How to unlock The Lost

Have you just started playing The Binding of Isaac and everyone is talking to you about an elusive The Lost but you don’t know how to unlock it? Have you tried in every way to find a seed (code) to unlock this character but failed? Then don’t worry: I can help you achieve your goal.

In today’s tutorial, in fact, I will explain how to unlock The Lost, the coveted secret character of Edmund McMillen’s title. No matter what version of the game you own (Rebirth, Afterbirth or Afterbirth Plus): The Lost can be unlocked in all variants of The Binding of Isaac and I’m here to help you navigate the myriad of possibilities offered by Edmund McMillen’s title.

So, may I know what are you still doing standing there? Courage: position yourself comfortably and start concentrating on reading the brief instructions below. Take all the time you need to implement the tips I will give you and try to keep them in mind, as they will help you save a lot of time in your search for The Lost. There is nothing left for me to do, except wish you good reading and have fun!

Index

• How to unlock The Lost Rebirth
• How to unlock The Lost Afterbirth Plus
• How to unlock Holy Mantle for The Lost
• Seed to unlock The Lost

How to unlock The Lost Rebirth

Rebirth is the “base version” of the game of The Binding of Isaac, ie the one originally released on September 28, 2011. If you have not purchased any DLC (additional content) or if you are a longtime gamer, you probably own this version of the game. Edmund McMillen. In any case, just do a quick check of the name of the game to dispel any doubts.

The first version of the game has a well-defined procedure to unlock The Lost. The first thing you need to do is make sure you have unlocked the playable characters Magdalene (unlocks by reaching 7 hearts/heart containers), Judas (unlocks after defeating boss Satan for the first time) and Azazel (unlocks after doing three deals with the devil/deals with the devils in a single match/run). To unlock these characters, in short, you just have to play The Binding of Isaac: After several hours of play, you will surely have reached all the conditions necessary to unlock the characters in question, obviously if you have managed to get to the last levels of the game. Train and you will see that you will be able to get Magdalene, Judas and Azazel without any problems.

After unlocking these characters, you need to start a game with Isaac. Your initial goal is to find a room that contains one or more Mulliboom, of the characters usually found in the first three chapters of the game. They are easy to recognize because they have a bomb in place of the right eye. Be careful not to confuse them with Mulligans, which look the same but don’t have the aforementioned bomb. To complete the first step required to unlock The Lost, you must die at the hands of a Mulliboom.

However, being a low-level enemy, their damage will consist only in half a heart and therefore it is good to get inside the Mulliboom room with little life, in order to make it more likely that this type of enemy will defeat you. It will almost certainly take more games for you to do this.

Next,  start a run with Magdalene (Maggy) and look for a bomb, of any kind. Once you find the bomb, keep playing until you get to the caves ( The Caves, second chapter) or the Catacombs ( The Catacombs, scenario that will replace the caves once all the relative bosses have been defeated). At this point, enter any room and let the enemies lead you to a heart or a half heart of life. Once this is done, use the bomb that you have collected and defeat yourself, using it. Again, it may take multiple games to complete this combination, but the important thing is that you don’t go and play with other characters while you’re trying to unlock The Lost, otherwise you’ll have to start over.

Once you have passed the Magdalene phase, you will need to start a match with Judas. In this case, you will have to play until you meet the boss Mom in The Depths (a scenario from the third chapter) or Necropolis (a scenario that will replace The Depths once all its bosses have been beaten). When you find this boss, get defeated by it. I remind you that, as mentioned above, you don’t have to play with other characters while trying to unlock The Lost.

The last step to get the aforementioned secret character is to play a game with Azazel and die at the hands of the boss Satan, who is in the secret area called Sheol. There are several ways to get to this place, but the one that guarantees safe access to the secret area is by unlocking and defeating It Lives, an alternate form of the Mom’s Heart boss.

To unlock It Lives, you “simply” have to defeat Mom’s Heart 10 times, who is the boss that appears in The Womb or Utero scenarios of the fourth chapter. In some cases, you may get lucky and a door may appear that can lead you to Sheol after defeating Mom’s Heart. You would be even luckier if you find the We Need To Go Deeper item, which can open a door for Sheol, when used in the Womb or Utero scenarios (Chapter Four).

When you get to the boss Satan, be careful: you will first have to defeat his henchmen and then let yourself be killed by Satan (the “goat-like demon” that appears high up in the room). In fact, otherwise, the game will not count this step. Even using The Bible item does not unlock the secret character. Once you have done this, if everything has been done correctly, a message will appear on the screen that will notify you that you have unlocked The Lost. Perfect, now you can use this powerful secret character to play in your games.

For more details on all the levels, characters and objects mentioned, I suggest you consult the encyclopedia of The Binding of Isaac Rebirth (in English), an inexhaustible source of information on the game. I want to clarify that this method also works in the Afterbirth DLC, but not in the Afterbirth Plus DLC. However, you can consult the chapter below for all the details related to the latter.

How to unlock The Lost Afterbirth Plus

The Afterbirth DLC and later the Afterbirth Plus one have totally revised the procedure to unlock the character The Lost, making it much easier. Many players have therefore decided to buy one of these additional contents (usually sold at a price of around 10 euros) even just to skip the long procedure required in Rebirth.

To unlock The Lost in Afterbirth / Afterbirth Plus version of The Binding of Isaac, just let it defeat in any of the sacrifices room (room sacrifice, that you see in this above) while your character possesses the ‘ object Missing Posters (missing poster). The easiest way to get the latter is to go with Isaac to one of the storerooms and buy, if available, a Mom’s Box (a box with a purple ribbon) for a few dollars. It contains mysterious objects, including the Missing Poster.

The Missing Poster can also be obtained by choosing Isaac and defeating The Lamb, the final boss of the Dark Room chapter, which is obtained by annihilating the enemy Satan five times. I have already explained how to reach Satan in the chapter on how to unlock The Lost Rebirth.

How to unlock Holy Mantle for The Lost

After unlocking The Lost, you may rightfully want to upgrade your character. In this case, one of the best chances you have from yours is to get a Holy Mantle.

This object protects The Lost from the first hit (hit) immediately in every room and can therefore be quite useful in practice. If you have the Rebirth version of the game, Holy Mantle can only be found in the Treasure Rooms or the Angel Rooms and you have to have a lot of luck.

However, in Afterbirth and Afterbirth Plus there is a safer way to get Holy Mantle. In fact, just play in Greed Mode or Greedier Mode and defeat the Ultra Greed boss. In this way, the Greed Machine will appear on the screen. The latter is nothing more than a machine that accepts your character’s coins: every time you touch it, a coin is inserted into the machine and the count on its screen rises.

Well, you have to donate 879 coins to unlock the item in question. Once you’ve done this, The Lost will start games directly with the Holy Mantle. I recommend that you consult the encyclopedia of The Binding of Isaac (in English) for more details on the names mentioned.

Seed to unlock The Lost

As you may have noticed in previous chapters, in some cases it can take several hours of gameplay to learn how to unlock The Lost. For this reason, the developers of The Binding of Isaac and the community have worked to allow the use of seeds or codes that can help the user to accomplish various objectives in an easier way.

These can be inserted directly in the screen where the game starts and only result in the impossibility of unlocking the trophies and objectives, but otherwise, the title is easily playable. Seeds are also used by some experienced players to familiarize themselves with the game before embarking on the actual challenge.

In the case of the procedure to unlock The Lost, they are quite useful, since it is possible to obtain the secret character even if you have made use of seeds. Below I list the best codes I have found.

• Seed to find Mulliboom: GPE3-2T1H (normal difficulty, PC), DMTM-NRD9 (Hard, PlayStation 4), 6Z2L-AZ6J (Nintendo 3DS), GQHN-NMKN (PlayStation Vita);
• Seed to find bombs for Magdalene (Maggy): ALFA-0NTS (normal difficulty, PC), FDRG-0CTE (PlayStation 4), DXVW-MQCF (PS Vita), YGDC-T8SL (Nintendo 3DS);

I want to clarify that seeds may not work depending on the type of platform you are playing The Binding of Isaac on or due to changes over which I have no control. For this reason, I invite you to search online for other seeds in case those listed do not work.

If, on the other hand, you want seeds to unlock the Holy Mantle, I recommend you try the following: LTSX-JHNG (left room), NK6X-NABK and LF1Y-W9YW. On PC, you can find the Holy Mantle on the first floor using the HNA6-WEK7 seed. Note that they may not work on some platforms and I therefore recommend that you search online in case you need others.

 

 

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