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Athame item
Athame is an unlockable passive item in The Binding of Isaac, added in the Afterbirth DLC.
Description
Killing an enemy has a luck-based chance to spawn a black Brimstone ring that deals Isaac's tear damage to everything it touches, 15 times per second.
Enemies killed by the ring have a chance of spawning another ring, starting at 25% with 0 luck, and going up to 100% with 30 luck.
The ring lasts for 2 seconds and inherits Isaac's tear effects.
Note
This page shows the latest information as of the new Repentance+ (Online Co-op) DLC.
To see information about this item for the previous Repentance version, check this page instead.
How to unlock?
Defeat Hush as Eve.
Item pools
Athame can be found in the following item pools:
| Name | Weight |
|---|---|
| Devil Room |
1.0/1.0
|
| Curse Room |
1.0/1.0
|
| Greed Curse Room |
1.0/1.0
|
| Greed Devil Room |
1.0/1.0
|
Tags
The following tags are applied to this item:
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| summonable | Can be summoned via  Lemegeton. |
| offensive | Can appear for  Tainted Lost. |
Internal item description
Below is the Internal Item Description as shown in-game.
Note that some stat changes are not displayed here. Please see the main description for the full effects.
Athame
• Chance to spawn a high damage ring when killing an enemy
• Chance increases with luck
• Abyss: x1 void locust 1.5x Isaac's damage
External links
- Check out the item description on the external Isaac Wiki.
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