In your described situation, you've got a 20% chance of surviving the teleport. From the same line in the wiki you outlined: Pressing the action button while carrying one will teleport you in the direction you are facing. You will appear a random number of tiles away in the direction you are holding, either 4-8 tiles horizontally or upwards, or 5-9 tiles downwards. If the destination tile is a solid block, the teleporter tries to find an empty space up to 3 tiles above the selected location - If there is no viable space, the teleporter will warp you into a solid block and you will be killed. The teleporter does two checks when you use it, the first is picking the space in line with where you use the item; this check does not take into account whether or not you'll survive the teleport. After it's chosen how far you'll travel, then the second check will check the randomly selected space and the three spaces above; if the original space is open, you'll go there, otherwise you teleport to the first open space above. If none of the spaces above are open, then you teleport to the original space and die. So this situation gives you a 20% chance of survival, where the initial check landing in columns 4, 5, 7, or 8 would mean instant death. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 [ ][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X] 1 [ ][X][X][X][X][X][ ][X][X][X] 2 [ ][X][X][X][X][X][ ][X][X][X] 3 [ ][X][X][X][X][X][ ][X][X][X] 4 [ ][X][X][X][X][X][ ][X][X][X] 5 [P][X][X][X][X][X][ ][X][X][X] 6 [X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X] To contrast this, you'd survive this teleport every single time you tried it. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 [ ][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X] 1 [ ][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X] 2 [ ][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X] 3 [ ][X][X][X][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][X] 4 [ ][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X] 5 [P][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X] 6 [X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X][X]

Spelunky HD was written in C++, using Direct X for graphics, FMOD for sound and some Xbox specific libraries for... Xbox things. Source is from a Q&A by the author.

Hired Hands, in general, are not that beneficial. However, they do have a few uses: Carrying more than one item to the next level. Sometimes you want to carry two items (say, a shotgun and the eggplant) but you can only take one. A hired hand will carry one for you. It is extremely difficult to do the 'Eggplant Run' without a hired hand. So much so that people will delete their saves to restore the hidden robot character in the Mothership level to act as a hired hand again when freed. Sacrifice. Hired hands are worth the same amount as a damsel when sacrificed (8 when stunned, 4 when dead.) General Spelunky-ing. They will attack monsters and collect treasure for you. This is minorly useful. However, they are stupid and will get themselves (or you) killed just about as often as they do something useful. Whatever you do, don't let them carry the shotgun.

According to the Spelunky wiki, Damsels have 3 HP in Spelunky HD. Since arrow traps only inflict 2 HP in damage, using a Damsel to trigger an arrow trap will be non-fatal to the Damsel if he/she/it hasn't sustained any other damage prior to that point. While a dead Damsel can't be carried to the end of the level to give you HP, it can still be sacrificed on an altar to grant favor with Kali at half the rate of a live Damsel.

Many achievement walktroughs claim that to get the Addicted achievement you got to get a 1000 wins/deaths and the daily counts towards just this. I can not verify this yet since I am not there yet. So going on the vague information from the various walkthroughs I would say yes.

You can't save your progress in individual runs in SpelunkyHD (or the executable version of the original Spelunky), but it does keep track of your statistics (deaths, high scores, enemies/places/items discovered) and contains unlock able characters not available in the free version of Spelunky. This question will outline the differences between HD and the original (the HTML5 version is a clone of the original version) further: What is the difference between Spelunky and Spelunky HD?

Here is an almost fail-safe newbie-friendly idiot-proof procedure to rob the shopkeeper using a bomb and a rope: Find a shop to rob. Attach a rope outside the entrance. Pickup an item and carry it to the rope. The shopkeeper will follow you. Climb up the rope so that the shopkeeper stands in front of the rope. Climb down and place the item in the entrance. Apply bomb to shopkeeper. Profit.

In the main menu, press "Player Stats" and you can see your attempts (plays), deaths and wins as well as your last run, average gold and most gold earned.

Here are the ways to bypass arrow traps: Throw/drop an item in front of the trap. Rocks, arrows, skulls and pots all work. So do weapons and other carriable items. Dead or alive bodies (damsels, cavemen, etc) will soak up the arrow for you - even if you're carrying them, regardless of which direction you are facing. Throw a mystery box or a supply crate in front of the trap. The arrow will open the box and release the item. Whip a wearable item to move it forward in front of the trap. Blow up the trap with a bomb. Watch out for the arrow, as this will not be destroyed and can sometimes fly up into the air. Destroy the trap with a mattock. Throw a rope down in front of the trap. If you crouch next to a ledge and use a rope it will go downwards. You can pick up critters (rat, frog, penguin, cricket) and drop them down in front of the arrow trap to set it off. Critters you are carrying will also soak up arrows, like bodies. You can hit an arrow with your whip as long as there is at least two spaces between you and the trap. It is possible to trigger an arrow trap but avoid the arrow if you are falling fast enough and there are enough spaces between you and the trap. Be careful, however, as the arrow can ricochet off walls and spear you anyway. You will always begin the game next to a throwable item. Pick it up and carry it with you to disable any arrow traps you come across. Try to find a throwable item to carry to the next level with you as well. If you have a dead body, or you find a critter, carry that with you to soak up any arrows. Do not carry stunned enemies as they will revive and attack you after a set period. Damsels only have 3 HP, so watch how much you damage them.

To unlock the shortcut to the Ice Caverns you will have to give the Tunnel Man two bombs the first time you complete the level, two ropes the second, and the third time you have to give him a Shotgun. The shortcut will unlock to the right of the World 2: The Jungle shortcut. http://www.ign.com/wikis/spelunky/World_3:_Ice_Caverns

Spelunky HD includes quite a few new features and additional, reworked content, including; updated graphics new enemies new areas new terrain new items new playable characters Here is an image demonstrating the differences in updated graphics; Additionally, since Spelunky HD has been released for multiple platforms, you get some platform specific content. For example, for Steam on PC you get trading cards and achievements via Steamworks. The GOG release is DRM free. The PSN release includes cross play and purchasing it via PSN allows you to play the game on both Vita and PS3.

Shop-keepers frown on the following actions: Removing items from their shop without their consent Carrying out mining operations in the near vicinity of their shop Refurbishing their shops without a work permit Handling live explosives while inside their shops Assaulting the shop-keepers or their staff Targetting the shop-keepers or their staff with flying or falling objects Abducting the shop-keepers' staff Photography Bowling a huge boulder through their shops Unsolicited visits when at home (vault) Unwrapping presents early The shop-keepers come from a single family and word gets around fast underground. Any report of misdeeds by the spelunker or any of his associates, the inhabitants of the mine, will be met with swift and fair shotgun justice.

As far as I know, all of the characters are just 'palette swaps' of a base character. They all function in the same way. The differences are purely cosmetic, both for player amusement and so players can easily tell the difference between each other in co-op or arena.

I know of at least one way: if you can find a coffin -- the kind that normally holds unlockable characters in a single-player game -- it will bring a dead player back to life. If multiple players are dead, the one that has been dead the longest will be brought back.

There is no tunnel man in multiplayer. You can only progress through the story in single player.

The teleport is a little blue box with an antenna that you can buy from shops or sometimes dig out of the ground. It's an item that you have to carry, it can't be thrown but it can be dropped. Press X when carrying it to teleport 8 squares in the direction that you're facing. What happens depends on the destination: An empty square will be teleported to. An enemy (including shopkeepers) will be telefragged A dig-able square with space directly above or below will result in you appearing above or below it. The solid walls around the level will result in instant death. Once used to it it can help you travel round levels very quickly, but it can also result in your death very quickly.

There are 4 secondary coloured (yellow, lime, cyan and purple) characters that randomly appear in a coffin: The jaguar warrior character is unlocked by beating the game: Super meat boy is found in a green sack near the bottom of the secret worm level: In a coffin in the secret haunted castle level is the vampire hunter: Finally, Yang can be unlocked after beating the secret hell level:

Damaging an altar (either with bombs or by enemies/traps while you're in the level) will result in punishments: Damage an altar once and you will get a lot of spiders after you. Damage once twice and you'll also get a ball a chain that you have to drag around the level. Damage one a third time and the level will also go dark and a ghost will be summoned. Unless you're right next to an exit you are unlikely survive this. Sacrifice items to an altar to get rewards: Drop a gold idol to get a golden monkey that runs around the level crapping gold. I think this might eventually net more gold than the idol would have given you, but it's hard keeping the monkey alive. Drop a stunned (or dead) enemy to please Kali a little. Drop a stunned damsel to please Kali a lot - one damsel is enough for a random item reward. Please Kali enough and you get the Kapala - a skull cup that gives you back health from bleeding enemies.

There are six found so far, but there may be more. I've only found the first four, so credit has to go to Todd Schlickbernd and SnapDragon for the last two. Black Market - there's a hidden door (use bombs or the mattock) on most levels that goes here. The huge eye (from the gold key chest in the mines) helps find them. Worm - on any level with one of those floating pink spiky things that you can jump on (mostly in the jungle levels) throw a stunned damsel so that they stick to it and then jump on yourself. After a few seconds you will both be swallowed by the worm. Strangely, you still get the kiss for doing this Haunted Castle - when you get the "Dead are Restless" message at the start of a jungle level keep an eye out for a large grave with a buried skeleton wearing a crown. Destroy the ground below the skeleton king to find a secret door. Also look out for any graves with ASH written on them - destroy the ground below for a boomstick Mothership - on the final ice level there's two exits. The one at the top goes to the mothership. You will need lots of rope or the jetpack. City of Gold - really hard to get to this one: You must get the eye from the mines, I don't think finding the Black Market otherwise is enough. You must get to the Black Market and either buy the golden ankh or kill all the shopkeepers. On one of the ice levels (3rd section) there's a giant stone head with an ankh symbol on it. You must die near this, without using bombs. You will appear inside the stone head next to a golden pointy crown In the temple area kill an Anubis, they will drop the Sceptre: Finally walk over the large golden block with a hole in it - if you have everything Hell - I haven't made it here yet, so I'm going by the guides of others: Get to the City of Gold Recover the Necronomicon: This will spawn a new Anubis. This one spawns lots of red skeletons. You must kill him. During Olmec, the final boss,move around until the book starts as it's face the most. (it starts slow ,then speeds up as you get closer). Defeat Olmec over that spot. There will be a door. This door has no step, so jetpacks or capes make no difference. You must use Olmec's face as a step as he sinks into the lava to get to hell. This is impossible without the book, as the door will not appear if you do not have it.

It stuns enemies as well providing you catch them in the "picture" box, and will light up dark levels when the flash goes off I can also tell you from experience that people playing with you might not appreciate you flashing them repeatedly with it Update: Just discovered it will kill undead and bats instantly too