Spelunky is © 2008, 2009 Derek Yu and Mossmouth, LLC, and is used under the [Spelunky User License v1.1b](https://spelunky.ai/LICENSE.txt). spelunky.ai is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Mossmouth. The game and its assets may not be sold. Music by George Buzinkai and Jonathan Perry; sound effects made in SFXR. From Spelunky Classic 1.1, © 2008, 2009 Derek Yu and Mossmouth, LLC. # Crate From the spelunky.ai wiki: . Verified against the spelunky.ai port [v0.1.10](https://github.com/851-labs/spelunky/releases/tag/v0.1.10) on 27 October 2026. *For the chest of gems, see [Chest](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/chest).* The Crate is a carryable item in Spelunky Classic that opens, with up and the attack key, into one free item, most often bombs or ropes. ![A wooden crate bound with metal bands](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/4a03f1981f7c4764/sprites/sCrate/frames/0%404x.png) | Crate | | | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Kind | Carryable | | Effect | Opens into a free item[^1] | | Object | `oCrate` | | Found in | The Mines, The Jungle, The Ice Caves, The Temple, Olmec's Lair, Tutorial | | Dropped by | [Megamouth](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/megamouth) | Each Crate holds one item, picked when it's opened, mostly a Bomb Bag or a Rope Pile, but sometimes equipment or a weapon that shops sell for thousands. It's heavy, so it's carried high and thrown short, and the player can open it wherever he stands on it. ## Usage **Clip: Crate opened.** The player picks up a crate and, still holding it, presses up and the attack key. It vanishes in a puff, leaving a pitcher's mitt at his feet, which he picks up and puts on. ([video](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/4a03f1981f7c4764/clips/crate/open/clip.mp4)) Pressing up and the attack key while the player stands on a Crate opens it: the Crate vanishes in a puff of smoke and its item appears in its place, free[^1]. On the game's own levels, it adds to the lifetime count of crates opened[^2]. In the clip, the player opens a Crate he's holding, which leaves his hands empty, and it holds a [Pitcher's Mitt](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/pitchers-mitt), which he picks up and puts on[^3]. The item comes from one roll down this list, each roll made only if the ones before it fail[^4]: | Item | Chance | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | ----- | | [Jetpack](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jetpack) | 1 in 500 | [^5] | | [Cape](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/cape) | 1 in 200 | [^6] | | [Shotgun](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/shotgun) | 1 in 100 | [^7] | | [Mattock](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mattock) | 1 in 100 | [^8] | | [Teleporter](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/teleporter) | 1 in 100 | [^9] | | [Climbing Gloves](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/climbing-gloves) | 1 in 90 | [^10] | | [Spectacles](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spectacles) | 1 in 90 | [^11] | | [Web Cannon](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/web-cannon) | 1 in 80 | [^12] | | [Pistol](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/pistol) | 1 in 80 | [^13] | | [Pitcher's Mitt](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/pitchers-mitt) | 1 in 80 | [^14] | | [Paste](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/paste) | 1 in 60 | [^15] | | [Spring Shoes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spring-shoes) | 1 in 60 | [^16] | | [Spike Shoes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spike-shoes) | 1 in 60 | [^17] | | [Machete](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/machete) | 1 in 60 | [^18] | | Bomb Box | 1 in 40 | [^19] | | [Bow](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bow) | 1 in 40 | [^20] | | [Compass](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/compass) | 1 in 20 | [^21] | | [Parachute](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/parachute) | 1 in 10 | [^22] | | Rope Pile | 1 in 2 | [^23] | | Bomb Bag | Otherwise | [^24] | The Crate in the Tutorial always holds a Bomb Bag[^25]. The player stands on the item when it appears, so a Bomb Bag or a Rope Pile, which are collected by touch, are collected at once: in the second clip, a Crate's Rope Pile gives him 3 more [ropes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/rope) on the step he opens it[^26][^27][^28]. A Crate is heavy: the player carries it higher than other items, and throws it at 4 pixels a step plus his own speed, rising at 2, or at 4 upward[^29][^30]. Thrown faster than 2 pixels a step, it hurts a monster as any thrown item does[^31]. ## Locations - **Level generation**, in every area: in a nook one block high with a wall beside it, a 1 in 10 chance, once the rolls for a web and, on the level that has one, the Udjat Eye's locked chest fail[^32]. - **The Temple**: some of its rooms have a tile that's a Crate or a [Chest](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/chest), one chance in two each[^33]. - **Olmec's Lair**: a 1 in 10 chance on some of its tiles, once rolls for a Chest, gold and big gems fail[^34]. - **The [Megamouth](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/megamouth)**: four Crates burst out of one when it dies[^35]. - **The Tutorial**, which has one[^36]. - **The level editor**'s `C` tile[^37]. ## Interactions - **Holding it.** The player can open a Crate he's holding, as he stands where it is; his hands are empty after[^38][^3]. - **Shops.** A Crate's item is free wherever it's opened: the code sets its price to nothing[^39]. - **[Bombs](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb).** An explosion throws a Crate away from it without breaking it[^40]. - **Exits.** The player sets down a heavy item, a Crate among them, when he takes an exit, so a Crate can't be carried to the next level[^41]. ## Tips - A Crate is best opened where its item can't fall away: the item appears where the Crate is, and has no speed of its own. - Most Crates hold a Bomb Bag or a Rope Pile: the rolls before them all fail about 69 times in 100 (the product of each roll's chance of failing, 499 in 500 by 199 in 200 and so on). ## Trivia - The code that opens a Crate stores it in a variable named `chest`, the same one the code for opening a Chest uses[^42][^43]. ## FAQ ### What's in a Crate in Spelunky Classic? One item. A Crate rolls down a list, from a [Jetpack](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jetpack) (1 in 500) to a [Parachute](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/parachute) (1 in 10), each roll made only if the ones before it fail; if all fail, it's a Rope Pile or a Bomb Bag, one chance in two each. ### How do you open a Crate in Spelunky Classic? Stand on it and press up and the attack key. It vanishes and leaves its item, free, even inside a shop and even if the player is holding the Crate. ### Can you buy a Crate's item from a shop in Spelunky Classic? There's nothing to buy: a Crate's item is always free, and shops don't sell Crates. ### Where do you find Crates in Spelunky Classic? In every area, in nooks one block high, and in some of the Temple's rooms and Olmec's Lair. A [Megamouth](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/megamouth) lets out four when it dies, and the Tutorial has one. ## Gallery **Clip: Crate opened into ropes.** The player walks onto a crate and opens it. It holds a pile of rope, which appears under him and is collected at once: his ropes go from 4 to 7. ([video](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/4a03f1981f7c4764/clips/crate/rope/clip.mp4)) ## See also - **Drops:** [Jetpack](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jetpack), [Cape](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/cape), [Shotgun](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/shotgun), [Mattock](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mattock), [Teleporter](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/teleporter), [Climbing Gloves](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/climbing-gloves), [Spectacles](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spectacles), [Web Cannon](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/web-cannon), [Pistol](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/pistol), [Pitcher's Mitt](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/pitchers-mitt), [Paste](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/paste), [Spring Shoes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spring-shoes), [Spike Shoes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spike-shoes), [Machete](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/machete), Bomb Box, [Bow](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bow), [Compass](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/compass), [Parachute](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/parachute), Rope Pile, Bomb Bag - **Related:** [Chest](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/chest), [Megamouth](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/megamouth) ## References [^1]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:612-647` [^2]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:614` [^3]: Clip crate/open [^4]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:616-636` [^5]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:617` [^6]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:618` [^7]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:619` [^8]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:620` [^9]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:621` [^10]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:622` [^11]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:623` [^12]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:624` [^13]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:625` [^14]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:626` [^15]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:627` [^16]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:628` [^17]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:629` [^18]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:630` [^19]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:631` [^20]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:632` [^21]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:633` [^22]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:634` [^23]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:635` [^24]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:636` [^25]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:616` [^26]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:2020-2023` [^27]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:2052-2055` [^28]: Clip crate/rope [^29]: `objects/oItem/step.gml:44-56` [^30]: `scripts/scrUseItem.gml:609-635` [^31]: `objects/oItem/step.gml:256-350` [^32]: `scripts/scrTreasureGen.gml:47-68` [^33]: `scripts/scrRoomGen4.gml:359-363` [^34]: `scripts/scrRoomGen5.gml:177-184` [^35]: `objects/oJaws/step.gml:23-28` [^36]: `rTutorial`, as the room editor placed it [^37]: `scripts/scrCreateTileObj.gml:289-292` [^38]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:639-643` [^39]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:637` [^40]: `objects/oExplosion/collision_oItem.gml:30-36` [^41]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:815-820` [^42]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:564` [^43]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:615` ### Source code - `objects/oCrate/create.gml` - `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml` - `objects/oItem/step.gml` - `scripts/scrUseItem.gml` - `scripts/scrTreasureGen.gml`