The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

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Dead Boy

Dead Boy

Beat Chest or Dark Room without taking damage.

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How to unlock the Dead Boy achievement in The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth - Definitive Guide

This has been patched. Maybe you can still download this game without DLC and without applying the update.


Going for the no damage achievements is actually very easy using an exploit:
Everytime you back out to the main menu you get an autosave. So keep that in mind.
After you've cleared one or more (how many you like) rooms without being damaged exit to the main menu to get another autosave.
In case you get hit you have to either let enemies, spikes or bonfires kill you or bomb yourself to death. This can be a tad annoying if you have 12 hearts towards the last couple of floors like the "Womb/Utero" or the Darkroom/Chest.

NOW THE IMPORTANT PART!!!
During the death animation pause the game and hit the guide button. Manually quit the game.

VERY IMPORTANT!!!
You MUSTN'T quit after being hit BEFORE you die. That way it would for whatever reason save your current health.
VERY IMPORTANT!!!

If you continue after starting the game up again you will be back where your last autosave was.

This works for THE LOST playthroughs as well!!!
Of course with him killing yourself is easier since he has no health and dies in one hit.
Items like Holy Mantle (you can take one hit every room), the "9 lives cat head" or guppy's collar (1 extra life) can change this, though.
Avoid the Ankh at all cost since it respawns you as another character and would therefor void the achievement. Same goes for Lazarus' Rags (return as revived Lazurus upon Death) and Judas' Shadow (return as Dar Judas).
Credit to Mystic Typh00n for this.

So just pray to the RNG God to be lucky with drops and this is going to be a breeze. Time consuming but easy.
Good luck everyone!


If you vote negatively please state why in the comments so I can improve my solution. I know some people prefer going for this legtit but this is for gamers like me that don't have enough skill to attempt it that way.
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14 Aug 2015 12:31

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In the same vein, don't take Lazarus' rags or Judas' Shadow as The Lost laugh
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By Mystic Typh00n on 15 Aug 2015 09:20
Thanks for the Info. I'll add it and credit you. What effect do they have?
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By uhKillswitch on 15 Aug 2015 09:44
Uh, Lazarus' Rags respawns you as Lazarus and Judas' Shadow respawns you as Dark Judas
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By Mystic Typh00n on 15 Aug 2015 09:47
Thank you so much for this. I missed my 1 shot kill on Mom and this worked. Currently trying to beat The Dark Room with it.
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By SHlZZY H on 25 Oct 2015 02:01
Glad I could help :)
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By uhKillswitch on 25 Oct 2015 07:49
can you do a deal with the devil and not void the achievement? you technically lose a heart.
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By Raw Sauce Ross on 10 Apr 2016 21:04
No devil deals. It counts as damage.
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By uhKillswitch on 12 Apr 2016 07:32
Unfortunately this glitch has been patched (or so it seems for me) making most of these achievements very difficult cry
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By Garbage Punk on 23 Jun 2016 23:42
This glitch has been patched and no longer works =(
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By HeavyMetal ZMBE on 28 Jun 2016 14:32
That's weird because I just did the exploit and it unlocked fine.
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By Yazite on 11 Sep 2016 19:53
I had gnawed leaf, Midas touch, and a handful of familiars that attacked on their own. Almost done with the Dark Room without getting hit and I get hit by a SPIDER. Easily my least favorite enemy. I'm so annoyed.
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By Octobot Super on 09 Jan 2018 01:56
In Afterbirth, it seems that if you disconnect from the internet on the death screen, force quit the game, and then reconnect and load the game up you'll start in the same room, but with no health and will die again. Sounds pretty useless.

HOWEVER, if you have Guppy's Collar and it doesn't proc and you die, you can follow the above steps until it does! Obviously doesn't help with the no damage achievements but holy shit is it useful for completion marks, especially with the Keeper.
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By Octobot Super on 30 Jan 2018 03:27
I got it today with no glitches lol
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By suss#3711 on 09 Aug 2021 23:56
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One of the easiest (though the most time consuming) ways to do this is just to get the Gnawed Leaf and any familiar that attacks on its own in the same run. I, for instance, had both Robo-Baby 2.0 and Gemini when I earned this, but many others would work as well. The meat/bandages familiars, the leech, BBF, Demon Baby, Peeper, Sissy Longlegs (or the Daddy Longlegs item), Mom's Knife, etc should all work as well.
Just enter the room, try to position yourself close to the center if you have the time, and wait it out. Rinse and repeat with each room until you've cleared the boss.
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10 Feb 2016 22:50

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I got pretty lucky when I got that achievement. I was playing Azazel and that was the only floor I didn’t take damage on. I had Mutant Spider and 20/20 which game me a lot of AoE with a lot of tear and damage increases as well as some slow effects that made dodging really easy. I wasn’t expecting much from that run since I went in with the goal of taking on Mega Satan before I realized I didn’t have the key once I got there. So I guess task failed successfully?
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By NoThought on 28 Apr 2022 05:45
One of the easier ways to unlock this achievement without exploiting would be to use an emperor card as soon as you get into the chest and then not taking damage to Blue Baby (???). Holy Mantle will help because it allows you to take a hit without taking damage every room. Shielded tears could also help block bullets, and any orbitals that block bullets could help out too. Another way is to just play the game normally and maybe you'll get without trying.
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16 Aug 2015 00:03

See "Basement Boy" for more info. In order to unlock The Chest/Dark Room you must beat Sheol/Cathedral five times respectively to get "The Polaroid" or "The Negative.

Depending on which one you take after killing Mom and beating Sheol/Cathedral you will be taken to The Chest/Dark Room. "The Polaroid" takes you to The Chest, "The Negative" takes you to The Dark Room. 

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