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Vade Retro item
Vade Retro is an unlockable active item in The Binding of Isaac, added in the Repentance DLC.
Description
While heldEnemies leave behind small, red ghosts upon death.
On useCauses all red ghosts to explode, dealing damage to nearby enemies and destroying projectiles.
The explosion cannot hurt Isaac or damage the environment.
The explosion deals damage equal to 3 + 0.04 × EnemyMaxHealth + (CurrentFloor - 1) × 0.5. Each explosion can hit the same enemy up to 4 times.
The blast radius scales with how powerful the explosion is.
Instantly kills any enemy that has the "ghost" tag and is at 50% or less HP, including bosses. This can even be used to kill Delirium if it transforms into such an enemy. Enemies that are currently not visible on screen are not detonated.
Detonates Isaac's ghost after his death, dealing 200 damage to nearby enemies.
Ghosts can be slightly pushed around by shooting at them.
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 Ultra Greedier as 
Bethany.
Item pools
Vade Retro can be found in the following item pools:
| Name | Weight |
|---|---|
| Angel Room |
1.0/1.0
|
| Greed Angel Room |
1.0/1.0
|
Tags
The following tags are applied to this item:
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| offensive | Can appear for  Tainted Lost. |
| nocantrip | Not available as card effects during the Cantripped! challenge. |
Special synergies
The following special synergies and interactions for Vade Retro have been documented.
| Mod | Item | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| --- | Book of Virtues | Instead of creating wisps, causes the ghosts to very slowly move and shoot tears in the same direction as Isaac, dealing 3.5 damage and shooting every second. |
| --- | The Book of Belial combined with Judas' Birthright | Instead of exploding, causes the ghosts to home in on nearby enemies and explode on contact, dealing 2x Judas' damage. |
* 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.
Vade Retro
• While held, enemies leave behind red ghosts on death
• Activation explodes all red ghosts on the screen, damaging enemies near them
• Activation can also instantly kill ghost-type enemies and bosses that are at less than 50% HP
• Abyss: x1 locust .75x Isaac's damage
• Book of Virtues: Ghosts fire tears
YouTube video
External links
- Check out the item description on the external Isaac Wiki.
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