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Icarus
Health
Damage	3.50 (×1.00)
Tears	+0
Shot Speed	1.00
Range	6.50
Speed	1.00
Luck	0
Starting Items	Wax Wing (Innate) Communion

Icarus is a character that appeared with the initial The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ release of Retribution.

Traits

Starting Items

• Icarus starts with 2 items:
  • An innate copy of Wax Wing, which grants Icarus boosted stats until the first time he takes damage each floor.
  • Communion grants Icarus the ability to convert all projectiles in the room into friendly homing tears.

Daedalus Statue

In the starting room of every floor, a Daedalus Statue will sit in the center holding a large lit candle.

• If Icarus has lost the effect of Wax Wing and takes damage on the candle flame, there is a chance to drop a Wax Feather.
• If Icarus has not lost the effect of Wax Wing yet, a Pitch Feather will drop instead.
  • Wax Feathers restore broken Wax Wings; Pitch Feathers do the same but also provide a shielding layer, protecting Icarus' wings from breaking against one instance of damage.
  • Icarus can't pick up Wax Feathers if his Wax Wings are still intact, and he can't pick up Pitch Feathers if he already has Pitch Wings.
  • The chance for a Daedalus Statue to spawn a feather is equal to 1.5x Icarus' Curse of the Sun chance.
    • This results in a 100% spawn chance at 66.6% Curse of the Sun or greater, roughly equal to Icarus' Sunburn threshold.

Notes

• In the Greed Modes, the Daedalus Statue will appear in a custom room that replaces the Curse Room.
  • An additional room will generate on the floor attached to the Daedalus room, this is the moved Curse Room.
  • On the final floor, the Daedalus Statue will appear in the center of the starting room as normal, instead of a custom room.

Curse of the Sun

Icarus has the permanent effect known as the Curse of the Sun which can cause enemies to "evolve": being replaced with harder variants related to the original enemy.

For details regarding the tree of evolutions see: Anti-Baptismal Upgrades.

Chance Modifications

• The chance for enemies to be evolved by Curse of the Sun is influenced by different actions Icarus takes during the run — "evil" actions increase this chance, while "virtuous" actions lower this chance.
  • Evil Actions:
    • Having Black Hearts: +2.5% each.
    • Killing Angels: +10%.
    • Taking Devils Deals: +5%.
    • Having The Negative: +10%.
  • Virtuous Actions:
    • Having an Eternal Heart: -10%.
    • Killing Fallen Angels: -5%.
    • Taking Angel Deals: -5%.
    • Having The Polaroid: -10%.
    • Using a Sacrifice Room: -2.5% each use.
• Other than by having Eternal Hearts or The Polaroid it is impossible for Icarus to reduce below his Base Curse Level. This level is:
  • 25% for Normal Mode and Greed Mode.
  • 35% for Hard Mode and Greedier Mode.
• If Icarus' Curse of the Sun chance exceeds 60%, he will become Sunburned.

Sunburn

Sunburn is a modifier of Curse of the Sun, which changes the behaviour of some elements of Icarus' mechanics:

• Wax Wing will now leave a trail of slowing sticky creep while intact.
• Upgrading enemies have a chance to upgrade a 2nd time instantly.
  • This chance is always equal to Icarus' Base Curse Level.

Birthright

"Damn the odds"

• Icarus' Birthright increases the risk/reward factor of his loadout:
  • All stat boosts provided by Wax Wing are now doubled in strength.
  • His Curse of the Sun chance is now locked at 100%, causing infinite Sunburn.

Unlockable Achievements

Icarus currently has 14 associated Achievements:

Icon	Name	Unlock Method
	Heart Worm	Defeat Mom's Heart or It Lives as Icarus.
	Baptismal Shell	Defeat Isaac as Icarus.
	Baptismal Font	Defeat ??? as Icarus.
	Blood of Satan	Defeat Satan as Icarus.
	Kapala	Defeat The Lamb as Icarus.
	Wax Wing	Defeat Boss Rush as Icarus.
	Shattered Dice	Defeat Hush as Icarus.
	Rapture	Defeat Delirium as Icarus.
	Goat's Eye	Defeat Mega Satan as Icarus.
	The Iliad and The Odyssey	Defeat Mother as Icarus.
	Derelict Anchor	Defeat The Beast as Icarus.
	Branded Bowtie	Defeat Greed Mode as Icarus.
	Pyrite	Defeat Greedier Mode as Icarus.
	Hundred Dollar Steak	Earn every Hard Mode completion mark as Icarus.

Trivia

• Icarus is a character in Greek mythology who was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, and builder of the labyrinth of Crete to imprison the Minotaur.
  • In various tales, after both Daedalus and his son are imprisoned by King Minos who suspected that the craftsman aided the legendary hero Theseus in escaping the labyrinth, the two of them escape through use of wings made of cloth and wax. Daedalus warns his son Icarus of over-confidence, telling him to avoid flying too close to the sun lest the wax of his wings melt. Icarus ignored Daedalus instructions, causing Icarus to plunge into the sea and drown.
• Icarus' Birthright is a reference to the "Damn the Consequences" Edict from Stellaris.
  • In Stellaris, Damn the Consequences doubles the bonuses of Overtuned species traits, which are unique to the (at the time) newest species added to the game: The Toxoids.

Gallery

• CharacterPortrait Icarus.png

  Icarus' portrait when transitioning between floors or in the versus screen of a boss.

• Icarus Sunburned.png

  Icarus' appearance after becoming Sunburned.

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  Icarus' menu portrait.

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  A very small menu portrait that was previously used for AB+ True Co-op support.

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  Icarus' starting room tutorial.

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  Icarus' icon in the Co-op selection menu.

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  A placeholder Co-op selection menu icon for a theoretical Tainted Icarus.