Shrines

Shrines are special objects found through the crypt, each with unique effects upon activation. All shrines activate by "bumping" into them, with the exception of Shrine of Chance (activation costs gold), Shrine of Sacrifice (enemies must be killed next to it) and Shrine of Pain (the player must be hurt next to it). You can place a Bomb next to a shrine and destroy it before or after activating it, causing it to drop an item.

Shrine	Positive Effects	Negative Effects	Item Drop (unactivated)	Item Drop (activated)
Shrine of War	Bestows upon the player a Circlet of Telepathy or Monocle (50% chance of either) and a Scroll of Gigantism.	Causes all future monsters to spawn as their hardest versions (e.g. the White Skeleton into the Black Skeleton).	Ring of War Cheese for Melody, Eli and Dove	Protection Charm Ring of War for Aria and Coda
Shrine of Blood	Gives the player a random Blood weapon (drops current weapon) and also drops a Blood Shovel in front of the shrine.	Drops the player to 0.5 hearts of health upon activation.	Crown of Thorns	Ring of Regeneration
Shrine of Darkness	Gives player the Ring of Shadows, a Compass, a Map, and 1 Bomb.	If the player has a ring, it is destroyed and replaced with the Ring of Shadows. All torches on the walls on current level disappear, and future levels have no wall torches. The player loses their torch if they have one.	Infernal Torch Bright Torch for Dove	Luminous Torch
Shrine of Glass	Grants a Glass Shovel, equivalent glass weapon, Glass Armor, Glass Jaw, Glass Torch and Glass Slippers for each corresponding slot that has an item already. Heavy Glass Armor is not affected. Melody, Aria, Coda and Dove's weapons, Eli's Shovel and weapon as well as Dorian's Armor and Boots are not affected.	Your previous items are destroyed. Glass equipment breaks when the player is hit.	Glass Armor Glass Jaw for Dorian	Crown of Teleportation
Shrine of Peace	Gives player 2 additional heart containers and fully refills health. Only gives the player 1 additional heart. Converts all cursed hearts to normal hearts.	Upon activation, all of the player's equipment will be destroyed, with the exception of the Ring of Peace, and replaced with what they started with. Upon activation, the player's weapon is replaced with a Dagger. No other item is lost.	Ring of Peace	Scroll of Enchant Fear Scroll for Melody, Eli and Dove
Shrine of Rhythm	Summons a trapdoor under the player, sending them to the next level without missing a beat. Grants an Obsidian Shovel, equivalent obsidian weapon, Obsidian Armor, and Obsidian Torch for each corresponding slot that has an item already. If the player is either Aria or Coda, Armor is not affected by Shrine of Rhythm.	Your previous items are destroyed. Removes every 8th beat (like the King Conga boss fight), deals 1/2 heart of damage if the player misses a beat.	Heart Transplant	Heart Transplant Impossible to grab outside of co-op
Shrine of Risk	Gives two Apples, Pack of Holding, and a choice of three random items.	Player takes 0.5 damage at the beginning of each future level, after making first action (thus, for example, healing provided by food will apply first). This damage cannot be prevented. The damage occurs before picking up items, so in particular, using a Scroll of Need with 0.5 hearts on the first beat of a level won't save the player from dying; the player will die with the potion on the floor. This can be avoided by using the scroll before entering the next floor.^[1] Will not damage the player if they have 0.5 hearts remaining.	Karate Gi Holy Water for Melody Apple for Dove	Scroll of Need
Shrine of Sacrifice	Kill 5 enemies on tiles adjacent to it (up/down/left/right of the shrine) to activate it and get a choice of 3 items, with each item coming from a red/purple/black chest respectively, Or kill a miniboss next to it to activate it immediately and get a choice of 3 glass weapons. If playing as a weapon-locked character, the shrine will drop 3 piles of 50 gold instead (only one may be taken), or the shrine will drop a choice of 3 rarer items instead. A visual effect of rising blood will show with each sacrifice.	n/a	Empty Heart Container Holy Water for Aria and Coda	Filled Heart Container Holy Water for Aria and Coda
Shrine of Space	Gives the player a choice of (from left to right) an Obsidian Shovel, a Pickaxe, and a Glass Shovel.	Adds one extra room to each floor in zones 1 to 3. Zone 4 and zone 5 are unaffected.	Map	Miner's Cap
Shrine of Pace	Upon activation, all future levels will have a competitive time limit (indicated by green beat bars in HUD) for beating. If the player beats the level within this time limit, a random item will spawn on the next level. Only accessible via the Level Editor.	If the time limit passes without making to the next level, the player will take 0.5 damage. This damage cannot be prevented.	Boots of Leaping Cheese for Melody and Dorian	Boots of Leaping Miner's Cap for Melody and Dove Dagger of Phasing for Dorian
Shrine of Chance	Upon activation, has a chance to spawn a random item from the item pool.	Costs to activate; price increases with each activation, with a chance to spawn nothing. Wearing the Ring of Luck or Lucky Charm will guarantee spawns.	A random item from the item pool	A random item from the item pool
Shrine of No Return	Gives the player a Glass Rapier and a War Drum. Only accessible via the Level Editor.	Destroys player's current weapon. Deals 0.5 damage to the player if they move to the tile on which they were 1 beat ago (indicated by a red square). The damage is dealt only once and breaks glass equipment. Can be prevented (e.g. with the Shield spell). No Return Mode has this effect permanently.	Ballet Shoes Boots of Leaping for Bolt Cheese for Dorian	Strength Charm
Shrine of Phasing	Gives the player a Ring of Phasing. Only accessible via the Level Editor.	Removes all of the player's equipment except Bombs, Spells, and the Dagger of Phasing.	Nazar Charm Apple for Aria, Bolt, Eli and Coda	Fear Scroll Cheese for Melody, Aria, Eli, and Coda
Boss Shrine	Gives the player a choice of three different random items.	Causes all levels after the level activated to have two minibosses (three on Hard Mode) required to unlock the stairs.	Cheese	Strength Charm Cheese for Melody, Eli, and Dove
Shrine of Pain	Summons items when the player is hurt next to it. Gets activated and used up after five summons. If a hurt leads to a loss of at least 2 hearts at once, gets used up instantly and offers a choice from three glass weapons.	n/a	Cheese	Ring of Courage Cheese for Monk, Coda, Tempo, Melody, Eli and Dove
Shrine of Uncertainty	Gives the player the Mystery Weapon. It may be made of Obsidian or Titanium and it shares its properties with one of the following weapons: Broadsword, Rapier, Longsword, Whip, Bow, Cat o' Nine Tails, Flail, Axe, Warhammer, Cutlass, Staff or Harp. It cannot be a Dagger, Spear, Crossbow, Rifle or a Blunderbuss, nor can it be of Normal, Blood, Glass or Gold quality.	The player won't know exactly which weapon the Mystery Weapon is until testing it in battle.	Ring of Uncertainty	Holster Cheese for Diamond