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Challenge Creator

Welcome to the Isaac Challenge Creator, where you can create your own custom The Binding of Isaac challenges!
Select the challenge options down below to generate the .xml code! Note that enabling some options will make the challenge require Repentogon, unless you add a custom LUA code to the challenge with an alternative method. These are marked with the Repentogon logo.

The name of the challenge that will be displayed in the in-game menu.
Most challenges are played on Normal mode.
The character used for the challenge.
Here you can insert a custom modded character name. This will overwrite the selected vanilla character in the previous field.
Adds/removes Heart Containers.
Adds/removes Red Hearts.
Adds/removes Soul Hearts.
Adds/removes Black Hearts.

Starting items

Select items to insert

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Special

Item Copies (?) Player 2 (?)
Click here to insert items

Room filters

Click the room icons above to enable/disable special rooms.
Note that only the special rooms listed above may be disabled via the challenge file.

Curse filters

Click the curse icons above to enable/disable curses.
Red = always disabled | Green = always enabled | Normal (purple) = normal behavior

The final boss/area where the challenge ends.
Insert the achievement ids (comma-separated) required in order to unlock the challenge.
Unlocks the specified achievement id or name after beating the challenge.
What to display instead of the challenge name if it's locked.
Grants additional coins to the character.
Grants additional flat damage.
Prevents the fire rate from going below this number. The fire rate set here will be the one displayed on the in-game HUD.

Miscallenous options

Reset

Challenge code

Here is your generated code!
Paste this into The Binding of Isaac Rebirth/mods/<YourModFolder>/content/challenges.xml to add your challenge!

Note: some of the chosen attributes require Repentogon.
These will not work without Repentogon unless you also create a custom code that handles these scenarios.

Check out the video below for detailed instructions on making Custom Challenges.


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