The Stairway

"May you get what you came for"
Entity ID	5.100.586
Item Pool	Angel Room Angel Room
Collection Grid	(page 5, column 2, row 6)
Unlock Method	Defeat Isaac as Jacob and Esau

The Stairway is a passive item added in The Binding of Isaac: Repentance.

Effects

• Generates a ladder which leads to a special Angel Room Shop at the start of every floor, regardless of whether a devil deal has been taken. These angel shops always contain the following:
  • Three items/pickups for sale. These items/pickups can be on sale, just like with normal Shops.
    • An item from the Angel Room Item Pool for 15 pennies.
    • An Eternal heart for 5 pennies.
    • A Soul heart for 5 pennies.
    • A key for 5 pennies.
    • A Holy Card for 5 pennies.
  • An Angel statue. The Angel can be fought for a Key Piece like normal.
  • A normal beggar or rotten beggar next to the entrance.
  • A Confessional, if it has been unlocked.

Notes

• The ladder to the angel room disappears if Isaac leaves the starting room, regardless whether Isaac has climbed it or not.
  • The ladder also disappears after save-quitting.
• The Angel Shop uses the Treasure Room item pool rather than the Angel Room item pool for external item generation.^{[citation needed]}
• During the Ascent, ladders will generate in the "starting rooms" (where light beams are located) on every floor.
• The ladder will appear in Greed Mode, but the ladder may be blocked off depending on the room layout.
• The ladder will appear in the Mirrored World in the starting room, and will lead to the same shop.
• Since a beggar always spawns immediately to the right of the entrance way, extra caution needs to be taken to not accidentally give them money.

Interactions

• Credit Card/ Coupon: Can be used to obtain items for free.
• Restock/ Store Credit: No effect in the Angel shop.
• Steam Sale: Reduces the prices of the items on offer.

Trivia

• This item was originally called "Jacob's Ladder" in Antibirth, but was changed, most likely to avoid confusion between this item and the existing Jacob's Ladder. Jacob's ladder refers to a ladder leading to Heaven that Jacob sees in a dream in the Book of Genesis.
• This item's name and its flavor text are a reference to the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven."