Tips On How To Play Normal Keeper

[Zirepan]

i have been struggling with this character and i need tips

[Kobeth]

Don't pick up coins in the floor until after you cleaned the whole floor. Coins can be used to heal so if you get hit, you can go back to a coin you left behind to help you. Additionnally, you can use this to abuse sacrifice rooms if you leave enough coins behind, and sacrifice rooms can have huge pay offs that will carry your game, so you should always try to play them when playing Keeper. Stuff like fanny pack, piggy bank, and swallowed penny that gives coins and other pick-ups on hit are pretty good with keeper since they can serve as a life insurance in a tough room and will pay off when playing sacrifice rooms so be on the look out for these valuable items.

[Zirepan]

thanks bro!

[aywee]

If you haven't beaten Isaac as Keeper, make it your first priority, as that unlocks Wooden Nickel - an active item with 1 room charge that spawns 1 coin with 50% chance.
If you play with Repentance, Hush is your second priority, as beating him grants Keeper 3rd HP from the start.
And also, Keeper has kinda niche mechanic with tears - even though he has triple shot, his tears cap is 5 points. This is usually realised in Greed mode, as you have more items to choose from with Restock.

[Isabelle]

Originally posted by abyrvalg:

If you haven't beat Isaac as Keeper, make it your first priority, as that unlocks Wooden Nickel - an active item with 1 room charge that spawns 1 coin with 50% chance.
If you play with Repentance, Hush is your second priority, as beating him grants Keeper 3rd HP from the start.
And also, Keeper has kinda niche mechanic with tears - even though he has triple shot, his tears cap is 5 points. This is usually realised in Greed mode, as you have more items to choose from with Restock.

+1 wooden nickel is the biggest thing you can do to make it easier to survive as keeper

keep in mind that with the way keeper works you can only take at maximum two hits in a single room without healing coins, unless you have forms of protection like holy mantle.

[Kippetje94]

Originally posted by Zirepan:

i have been struggling with this character and i need tips

I always try to bomb more urns than usual to find swallowed penny. I remember it was OP before repentance. 100% coin drop after getting hit which basically made you immortal if you were quick enough to grab the coin before the next hit. On repentance it isn't guaranteed that you get a coin drop.