▷Spelunky 2: the collection of articles | What each item does and how to get it all 🥇

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Standard equipment

Bomb bag: Contains 3 bombs.

Bomb box: Contains 10 bombs.

Stacks of ropes: Contains 3 strings.

Healing items

Cooked turkey: Healing object that gives +1 HP.

Elixir: Special healing item that heals poison and curse. Cannot be found

Royal jelly: Powerful healing item that grants +6 HP.

Arms

Boomerang: Weapon thrown that shoots forward then comes back to you. Found on enemies in the jungle.

Broken sword: Special sword generated if you

Camera: A flash camera capable of stunning enemies and summoning some weaker monsters. The flash is bright enough to briefly illuminate dark levels.

Clone gun: Three-shot pistol that makes a copy of whatever it shoots. Can only be acquired by completing the Star Challenge in the Tidepool.

Crossbow: A bow that shoots a bolt straight ahead. To shoot again you need to remember the bolt.

Excalibur: Powerful melee weapon required to defeat Abzu's boss.

Ray jelly: A pistol that shoots a beam that freezes enemies. A frozen enemy can be easily destroyed.

Arc de Hou Yi: Special bow required to unlock the Cosmic Ocean when combined with the Arrow of Light.
- Light arrow: Unique arrow that unlocks the Cosmic Ocean when used with the Hou Yi Bow.

chief: Powerful knife that spawns droplets of blood on defeated enemies. Collecting blood will heal you.
- Sacrificing 2 live animals will earn the Kapala.

machette: Large melee weapon that can also slice through webs and brambles in the jungle.

Pickaxe: Pickaxe that can dig through floor tiles for a limited number of times. Breaks after use.

Metal shield: Heavy shield that blocks attacks and reflects weapons. Can kill enemies by crushing them between the wall and your shield.

Plasma cannon: Powerful energy pistol that fires explosive shots.

Scepter: Magical weapon that can unlock the path to the city of gold when combined with the Hedjet. Can only be acquired by defeating Anubis in the Temple of Anubis.

Shotgun: The standard shotgun. Very powerful with high recoil. All traders are equipped with it. Kill one to get a free shotgun.

Teleporter: Teleports you when using it. Kills enemies if you teleport to them and instantly kills you if you teleport into a wall.

Website: Shoots a spider web that can trap enemies and projectiles.

Wooden shield: Shield that blocks projectiles. Dropped by Tiki Men enemies in the jungle.

Upgrades

Alien compass: Used to find the Mothership entrance in the Ice Caves (5-1). Can only be acquired by freeing Van Horseling in Volcana, then entering Vlad's Castle.

Ankh: Powerful upgrade that revives you after a single death. Required to enter the Duat and Abzu secret areas.

Climbing gloves: Hold on to the walls and hang on. Push towards the wall to grab and hang.

Compass: Displays the location of the current level output. .

Parachute: Single-use item. Automatically deploys if you fall from a great height. Slows your fall until you jump from the parachute. .

Pete: Turn bombs into sticky bombs. They will stick to any surface before exploding.

Pitcher glove: Thrown objects are shot directly forward at a faster rate, instead of being thrown in an arc. Items thrown at you can also be grabbed if you are not currently holding anything.

Master key: Special key that unlocks locked doors and chests. Can be used endlessly. Does not unlock the Udjat Eye chest.

Glasses: Reveals hidden gems and gold. Does not reveal secret level locations like Eye of Udjat.

Spiked shoes: Deals x3 double damage to enemies when jumping on them, allows you to walk on thorns safely. By walking on the ice, you will not slip.

Spring shoes: Increases the jump height by two times.

Eye of Udjat: Special item that reveals gems in the ground and secret entrances to bonus levels of Jungle / Volcana.

Backup Upgrades

Postcode: Slows down falls when you hold down the jump button. Allows you to avoid damage from long drops or spikes.

Hoverpack: Gives the player unlimited double hover jump. Jump into the air to activate hover, allowing you to move endlessly left / right.

jetpack: Gives a limited boost that allows you to fly for a short time.

Power supply: Makes your weapons more powerful. Adds a fire effect to your whip and the bombs thrown are much bigger.

Telepack: Gives the player a double teleport jump. Tap a direction in the air to instantly teleport in four directions. If you teleport into a wall you will kill yourself.

Cape of Vlad: Special cloak that gives you all the powers of the cloak, and a double jump.

Special and Secret Articles

crown: King's crown used to acquire the Excalibur sword.

Pot of curse: Special pot that always drops a +5000 gold diamond. Throwing it at an enemy or yourself will curse you with ash. Breaking the pot summons a ghost.

Idol: Gold head statue that randomly spawns in death traps. Bring it to a store or to the level exit for a golden reward.
- Defense idol: Special variant of Valuable Idol that can only be acquired in Madame Tusk's dice game.

Eggplant: Transportable special item used to summon the eggplant child and reach eggplant level.

Eggplant wreath: Special Easter egg wreath obtained at Aubergine level.

Four Leaf Clover: Collecting gives you +2 minutes on your timer before a ghost arrives and spawns a rainbow where a pot of gold appears.

Hedjet: Crown that can be used to access the City of Gold in combination with Anubis' scepter.

Tablet of fate: Unique item required to access the Sunken City. The tablet gives clues to acquire the correct statue of Ushabti in 6-2 / 6-3.

Real crown:

Ushabti: Little statues found in 6-2 - collect the correct statue with the clues obtained from the tablet of fate, then crush the correct Ushabti in 6-3 to summon a familiar called Qilin.