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Pause item
Pause is an active item in The Binding of Isaac, added in the Afterbirth+ DLC.
Description
Pauses all enemies and their projectiles in the room until a fire button is pressed or if 30 seconds have passed.
Touching paused enemies will still hurt Isaac.
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.
Item pools
Pause can be found in the following item pools:
| Name | Weight |
|---|---|
| Treasure Room |
1.0/1.0
|
| Greed Shop |
1.0/1.0
|
| Crane Game |
1.0/1.0
|
Tags
The following tags are applied to this item:
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| offensive | Can appear for  Tainted Lost. |
Special synergies
The following special synergies and interactions for Pause have been documented.
| Mod | Item | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| --- | Book of Virtues | Spawns green wisps in the middle ring. Wisps pause all enemies and projectiles for 3 seconds after they're destroyed. This effect is not cancelled by shooting tears. |
| --- | Abyss | Spawns a grey locust that has a chance to petirfy enemies. |
* Note that not all possible synergies and interactions are listed here.
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.
Pause
• Freezes all enemies in the current room for up to 30 seconds
• The freeze effect ends early if Isaac fires a tear
• Abyss: x1 petrifying locust .5x Isaac's damage
• Book of Virtues: x1 middle wisp - 2 hp - 3 damage
• Book of Virtues: Pauses enemies for 3 seconds on death
Sounds
The following sounds are related to this item.
External links
- Check out the item description on the external Isaac Wiki.
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