War

Base HP	Stage HP
500	0

Ingame Appearance

Entity ID
65.0

Found In
Boss



Degraded Boss

Dropped Items
Ball of Bandages
Cube of Meat

Unlock Method
Defeat Mom

War is a Harbinger that can appear in all environments of Chapter 3 ( The Depths, Necropolis, Dank Depths).

Behavior

Phase 1

• Charges either left or right off-screen and continuing on from the opposite end of the screen. Continues until he has crossed the screen three times.
  • He performs this attack more often if Isaac is to his left or right.
• Shoots eight projectiles in all directions.
• Ascends off-screen and summons 5 Troll Bombs.
  • Returns from the side of the screen.

Phase 2

Once his health is below half, War's horse blows up, dropping War, who performs a sobbing animation.

• War charges quickly at Isaac gradually building speed and making more tighter turns. He pauses briefly to sob before restarting this process.

Champion Versions

• Dark Grey: 15% larger with 25% more HP (625). Summons 2 Mega Troll Bombs when he ascends off-screen and summons a single Troll Bomb behind his path when he charges through the screen. He also shoots 6 projectiles in all directions when he stops chasing Isaac in his second phase.

Gallery

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  War in-game.

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  War in his second phase.

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  War in his sobbing animation.

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  Dark Grey Champion War before Repentance.

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  Dark Grey Champion War in his second phase before Repentance.

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  War as one of Delirium's forms.

Unlockable achievements

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  The Book of Revelations - Defeat a Harbinger.

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  7 Seals - Defeat all 5 Harbingers.

Trivia

• War appeared in the original The Binding of Isaac.
• War is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse mentioned in the Bible.
• In many depictions of War, he is shown holding a sword vertically [1], corresponding with why War's battle sprite shows him holding his hobby-horse vertically.
• Although his appearance on the vs screen shows his hobby-horse as brown, it is red in-game.
• War's "horse" appears more akin to a bull.
• In the original game, War's face was round.
  • This has been somewhat reverted in Repentance.
• War can be seen wielding a Wire Coat Hanger as a weapon in one of the original game's concept arts.