The Intruder

The Intruder
Character Appearance
Tear Appearance
Item Type
Passive Collectible
Item ID
1022
Pickup Quote
Invasive friend
Item Pool
Treasure Room

The Intruder is a passive item.

Effects

• A familiar burrows in Isaac's head, firing four slowing tears in addition to Isaac's normal tears.
  • These tears are unaffected by Isaac's damage and tears stats; they have fixed damage and fire rate.
• Upon taking damage, there is a chance that Isaac's head will pop, spawning friendly spiders, and release the Intruder familiar.
  • It will leap at enemies to deal contact damage as a Trite does, and frequently fires four slowing tears towards nearby enemies.
  • The familiar only lasts for the current room, and Isaac's head is reattached upon entering a new room.
• Once picked up, The Intruder cannot be rerolled by any means, similar to Key Piece 1, Key Piece 2, or any of the Knife Pieces.

Notes

• The Intruder is treated as a familiar even while in Isaac's head, and benefits from familiar synergies.

Interactions

• Brimstone: If Isaac's head pops off, it will be impossible to determine if Brimstone has been fully charged or not.
• Transcendence: If Isaac's head pops off, Isaac will be invisible for the rest of the room aside from a shadow and orbitals.
• Song of the Siren (trinket): Will roughly double the fire rate of the spider's tears, even while it resides inside Isaac's head.

Trivia

• The appearance of this item on Isaac is possibly a reference to the Hellbenders pilot (Zachnaphobia), in which the character "Zach" is controlled by a parasitic spider.

Seeds

VLQZ E94W (First floor treasure room)