Book of Virtues

On use, spawns an orbital Wisp familiar that fires spectral tears but can be destroyed. Also becomes a passive item that causes other active items to spawn themed Wisps.

Quote

"Spiritual companionship"

Effects

• On use, spawns a wisp that orbits Isaac and fires small spectral tears alongside him. The wisps are damaged and eventually destroyed if they make contact with an enemy, an enemy shot or an explosion.
• • When a wisp is destroyed, the sound of fire being extinguished plays.
  • • A normal wisp has 2 health and spectral tears which deal 1.6-2.4 damage, and is summoned in the middle ring.
    • • A wisp's health can be determined by its size, shrinking as its health decreases.
  • Multiple wisps can exist at once. Some combinations have an upper limit of 26 wisps: an inner counterclockwise ring of 6, a middle clockwise ring with 8, and an outer counterclockwise ring of 12.
• Passively, the Book will combine with other activated items, possibly granting special effects on the created wisps. The recharge time will be based on the other item.
• While held, guarantees the first Devil/Angel Room encountered to be an Angel Room, and increases the overall chance of getting one.
• • Even if a Devil Deal has been taken, Angel Rooms are still possible to encounter. If a Devil Deal is taken before encountering a Room naturally, it's no longer guaranteed to be an Angel Room and follows the usual rules.
• This item belongs to the Bookworm set. Collecting three items from this set will transform Isaac into Bookworm.

Synergies

• Butter! - Can be used to remove the Book of Virtues as long as Isaac isn't holding a different active item.
• 'M - Can be used to remove the Book of Virtues as long as Isaac isn't holding a different active item.
• Baby-Bender - Wisps gain psychic tears.
• BFFS! - Increases the tear size and doubles the damage of Wisps.
• Forgotten Lullaby - Improves Wisps' rate of fire.

Found in

• Angel Room
• Library
• Angel Room (Greed Mode)