The Host

 

Challenge Number
18

Starting Items
The Mulligan
Spiderbaby
Trinket:
Tick

Available Rooms
: no          : yes

Goal

Unlocks
Technology .5

The Host is Challenge #18, starting with the items Spiderbaby, The Mulligan, and the Tick. The goal is to defeat Mom. This Challenge is unlocked by default.

Difficulty

• Isaac starts with the Tick, meaning picking up other trinkets is impossible without Mom's Purse or Belly Button.
  • It is also removable using the Match Stick.
  • A Gulp pill or Smelter can also be used to ingest the Tick.

Strategy

• Shops can sell Mom's Purse, which will allow a second trinket.
• Shops can also sell Hive Mind, which will make blue flies and blue spiders bigger and stronger.
• Shops can also sell Smelter, which will allow the tick to be smelted and new trinkets to be picked up.

Reward

• 

  Technology .5 - Complete The Host (challenge #18).

Trivia

• A host is an organism that is infected by a parasite, which explains why Isaac has items and trinkets relating to parasites.
• This challenge is similar to the 'Lord of the Flies' challenge in the original game.