Each performs attacks independently of the other.

The head has the following attacks:

Shoots 3 projectiles in a spread at Isaac.
Charges either left or right off-screen and continuing on from the opposite end of the screen. Continues until it has crossed the screen three times.
- It performs this attack more often if Isaac is to its left or right.

Body

Continuously shoots red Ipecac shots at Isaac leaving a large puddle of damaging Red creep on impact.
- This behavior is similar to Pestilence's second phase.

Gallery

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The Headless Horseman in-game.
The Headless Horseman as one of Delirium's forms before Repentance.

Notes

In several normal rooms, the Headless Horseman's head appears on its own without its body.
- Two or three of the Headless Horseman's heads can be found in the same normal rooms.

Trivia

The Headless Horseman appeared in the original The Binding of Isaac.
The Headless Horseman has been a common motif in Europe since the middle ages.
The boss art shows the head with both eyes even though its in-game sprite only has one.
The boss art shows the horse's head as brown even though its in-game sprite is black.
Delirium-form The Headless Horseman's horse resembles Famine's horse rather than The Headless Horseman's.