In , you have your reusables, passive upgrades, one-time items, and trinkets. These trinkets do a whole host of things from letting you open gold𒅌en chests without keys to having a little Isaac head bob abo💞ut, aiding you in fights.
However, not all are great to have. Some can make your tears fire in sporadic twirling formations, often making it hard to aim. Great for Brimstone, not so much for slow-paced and small droplets. You might not want certain trinkets after learning what they do but don't worry as they can be dropped.
Updated April 27, 2023: We've updated this guide to make sure it's clear and easily read. The Binding of Isaac is an eternally playable and loved game, so more and more people start playing it every day.
How To Drop Trinkets
Dropping trinkets is easy to do, but it's not something that's immediately made aware to the player, so don't beat yourself up if you didn't know that it was something you could do. Nonetheless, now that we're on the same page, here's how.
- On PC: Hold down left CTRL.
- On PlayStation: Hold down R2.
- On Xbox: Hold down RT.
- On Nintendo Switch: Hold down ZR.
This will cause you to fling your little trinket onto the ground as though you were swapping it with another trinket. Only by doing this, you're swapping it with an empty space, clearing out your pockets.
You can then pick up your trinket again if you want, much like with cards, pills, or other items. As sꩲuch, if a trinket would benefit you with🎉 a new item you find later on the same floor, then you can always come back to it.
Meanwhile, if you have Mom's Purse, you can hold two trinkets at the same time, benefiting from both their boons. You can't cycle between them, however, so you'll have to drop both and pick up the one you want to keep.
You also cannot drop the Tick trinket. If you pick it up, you're stuck with it. That means that you can't manually leave it behind or swap it with another, but through Mom's Purse, you can keep its benefit while also having another trinket active.
The only way to get rid of the Tick trinket after picking it up is to find the Match Stick trinket.
