

Purple fire is a hybrid of the normal Hellfireplace and Blue fire: it cannot be destroyed except by bombing or other explosives, and its known for shooting homing tears at a decent velocity.

It can sometimes be found surrounding a Red Chest in Curse Rooms. Blue fire cannot be destroyed by normal tears, but can be blown up by bombs and other explosives, and may drop Soul Hearts when destroyed. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth contains two additional types of fire, currently unnamed: Blue, and Purple. It is unknown what the statistics are, and whether there is a chance for you teleport to the I AM ERROR room. On very, rare occasions, if you walk into a Hellfireplace, you may be teleported to another room. They drop items at the same rate as regular fireplaces, but will spawn them in the diagonally opposite corner instead of the actual location. If the player is killed by these projectiles, it will appear on the death note that Isaac killed them. (Afterbirth) - Spawns 1 blue spider on Isaac and 1 blue spider per poop that is in the room. These burn with a more intense orange and can sometimes shoot slow-travelling projectiles directly at the player, which also deal 1/2 heart of damage. of the full game walkthrough for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. Good luck and feel free to ask more questions if you want.In Wrath of the Lamb, there is a chance for a normal fireplace to be replaced with a Hellfireplace. Don't just write it all off as random, this game DOES take skill and you CAN learn it and get really good. Some enemies always fire in the same pattern or always move in a timed manner. Don't just use a bomb to get that single coin right away because in the next room, there could be a bomb blocking a Golden Chest! And damn you just wasted your bomb! If you don't need the resource right that moment, leave it and come back for it if you can.Įnemies have behavior patterns that are pretty much predictable. Instead, use your RED hearts (which are more easily replaced) then stack the blue ones at the end.Īnother example are keys and bombs. Think about it: If you pick it up early, odds are you will lose it. It's best to save them for when you really need them or ideally, after you kill that boss of that floor so you can move on with a couple extra hearts. For example if a Blue Heart drops after you clear a room, don't just immediately pick it up if you don't NEED it. Think of the floor you are on as a whole, not a collection of rooms, when you plan your strategy. Remember you unlock items while you play and for many different reasons that can accumulate over multiple plays so don't feel frustrated if you die quick, you are still making some kind of progress. Just have it open the whole time and look up items as you pick them up. That Wormwood room layout where he emerges from the wall right into the blue fire in the corner, killing himself instantly.
