it's the key achievment

[Dymlos]

Frist off is it even possible....
second can I take soul and black hearts
thrid can I take items like pyro and the quarter
fourth why this in the game

[areyouop1]

what achievment do you mean?

[wckowalski]

Play as the lost so you don't need hearts.

[Arghaab]

Only pickups allowed are keys, but you can totaly get pickups from items such as those you mentioned.
Edit : Yeah, and pickups such as batteries, pills and cards are allowed as well.


Doing it as The Lost felt like the easiest way for me. It feels like a regular run without shops.

[Gallant T Derg]

Originally posted by AreYouOP:

what achievment do you mean?

There's an achievement called "It's the Key," which requires you to go through an entire run without picking up any hearts, bombs, or coins and kill The Lamb.

[Lucathegreat]

You can take ONLY keys (and batteries, cards, trinkets and such of course).
No hearts whatsoever, no bombs, no coins.

It is possible with a lot of patience, Azazel is probably the easiest to use but you must get something to increase his range, like Brimstone, Tech, Ludovico (that's godly), Mom's Knife etc.
Just reset a lot until you find something useful in the first floor (play on Normal of course), and then give it a shot.

Also, don't pick up any item what spawns bombs, coins or gray hearts, they may spawn right on you thus making you fail the challenge.
Very useful is the book that gives you black hearts directly in the health bar, any HP-up you may find, anything that gives you more health or restores it to have room for errors, the path to Lamb is kinda long with few hearts.

I heard there's a seed or something that makes pickup disappear after a while, since they may spawn on the door blocking you. Search for it somewhere in the forum

[Whitelink]

Originally posted by Lucathegreat:

I heard there's a seed or something that makes pickup disappear after a while, since they may spawn on the door blocking you. Search for it somewhere in the forum

Seeds don't work, so don't try it.

Btw I found this challenge really hard, I always end up picking up something without paying attention... I'll just have to be 300% aware I guess...

[Daemonologist]

Originally posted by Whitelink:

Originally posted by Lucathegreat:

I heard there's a seed or something that makes pickup disappear after a while, since they may spawn on the door blocking you. Search for it somewhere in the forum

Seeds don't work, so don't try it.

Btw I found this challenge really hard, I always end up picking up something without paying attention... I'll just have to be 300% aware I guess...

While it's entered in the seed menu, it's technically an easter egg seed modifier option - specifically that one would be G0NE S00N, which unlocks the pickups time out option in the easter egg menu. Not all easter egg modifiers block unlocks - and this is one of them. The easter egg menu has the no trophy icon against each option that prevents unlocks/achievements so you can see at a glance which you can and can't use in the list once you've unlocked them.

Of course, it doesn't remove pickups instantly, they still take a little while to time out, but it does mean you can clear up rooms with many pickups without failing the challenge, which means you don't have to worry too much when going into previous rooms at least.

Difficulty wise it's not that much of a challenge to do provided you get a few bombs from items - the problem is that it's incredibly easy to accidentally pick up something you're not allowed to and instantly lose your chance at the achievement for that run.

[Rio]

Yeah its possible I did it as the lost. Then After the lamb died started a victory lap and knocked rerun out as well.

Lost can't pick up red hearts, and free devil deals so no caring about my remaining hp.

[Greedy $pider]

I actually came really close to finishing it today as Judas. I was Judas with book of revelations, sack of sacks, and wafer. Sadly I accidently grabbed the poleroid instead of the negative. Didn't even hit me until Sheol.

[crounchann]

I just made it with Isaac, I had the quarter and poison bomb so yes items that generate bomb, coins or heart are just fine... Just no heart,bomb & coins pickups... keys, pills, cards, batteries and runes are fine. I had to say that I was happy with the quarter because it allowed me to buy larger batterie in shop so my satanic bible generated me 2 black hearts in one use.