Wait What?

Item Icon
Pickup Quote	"I can't believe it's not butter bean!"
Entity ID	5.100.484
Recharge Time	10 seconds
Item Pool	Treasure Room Treasure Room
Quality	0
Item Tags
Collection Grid	(page 4, column 19, row 6) (page 4, column 20, row 6)

Wait What? is an activated item added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth †.

Effects

• Upon use, Isaac farts, knocking back enemies and their shots. It also sends out rock waves that deal 10 damage per tick to nearby enemies and break obstacles.

Notes

• This item is identical to Butter Bean in appearance.
• Butter Bean has a small chance to turn into this item upon pickup.
  • Swapping Butter Bean with other active items no longer has a chance of turning it into Wait What?.
• This item is useful for opening Secret Rooms, Super Secret Rooms, and Bedrooms. In Bedrooms, it can also open up the passage under the carpet.
  • To break open a secret room, the wall must be hit with one of the rock waves, not the gas cloud, so Isaac needs to stand a few steps away from the wall.
• The earthquake can open Bomb Chests.
• The earthquake can be used to blow up the Donation Machine or activate/blow up a Restock Box.
  • Wait What? can no longer withdraw coins from the Donation Machine.

Synergies

• Ghost Pepper: Shoots a flame behind Isaac upon each use of Wait What. While Car Battery does not duplicate Wait What's shockwave, the flame shot is duplicated regardless.
• Book of Virtues: Spawns white-glowing wisps with .5 HP that invoke the effect of Wait What? when destroyed and do not persist between rooms.

Interactions

• Car Battery: No effect.

Trivia

• The item description is a reference to a brand of margarine named "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!".
• Unlike Butter Bean, this item has no unlock condition, meaning it's possible for the player to find it right away, making the joke and reference slightly confusing.

Seeds

Switch J970 EMC4 (First Golden Treasure Room)

Switch 8XT6 PKGM (First Treasure Room)

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