Best Way To Get Angel Rooms?

[Elmo3000]

Trying to beat Mega Satan with all characters, and the boss fight itself isn't hard - what makes it hard is that Angel Rooms have spontaneously decided to never show up in my runs. Even if I never take any Devil Deals, even if I put 10 coins in a donation machine on the same floor (which apparently makes the Devil/Angel chance 25/75%) even if I never get hit, I just don't get Angel Rooms nearly as frequently as I used to.

Anyone have any tricks they use to get Angel Rooms to appear? I don't really want to have to spam resets until I pick up Dad's Key, a Get Out Of Jail Free Card, or randomly find Goat Head.

[Arioch]

Don't take red heart damage (donation machine and devil beggar doesnt count) as it will halve your chances to see a special room after the boss. Also bombing the shop keeper or the guy in the secret room gives you a bit more chances to see a special room.

If all you're looking for is angel rooms and a mega satan run you should reset until you find a starter (which i guess you already do) and check curse rooms aswell for a chance to find a goat head.

[1337Walrus]

You'll always get a Devil Room on Basement/Cellar II. Enter it and take black hearts/open cursed chests if you want, you just can't take a devil deal from it.

Using the Credit Card to take a devil deal for free doesn't count as you trading your soul and blocking angel rooms, so if you have that on hand you can still get a decent devil item without screwing up your angel chances.

Donating 10 coins to the donation machine is unreliable, since they're very likely to just jam around 6.

A few other things boost your chances...

Holding the Rosary Bead trinket changes the Devil/Angel chance to 25/75, and always works, no coins necessary.

If you find a Devil Beggar somewhere on that floor, blowing them up will increase your chances to find an Angel Room very slightly.

If you happen to get an Angel Room naturally, blowing up the statue and getting Key Piece 1 or 2 naturally gives a very slight increase to your chances of getting angel over devil.

Even if you just donate 10 coins and blow up a devil beggar, that's still a 81% chance of getting an angel room over a devil room...

Best of luck! Just got a Mega Satan kill with Isaac myself after a LOT of runs.

[Ottomic]

Two mega satan runs I've done since the expansion hit, and I've done them by happening upon a joker card on a floor with an angel room on it. Got the item, killed the angel, and when I beat the boss I got another angel room, with no item (well, an empty pedestal) but with an angel on it. Boom: 1 floor, 1 key.

[beautheschmo]

Don't forget, Dad's Key can open Mega Satan's door as well. If you're gunning for him, it's probably worth holding on to it if you find it (which gives the added bonus of not having to skip good Devil Deals).

[Dagirkeran]

Also, for note, killing key and coin beggars increases devil deal chance, along with shop keepers and the hanging ones as well. Do not blow them up.
Avoid red heart damage, which is a given as always.
Avoid Evil up items, which even means, with credit card, do NOT grab any sort of demonic item from devil deals, for they will drastically increase devil room chances in comparison to angel rooms, like the Pentagram and the Pact.

[SakuraKoi]

Also do not forget that the "Get Out Of Jail Free Card" also opens the Mega Stan door. So it is adviseable to do the worst, the Speed! Challenge, first

[She-Ra]

Currently (might get patched cause it seems like a bug), if you get an angel room and kill the angel, you can quit and continue the game and there'll be another angel so you can get both key pieces in one go.

[Arioch]

Don't promote glitches :s

[oldnoob]

Hold R until you got goat head in curse room. Skip first devil room and black market - if you pay a heart for something, then angel room will never appear for you. You can still get items from devil room if you arelucky, by using credit card or Diplopia item. Good luck.

[Forbidden Fractal Crab]

Joker card

[Phoust]

Originally posted by Ottomic:

Two mega satan runs I've done since the expansion hit, and I've done them by happening upon a joker card on a floor with an angel room on it. Got the item, killed the angel, and when I beat the boss I got another angel room, with no item (well, an empty pedestal) but with an angel on it. Boom: 1 floor, 1 key.

Yep, same here. I recommend this strategy.

[D_Wormkiller]

You can also have an alternative, which is absolutely a must for the Lost. You need to complete challenge 22 to unlock the card "Get out of the jail for free".

This card works like dad's key, so you can reach mega satan. I recommend you to go in shops and, if you find sack man power up, to take it immediately asap. With that item, you have a very good chance of finding that card in sacks.

Moreover, if you have bombs along with sack man, just keep bombing your donation machine because there are huge chances pennies to be replaced with sacks.

[Arioch]

Originally posted by Corduroy Turtle:

Originally posted by Ottomic:

Two mega satan runs I've done since the expansion hit, and I've done them by happening upon a joker card on a floor with an angel room on it. Got the item, killed the angel, and when I beat the boss I got another angel room, with no item (well, an empty pedestal) but with an angel on it. Boom: 1 floor, 1 key.

Yep, same here. I recommend this strategy.

As this also works with alt + F4 this might not be intended and should be fixed.

[Harrod371]

If you stumble over a guppy's tail and are heading to the chest you might find a dad's key there, otherwise stick with a get out of jail free card if you find one of those(requires challenge: Speed completed).

Otherwise it's the usual angel room deal, bombing devil beggars will increase chances of an angel room . Never take an item for health in a devil deal or it will lock you to it, avoid picking up items that gives evil up.

The best way to get angel rooms from my experience is holding a rosary bead. So if you find one of those or get one from a fortune teller or mom's box(which doubles effect of held trinkets) you should see at least one angel room before the end of depths. Apparently you only need one as currently when exitig to the bossroom the angel room door will stay open and spawn a new angel(pretty sure this is a bug though).

[Deadbubble]

Always skip the devil deal on the second floor. If you want to have hte best chance to get an angel room, try your best to get the devil deal. That means do not take red heart damage. On the next floor, your chance of getting either room goes down, so you can either wait or bomb a beggar or shell game beggar to increase the chances of a devil deal appearing, which also affects the chance of an angel room appearing. Next, donate 10 cents to the shop. This will increase the chance of an angel room to replace a devil deal. Be aware that it only lasts for that floor.