Cathedral explanation?

[Hadley333]

I don't know what the heck just happened. I beat the heart, and a room that looked holy opened up. Instead of opening the big gold chest, i went into the room and then got owned in the cathedral. Is this a bonus area, or is it now going to be available going forward? Had such a good run until i went in there!

[Flavour similar to vanilla]

Its A Road To An Alt End But Since You Havent Beat Moms Heart Just Do It For The Unlocks Even If You Die Moms Heart Still Gets Crossed Off The Sticky Note So Take The Chance

[EmoChen]

Originally posted by Azazel The Bawse:

Its A Road To An Alt End But Since You Havent Beat Moms Heart Just Do It For The Unlocks Even If You Die Moms Heart Still Gets Crossed Off The Sticky Note So Take The Chance

I Hate It When People Type Their Sentences Like This

[Hadley333]

I don't even know what is meant by "road to alt end," I have already beat the heart once.

[Blargo]

After beating Moms Heart/It Lives 9 times, you unlock the Cathedral and Sheol floors. They are permanent and will show up every run now.

[Flavour similar to vanilla]

Originally posted by Dxpress:

After beating Moms Heart/It Lives 9 times, you unlock the Cathedral and Sheol floors. They are permanent and will show up every run now.

You Dont Have To Beat Moms Heart 9 Times To Go There

[Blargo]

Originally posted by Azazel The Bawse:

Originally posted by Dxpress:

After beating Moms Heart/It Lives 9 times, you unlock the Cathedral and Sheol floors. They are permanent and will show up every run now.

You Dont Have To Beat Moms Heart 9 Times To Go There

No, but you do for the floors to be permanently available.

[Akiao]

They're to continue your progress. You have to beat the heart/ it lives 9 times and it will ALWAYS pop up. With either a beam of light or a trapdoor down. But you can get lucky with an angel/devil room and continue on down.

[Nazemec]

Originally posted by Dxpress:

After beating Moms Heart/It Lives 9 times, you unlock the Cathedral and Sheol floors. They are permanent and will show up every run now.

11 times to unlock permanently this access, not 9. ;-)

The Cathedral and its evil counterpart, Sheol, are the next step on the progress list. The Heart isn't the end of the game (neither are those two levels by the way).

[Smoon]

Its normal. You've just unlockef it. And its not Even The Last Stage.

[lexilogo]

The Cathedral (and it's counterpart Sheol) are additional post-Womb floors, and there is an additional floor beyond it. (there are a few more floors but that's it for the "Main" floor progression)

To get to the Cathedral/Sheol, you normally need to beat Mom's Heart a certain number of times, at which point beating The Womb no longer ends the game but instead allows you to progress to Cathedral/Sheol.

However, you don't NEED to do that. If you get a Devil Deal from beating Mom's Heart, you can go to Sheol- And if you get an Angel Deal, same thing, except you get to go to the Cathedral. This'll bypass the game's normal progression, meaning you can beat those floors earlier than usual before unlocking the guarenteed means of going there.

Also, I'll explain what Angel Deals are since you also seem to be new to those: Angel Deals are much like Devil Deals in that they have a chance to appear after beating a boss. However, to even get a chance at an Angel Deal, you have to refuse Devil Deals. There are of course exceptions that's a bit too complicated to go into, but generally speaking, you need to say no to every Devil Deal you see, and then you've got a pretty good chance of seeing an Angel Deal from that point on.

Angel Deals give you different items from Devil Deals, and will only ever give you one item- But, their items are free, unlike Devil Deals where you have to pay heart containers. The main advantage of Angel Deals is that while Devil Deals are a bit more reliablly good, Angel Deals have potential to give you some of the best items in the entire game, and they won't put a price on those items.

[suny]

Originally posted by lexilogo:

The Cathedral (and it's counterpart Sheol) are additional post-Womb floors, and there is an additional floor beyond it. (there are a few more floors but that's it for the "Main" floor progression)

To get to the Cathedral/Sheol, you normally need to beat Mom's Heart a certain number of times, at which point beating The Womb no longer ends the game but instead allows you to progress to Cathedral/Sheol.

However, you don't NEED to do that. If you get a Devil Deal from beating Mom's Heart, you can go to Sheol- And if you get an Angel Deal, same thing, except you get to go to the Cathedral. This'll bypass the game's normal progression, meaning you can beat those floors earlier than usual before unlocking the guarenteed means of going there.

Also, I'll explain what Angel Deals are since you also seem to be new to those: Angel Deals are much like Devil Deals in that they have a chance to appear after beating a boss. However, to even get a chance at an Angel Deal, you have to refuse Devil Deals. There are of course exceptions that's a bit too complicated to go into, but generally speaking, you need to say no to every Devil Deal you see, and then you've got a pretty good chance of seeing an Angel Deal from that point on.

Angel Deals give you different items from Devil Deals, and will only ever give you one item- But, their items are free, unlike Devil Deals where you have to pay heart containers. The main advantage of Angel Deals is that while Devil Deals are a bit more reliablly good, Angel Deals have potential to give you some of the best items in the entire game, and they won't put a price on those items.

plus you can get key pieces if you bomb angel statues, after getting the polaroid and the negative

[Nazemec]

Originally posted by Zenith:

plus you can get key pieces if you bomb angel statues, after getting the polaroid and the negative

After killing a level 10 boss, to be more precise. Unlocking the polaroid and/or negative isn't enough. ;-)