How to unlock The Forgotten

In a context in which most video game enthusiasts are constantly looking for a high-caliber technical sector, an independent title created by two people, Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl, has been managing to keep “glued” to the screen for several years now. a good number of players. I refer clearly to The Binding of Isaac.

Originally released in 2011, it is a 2D roguelike title that focuses heavily on fast-paced and dynamic gameplay. The community that has been created around the title is so close that in 2021, ten years after the original launch, a full-bodied DLC called Repentance was launched. In any case, among the main challenges that players have been facing for years now is the one related to how to unlock The Forgotten.

The latter character, who arrived over the years through an update, has in fact managed to attract the attention of the community of enthusiasts due to his characteristics and the “intricate” method of obtaining. If you’re here, that means you’re looking for information too, right? Then don’t worry – you can find them below. Just follow what you find below and you will easily reach your goal. Enjoy your reading and have fun!

Index

• Preliminary information
• How to unlock The Forgotten Isaac
• How to unlock The Forgotten Repentance

Preliminary information

Before going into the details of the procedure on how to unlock The Forgotten, I think it may interest you to know more about this “secret” character.

Well, The Forgotten arrived in The Binding of Isaac in the context of Booster Pack # 5, an update package released in 2018 for Afterbirth +. It is an interesting character, also because of the question of the hearts of bones: The Forgotten, in fact, transforms the classic hearts into the latter.

Souls and black hearts are instead “provided” to The Soul, the other form of the character. The latter therefore has a sort of dualism: among other things, The Forgotten and The Soul have the same health bar. This means that each character shape has 6 hearts, instead of the classic 12.

For the rest, The Forgotten has a club made of bones that can be used as a melee or ranged weapon (can be thrown). In any case, you can switch from The Forgotten to The Soul simply by pressing a button: I do not want to give you further information also to not get too many spoilers related to the gameplay, but I understand why you have come this far and want to get the aforementioned character.

However, as you probably already know, carrying out this operation may not be easy, as the developers have decided to insert the obtaining of The Forgotten in a somewhat “complicated” procedure. During the tutorial, you will therefore find information that could be useful for you to reach your goal without complicating your life too much (as much as possible).

Before leaving: I just want to clarify that, since this character arrived in 2018 in the context of an update, in some cases it may not be possible to access it. In fact, if you have an older version of the game, The Forgotten will not appear in The Binding of Isaac.

In reality there shouldn’t be too many problems, as the update linked to The Forgotten has now been out for several years, but I wanted to make this clarification, because, if you are a long-time player of The Binding of Isaac who maybe wants go back to picking up the title by following this guide, you may not be aware of the many innovations that have arrived over the years.

In short, I recommend that you check the version of The Binding of Isaac at your disposal before following the instructions below.

How to unlock The Forgotten Isaac

After explaining the overall situation to you, I’d say it’s time to take action and detail how to get The Forgotten on The Binding of Isaac. I will use Afterbirth + to give you a concrete example.

In any case, obviously, as for all the procedures related to this game, for example that relating to The Lost, the number of actions to be performed and the precautions to keep in mind are many. For this reason, in some places the indications could be a bit “confusing”, due to the very nature of the game.

However, I’m sure that if you know the title made by Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl well, you will be able to understand without too much trouble what you need to do. For the rest, in case of any doubts regarding the many characters and objects that I will mention, as well as any steps in which you could “get stuck”, do not worry: later in the guide I will indicate a source that will help you eventually fill some “Gaps”.

That said before you can get to The Forgotten you need to win at least 5 times against Satan, who is on the Sheol level. Remember that the latter can be unlocked by defeating the boss It Lives. In any case, once these operations have been carried out, you will be able to access the Dark Room.

But be careful: initially you will not be able to find The Forgotten, but The Lamb. In fact, you must defeat the latter at least once to finally be able to meet the requirements to be able to implement the procedure to achieve your goal.

If you think the latter is simple, you are wrong: you will probably have to try several times to reach The Forgotten. To get started, you need to defeat the Basement 1 boss in under a minute. No, I don’t mean that the boss fight must last less than a minute, but the timer must be less than one minute once the first boss is defeated.

It is therefore important to choose the right character: if you want advice, the community generally believes that Azazel can be useful for this task (also due to his speed of movement).

In any case, after quickly defeating the first boss, you must return to the starting room (where the initial “spawn” took place). So place a bomb in the center of the room (yes, you will have to go look for the bomb if you don’t have one), in order to “unearth” a broken shovel and pick it up. From now on, you will have to pay special attention to the enemies: this phase may not be easy, as Mom will not stop attacking for a long time.

In any case, the next step is to perform the Boss Rush. It probably won’t be easy, but this way you’ll be able to get the second part of the shovel, which you need to get to The Forgotten. Also remember to take The Negative item, which is a drop from Mom.

Now you need to get to the Dark Room. To do this, defeat Satan (yes, the one you have already beaten several times to get to be able to perform this procedure) with The Negative item equipped and enter the chest which is released as a drop.

At this point, you have to look for a room without enemies, which features ground with some cracks. All you have to do is use the shovel you previously obtained on the mound of earth you notice in the center of the area and you will see a ghost appear: congratulations, you have successfully unlocked The Forgotten!

In short, now you know the intricate method to be able to unlock the coveted “secret” character of The Binding of Isaac. Clearly, as usual for this game, the procedure is a bit complex and can therefore take a long time to complete (depending on your skills).

Furthermore, in some passages you may “get stuck” or the developers may have inserted new features, perhaps due to new versions of the game. For this reason, net of the information I have provided you, you may also be interested in referring to the wiki of The Binding of Isaac (in English), an inexhaustible and constantly updated source of information relating to the title created by Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl.

For the rest, I remind you that the world of the Web is always your “friend” in these cases: generally a search on YouTube, perhaps using the keywords “unlock the forgotten” or “unlock the forgotten” , can allow you to find several videos about it. You might think about choosing the most recent ones, to potentially dispel any doubts.

How to unlock The Forgotten Repentance

How do you say? Have you decided to focus on The Binding of Isaac: Repentance, the DLC of the game released in 2021, but you haven’t quite understood how to get The Forgotten in this expansion? No problem, I’ll show you immediately what you need to know!

We assume that The Binding of Isaac: Repentance is an expansion that, however substantial (including, for example, new bosses, enemies and environments), still retains some of the characteristics of Rebirth, Afterbirth and Afterbirth + (which among other things are required to access the DLC).

Of course, the news is certainly not lack ing and someone has defined the expansion as a sort of “sequel”, given the mammoth work carried out by the developers, but this does not mean that the game has changed in its entirety (also to maintain a line of continuity).

However, in a context of this type, the doubt can actually arise, given that a certain part of the community has even deactivated the expansion due to the objects and enemies added to the base game (many have instead appreciated the DLC): Repentance changes the procedure to unlock The Forgotten? The answer is no .

In fact, following the instructions I gave you in the previous chapter , based on Afterbirth + , you will be able without too many problems, obviously net of your skills, to reach your goal even if you have decided to buy the Repentance expansion.

In short, now you know a little bit of everything there is to know about The Forgotten character from The Binding of Isaac . I just have to wish you a lot of fun once again, also because I am sure that you intend to continue playing the Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl title after doing this!

 

 

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