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From Spelunky Classic 1.1, © 2008, 2009 Derek Yu and Mossmouth, LLC. # Bomb Box From the spelunky.ai wiki: . *For the bag of three, see [Bomb Bag](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb-bag).* The Bomb Box is an item in Spelunky Classic that adds 12 to the player's count when he takes it; shops sell it from $10,000. ![A green wooden box marked with a white letter B](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/sprites/sBombBox/frames/0%404x.png) | Bomb Box | | | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Kind | Equipment | | Effect | Twelve more bombs[^1] | | Price | $10,000[^2] | | Object | `oBombBox` | | Sold in | [Bomb Shop](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb-shop), [Weapon Shop](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/weapon-shop), [Rare Shop](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/rare-shop), [Dice House](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/dice-house) | | Found in | [The Mines](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mines), [The Jungle](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jungle), [The Ice Caves](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/ice-caves), [The Temple](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/temple), [Olmec's Lair](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/olmecs-lair) | | Dropped by | [Crate](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/crate), [Kali's Altar](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/kalis-altar) | Like a [Bomb Bag](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb-bag), it isn't kept: taking one adds its 12 [bombs](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb) to the count at the top of the screen, and the box is gone ([Bombs and ropes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bombs-and-ropes) has how the count works). The [Bomb Shop](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb-shop), the [Weapon Shop](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/weapon-shop) and the [Rare Shop](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/rare-shop) sell it, the [Dice House](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/dice-house) puts it up as a prize, and [Crates](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/crate), blocks and [Kali](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/kalis-favour) give it away. ## Effect **Clip: Bombs and ropes picked up.** The player walks over a bomb bag, a rope pile and a bomb box, and his counts at the top of the screen go from 4 bombs and 4 ropes to 19 and 7. He throws a bomb ahead, walks back and throws a rope up, and each takes one from its count. ([video](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/clips/bombs-and-ropes/pickups/clip.mp4)) A free Bomb Box is taken as soon as the player touches it, unless he's dead or stunned or the box is inside a block: his bombs go up by 12, a flashing "+BOMB" rises from where the box was, and the message "YOU GOT 12 MORE BOMBS!" shows[^1]. Paying for one, or carrying one out of its shop, does the same[^3]. A count above 99 is cut back to 99 at the start of his next step[^4]. In the clip, the player walks over a Bomb Bag, a [Rope Pile](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/rope-pile) and a Bomb Box, and his bombs go from 7 to 19 at the box[^5]. One for sale is picked up as any ware is, and stays in the player's hands until he pays: the [Shopkeeper](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/shopkeeper) names it "A BOX OF 12 BOMBS" and its price[^6][^7]. ## Obtaining | Source | Chance | | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | | [Bomb Shop](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb-shop) | 1 in 5 for each ware, or 1 in 4 once the level has a [Paste](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/paste) | [^8] | | [Weapon Shop](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/weapon-shop) | 1 in 6 for each try, once the rolls for a [Web Cannon](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/web-cannon) (1 in 12) and a [Shotgun](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/shotgun) (1 in 10) fail | [^9] | | [Rare Shop](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/rare-shop) | 1 in 20 on a ware's first try, 1 in 19 on its second, and so on | [^10] | | The [Dice House](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/dice-house)'s prize | Once every other roll, from a [Jetpack](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jetpack)'s 1 in 40 to a [Machete](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/machete)'s 1 in 8, fails | [^11] | | A [Crate](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/crate) | 1 in 40, once the rolls before it, from a Jetpack's 1 in 500 to a Machete's 1 in 60, fail | [^12] | | Buried in a block | 1 in 19 of the items buried in blocks | [^13] | | Kali's first gift | When the player has a Jetpack and every other piece of equipment she gives | [^14] | Each shop adds 10% of the base price for each level past the second[^15]. Shops are made from level 2 on[^16], and level 16, [Olmec's Lair](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/olmecs-lair), has none: | Area | 1st level | 2nd level | 3rd level | 4th level | | --------------------------------------------------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | | [The Mines](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mines) | — | $10,000 | $11,000 | $12,000 | | [The Jungle](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jungle) | $13,000 | $14,000 | $15,000 | $16,000 | | [The Ice Caves](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/ice-caves) | $17,000 | $18,000 | $19,000 | $20,000 | | [The Temple](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/temple) | $21,000 | $22,000 | $23,000 | — | **Clip: Rolling a seven at the Dice House.** The player bets again and throws the dice, which come up 5 and 2. On the seven, the prize in its case of ice blocks, a pair of spike shoes, pops out of it in a puff of smoke, free, and a bomb box takes its place in the case. He picks the shoes up and they go on. ([video](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/clips/dice-house/seven/clip.mp4)) A Dice House's prize is rolled from its own set of rare items, and a roll of seven gives it away, free, and puts up another in its place[^17]. In the clip, a seven gives the player the case's Spike Shoes, and a Bomb Box takes their place in the case[^18]. Every block of rock away from the level's edges that isn't gold and holds no gem has a 1 in 1200 chance of hiding an item, one of nineteen at random[^19][^13]. Kali's first gift, at a favour of 8 at one of her [altars](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/kalis-altar), is one of eight pieces of equipment the player hasn't got, the Cape only if he hasn't a Jetpack either; when he has them all, it's a Jetpack, or, if he has one, a Bomb Box[^20]. In custom levels, it's the [level editor](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/level-editor)'s tile `:`[^21]. Carrying one out of a shop without paying adds its bombs and angers the Shopkeeper, as with any ware ([General Store](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/general-store#stealing))[^22]. ## Interactions - **Blocks.** A Bomb Box buried in a block isn't taken until the block is broken, when the player can walk onto it[^23]. - **[Bombs](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb).** An explosion throws a Bomb Box aside, as it does most items, and knocks one out of the player's hands; the box's bombs don't go off[^24]. ## Tips - A Bomb Box and four Bomb Bags hold the same bombs for the same price, on any level. - Near the cap, a box adds what it can: at 90 bombs, one takes the count to 99, and three of its bombs are lost. ## Trivia - Unlike the Bomb Bag, the Bomb Box is heavy, as a [Crate](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/crate) or a [Jetpack](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jetpack) is, so the player holds one for sale higher than he holds a bag[^25][^26]. ## FAQ ### How many bombs are in a Bomb Box in Spelunky Classic? 12, four times a [Bomb Bag](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb-bag)'s. The pickup message says "YOU GOT 12 MORE BOMBS!", and the count can't go past 99. ### How much does a Bomb Box cost in Spelunky Classic? $10,000 on level 2, the first with shops, and 10% of that more on each level after it, up to $23,000 on level 15. Bomb Shops, Weapon Shops and Rare Shops sell it. ### Where do you find a Bomb Box in Spelunky Classic? In shops, and as the [Dice House](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/dice-house)'s prize when every other roll fails. Free ones come out of [Crates](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/crate) (a 1 in 40 roll, once the rolls before it fail) and out of blocks that hide them, and [Kali](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/kalis-favour) gives one as her first gift to a player who has everything else she gives. ### Is a Bomb Box worth more than a Bomb Bag in Spelunky Classic? Not bomb for bomb. It holds four times the bombs for four times the price: $10,000 for 12, where a Bomb Bag is $2,500 for 3, so each bomb costs the same. ## See also - **Related:** [Bombs and ropes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bombs-and-ropes), [Bomb](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb), [Bomb Bag](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb-bag), [Crate](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/crate) - **Damages:** [Damsel](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/damsel) ## References [^1]: [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:2036-2050`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step#L2036-L2050) [^2]: [`objects/oBombBox/create.gml:6`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oBombBox/create#L6) [^3]: [`scripts/scrStealItem.gml:80-91`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrStealItem#L80-L91) [^4]: [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:10-11`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step#L10-L11) [^5]: Clip [bombs-and-ropes/pickups](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb-box#clip-bombs-and-ropes-pickups) [^6]: [`objects/oBombBox/create.gml:6-8`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oBombBox/create#L6-L8) [^7]: [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:1359-1389`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step#L1359-L1389) [^8]: [`scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml:24-35`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrShopItemsGen#L24-L35) [^9]: [`scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml:43-51`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrShopItemsGen#L43-L51) [^10]: [`scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml:102-108`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrShopItemsGen#L102-L108) [^11]: [`scripts/scrGenerateItem.gml:47-61`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrGenerateItem#L47-L61) [^12]: [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:617-631`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step#L617-L631) [^13]: [`scripts/scrGenerateItem.gml:63-89`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrGenerateItem#L63-L89) [^14]: [`scripts/scrGetFavorMsg.gml:85-105`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrGetFavorMsg#L85-L105) [^15]: [`scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml:179-191`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrShopItemsGen#L179-L191) [^16]: [`scripts/scrLevelGen.gml:240`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrLevelGen#L240) [^17]: [`objects/oShopkeeper/step.gml:170-200`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oShopkeeper/step#L170-L200) [^18]: Clip [dice-house/seven](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb-box#clip-dice-house-seven) [^19]: [`objects/oBrick/create.gml:7-16`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oBrick/create#L7-L16) [^20]: [`scripts/scrGetFavorMsg.gml:67-108`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrGetFavorMsg#L67-L108) [^21]: [`scripts/scrCreateTileObj.gml:303-308`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrCreateTileObj#L303-L308) [^22]: [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:541-557`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step#L541-L557) [^23]: [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:2039`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step#L2039) [^24]: [`objects/oExplosion/collision_oItem.gml:30-46`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oExplosion/collision_oItem#L30-L46) [^25]: [`objects/oBombBox/create.gml:9`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oBombBox/create#L9) [^26]: [`objects/oItem/step.gml:44-56`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oItem/step#L44-L56) ### Source code - [`objects/oBombBox/create.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oBombBox/create) - [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step) - [`scripts/scrStealItem.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrStealItem) - [`scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrShopItemsGen) - [`scripts/scrGenerateItem.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrGenerateItem) - [`scripts/scrGetFavorMsg.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrGetFavorMsg)