What happens in the 3rd victory lap if I don't have The Lost?
According to the wiki if you start your 3rd victory lap your character will automatically turn into The Lost.
I haven't unlocked the character yet and I was wondering what will happen if I start my 3rd lap. Will I turn into The Lost and maybe even unlock him? Or will I just keep playing as my current character?
Best Answer
You are indeed automatically turning into The Lost, and this is permanent for the next victory laps of the same run. This person on Reddit also talked about it and some other details about going down with the victory laps:
At the start of your 3rd lap (so your 4th time on Basement) you are transformed into the Lost. As far as I know, this is permanent. Lost has the same recent items as your previous lap, you don't automatically get Holy Mantle, one hit you're done.
But it doesn't seem like you are unlocking The Lost as a playable character by becoming him with this lap. It seems than the only way to unlock The Lost in Afterbirth is to hold a Missing Poster and to die in a Sacrifice Room.
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Can you get completion marks on victory laps repentance?
Completion marks and Achievements cannot be earned (except for the Achievements earned for completing Victory Laps).Does Victory Lap lost have Holy Mantle?
Isaac will be replaced by The Lost upon starting a third victory lap; however, Victory Laps do not allow the unlocking of achievements. Since the Lost's Holy Mantle isn't intrinsic, the Victory Lap Lost will always die from one hit unless the player has explicitly found the Holy Mantle.Can you get hush on victory lap?
So you can just skip Hush if you are still playing the victory lap :) If you are able to start a 4th victory lap you will have all victory lap achievements. However, in your 3rd lap you will turn into The Lost so you're basically dead in 1 hit.What is the meaning of victory lap?
a run or drive around a track or sports field that is made by a winner of a race or a team that has won a game: Bryan Clay of the United States took a victory lap after winning the Olympic decathlon on Friday.Unlocking all items from Victory laps | The binding of Isaac: Repentanсe
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I played through it without having unlocked The Lost first, and I turned into The Lost. Due to that bug that lets you unlock achievements in victory laps, I unlocked an item. The Lost has not been unlocked from doing so.
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