Cursed Eye

Effects

• Grants charged tears which fires a tight burst of shots, shooting up to four shots when fully charged. Firing mid-charge will shoot fewer tears depending on the charge time.
  • (Added in Repentance) The full burst size is five shots.
  • (Removed in Repentance) Quickly tapping the fire key will result in no tears being fired.
  • Charging while a burst is currently firing will prevent the rest of the shots from being fired.
• Taking damage while charging (not fully charged) will teleport Isaac into another room.

Notes

• This item can be counterproductive, especially while fighting bosses, as getting hit while charging a shot will reset the fight.
• The teleport effect only occurs when taking damage while in the middle of charging, before the shot is fully charged. Having a high tears stat for faster charging will decrease the window where Isaac is vulnerable to teleporting.
• (Added in Afterbirth † / Removed in Repentance) The teleporting and charge-up effects do not apply to (Lilith) Lilith. Her Incubus will fire three projectiles with each shot without needing to charge, tripling her damage output with no downside.
• Isaac is unable to fire tears if he hits 30+ TPS with this item.
• The color of Isaac's cursed eye will indicate what state it currently is in:
  • White: Inactive
  • Black: Charging up
  • Flashing black and white: Fully charged

Synergies

• (Added in Afterbirth) Black Candle: Teleport effect is removed.
• (Added in Afterbirth) Holy Mantle: Losing Holy Mantle while charging Cursed Eye will not teleport Isaac.
• (Added in Afterbirth † / Removed in Repentance) Incubus: Incubus fires 3 tears for each one that normally would be fired, with no change in delay.
• (Added in Afterbirth) Marked: Tears are charged and automatically fired to varying levels depending on the distance between Isaac and the reticule. The firing rate is greatly increased without affecting the tears stat, even beyond normal maximum fire rate. The teleport effect is removed.
• (Added in Repentance) Neptunus: Overrides Cursed Eye.
• (Added in Repentance) Technology: Becomes a quick charging laser that shoots multiple lasers on release.
• (Added in Repentance) Epiphora: Epiphora's tear rate multiplier affects the number of tears in a burst for a total of ten shots with a full Epiphora charge.
• Technology 2: Laser fires while charging Cursed Eye. Tear delay for the charge is unaffected by Tech 2. Allows (Cain) Cain to fire normal tears.
  • (Added in Repentance) Tears are replaced with lasers, fired from the same eye of Tech 2.

Interactions

• (Added in Repentance) Almond Milk/ Soy Milk: Cursed Eye is automatically charged and fired when the fire key is held. The charge bar of Cursed Eye becomes invisible. The teleport effect remains.
• Anti-Gravity: Anti-Gravity effect cannot be used, as releasing a tear fire button also releases the Anti-Gravity Effect.
• (Azazel) Azazel: No effect.
• Brimstone: No effect.
• Chocolate Milk: Charged tear is followed by up to 3 minimum-power tears, depending on Cursed Eye's charge.
  • (Added in Repentance) Cursed Eye takes longer to charge, but low damage shots can be fired rapidly. If fully charged, Isaac fires five Chocolate Milk shots**.**
• (Added in Afterbirth) Diplopia: No effect.
• Dr. Fetus: Overrides Cursed Eye.
• Epic Fetus: Overrides Cursed Eye.
• (Added in Repentance) Eye of the Occult: The tears stack on top of each other, and only move forward when holding a direction afterwards.
• (Added in Afterbirth †) (The Forgotten) The Forgotten: The skeleton form's charge attack becomes a rapid barrage of hits; the amount depends on how full the charge is, up to 4.
• The Ludovico Technique: Overrides Cursed Eye.
• Mom's Knife: Overrides Cursed Eye.
• Monstro's Lung: Overrides Cursed Eye.
• (Added in Repentance) Spirit Sword: Overrides Cursed Eye.
• (Added in Afterbirth †) Sprinkler: Overrides Cursed Eye.
• (Added in Repentance) (Tainted Azazel) Tainted Azazel: No effect.
• (Added in Repentance) (Tainted Lilith) Tainted Lilith: The fetus gains the effect of Cursed Eye and the teleportation effect does not happen.
• (Removed in Repentance) Technology: Overrides Cursed Eye.
• (Added in Afterbirth) Tech X: Overrides Cursed Eye.

Bugs

| (Bug) Bug! | (Added in Afterbirth †) In Greed mode, taking Red Heart damage while charging will decrease the displayed Devil Room chance on the Found HUD to 0%. It returns to 100% if the button is pressed again. |