Eye of Greed

Effects

• Adds a golden tear every 20 tears fired, which causes enemies to turn gold and petrifies them for a few seconds (similar to Midas' Touch) at the cost of one coin. Golden tears can still be fired if Isaac has no money.
  • Unlike other tear effects, golden tears are fired alongside regular tears rather than replacing a regular tear.
  • With multi-shot abilities, whichever tear is the 20th since previous will produce the additional golden tear.
  • (Removed in Repentance) The golden tear does 2x normal damage.
    • (Added in Repentance) If Isaac has no money, the golden tear does normal tear damage. If Isaac does have money, the golden tear deals 1.5x normal damage + 10.
  • (Removed in Repentance) Enemies killed while golden will drop 1-4 coins.
    • (Added in Repentance) Enemies killed while golden will drop 1-3 coins.
  • (Added in Repentance) If Isaac has money, golden tears that hit enemies will drop a penny, effectively returning the cost.

Notes

• Tears fired from items that cause multiple tears to be fired at once, e.g. 20/20, Monstro's Lung, etc., are counted.
  • The gold tear is not duplicated by said items.
• (The Forgotten) The Forgotten has separate tear counters for The Forgotten and Soul.
• Using this item is an easy way of unlocking (Added in Repentance) Golden Razor after obtaining 99 coins, since it drains them by just shooting and with enough patience it will reduce their count to 0.

Synergies

• Chocolate Milk: How much the 20th tear was charged determines the size and damage of the golden tear.
• Compound Fracture / Cricket's Body / The Parasite: Golden tears will still look like coins and will still split into other golden coins when hitting obstacles.
• (Equality!) Equality!: The coin lost when firing the tear can be quite useful for equalizing the pickup counter.
• (Added in Repentance) Humbling Bundle: Affects coins dropped from hitting enemies, allowing Isaac to potentially farm money.
• Lachryphagy: Golden tears can also be fed and will burst into split tears. Burst tears are not golden.

Interactions

• (Removed in Repentance) Brimstone: Overrides Eye of Greed.
  • (Added in Repentance) Occasionally fires a coin tear with the beam.
• (Removed in Repentance) Dr. Fetus: Overrides Eye of Greed.
  • (Added in Repentance) A coin shot is fired every 20 shots, but it's very likely to hit the bomb. This makes Eye of Greed drain money over time for no benefit, unless piercing is gained.
• (Removed in Repentance) Epic Fetus: Overrides Eye of Greed.
  • (Added in Repentance) Occasionally fires a coin tear with the cross.
• Fate's Reward: Does not shoot coin tears.
• (Removed in Repentance) Flat Stone: No effect.
• (Removed in Repentance) Incubus: Does not shoot coin tears.
  • (Added in Repentance) Incubus will fire coin tears in tandem with Isaac. His shot counter is independent of Isaac's. Coin tears still subtract from Isaac's pennies.
• (Removed in Repentance) Lost Contact: No effect.
• (Removed in Repentance) The Ludovico Technique: Overrides Eye of Greed.
  • (Added in Repentance) Isaac occasionally fires a coin tear towards the controlled tear.
• (Removed in Repentance) Mom's Knife: Overrides Eye of Greed.
  • (Added in Repentance) Occasionally fires a coin tear in addition to the knife.
• (Removed in Repentance) Technology: Overrides Eye of Greed.
• (Removed in Repentance) Tech X: Overrides Eye of Greed.
• (Added in Repentance) Twisted Pair: The two familiars will also fire coin tears which spend Isaac's coins. Their shot counter are independent from Isaac's.