Eyeballs are items that provide a unique power or ability to your left hand. All but the shield eye must be unlocked via NPC dialog. You may find Eyeballs as loot in very specific places like the Shop, however the eye you start each run with can be swapped out with the hand statue next to the bed in The Hub. Eyeballs are either active or inactive during their respective cooldown periods. When active, the eye in your hand will remain open and alert, however when inactive after use, the eye will close.
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Sources and community notes
- The 0.1.7 patch notes say the eye ability can now be used at the same time as spells.
- Players report Q as the eye activation key (see Healing Eye and Shield Eye).
- A strategy guide gives Q as the key for the eye power.
Community-sourced (added October 2026, not yet verified in-game). Sources: Steam patch notes 0.1.7 (June 24, 2024); Steam thread: Healing Eye; Steam guide: How easly win almost all your runs by GettyX.
From the official manual
- The power of the left hand lives in the eye embedded in its socket, used with the Eye Power button.
- You start the game with the Shield Eye. Once other eyes are unlocked, the bedside table in the Mind Prison swaps which one you begin a run with, which the manual says can significantly change your playstyle.
From the game's official manual. Unlike the rest of the notes on this page, this is a primary source: it is the developer's own documentation, not community research.