Tainted Mammon

Tainted Mammon
Health
Damage	3.50 (×1.00)
Tears	+0
Shot Speed	1.00
Range	6.50
Speed	1.00
Luck	−1
Pickups	3 coins

Tainted Mammon is a character added in the Burned Out update for Retribution, and is the Tainted counterpart to Mammon. Like all tainted characters, Tainted Mammon has to be unlocked by opening the secret closet in Home as Mammon, using a Cracked Key or Red Key.

Abilities

Cursed Trinkets

• Tainted Mammon's main gimmick is the presence of Cursed Trinkets. Cursed Trinkets have detrimental effects but can be exchanged for coins with a Curse Trader.
  • Cursed Trinkets can be distinguished from normal Trinkets by the black smoke they emit.
  • Cursed Trinkets are immediately smelted when picked up.
• Cursed Trinkets can be found 4 ways:
  • Items in the Treasure Room are always replaced with a random Cursed Trinket.
  • Completing a Boss Room will always drop a Cursed Trinket.
  • Killing the Seven Deadly Sin Minibosses will always drop a Cursed Trinket.
  • Enemies may occasionally drop a Cursed Trinket on death.

Notes

• Only the "main" stage of a Miniboss is guaranteed to drop a Cursed Trinket.
  • Split versions of Envy and Super Envy may still drop Cursed Trinkets, but they must follow the rules of a normal enemy.
• In order for a Boss Room to count as completed, at least 1 Boss enemy must be killed in the room.
  • This means that successfully using Eraser on a boss will count as skipping the room rather than completing it.
    • It is technically possible to circumvent this limitation using Vanishing Twin or Meat Cleaver by killing one boss before erasing the other.
    • Bosses that consist of multiple enemies such as Gurglings or Steven can also circumvent this.
• The chance for an enemy to drop a Cursed Trinket is influenced by a number of factors:
  • The maxmimum health of the enemy.
  • The current stage.
  • The average Luck of Tainted Mammons and other players holding Blazing Beak.
  • The cumulative trinket multiplier of Crow Mask among all players.

Trader Shops

• Tainted Mammon has stronger shops than other characters, and will always feature certain elements:
  • At least 2 Shop items for sale.
  • At least 2 Treasure Room items for sale.
  • A Curse Trader.
  • Either a Swine Beggar or a Gashapon.
• Shops will generate in The Womb, Cathedral, and Sheol for Tainted Mammon, however these shop are less powerful than normal.
  • Only 1 Shop item for sale.
  • No Treasure Room items for sale.
  • No Swine Beggars or Gashapons will spawn.

Notes

• If any player holds Silver Dollar, then Tainted Mammon's post-Depths shops will remain as strong as his normal shops.
  • This trinket must be held while initially entering a stage for it to have any effect.

Miscellaneous Changes

• Tainted Mammon's Boss Room items must be purchased for 15 coins, similarly to Tainted Keeper.
  • This does not apply to items in any other type of room like it does for Tainted Keeper.
• The first time a Tainted Mammon dies each run, so long as it hasn't already been granted Packaged Ham will be spawned from his corpse.
  • This will only occur if Tainted Mammon is able to revive, or if the current run is a Co-op game.

Birthright

Spiffy Timepiece
Flavor text	"What's the time?"
Recharge Time	0.5 seconds
Item Pool	None
Quality	4

"Conspicuous consumption"

• Tainted Mammon gains Spiffy Timepiece.
  • Spiffy Timepiece is a Hidden Active Item that tells you the duration of the current run.
• The Bougie Pedestal will now appear in every shop, selling an item from the Bougie Pedestal item pool for 25 coins.

Unlockable Achievements

Tainted Mammon currently has 7 associated Achievements:

Icon	Name	Unlock Method
	Nickel and Dime	Defeat Isaac, ???, Satan, and The Lamb as Tainted Mammon.
	Soul of Mammon	Defeat Boss Rush and Hush as Tainted Mammon.
	Rune Rocks	Defeat Mega Satan as Tainted Mammon.
	Blazing Beak	Defeat Delirium as Tainted Mammon.
	Shop Payroll	Defeat Mother as Tainted Mammon.
	The Pig Bang	Defeat The Beast as Tainted Mammon.
	Maxed Credit Card	Defeat Greedier Mode as Tainted Mammon.

Trivia

• Tainted Mammon's "title" is The Burnout.
• Tainted Mammon's mechanics were based on the game Blazing Beaks.
• Tainted Mammon is comphet, due to having adjusted to a more corporate mindset.
• Tainted Mammon's unlock art is a reference to the album art for In Right Now by SA-20.
  • "Everything U Do" was used as the backing track for Retribution's trailer for The Burned Out Update.
• Tainted Mammon was initially developed to be an entirely different character called Buta-chan, whose assets can still be found in the files.
  • Buta-chan is a recurring character within Retribution, such as being referenced to in the flavor text of Branded Bowtie.
  • This change was due to it making more sense for Mammon to be a subordinate of a corporation than Buta-chan, the mascot of said company.
• When using Spiffy Timepiece, additional flavor text may sometimes appear alongside the time. These are:
  • "Go outside."
  • "Data courtesy of Buta-Corp."

Gallery

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  Tainted Mammon's portrait when transitioning between floors or in the versus screen of a boss.

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  Tainted Mammon's menu portrait.

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  Tainted Mammon's starting room tutorial.

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  Tainted Mammon's icon in the Co-op selection menu.

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  The unlock art for Tainted Mammon.