Book of the Dead is an unlockable active item in The Binding of Isaac, added in the Afterbirth+ DLC.
Spawns one of the following for each enemy killed in the current room:
• Orbital bone familiar (very common).
• Friendly Bony (uncommon).
• Friendly Bone Fly (uncommon).
• Friendly Black Bony (rare).
• Friendly Revenant (rare - more common in Mausoleum, Gehenna, Sheol, and Dark Room).
Spawning a different enemy other than a Bony is only possible after dying at least once to said enemy on the save file.
Has a 1% chance of being dropped upon defeating The Forsaken.
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.
Defeat Delirium as The Forgotten.
Book of the Dead can be found in the following item pools:
Name | Weight |
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Treasure Room |
1.0/1.0
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Devil Room |
1.0/1.0
|
Library |
1.0/1.0
|
Greed Treasure Room |
1.0/1.0
|
Greed Devil Room |
1.0/1.0
|
The following tags are applied to this item:
Id | Description |
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book | Contributes towards the Bookworm transformation. |
offensive | Can appear for ![]() |
The following special synergies and interactions for Book of the Dead have been documented.
Mod | Item | Synergy |
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--- | Book of Virtues | Spawns skull wisps in the inner ring that fire bones and spawn friendly Bonies when destroyed. Has a 33% chance to spawn a Black Bony instead of a regular one. |
--- | Abyss | Spawns a light grey locust that has a chance to shoot 2-3 bone projectiles upon impact with an enemy. Each bone projectile deals damage equal to the locust's damage. |
* Note that not all possible synergies and interactions are listed here.