Red Chain

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Red Chain
Flavor text	"Shackled without restraint"
Item Pool	Bougie Pedestal Secret Room Ultra Secret Room
Quality	3
Item Tags	Not available in Greed modes

Red Chain is a Passive Item added in the Repentance Update of Retribution.

Effect

• +3 keys.
• When entering a new room, grants a 33% chance to replace a random accessible rock with a File:RedPillar.png Red Pillar.
  • Red Pillars can be unlocked with a key to spawn a portal to a random new Red Key room.
    • Red Pillar portals are non-persistent and disappear if the room is left for any reason.

Notes

• Only default rocks can be replaced.
  • This means that Tinted Rocks, Bomb Rocks, Alt Rocks, Spiked Rocks, Marked Skulls, Super Secret Rocks, Fool's Gold, Pillars, Locks, Metal Blocks, and Rune Rocks cannot be replaced.
  • Internally the game has what are known as Event Rocks, these are visually identical to normal rocks but interact with Event Buttons, these rocks also cannot be replaced.
• Red Pillars can only replace accessible rocks, this means they will always be on the "outside" of rock clusters.
• Red Pillars also cannot replace rocks which are adjacent to pits, as they may have utility for generating bridges to pickups or other useful objects.
  • If no accessible rocks exist, or all accessible rocks are otherwise invalidated, no Red Pillar will be generated for the current room, even if the original 33% chance passed.

Interactions

• Red Chain: Red Pillars are more likely to spawn.
• Pay to Play: Red Pillars can be unlocked by spending coins instead of keys.
• Broken Padlock: Red Pillars can be unlocked with explosions.

Trivia

• Red Chain is a reference to the Red Chain present in all Sinnoh region Pokémon games.
• Red Chain's flavor text "Shackled without restraint" is a shortening of part of Cyrus' PC entries discussing the Red Chain.
  • The uncut line is as follows: "But with the Red Chain, the Pokémon can be shackled, and its power can be used without restraint..."
• The appearance of File:RedPillar.png Red Pillars is in reference to the broken pillars at Spear Pillar from the Sinnoh region Pokémon games.