How to Unlock Every TARNISHED CHARACTER in Epiphany - The Binding of Isaac

[@IsaacGuru]

Important note: the floors changing appearance while on the unlock path is actually a bug caused from Repentance+, and not an intentional effect. It is expected to be fixed in a future patch of either the mod or the base game itself.

[@tiburones202]

Repentance+ (and only rep+) forces challenges to become I am error if changed to a modded one mid-way during a run

[@SheepRunner]

I love how there is some lore behind unlocking characters, such as visiting Isaac's home get himself locked inside the chest, Cain killing Abel's sheep and him, ??? (blue baby) remembering who he is, Sanson being. .sanson

[@a_man_with_a_plan]

Samsung*

[@Blurrythere]

​@@a_man_with_a_plan Salmon*

[@WeaselOnaStick]

@@Blurrythere SamOnella

[@purple_fella]

​@@WeaselOnaStick singing sun

[@dukefang1001]

@@purple_fella Spamton

[@theoverseer1775]

Can't wait to have a whole ass RPG about Jacob stealing Esau's Birthright and blessing for Tarnished Jacob

[@endermnus]

Would be freakin' great idea, because it's part of character's lore, like cain and Samson. Idk what is about Judas and Eden, they're strange (especially Maggie)

[@Addison-e2t]

Imagine jacob and esau is just jacob dragging around a corpse that leaves creep and thats your only form of damage, but items go to the corpse and increase damage and synergies depending on the item and quality.

[@chaoticengineering]

sounds like tainted forgotten

[@Addison-e2t]

@@chaoticengineering 😭it does now that i think about it. You cant throw the corpse though.

[@silverdededestruction2197]

Tarnished Jacob and Esau "What was mine is now yours"

[@smnio5619]

Better yet, playing as 5 rats puppeteering Esau's soulless corpse

[@Ian-fv5yg]

By the door's look probably it will be them sewn together

[@Sleepyvoidboi2111]

It’s kinda unsettling but incredibly fitting that a large amount of these unlocks involve the player being stuck in a dark room afterward

[@SmashKid15]

I hope that once everyone is available, we’ll have a definitive video on how to unlock everyone.

[@arturliviu]

I hope so too

[@MaksOSTR]

it would be even cooler for the final part of tainted judas that when you go to the next floor the screen splits so you play both sheol and cathedral on the right at the same time with the two judases

[@Mr.Panchoito]

I think it'd be better if the floor you choose is sometimes a cathedral room and sometimes a sheol room (like 2 floors in 1) and in boss room it splits into both floors having both aspects of tarnished judas

[@BigHatLoganGaming]

other than the reveal this appears to be the only tarnished ??? video. the jar breaking and turning into "shred" plus tarnished ???'s mouth missing its skin and his apparent thing for his guts falling out makes me think puking wont be his only gameplay aspect

[@hydraulics-]

The Abel fight is so sad

[@V2_maquina_suprema]

The who am i question was fucking depressing

[@Idi0tperson1]

Real

[@pastramaman6338]

Real

[@pixelcatmagic]

Isaac's unlock method: Isaac blames himself for his dad leaving and he's in the chest since that's where he died Cain's: Put rock in bag go spinny

[@YNK_dotzip]

But it also represents how Cain kills his brother, Abel in the Bible

[@FluffinWasntHere]

"put the fries in the bag" nah it's put the wheat in the bag

[@smnio5619]

Blue Baby: AYO MA MY STOMACH FELL OUT WHAT'S MY NAME

[@ItsActuallyThisWide]

​@@smnio5619if you think about it: ??? could be the decompositing body of Isaac, so "who am i" questions make sense, it's recalling who you are... for the last time after you died.

[@V2_maquina_suprema]

​@@ItsActuallyThisWide isaac's dying brain trying to formulate a thought, he doesn't sees himself as a sinner, a devil anymore, all that he knows know, is that he can't breathe, and time is running out Pretty depressing if you ask me

[@hydraulics-]

The Guppy drawing is so cute!

[@sir_ointment]

I absolutely cant wait to see tarnished azazel, lilith, bethany, and especially jacob and esau

[@JoqsUniversal]

And forgotten

[@sir_ointment]

@ ooooh i forgot about him your riiight

[@yeehaw.8002]

the irony

[@Malahamala]

No way Lazarus is too forgotten by everyone ☠️

[@silverdededestruction2197]

wonder how Tarnished Lilith and Bethany will be Lilith is primarily the most interesting one since it has to evolve or completely change Lilith's familiar based gameplay, but she also has to have her own unique unlock method and cutscene

[@unowa1105]

9:49 There is an error in the subs, it says "Unlocking *Tarnished Isaac* requires defeating the first floor's boss under 1 minute as Tainted Eden."

[@changedjamin]

That’s just how you 😊unlock tarnished isaac

[@KidV0lt]

@@changedjamin no it isnt

[@TheRizzingofIssac]

​@@changedjaminwow, tarnished isaac has two unlock methods

[@changedjamin]

@@KidV0lt watch the video

[@KidV0lt]

@@changedjamin watch the video what, tarnished isaac is unlocked with the blighted photo, not by doing the same as tarnished eden, ffs

[@melvinthesuper194]

I’m horrified at what they could possibly do for tarnished Jacob

[@Beegcat]

I imagine it’s a buffed version of j&e (when one of them dies it spawns a small soul that behaves as the souls in coop), with an instant death ghost called “Ishmael” that behaves like dark Esau.

[@SenyiKimmo]

The original concept for "Tainted Tainted Jacob" had Esau chained at the heels to his brother, which could only lead to chaos.

[@Possibly_tamari]

esau pulls out a gun

[@YNK_dotzip]

Esau forces Jacob to experience what being the meat shield is like

[@Db19Tph2]

p a i n

[@Axelpvz2030]

Can you show the update they made to tarnished Judas? Is not just his unlock method what they changed, now he has an "angel form"

[@aveage-brush-player]

man I AM HORRIFIED AT WHAT tarnished jackcob will be considering his tainted version is already insane

[@erddle3612]

Why are these all so cool? I wish base game had unlock methods like this because going to home 11 times gets boring if your not trying to kill dogma

[@janekwikariak1079]

As much as I love repentence, I gotta admit tainted characters unlocks don't hold a candle to those tarnished unlocks

[@TomaszTimas]

i love the new way of unlocking tarnished judas, before the update it was lazy af

[@therealswitt4554]

I don't know why, but Eden specifically freaked me out, like every other character is just depressing and just horrific if you think about it, but Eden's glitched face, the Mom scream at the start, the messed up floor, its all itchy, which I guess does describe Eden in a nutshell lol

[@averagefearoftheocean3005]

idk man does isaac really need a banjo-kazooie quiz segment lmao

[@BunsyGamer]

absolutely

[@tiburones202]

Yes. Next question

[@TheBindingofCain]

Yes

[@FluffinWasntHere]

Mario Wonder ass unlock

[@gooper3644]

I mean, it’s not difficult and there’s little to no punishment for getting it wrong. It’s just cool

[@CasualityLine]

Tarnished laz and tarnished jacob/esau i cannot wait for

[@YNK_dotzip]

Tarnished Lazarus is just going to have a worse mental illness

[@OrangeZ1987]

@@YNK_dotzipLaz becomes moon knight

[@silverdededestruction2197]

@@OrangeZ1987 *Lazarus opening various bossrooms in the void* "I know you're in here, Delirium, you erratic fucking nerd. Where's my goddamn money?"

[@Muskwasis-t1l]

My theory on Azazel mechanics will be around ramming into enemies

[@silverdededestruction2197]

would make a lot of items based on contact damage really good with him, Like Mom's Heels and Aries

[@hugorodriguez8672]

It could also be based around crafting weapons of some kind, since "irl" Azazel was responsible for teaching men metallurgy and how to craft weapons

[@ItsActuallyThisWide]

​@@hugorodriguez8672that would be too close to Cain wouldn't it? also uhhh TBOI is not like 100% accurate to bible iirc (like the voices on the start cutsnece and again, azazel not crafting stuff.)

[@Uhalright]

Heare out, what if Tarnished Jacob wasn't actually Jacob, but just Esau.

[@smnio5619]

The soul has left the body, so you're stuck as the corpse

[@Jay_A_Comenter]

This is a certified Issac Guru moment

[@jorgeGabrielSilvacosta-yc3nn]

I never thought this game would have more characters to unlock

[@LordRemiem]

No joke these methods are super cool, especially the new ones - and the new Judas which honestly look very metal And the Lost cutscene 😢

[@betsyrocketram]

Hey I'm a bit confused on Tarnished ???'s unlock method. Mainly why are the last two responses correct? The who is my mom one in particular depicts 3 events which we know happened, and the who am I is also a choice between three all technically correct answers.

[@caraprism9074]

While they’re all correct in a literal sense, in fact I personally believe the ending is implying that she is all three by each answer being a memory of Isaac. She’s been influenced by religious dogma, she’s been a caring mother but she’s also been an abusive mother to issac. What the question is asking is more about how Issac views his mom. Isaac doesn’t see her as mislead, nor does he see her as caring anymore, he only sees her as cruel and hurtful now.

[@betsyrocketram]

@@caraprism9074 thats really clever actually. i didnt think about it like that, thanks for clarifying. i really respect that now.

[@birbddhaGodOfBirbs]

Who am I is also asking specifically “Who am I now?” Since the cutscene is likely a representation of Isaac’s life flashing before his eyes as he suffocates, Isaac at this point is barely conscious of who he is anymore and all he knows about himself is he can’t breathe

[@TOSTIWETHAR911]

10:09 "aa-IIS-a-a-a-a-a-ac"

[@YatagaLoki]

honestly being in a closet with no exit after unlocking tr isaac is so scary for me, just the idea of this, even tho ive never had claustrophobia

[@jason0803]

17:04 Pretty sad, the correct option is the one on the left but you have to pick the middle because it’s seen from issas’s eyes

[@deadlydingus1138]

I feel like unlocking Tarnished Lilith will be interesting.

[@edward9487]

Apollyon, when they do it, might be the most interesting. I don't think there will be absorbing of items at that point.

[@5uperM]

1:56 That's not the closet, that's inside of the chest.

[@mrkeyboardmashed]

cant wait for tarnished ball grabber

[@YNK_dotzip]

?

[@seanmclaughlin9283]

I'm having problems unlocking tarnished Samson. I get the razor, but I'm not getting the door after the 3rd challenge room completion.

[@DragoTheScarfman]

Tarnished Jacob: Esau receiving his birthright and Jacob being the haunter(?

[@Tomate-jb8hw]

It's been a litle whiel since I last saw you

[@Muskwasis-t1l]

As a plus coop is not intended in these unlocks other than other players picking up items there not supposed to or tr keeper turning them into cash Tr cain: all other players keep items leading abel to get overkilled Tr samson: coop babys or players can get stuck and cant move during the philistines fight Tr ???: other players can pick up the poloroids in the end of unlock or tr keeper soft lock Also old tr judas unlock still enabled somehow in greed or greedier

[@RafaCB0987]

Thanks for the guide

[@LucasAnderson-gj1zl]

Casually passes planetarium in furst 10 seconds

[@BossTyphlosion]

Perhaps I can finally play this mod when I get deadgod on all 3 files

[@julianwojtunik4497]

I really, and i mean REALLY want tarnished Forgotten.

[@ragged2.0]

2:25 "troubles by the score"

[@grape_protogen]

Every day you love me less, each day I love you more

[@TheSecondKidNamedFinger]

Yes, I've got heartaches by the number, a love that I can't win

[@that1greekguy]

can't wait for tarnished Jacob

[@КристиянКръстев-э8и]

Foul tarnished, in search of the Isaac Ring

[@inkyjonin5341]

im having a bug where the home floor for tarnished isaac is softlocking me out. the door to leave the living room just doesnt appear. i have other mods on but they're all just visual and item description

[@IsaacGuru]

Are you on Repentance+?

[@inkyjonin5341]

@IsaacGuru yeah

[@IsaacGuru]

That is probably the issue. Repentance+ is not recommended to be used with larger mods as its modding API is currently semi-broken.

[@Suikitheimmortalgoddess]

Do you need to play on hard mode or need to unlock anything besides the tainted charecters?

[@tiburones202]

The difficulty doesn’t matter

[@kissuri9344]

Are there clues in the mod on how to obtain certain character, or you NEED to know how to unlock characters?

[@alsartsavience3512]

When you check the Tarnisheds' locked doors, the text explain how to begin the quest to unlock them.

[@Approvedjoey117]

7:12 Mimihagi-sama

[@meeeoowww]

7:18 that looks so much like Fran Bow twin-sisters death scene thing

[@ravingPyrotechnician]

Dude, Tarnished Lilith might be even MORE fucked up than the tainted version.

[@jorgehdiaz4264]

What music are you using?

[@IsaacGuru]

Excelsior - Catacombs (kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2q3mYZ7dp6GiNE) Added to video description.

[@jorgehdiaz4264]

@@IsaacGuru Thank you

[@nehmiah_battle]

I want this to not be a mod but in the game

[@Brewia]

its bugged on repentance+ i think. doesn't even spawn any additional rooms on home floor when you try to unlock tarnished isaac.

[@IsaacGuru]

Repentance+ is not recommended to use with bigger mods at the moment.

[@pablixgaming]

Tarnished ??? Full gameplay when?

[@bobbob-sn9fk]

i tried to unlock tarnished samson but it don't work is there a way to just use the console to unlock him

[@pastramaman6338]

The cain fight is depressing

[@red-man7017]

I don't understand why epiphany on steam doesn't want to update to wave 7 on my end...

[@IsaacGuru]

Try unsubscribing the mod and subscribing again. It sometimes does that where you need to wait a bit before updating.

[@g0ld336]

Wish we knew what the items did

[@IsaacGuru]

All items are actively described at IsaacGuru.com - feel free to check it out.

[@tomchaye8161]

Question in the outro end part what is the name of the app or webtsite that allows you to show all items because that is really useful

[@IsaacGuru]

It's IsaacGuru.com - it features many popular mods alongside Epiphany.

[@tomchaye8161]

@IsaacGuru oh thanks a lot

[@chorizord6974]

13:04 Who broke his orb?! 😢

[@Beegcat]

He doesn’t deserve it, he can’t even take damage

[@tiburones202]

The TrEden unlock shown here is outdated

[@grunchchristmas]

these could have been challenges

[@pufferfish9166]

Samson should've had his hair cut.

[@Kaankurt-k7d]

İs that mode?

[@theradiance2530]

Are the Tarnished versions just harder versions of Tainted? I mean...a hard version of a hard version? Bruh

[@michaelgrieshaber1212]

Ok what do they do tho

[@centipede4417]

Wish i could get these guys on xbox 💔

[@dynajay4106]

Thought it was Slipknot.

[@WeaselOnaStick]

T.??? method looks jarring, feels out of place, and the questions themselves are unclear. Forgotten literally fits the rememberance theme better because of his name alone. Why not have tarnished ??? unlock go through Mother route (considering rot and decay), maybe have a special hush-like door after defeating Mother? All the previous unlock routes look so much more fitting in comparison

[@tiburones202]

rep+? yikes

[@laceituna]

Fake

[@IsaacGuru]

I'm baffled.

[@a_man_with_a_plan]

god this unlock methods are so awkard and forced. like they are cool on paper but they suck in practice, not to mention they just straight up end your run when you get to unlocking the character!

[@chwaterchearthchfirechair8254]

Forced?

[@ScarletPhoenix0]

in part they teach you how the character works

[@tiburones202]

Those who hate unique stuff in isaac mods

[@MishaLoh228]

On the contrary, unlocking seems to me to be the only interesting thing about the mod. And the characters themselves are clearly overloaded.

[@tiburones202]

Also, complaining about this with epiphany specifically is so stupid because we have a character bypass for people who don’t want to do the unlock methods

[@pelmax_arg]

I don't care nerd

[@static134]

Dumb mod