Tales of Spelunking (area)

The Spelunker Area is found via the Tales of Spelunking from the Adventurous Spelunker.

When first opening this area:

• Welcome to your Spelunking adventure! Try to find as much treasure as you can before the ghost arrives!

Your left sidebar is replaced with a display of new stats:

Spelunkin' <PlayerName>

Stats:
Mus:	30
Mox:	30
HP:	30 / 30

Gold: $0

Gear:
	hat
off	back
	shoes

Items:
	1
	1
	0

The Ghost:

40

Last Spelunk:
???

Locations found here include:

• Best Spelunkers (daily leaderboard)
• Rest at Base Camp: Heals all HP.

You tend to your wounds at your base camp.

You gain (all) hit points.

The ghost draws nearer...

Or, if you have no adventures remaining: You've got no time to rest, Dr. Jones.

Or, if your HP is full: You've got no jones to rest, Dr. Time.

• Exit

And various locations to explore (all except the Mines are unlocked as you go):

• The Mines
  • The Spider Hole
  • The Snake Pit
• The Jungle
  • The Ancient Burial Ground
  • The Beehive
• The Ice Caves
  • The Crashed U. F. O.
  • The Altar
• The Temple Ruins
  • The City of Goooold
  • LOLmec's Lair
• Hell
  • Yomama's Throne

Having at least one Bomb gives the Throw Bomb skill in combat (spend a bomb to deal 50 damage). Having at least one Rope gives the Use Rope skill in combat (spend a rope to stun the enemy for 11 rounds).

Strategy

Unlocking Areas

You begin with just The Mines available. Lower levels in the central section are unlocked by adventuring in the previous level and winning a combat after 7-9 combats, or through starting Perks.

Side areas are mainly unlocked by your choices in specific non-combat adventures in the adjoining central area. LOLmec's Lair, Hell, and Yomama's Throne have special unlocks.

Location	Unlock
The Spider Hole	Use a rope in It's a Trap! A Dart Trap.
The Snake Pit	Use a bomb in It's a Trap! A Dart Trap.
The Ancient Burial Ground	Use a rope in It's a Trap! A Tiki Trap.
The Beehive	Use a bomb in It's a Trap! A Tiki Trap.
The Altar	Kick the landmine in A Landmine
The Crashed U. F. O.	Use 3 ropes in A Landmine
The City of Goooold	Use a key in It's a Trap! A Smashy Trap.
LOLmec's Lair	Win one combat in the Temple Ruins after your 8th combat.
Hell	Use a key in LOLmec's Lair after defeating him, while wearing Bananubis's Staff, The Joke Book of the Dead, and The Clown Crown
Yomama's Throne	Win seven combats in Hell

Non-combats

After every 3rd successful combat, the ghost waves its arms
This indicates that the next adventure will result in a non-combat choice adventure. Each area presents different choices, with the 4 main locations giving 3 different choice adventures depending on the current phase. The phase of each area is the same, and is advanced after every choice adventure, cycling through 3 values.

Location	Phase1	Phase2	Phase3
The Mines	An Old Clay Pot 18-20 Gold pot (off-hand throwable, 20 damage)	A Shop	It's a Trap! A Dart Trap. Open The Snake Pit (with bomb) Open The Spider Hole (with rope)
The Jungle	A Shop	A Tombstone 20-30 Gold or a skeleton buddy shotgun (with heavy pickaxe) The Clown Crown (with x-ray goggles)	It's a Trap! A Tiki Trap. Open The Beehive (with bomb) Open The Ancient Burial Ground (with rope)
The Ice Caves	A Shop	A Big Block of Ice 50-60 Gold Gain a buddy (with a torch)	A Landmine Open The Altar Open The Crashed U. F. O. (with 3 ropes)
The Temple Ruins	A Crate	Idolatry 250 Gold, and without a jetpack, spring boots+yellow cape, or buddy lose 50 HP	It's a Trap! A Smashy Trap. Open The City of Goooold (with a key) Lose 40 HP
The Spider Hole	A Wicked Web 15-20 Gold 37-45 Gold (with torch) Gain a buddy (with sturdy machete)
The Snake Pit	A Crate
The Ancient Burial Ground	A Tombstone 20-30 Gold or a skeleton buddy shotgun (with heavy pickaxe) The Clown Crown (with x-ray goggles)
The Beehive	A Crate
The Crashed U. F. O.	A Crate
The City of Goooold	A Golden Chest 150 Gold (with key) 80-100 Gold (with bomb) 50-60 Gold and lose HP

Special Adventures

Each sub-area (except The Ancient Burial Ground) also has a special non-combat, which appears on your 6^th-9^th adventure in that zone.

Location	Special Adventure	Benefit
The Spider Hole	Fight the spider queen	All bombs are now "Sticky Bombs" (bomb image changes to )
The Snake Pit	It's Lump. It's Lump.	Spend a bomb and acquire a heavy pickaxe
The Beehive	Fight the queen bee	Increase Maximum HP by 20
The Crashed U. F. O.	Fight the alien queen	Acquire a plasma rifle and jetpack
The City of Goooold	Fight Bananubis	Acquire Bananubis's Staff

An extra, super-secret adventure, allowing combat with the Ghost itself can be accessed by clicking on the ghost icon, or , while wielding the The Joke Book of the Dead.

Equipment

Weapons

• trusty whip
• sturdy machete (+5 Weapon Damage)
• shotgun (+10 Ranged Damage)
• boomerang (successful hit weakens opponents)
• plasma rifle (+20 Ranged Damage)
• Bananubis's Staff (-6 Luck, raises Skeleton buddies)

Off-Hand

• crumbling skull (can be thrown for 20 damage)
• rock (can be thrown for 30 damage)
• pot (2 Damage Reduction, can be thrown for 20 damage)
• heavy pickaxe (All Attributes +5)
• torch (lights dark places, burns opponents, can be thrown for 100 damage)
• The Joke Book of the Dead (5 Damage Reduction, +5 Weapon Damage, -6 Luck)
• cursed coffee cup (-2 Luck, restores HP sometimes after combat)

Hats

• spelunking fedora (All Attributes +5)
• mining helmet (2 Damage Reduction, Lights Dark Places)
• X-ray goggles (Moxie -5, +5 Luck, Reveals Secrets)
• The Clown Crown (-6 Luck)

Back Items

• yellow cape (Moxie +5)
• jetpack (Moxie +10)

Accessories

• spring boots (Sometimes avoid enemy attacks)
• spiked boots (Deals damage to opponents)

Luck

Some pieces of equipment, listed above, affect a hidden Luck modifier. This will increase or decrease the gold you get from combats and non-combats with a varied range (e.g. 8-10 gold). Obtaining a set amount of gold specifically (e.g. 25 gold) will not be altered by the Luck modifier.

If your luck modifier reduces the gold drop to 0 or less, a different message will appear in place of the gold acquisition: (A bird stole the gold. How unlucky!)

Perks

Each time you complete the game you can choose a perk that gives you a benefit in your next runs, up to a maximum of 9 perks. Perks are organized into 3 branches, with choices presented in order in each branch.

Branch 1

1. Start with The Jungle unlocked
2. Start with The Ice Caves unlocked
3. Start with The Temple Ruins unlocked

Branch 2

1. Start with 3 bombs
2. Shops have one more item
3. Start with $100

Branch 3

1. Start with 3 ropes
2. Start with a spelunking fedora (All Attributes +5)
3. Start with a key

Rewards

• First place,
  • Spelunker of Fortune
  • Spelunker's Guild prize sack
• Second place,
  • Spelunker's Guild prize sack
• Third place,
  • Spelunker's Guild prize sack
• Randomly awarded to one other player
  • LOLmec statuette

Notes

• The entire setting is a browser version of the game, Spelunky.
• A guide to reaching and defeating the final boss is present here, and another more general guide to a run through the game here and here, all on the KoL forums.

See Also

• The End of the Tale of Spelunking