40 Fun Facts About Spelunky 2

How is Ana, the heroine of Spelunky 2, related to the explorer who starred in the first Spelunky?

His daughter Ana Spelunky travels to the Moon after both of her parents go missing in a vast cave beneath its surface.

Which designer created the original Spelunky and returned to lead its sequel, Spelunky 2?

Derek Yu also drew the sequel's art, and brought in a partner studio for the programming because the game's scope had grown so much.

Most unlockable Spelunky 2 characters are found trapped inside which objects hidden around the caves?

Coffins hide most of the game's 20 playable characters, and in co-op the same boxes bring a fallen teammate back into the run.

Every shopkeeper in Spelunky 2 carries which weapon, ready to use on anyone who steals from the shop?

Shotgun blasts await any thief, and once one shopkeeper is angered another waits by the exit door of the standard levels that follow.

What unkillable enemy arrives after three minutes in a Spelunky 2 level and kills players at a touch?

The Ghost drifts straight through walls and cannot be damaged, though the flash of a camera will freeze it in place for a moment.

Which genre name fits Spelunky 2, where death is permanent and every cave is freshly generated?

Roguelike games reset on death, so a fallen spelunker loses every item and starts again from the top with only bombs and ropes.

Which Spelunky 2 character is Ana's mother, known for defeating King Yama with an eggplant?

Tina Flan married Guy Spelunky after the first game, and in the sequel she waits in a coffin just below the surface of Abzu's flooded trench.

Which wealthy Spelunky 2 character runs a Dice House in the Tide Pool and a palace in Neo Babylon?

Madame Tusk is a walrus flanked by armed bodyguards, and a big enough win at her dice table earns an invitation to the palace.

After the tutorial in Spelunky 2, what does Ana find tucked into the last page of the journal?

A key slips out of the journal and unlocks the big door to the Dwelling, the first area of the caves.

After the Dwelling in Spelunky 2, players pick between the Jungle and which area new to the sequel?

Volcana is a lava-themed world, and its depths hide the castle of Vlad, the dark lord of the vampires.

Which Spelunky 2 character is named after a real game developer friend of the series' creator?

Colin Northward is based on Colin Northway of Northway Games, and in the story he is an artist and engineer obsessed with Olmec.

Which of these Spelunky 2 characters is playable from the very start, without being unlocked in the caves?

Roffy D. Sloth is one of four starters, while the other sixteen of the 20 spelunkers must be found in the caves or earned by beating the game.

Pilot, an unlockable character in Spelunky 2, is borrowed from which other game by the studio Mossmouth?

UFO 50 features Pilot in several of its games, and in the caves the little spaceman mutters about his own ship, the Campanella.

Demi Von Diamonds, a playable heiress in Spelunky 2, filled which role in the original Spelunky?

The Damsel of the first game returns as a playable heiress, and her talk at the base camp suggests she already knows Guy Spelunky.

Which Spelunky 2 character is found inside the stomach of a dead Goliath Frog in the Sunken City?

Dirk Yamaoka waits in the frog's belly, and a thief met elsewhere in the caves greets him as her big brother.

Which Spelunky 2 character waits at the bottom of Dwelling 1-4, beside the doors to the next two areas?

Alto Singh works in physical education, and he wants every explorer to look after their health and stay positive.

Who digs the shortcuts in Spelunky 2, taking over the family business from her husband Manfred?

Terra Tunnel, known as Mama, can dig up to three shortcuts if players bring what she asks for, while Manfred has gone spelunking himself.

Yang, the youngest of twelve identically named brothers in Spelunky 2, asks players to pen which animals?

Cave turkeys are rideable mounts with a double jump, and penning two of them opens Yang's treasure room.

Which Spelunky 2 thief appears in a later level after the player steals an item from a shop and escapes?

Sparrow defied her prominent ninja family to become a thief, and she tosses a successful shoplifter a pile of rope before issuing a bigger dare.

Which Spelunky 2 character stores items and carries them deeper into the caves for free?

Waddler turns up in Olmec's Lair, the Ice Caves and the Sunken City, and customers complain that their items come back sticky.

Which crossbow-carrying prisoner in Spelunky 2, once freed, later shoots Vlad dead at the top of his castle?

Van Horsing is a veteran of the first adventure, and his metal arrow kills the vampire lord instantly, leaving a crown and cape for the taking.

Which Spelunky 2 merchant, host of the Moon Challenge, has a name that reverses an Egyptian sky goddess?

Tun spells Nut backwards, and her brother Beg seems to mirror Geb, the Egyptian earth god who was Nut's brother.

Parsley and Parsnip are two of the three rescuable sisters in Spelunky 2; what is the eldest sister called?

Parmesan is the shy, nurturing eldest of the trio, and she turns up again in the Yeti cave of the Ice Caves.

Placing an eggplant on an Ice Caves altar in Spelunky 2 opens which statue to reveal the Eggplant Child?

The Moai holds the sleeping Eggplant Child, and the game's creator has called the long escort that follows a metaphor for parenthood.

A player must be in which condition to enter the Ghist Shopkeeper's hidden shop in Spelunky 2?

Cursed players can step inside, where the Ghist sells mystery presents packed with high-tier items for $20,000 apiece.

Which rolling mini-boss always appears in his own arena at the bottom of Dwelling 1-4 in Spelunky 2?

Quillback curls into a roll that destroys every tile in front of him and instantly kills anything in the way.

Which giant turtle boss of Abzu in Spelunky 2 has a shell that only explosions or Excalibur can crack?

Kingu crawls along the walls spawning enemies from her shell, and defeating her drops the Tablet of Destiny.

Which Egyptian god rules the hidden area Duat in Spelunky 2 and attacks by slamming his giant fists?

Osiris bursts into emeralds when beaten, leaving behind the Tablet of Destiny and a portal on to the Ice Caves.

Defeating which queen on her throne in level 6-4 of Spelunky 2 unlocks Guy Spelunky as a playable character?

Tiamat summons monsters with her staff, and beating her adds $100,000 to the final score before a rocket ride back to the surface.

Which final boss of Spelunky 2, hatching bird and snake heads from its shell, unlocks Classic Guy when beaten?

Hundun rises through its lair on a bed of spikes, and beating the game this harder way adds $200,000 to the final score.

Which rideable creature from the Tide Pool in Spelunky 2 traps enemies in bubbles and can teleport in mid-air?

Axolotl mounts swim at great speed without sinking, and a tamed one teleports when its rider presses jump again after a double jump.

Which mythical flying mount in Spelunky 2 hatches from the correct Ushabti carried to level 6-3 of Neo Babylon?

The Qilin can fly without limit and spit fireballs, which lets a rider soar past the electric traps above the throne room of world 6.

Which secret final area of Spelunky 2 stretches across 94 levels, all the way to level 7-99?

Cosmic Ocean is opened by firing the Arrow of Light from Hou Yi's Bow, and clearing it turns the run into a constellation in the sky.

Which secret area hidden in the Jungle of Spelunky 2 can be located with the blinking Udjat Eye?

The Black Market holds a grid of six shops, and the eye blinks faster the closer a spelunker gets to its hidden doorway.

Which item in Spelunky 2 revives a spelunker at the start of the level after death, then vanishes?

The Ankh brings its holder back with 4 HP, and deliberately dying with it is how players reach the hidden areas Duat and Abzu.

Players of Spelunky 2 sacrifice bodies on bloodstained altars to earn favor with which fickle goddess?

Kali doubles her favor for a living sacrifice, and enough of it is repaid with gifts, starting with a random power-up.

Which of the three rescuable pets in Spelunky 2 is a pug, alongside a cat and a hamster?

Monty barks to give away his hiding place, and carrying him to the exit earns a kiss worth one health point.

The journal in Spelunky 2 files its creature entries, from Snake to Mech Rider, under which heading?

Bestiary sits beside the Places, People, Items and Traps chapters, and it fills in as a spelunker kills monsters or is killed by them.

Picking up the wooden idol found on the Moon's surface above the camp in Spelunky 2 unlocks which mode?

Seeded runs let players replay one fixed set of caves by entering a seed, though the seeds reset whenever the game is updated.

Which Spelunky 2 power-up fills with collected blood droplets and converts every seven into one health point?

The Kapala is awarded for heavy sacrifice at an altar, and it pairs well with a vampire's cape that makes enemies drop twice as much blood.