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|overrideimage = [[File:Boss The Witness.png|400px]]
  
|overrideimage = [[File:Boss The Witness.png|400px]]
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|environment = [[Corpse]]
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|environment = [[Corpse]] II
 
|basehp = First phase: 2500<br>Second phase: 2500
  
|basehp = First phase: 2500<br>Second phase: 2500
 
|stagehp = 0
  
|stagehp = 0
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|pool =
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|pool = End Chest
 
}}
  
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'''The Witness''' is a new final boss introduced in ''Antibirth'', always found at the end of the [[Corpse]].
  
'''The Witness''' is a new final boss introduced in ''Antibirth'', always found at the end of the [[Corpse]].
   
 
When entering the boss room in Corpse II, the battle will not start. Instead, the room contains four [[boir:Chests#Golden_Chests|golden chests]], all of which offer [[boir:Items|items]] (similar to [[boir:The_Chest|The Chest]]'s starting room), and a large pit in its center. Walking into the pit will cause the player character to fall through and start the final battle.
  
When entering the boss room in Corpse II, the battle will not start. Instead, the room contains four [[boir:Chests#Golden_Chests|golden chests]], all of which offer [[boir:Items|items]] (similar to [[boir:The_Chest|The Chest]]'s starting room), and a large pit in its center. Walking into the pit will cause the player character to fall through and start the final battle.
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Upon beating The Witness, a knife completion mark will be added in an extra post-it note.
   
 
==Behavior==
  
==Behavior==
 
The Witness has two phases. In its first phase, it is attached to the upper wall and has several attacks:
  
The Witness has two phases. In its first phase, it is attached to the upper wall and has several attacks:
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* Fires 3 lines of red tears that follow Isaac which burst when hitting a wall.
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* Fires 3 lines of red tears that follow Isaac which burst upon hitting a wall.
 
* Shoots 2 parallel lasers from its right eye after it spawns rocks in random places for Isaac to stay behind
  
* Shoots 2 parallel lasers from its right eye after it spawns rocks in random places for Isaac to stay behind
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* Smashes one of its fists and spawns rock waves that travel outwards
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* Smashes one of its fists and spawns rock waves that travel outwards.
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** This move is only used to erase rocks formed by the sweeping laser attack.
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** This movement is only used to erase rocks formed by the sweeping laser attack.
 
* Smashes one of its fists and spawns a ring of 10 tears that split.
  
* Smashes one of its fists and spawns a ring of 10 tears that split.
 
* Spawns multiple [[Corpse Eater]]s from its right hand.
  
* Spawns multiple [[Corpse Eater]]s from its right hand.
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* Spits a cluster of blood shots with 3 larger tears that stick in the ground, leaving behind red creep for a few seconds and periodically shoot 6 shots.
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* Fires a cluster of bullets at Isaac that slightly homes and splits into 5 smaller versions upon contact with a wall. The smaller versions home in as well and burst into a random cluster of bullets upon hitting a wall or after a certain amount of time.
 
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** These tears can be destroyed and will continue to fire shots until they are destroyed.
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* Spits a cluster of blood shots with 3 larger tears that stick in the ground and periodically shoot 6 shots.
  
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** These tears can be destroyed, and will continue to fire shots until they are destroyed.
  
 
* Throws a massive knife leaving a trail of bullets. Bullets explode from the location the knife impacts the wall, and the trail of bullets splits horizontally in both directions.
  
* Throws a massive knife leaving a trail of bullets. Bullets explode from the location the knife impacts the wall, and the trail of bullets splits horizontally in both directions.
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* Spits a ball of blood that will bounce off of the wall and back to it. It will then smack the ball back at the player. The ball will bounce between The Witness and the far wall several times, increasing its speed each time it bounces.
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* Spits a ball of blood that will bounce off of the wall and back to it. It will then smack the ball back at Isaac. The ball will bounce between The Witness and the far wall several times, increasing its speed and size each time it bounces.
 
* Smashes its fists to spawn moving rows of tears along with rows of tears that travel in lightning patterns.
  
* Smashes its fists to spawn moving rows of tears along with rows of tears that travel in lightning patterns.
   
 
Once the first phase's health is depleted, it will detach from the wall and begin roaming around the room with new attacks:
  
Once the first phase's health is depleted, it will detach from the wall and begin roaming around the room with new attacks:
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* Spawns tears at an edge of the room, which then create lines of tears across the room after a short delay
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* Spawns tears at an edge of the room, which all then create lines of tears across the room after a short delay.
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* Charges at Isaac, leaving behind portals that attract tears
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* Charges at Isaac, leaving behind tears that explode sideways upon hitting a wall or impassable terrain, identical to [[boir:The_Parasite|The Parasite]] item.
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* At low health, it fires a large tear that then transforms into a rotating brimstone beam
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* Fires a large tear that then transforms into a rotating brimstone beam. It will always make space for Isaac to avoid when it stops in the wall or corner.
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** During this attack, The Witness will simultaneously fire lines of bullets in 4 directions, rotating counterclockwise until the beam vanishes.
 
* Spins around in place, simultaneously firing 5 rotating rows of bullets and rings of 20 bullets. Each ring alternates between rotating clockwise and counterclockwise.
 
* Spins around in place, simultaneously firing 5 rotating rows of bullets and rings of 20 bullets. Each ring alternates between rotating clockwise and counterclockwise.
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* Fires a cluster of bullets at Isaac that slightly homes and splits into 6 smaller versions upon contact with a wall. The smaller versions home in as well and burst into a random cluster of bullets upon hitting a wall or after a certain amount of time.
   
 
== Notes ==
  
== Notes ==
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* The Witness is immune to status effects.
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* The Witness's second form is resistant against the [[boir:Midas' Touch|Midas' Touch]] stun effect, even though he does change color to golden.
  
   
 
==[[Unlockables]]==
  
==[[Unlockables]]==
 
*[[Jacob & Esau]] - Defeat The Witness for the first time.
  
*[[Jacob & Esau]] - Defeat The Witness for the first time.
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*[[Challenges|Seeing Double]] - Defeat The Witness for the first time.
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*[[Challenges|Isaac's Awakening]] - Defeat The Witness for the first time.
 
*[[Meat Cleaver]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Isaac|Isaac]].
  
*[[Meat Cleaver]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Isaac|Isaac]].
 
*[[Yuck Heart]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Magdalene|Magdalene]].
  
*[[Yuck Heart]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Magdalene|Magdalene]].
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*[[Bird Cage]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Eve|Eve]].
  
*[[Bird Cage]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Eve|Eve]].
 
*[[Donkey Jawbone]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Samson|Samson]].
  
*[[Donkey Jawbone]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Samson|Samson]].
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*[[Trinkets|Devil's Crown]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Azazel|Azazel]].
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*[[Devil's Crown]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Azazel|Azazel]].
 
*[[Tinytoma]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Lazarus|Lazarus]].
  
*[[Tinytoma]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Lazarus|Lazarus]].
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*[[Trinkets|'M]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Eden|Eden]].
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*[['M]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:Eden|Eden]].
 
*[[Lost Soul]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:The Lost|The Lost]].
  
*[[Lost Soul]] - Defeat The Witness as [[boir:The Lost|The Lost]].
 
*[[Revelation]] (currently bugged, unlocks nothing) - Defeat The Witness as [[Bethany]].
  
*[[Revelation]] (currently bugged, unlocks nothing) - Defeat The Witness as [[Bethany]].
 
*[[Magic Skin]] - Defeat The Witness as [[Jacob & Esau]].
  
*[[Magic Skin]] - Defeat The Witness as [[Jacob & Esau]].
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*[[Mega Mush]] - Defeat The Witness as every character on hard mode.
   
 
== Gallery ==
  
== Gallery ==
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File:The Witness.png|First phase
  
File:The Witness.png|First phase
 
File:The Witness 2.png|Second phase
  
File:The Witness 2.png|Second phase
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File: The Witness Ingame.png| Ingame Sprite
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File:The Witness Ingame.png| In-game Sprite
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File:Witness Scrapped Phases.png|Concept Art of the 3 Phases of the Witness, the 2nd Which Was Scrapped. It's said that it's due to the rush to release the Binding of Isaac: Antibirth early before the Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth† DLC release date that only the 1st and 3rd phases were added in the game.
 
</gallery>
  
</gallery>
   
 
==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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* The track played in The Witness battle is titled ''Memento Mori.'' Memento Mori means "remember that you have to die" in Latin.
 
* The name may be a reference to a murder victim, as you killed your own mother's heart much earlier to unlock the boss, and it could have possibly been watching.
 
* The name may be a reference to a murder victim, as you killed your own mother's heart much earlier to unlock the boss, and it could have possibly been watching.
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* In the New Testament Book of Revelation, two figures referred to as "the witnesses" were sent to preach on Earth before the "end of days".
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* The design of the Witness is a possible nod to a rumor that began close to Rebirth's release, the Ur-Gurdy, a gigantic form of Gurdy that would act as a boss in Sheol.
  
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* The Witness originated as NotYourSagittarius' mockups<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/2thasc/a_boss_mockup_the_urgurdy/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/2tllnf/2x2_boss_room_mockup_the_urgurdy/</ref> of Ur-Gurdy in January 2015, a rumoured boss originating from a vandalism on the wiki's Bosses page, later claimed by a Reddit user.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/2vlna2/urgurdy_was_originally_my_idea/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/4akfmh/alt_floor_mockup_the_cesspool/d13brtc/</ref> It is the final form of all Gurdies. Its design is similar to a gigantic form of Gurdy that would act as a boss in Sheol.
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** The Witness might also be a dead or upgraded version of Mama Gurdy, as they have many similarities.
  
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*The Boss's Phase 2 was orignally supposed to be Phase 3. However, Phase 2 got scrapped.
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*The Witness is the post-mortem version of Mama Gurdy.
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*The Witness was officially incorporated to the official ''The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth'' game (along with most of ''Antibirth''<nowiki/>'s content) in the ''Repentance'' DLC, where it is renamed to '''[https://bindingofisaacrebirth.fandom.com/wiki/Mother Mother]'''.
   
 
==Bugs==
  
==Bugs==
 
{{bug|After beating The Witness with a character, there will be a chance for The Witness to spawn randomly on any floor while playing that character.}}
  
{{bug|After beating The Witness with a character, there will be a chance for The Witness to spawn randomly on any floor while playing that character.}}
 
{{bug|The chest may spawn inside The Witness after defeating it which causes it to become unreachable. This can be fixed by exiting and resuming the current game.}}
  
{{bug|The chest may spawn inside The Witness after defeating it which causes it to become unreachable. This can be fixed by exiting and resuming the current game.}}
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{{bug|After defeating the Witness, there is a small chance that the endgame chest may not spawn; Instead, an item from the boss pool will spawn. In this case the run cannot be completed.}}
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{{bug|After defeating the Witness, there is a small chance that the endgame chest may not spawn; Instead, an item from the boss pool will spawn. In this case, the run cannot be completed.}}
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{{Bug|Killing the first stage of The Witness in a short period of time (e.g. using the Chaos Card) may prevent the second stage from spawning. This can be fixed by exiting and resuming the current game, which restart the battle.}}{{Bug|Defeating The Witness in a really short amount of time may crash the game.}}
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{{Bug|Killing the first stage of The Witness in a short period (e.g. using the Chaos Card) may prevent the second stage from spawning. This can be fixed by exiting and resuming the current game, which will restart the battle.}}{{Bug|Defeating The Witness in a really short amount of time may crash the game.}}
 
{{Bug|Beating The Witness while the spinning Brimstone attack is still active prevents the boss battle music from stopping.}}
  
{{Bug|Beating The Witness while the spinning Brimstone attack is still active prevents the boss battle music from stopping.}}
 
{{Bug|If The Witness is killed during its spinning attack, the spinning sound will play after the battle and in the ending cutscene.}}
  
{{Bug|If The Witness is killed during its spinning attack, the spinning sound will play after the battle and in the ending cutscene.}}

Revision as of 07:10, 21 April 2021

The Witness
Boss The Witness
Base HP
First phase: 2500
Second phase: 2500
Stage HP
0
Found In
Corpse II
Dropped Items
End Chest

The Witness is a new final boss introduced in Antibirth, always found at the end of the Corpse.

When entering the boss room in Corpse II, the battle will not start. Instead, the room contains four golden chests, all of which offer items (similar to The Chest's starting room), and a large pit in its center. Walking into the pit will cause the player character to fall through and start the final battle.

Upon beating The Witness, a knife completion mark will be added in an extra post-it note.

Behavior

The Witness has two phases. In its first phase, it is attached to the upper wall and has several attacks:

  • Fires 3 lines of red tears that follow Isaac which burst upon hitting a wall.
  • Shoots 2 parallel lasers from its right eye after it spawns rocks in random places for Isaac to stay behind
  • Smashes one of its fists and spawns rock waves that travel outwards.
    • This movement is only used to erase rocks formed by the sweeping laser attack.
  • Smashes one of its fists and spawns a ring of 10 tears that split.
  • Spawns multiple Corpse Eaters from its right hand.
  • Spits a cluster of blood shots with 3 larger tears that stick in the ground, leaving behind red creep for a few seconds and periodically shoot 6 shots.
    • These tears can be destroyed and will continue to fire shots until they are destroyed.
  • Throws a massive knife leaving a trail of bullets. Bullets explode from the location the knife impacts the wall, and the trail of bullets splits horizontally in both directions.
  • Spits a ball of blood that will bounce off of the wall and back to it. It will then smack the ball back at Isaac. The ball will bounce between The Witness and the far wall several times, increasing its speed and size each time it bounces.
  • Smashes its fists to spawn moving rows of tears along with rows of tears that travel in lightning patterns.

Once the first phase's health is depleted, it will detach from the wall and begin roaming around the room with new attacks:

  • Spawns tears at an edge of the room, which all then create lines of tears across the room after a short delay.
  • Charges at Isaac, leaving behind tears that explode sideways upon hitting a wall or impassable terrain, identical to The Parasite item.
  • Fires a large tear that then transforms into a rotating brimstone beam. It will always make space for Isaac to avoid when it stops in the wall or corner.
    • During this attack, The Witness will simultaneously fire lines of bullets in 4 directions, rotating counterclockwise until the beam vanishes.
  • Spins around in place, simultaneously firing 5 rotating rows of bullets and rings of 20 bullets. Each ring alternates between rotating clockwise and counterclockwise.
  • Fires a cluster of bullets at Isaac that slightly homes and splits into 6 smaller versions upon contact with a wall. The smaller versions home in as well and burst into a random cluster of bullets upon hitting a wall or after a certain amount of time.

Notes

  • The Witness is immune to status effects.

Unlockables

Gallery

  • First phase

    First phase

  • Second phase

    Second phase

  • In-game Sprite

    In-game Sprite

  • Concept Art of the 3 Phases of the Witness, the 2nd Which Was Scrapped. It's said that it's due to the rush to release the Binding of Isaac: Antibirth early before the Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth† DLC release date that only the 1st and 3rd phases were added in the game.

    Concept Art of the 3 Phases of the Witness, the 2nd Which Was Scrapped. It's said that it's due to the rush to release the Binding of Isaac: Antibirth early before the Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth† DLC release date that only the 1st and 3rd phases were added in the game.

Trivia

  • The track played in The Witness battle is titled Memento Mori. Memento Mori means "remember that you have to die" in Latin.
  • The name may be a reference to a murder victim, as you killed your own mother's heart much earlier to unlock the boss, and it could have possibly been watching.
  • In the New Testament Book of Revelation, two figures referred to as "the witnesses" were sent to preach on Earth before the "end of days".
  • The Witness originated as NotYourSagittarius' mockups[1][2] of Ur-Gurdy in January 2015, a rumoured boss originating from a vandalism on the wiki's Bosses page, later claimed by a Reddit user.[3][4] It is the final form of all Gurdies. Its design is similar to a gigantic form of Gurdy that would act as a boss in Sheol.
  • The Boss's Phase 2 was orignally supposed to be Phase 3. However, Phase 2 got scrapped.
  • The Witness is the post-mortem version of Mama Gurdy.
  • The Witness was officially incorporated to the official The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth game (along with most of Antibirth's content) in the Repentance DLC, where it is renamed to Mother.

Bugs

Bug Bug! After beating The Witness with a character, there will be a chance for The Witness to spawn randomly on any floor while playing that character.
Bug Bug! The chest may spawn inside The Witness after defeating it which causes it to become unreachable. This can be fixed by exiting and resuming the current game.
Bug Bug! After defeating the Witness, there is a small chance that the endgame chest may not spawn; Instead, an item from the boss pool will spawn. In this case, the run cannot be completed.
Bug Bug! Killing the first stage of The Witness in a short period (e.g. using the Chaos Card) may prevent the second stage from spawning. This can be fixed by exiting and resuming the current game, which will restart the battle.
Bug Bug! Defeating The Witness in a really short amount of time may crash the game.
Bug Bug! Beating The Witness while the spinning Brimstone attack is still active prevents the boss battle music from stopping.
Bug Bug! If The Witness is killed during its spinning attack, the spinning sound will play after the battle and in the ending cutscene.
Bug Bug! If you use the Joker Card during or after the battle, you will either go to an Angel room or Devil room leading to Sheol. If you enter the boss room on Sheol, you will encounter a normal boss instead of Satan, and after defeating the boss, no chest will spawn, making you stuck.
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  1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/2thasc/a_boss_mockup_the_urgurdy/
  2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/2tllnf/2x2_boss_room_mockup_the_urgurdy/
  3. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/2vlna2/urgurdy_was_originally_my_idea/
  4. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/4akfmh/alt_floor_mockup_the_cesspool/d13brtc/
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