Eden

**Eden** is a character in *The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth*, unlocked by completing Womb for the first time. Eden is unique in that they are only playable when the player has at least one **Eden Token**. Eden Tokens are awarded every time Mom's Heart, It Lives,  Ultra Greed or  The Beast is defeated. Each time a game is started as Eden, one token is consumed and a new Eden is randomly generated based on the seed, with one of the multiple hairstyles, random base stats, a random trinket, and a randomly chosen starting active item and passive item.

Eden's stats are centered around  Isaac's, meaning that they are on average identical to Isaac's but may vary significantly from run to run. The stats on this page are all ranges with Isaac's stats at the center, plus or minus a certain amount up to the values listed.

*For details regarding the exact generation of an Eden Run, check Eden Generation.*

## Notes

* Holding R to reset doesn't work with Eden, and every time you start a new run, you use up one Eden token.
	+ After starting a run and transforming into another character (using items like  or ), holding R to reset will work and start a new run as Eden, even if you don't have tokens.
	+ Holding R to reset will consume an Eden Token and start a new run.
* Eden can start with most items, including  or  if already unlocked.
	+ , , ,  and  cannot be granted.
	+ A new noeden item tag has been introduced, which depicts items that Eden cannot start with. These also include , , , ,  and .
* Stats are assigned before items. For example, starting with  will make Eden spawn with however many hearts they started with, plus an additional two Red Heart containers ( one half of which will be filled, the rest left empty).
* Some of the items Eden can start with will instantly unlock certain characters (e.g. Starting with  while  Cain has yet to be unlocked,  or starting with  before unlocking  Lazarus).
* Eden Tokens are not awarded for killing Mom's Heart or It Lives in The Void.
* It is possible to achieve an ending as Eden while not getting another token if the player defeats Mom and earns a Void Portal, then defeats Delirium. This will count as a victory, but no Eden Token will be earned. This can also be achieved by using Sacrifice Rooms to teleport to the Dark Room.

## Item Interactions

* : Spawns 3 random items from random item pools. Only one can be taken.
* : If Eden uses Genesis it will reroll the character as if it was a new run (new starting items, new hairstyle and new stats).
* : If Eden starts with this item and immediately uses it in the starting room, the room will be reset, and all starting items and trinkets removed.
	+ Instead of the starting room being reset, Eden is taken to the starting room of Home. If used again in this room without having entered any other rooms, the room will be reset, and all starting items and trinkets removed except Glowing Hourglass.

## Unlockable Achievements

* Undefined - Complete the Boss Rush as  **Eden**.

* Glitch Baby - Defeat Mom's Heart on Hard mode as  **Eden**.

* Book of Secrets - Defeat Satan as  **Eden**.

* Blank Card - Defeat Isaac as  **Eden**.

* Mystery Sack - Defeat The Lamb as  **Eden**.

* Mysterious Paper - Defeat ??? as  **Eden**.

* GB Bug - Defeat Ultra Greed as  **Eden**.

* Metronome - Defeat Ultra Greedier as  **Eden**.

* Eden's Blessing - Defeat Hush as  **Eden**.

* Yellow Baby - Defeat Mega Satan as  **Eden**.

* Eden's Soul - Defeat Delirium as  **Eden**.

* 'M - Defeat Mother as  **Eden**.

* Everything Jar - Defeat The Beast as  **Eden**.

* The Capricious - Use  (etc.) to open the hidden closet in Home as  **Eden**.

* Cracked Baby - Earn all Hard mode Completion Marks as  **Eden**.

## Gallery

* Eden's transition screen portrait.
* Eden's locked character icon.

## Gallery

The following hairstyles were removed and updated for *Repentance*.

## Trivia

* In the book of Genesis, the Garden of Eden was the place where Adam and Eve lived before consuming the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and thus being cast out by God.
* According to Edmund, Eden is neither male nor female. A quote from Edmund says “Eden is the fabled “mystery man” I’ve talked about in interviews before I had a fully realized idea of what they would become… see Eden isn’t a man, nor are they a woman.. they just are.“
* Eden could represent Isaac's rebirth as a new person, which explains why his stats and items are always random.
* Because of how Eden's stats work, Eden can start with decimal luck.
	+ When actually used in most formulas, luck is rounded towards zero. This means Eden's effective starting luck is generally equivalent to 0.
	+ Playing as Eden is the only way to have non-integer luck.
* Eden's starting stats are listed as "?" on the character selection screen.
* During development, Edmund asked fans to contribute hairstyles for Eden. [1]
* Some of Eden's hairstyles added in the Booster Packs resemble the hairstyles of other playable characters being  Azazel,  Eve,  Lazarus,  Lilith,  Magdalene, and  Samson.
	+ All of these hairstyles, except Azazel's, were changed in the 1.7.9b update to *Repentance* to reflect the updated hairstyles of each associated character.
	+ One of Eden's hairstyles references the pre-release appearance of Keeper.
* Some of Eden's other hairstyles are pop-culture references to characters such as Elsa from *Frozen*, Princess Leia from *Star Wars*, Marzipan from *Homestar Runner,* Lucas from *Mother 3*, and Frisk from *Undertale.*
* Eden's locked character icon is the Locked Chest from ending 1.