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Jacob's Ladder item
Jacob's Ladder is a passive item in The Binding of Isaac, added in the Afterbirth+ DLC.
Description
Isaac's tears fire a short-ranged spark of electricity in a random direction upon hitting an enemy or an obstacle. When an arc strikes an enemy, it will strike another nearby enemy, chaining up to 4 enemies.
Each spark deals half of Isaac's damage, and has spectral and piercing properties.
Enemies can take damage multiple times from sparks of a single chain. If an enemy takes damage from a tear, it does not take any damage from the chain caused by that tear.
The arcing distance is increased on wet floors, such as Downpour, Dross, Flooded Caves, some rooms in Scarred Womb. This also applies after using Flush!.
Note
This page shows information as of the latest Repentance release.
To see latest up-to date information about this item for the new Repentance+ (Online Co-op) DLC, check this page instead.
Item pools
Jacob's Ladder can be found in the following item pools:
| Name | Weight |
|---|---|
| Treasure Room |
1.0/1.0
|
| Battery Bum |
0.1/1.0
|
| Greed Treasure Room |
1.0/1.0
|
| Crane Game |
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. |
Special synergies
The following special synergies and interactions for Jacob's Ladder have been documented.
| Mod | Item | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| --- | Abyss | Spawns a cyan locust that shoots out electric arcs whilst damaging enemies. |
* Note that not all possible synergies and interactions are listed here.
External links
- Check out the item description on the external Isaac Wiki.
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