Developer Nicalis has released The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth update 1.17 for PlayStation and Xbox. The same update will be released on Nintendo Switch at a later date. This update includes gameplay changes and a ton of bug fixes. Read on for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth April 14 patch notes posted down below.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Update 1.17 Patch Notes | The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth April 14 Patch Notes:

The following patch notes are from the game’s PS4 update history:

Repentance 1.7.9b

Changes

– C Section fetuses now only deal 75% damage every 10 frames (from 100% damage every 8 frames)
– Lil Dumpy now has a secondary, larger detection radius that can cause it to randomly trigger from nearby enemy projectiles
– Renamed the “Glowing Hour Glass” to “Glowing Hourglass”
– Glowing Hourglass no longer has a cooldown, but can only be used three times per floor (at which point it temporarily functions as the regular Hourglass)
– Increased the cooldown of D10 to 2 (from 1). It now “devolves” enemies instead of replacing them with a random enemy
– Cain’s Other Eye now follows Isaac and copies all tear modifiers/stats, but shoots in random cardinal directions and has -25% reduced damage
– Bum Friend can now give batteries and items from the Beggar pool
– The Black Bean now causes multiple farts in quick succession and leaves poisonous gas clouds
– 20/20 now only decreases damage by -20% (from -25%)
– Isaac’s Tears now has an added +5 damage bonus applied to the tears
– Sticky Bombs now cause white creep to splash on the ground, slowing enemies
– Breath of Life now takes less time to activate and recharge. Upon blocking damage with perfect timing, it will release holy beams in four directions (similar to Salvation) and grant a brief shield effect
– Athame no longer creates a black ring on damage taken, instead it adds a chance for the ring to spawn around killed enemies (scales with luck)
– Betrayal no longer charms all enemies on damage taken, it now allows enemy projectiles to hit other enemies – when an enemy takes damage from an enemy projectile, it will attempt to target the enemy that fired it
– My Shadow no longer creates dark chargers on damage taken, instead Isaac’s shadow will closely follow him and create temporary dark chargers when enemies come into contact with it
– Increased the damage of Lil Brimstone to 3 per tick (from 2.5)
– Increased the damage of Shade to 5 per tick (from 2)
– Razor Blade and Blood Rights now only cost a half heart after the first usage in a room
– Ouija Board now grants a tears up (equal to that of Squeezy)
– My Reflection now grants a damage up (equal to that of Death’s Touch) and a luck down
– Reduced the cooldown of Mom’s Pad to 2 (from 3). It now also spawns 1 blue fly on use
– Adjusted the cooldown of Blank Card with a few cards
– A penny now appears in all curse rooms when in possession of Voodoo Head
– Cube Baby can now be launched by melee attacks
– The Bag of Crafting can no longer be crafted
– Saturnus tears no longer damage grid entities (such as poop and TNT barrels)
– Items spawned from chests can now be safely picked up in the Death Certificate area
– Items in the Death Certificate area now spawn as “option” items similarly to items in Boss Rush and Angel rooms – the player is automatically returned to the main floor whenever picking up an item would cause other items in the room to disappear
– Removed a redundant range increase from Crown of Light (it used to counteract the shot speed decrease)
– Reduced the devil price of Sacrificial Altar to 1 heart
– Increased the average amount of items available for purchase in devil rooms
– Added Backstabber to the devil room pool
– Added Book of Revelations, Stigmata, Jesus Juice and Purity to the angel room pool (they were previously only there in Greed mode)
– Added C Section to the Ultra Secret room pool
– Added Mom’s Ring to the Old Chest pool
– Added Epic Fetus to the treasure pool (at very low weight)
– Added Glowing Hourglass to the Greed mode treasure pool
– Added Ouija Board to the Greed mode devil pool
– Added Breath of Life to the Greed mode angel pool
– Moved Mom’s Key from the Greed mode silver treasure pool to the Greed mode shop pool
– Tainted Bethany can now use her blood charges to place bombs when in possession of Blood Bombs
– Mom’s Toenail now drops a foot every 20 seconds (previously every 2 minutes), with further reduced time for the doubled/golden variants
– Duct Tape now affects delayed following familiars (such as Multidimensional Baby and Shade)
– Cracked Dice now has a chance to trigger the D10 effect
– Shot speed up/down is now considered a minor pill effect, meaning other stat modifying pill effects are slightly more likely to appear instead
– The shop is now offering a discount on a variety of active items
– Ultra secret rooms can no longer generate near curse rooms (this fixes a rare softlock caused by using The Moon? in certain floor layouts)
– Portals, Purgatory cracks and buttons now always render above water to aid in visibility
– Rooms containing Suction Pitfalls in the Scarred Womb can no longer be bloody
– Reduced the damage enemy Brimstone lasers deal to other enemies to 11 per tick (from 22)
– Increased the health of Blastocyst’s largest form to 300 (from 190)
– Increased the health of The Hollow’s segments to 26 (from 22)
– Hangers can now be champions
– Needles and Pasties can no longer be champions
– The Stars and Joker cards can now show up in Greed mode
– Baby Plum, Bumbino, The Pile and Reap Creep are now locked behind the “Something wicked this way comes+!” achievement
– Added game over portraits for spiked chests, spiked rocks, Hell Game, Confessional, buckets, mushrooms, polyps and the Mausoleum entrance
– Added attack sound effects for Bob’s Rotten Head, The Candle and Red Candle
– Added an audio cue for active items with a timed recharge being ready to use
– Added more golden/doubled trinket effects
– Added more new room layouts and updated various existing layouts
– Updated a few boss champion sprites
– Updated the sprite for Breath of Life
– Updated the “giantbook” animations
– Increased the maximum damage dealt by Cube Baby when pushed
– Added unique drops for Corpse polyps
– Sanguine Bond will now immediately spawn its spikes in the middle of the room when picked up in a Devil Room
– The Cantripped! challenge now only spawns active item cards, item cards can now be swapped out when picking new cards when all card slots are already full
– Tainted Cain now has the same starting stats as Cain (increased damage and reduced range)
– Salvaging Tainted Cain’s active item no longer spawns special drops in special rooms (such as secret rooms)
– Adjusted the active to passive item ratio from TMTRAINER from 1/2 to 1/4
– Glitch items can no longer destroy Cathedral light beams, ending chests and challenge trophies
– Enemies respawned by the D7 no longer drop loot when killed if they were champions and no longer grant score in daily runs
– Great Gideon’s crawlspace no longer appears in the Ascent (as it could crash the game when entered)
– Expansion Pack can no longer trigger the Glowing Hourglass
– Added rubber banding to Star of Bethlehem – it now moves faster off screen when the player is ahead of it along the path to the boss room and slows down if the player is lagging behind
– Star of Bethlehem now moves towards Mega Satan’s room in the Chest and the Dark Room if its door was unlocked
– Vanishing Twin is now shared by both of Tainted Lazarus’ forms – this also fixes several bugs that occur when flipping while Vanishing Twin is copying a boss
– Spindown Dice is now available in challenges and daily runs, items that are tagged to never appear in those modes will be considered locked and will be skipped over
– Bag of Crafting is now available in challenges and daily runs, as well as when playing as Tainted Lost
– Bag of Crafting now obeys changes to item availability such as challenges, daily runs and Tainted Lost’s adjusted item pools and will not attempt to craft items that cannot be normally obtained
– Death Certificate now ignores changes to item availability caused by items or characters (i.e. Tainted Lost or Sacred Orb) and will only refrain from spawning items locked behind achievements or current game rules (challenges or daily runs)
– Added new co-op babies
– Updated some of Eden’s hair styles
– Updated several item qualities

Fixes

– Fixed the button in Greed mode dealing damage when in Lost form (from Soul of the Lost or when playing as Tainted Jacob)
– Fixed a few useless items, trinkets and cards appearing in Greed mode (such as The Moon?)
– Fixed Ultra Greed getting stuck in his dash state forever when his movement is blocked by certain objects (his dash now automatically ends after 3 seconds)
– Fixed Dangle and Turdlings not being locked behind the “Something wicked this way comes!” achievement
– Fixed Cube Baby sometimes flying in the wrong direction when thrown with Mom’s Bracelet
– Fixed Cube Baby spinning while held with Mom’s Bracelet
– Fixed an issue with Multidimensional Baby that could cause laser items to damage Isaac when changing rooms
– Fixed Esau’s items becoming dormant when using a revival item that changes character
– Fixed the Forgotten’s Brimstone balls not dealing increased damage against enemies affected by Brimstone curse
– Fixed the Forgotten losing his deal chance when losing a bone heart to a curse room door or similar damage sources
– Fixed rotten hearts and broken hearts getting removed from the Forgotten’s inactive form when saving and resuming a run
– Fixed Tainted Forgotten’s soul and Tainted Lazarus’ hologram being able to exceed the movement speed cap
– Fixed Tainted Lazarus’ hologram being vulnerable to damage from certain sources
– Fixed a crash caused by using a pill after using The Fool? with Echo Chamber
– Fixed a crash caused by using R Key with Broken Remote
– Fixed a crash caused by too many knives passing through Multidimensional Baby at once
– Fixed rewards from the Suicide King c

If there’s a new patch released, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.