Trinkets

**Trinkets** are a kind of collectible with their designated slot that provide passive bonuses. Only one trinket can be carried at a time and must be dropped if you wish to carry another. Some of these limitations can be bypassed with certain items;  and  allow two trinkets to be held at once,  and trinkets can be absorbed by , , or Gulp!. Absorbed trinkets do not take up a trinket slot and act as permanent passive effects.

Compared to items with a similar effect, trinket effects are typically more subtle, less powerful or less reliable. For example, the Callus only prevents damage from spikes and creep, while many items that do the same also grant Isaac flight.

The original Binding of Isaac DLC 'The Wrath of the Lamb' introduced Trinkets as a mechanic and had 33 trinkets. Rebirth has a total of 60 trinkets. Afterbirth added 29 new trinkets, for a total of 89 trinkets. Afterbirth † added 38 new trinkets, for a total of 127 trinkets. Repentance added 61 new trinkets, for a total of 188 trinkets.

 All trinkets have a chance to be Golden Trinkets.

* Unlocked by:  Defeat Mega Satan as  Tainted Jacob

## Notes

* It is possible to drop a trinket by holding down the key or button bound to the "Drop" function for three seconds. (Doing this is not possible with the .)
* While held,  doubles the effect of most trinkets.
	+ A Golden Trinket with Mom's Box will have a tripled effect.
* Trinkets appear in a set order based on the run's seed, and each trinket can usually only be encountered once.
	+ Some trinkets are set drops, such as  from  and  from Ultra Pride, that will appear even if encountered previously.
	+ Other set drops, such as  from a urn or  from a polyp, will not appear if already seen.
	+ If enough trinkets are spawned, e.g. through Mom's Box, the cycle loops and begins spawning trinkets that were already encountered.
* If two of the same trinket are gathered, then Isaac can have both by using Gulp! on one and then picking up the other. This rarely has any useful purpose.
* Multiples of the same trinkets sometimes stack as expected, and two copies of the same trinket can be held simultaneously with  or . However, a large number of trinkets don't stack, especially the ones that are more complicated than a simple stat up.
* Trinkets cannot be duplicated with items such as  or the .
* Activating the  on a trinket will duplicate the trinket.
* Activating the  on a trinket will spawn a new, different trinket.

## Trinket ID Gaps

* Trinket with the ID 47 is missing, since was used for  in the the original *Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb*. As The Polaroid was made a collectible item, a gap was left behind.

## Trivia

* was originally a trinket in the original Binding of Isaac, but it was changed into an item.
	+ was an item in the original Binding of Isaac; however, in Rebirth, it was changed into a trinket. Interestingly, these changes keep the count of items and trinkets from the original game the same.
* Afterbirth+'s original trinket count was 29. The Booster Packs added 9 trinkets.
* Game Squid is the only trinket from the original Binding of Isaac that wasn't implemented into Rebirth or any of its DLCs. This is likely due to it having been added in the Eternal Edition update after Rebirth's release.
	+ , a trinket added in Repentance, has a nearly identical effect to Game Squid.
* The game has a set "order" of trinkets that you will encounter. So, for example, if you encounter a trinket as a room drop, then go back in time with the , the next trinket that drops from any source will always be that same trinket. This is also why  can show you the same trinket in two different chests; as your next drop is technically that trinket, no matter which chest you open. Opening that chest and getting that trinket will cause the other chest to change its drop to a different trinket.