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. # Gold Chunk 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 bigger piece of gold, see [Gold Nugget](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/gold-nugget).* The Gold Chunk is a treasure in Spelunky Classic worth $100 in the Mines, the small piece of gold that gold-veined rock breaks into, three at a time. ![A tiny fleck of gold](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/60545f62383bb75b/sprites/sGoldChunk/frames/0%404x.png) | Gold Chunk | | | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Value | $100[^1] | | Object | `oGoldChunk` | | Found in | [The Mines](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mines) (In the rock's gold veins)[^2], [The Jungle](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jungle) (In the rock's gold veins)[^3], [The Ice Caves](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/ice-caves) (In the rock's gold veins)[^4], [The Temple](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/temple) (In the rock's gold veins)[^5], Olmec's Lair (In the rock's gold veins)[^6], City of Gold (In every block)[^7] | | Dropped by | [Jar](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jar) | It's the least valuable treasure in the game. About three blocks of rock in ten are veined with gold, and each, destroyed, lets out three chunks. They come loose when a [Bomb](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb), a [Mattock](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mattock) or a boulder breaks the block, and the player collects them by touching them. ## Value A chunk's base value is $100, and it's worth a quarter of that more for each area past the Mines, the code counting Olmec's Lair as an area of its own[^8][^9]: | Area | Value | | --------------------------------------------------- | ----- | | [The Mines](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mines) | $100 | | [The Jungle](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jungle) | $125 | | [The Ice Caves](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/ice-caves) | $150 | | [The Temple](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/temple) | $175 | | Olmec's Lair | $200 | ## Locations - **Gold veins.** Each block of rock in [the Mines](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mines), [the Jungle](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jungle), [the Ice Caves](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/ice-caves) and [the Temple](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/temple) (and Olmec's Lair) is a gold vein 19 times in 100 and a rich one 10 times in 100[^10][^11][^12][^13]. Destroyed, either lets out three chunks, thrown out at up to 3 pixels a step to either side and 2–4 down, and a rich vein a [Gold Nugget](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/gold-nugget) as well[^2]. - **The City of Gold**: its blocks are gold, and each one destroyed lets out three chunks and a nugget[^7][^14]. - **[Jars](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jar)**: a broken Jar holds one 1 in 3 times, the first of its rolls[^15]. The level editor has no tile for one, and its blocks hold no gold: it sets each block's look back to plain rock after the block has rolled for its vein[^16]. ## Collecting **Clip: Gold dug out with a mattock.** The player digs along a tunnel with a mattock. Two of the blocks it breaks are veined with gold, and each lets out three gold chunks, which he collects as they appear. ([video](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/60545f62383bb75b/clips/gold-chunk/mattock/clip.mp4)) The player collects a chunk by touching it while he isn't stunned or dead, the moment it appears: a chunk is collectable from the start[^17][^18]. He takes one treasure a step, the one nearest him, so a vein's three chunks come in on three steps. Its value shows as "+100" under his money and is counted into it after a short pause[^19]; gold plays the coin sound[^20], and the screen between levels shows each chunk collected on the level[^21]. In the clip, the player digs along a tunnel with a Mattock; two of the blocks it breaks are gold veins, and he collects each one's three chunks on three steps running[^22]. A loose chunk falls and comes to rest like other treasure, moving only while it's on the screen, and lava it sinks into destroys it[^23]. ## Trivia - The code has an object for a lump of gold set in the rock that breaks into three chunks, `oGold`, but nothing in the game makes one[^24][^25]. ## FAQ ### How much is a Gold Chunk worth in Spelunky Classic? $100 in the Mines, $125 in the Jungle, $150 in the Ice Caves and $175 in the Temple and $200 in Olmec's Lair. ### How do you get gold out of the rock in Spelunky Classic? Destroy the block: a [Bomb](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb), a [Mattock](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mattock) or the idol's boulder breaks it, and a gold vein lets out three Gold Chunks, a rich one a [Gold Nugget](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/gold-nugget) as well. About three blocks of rock in ten have gold in them. ### Where do you find Gold Chunks in Spelunky Classic? In gold-veined rock in every area, in the City of Gold's blocks, and in [Jars](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jar), one time in three. ## See also - **Related:** [Gold Nugget](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/gold-nugget), [Gold Bar](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/gold-bar) ## References [^1]: `objects/oGoldChunk/create.gml:7` [^2]: `objects/oBrick/destroy.gml:9-29` [^3]: `objects/oLush/destroy.gml:12-32` [^4]: `objects/oDark/destroy.gml:9-30` [^5]: `objects/oTemple/destroy.gml:12-32` [^6]: `scripts/scrRoomGen5.gml:186-189` [^7]: `objects/oTemple/destroy.gml:21-32` [^8]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:1996` [^9]: `scripts/scrInitLevel.gml:24-29` [^10]: `objects/oBrick/create.gml:7-9` [^11]: `objects/oLush/create.gml:5-8` [^12]: `objects/oDark/create.gml:3-8` [^13]: `objects/oTemple/create.gml:5-9` [^14]: `objects/oBlock/destroy.gml:13-24` [^15]: `objects/oJar/destroy.gml:17` [^16]: `scripts/scrCreateTileObj.gml:36-40` [^17]: `objects/oGoldChunk/create.gml:7-8` [^18]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:1990-2016` [^19]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:1953-1971` [^20]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:2000-2014` [^21]: `objects/oTransition/alarm_0.gml:23-28` [^22]: Clip gold-chunk/mattock [^23]: `objects/oTreasure/step.gml:1-79` [^24]: `objects/oGold/destroy.gml:1-6` [^25]: Quirk 1 (docs/quirks.md) ### Source code - `objects/oGoldChunk/create.gml` - `objects/oTreasure/create.gml` - `objects/oTreasure/step.gml` - `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml` - `objects/oBrick/create.gml` - `objects/oBrick/destroy.gml` - `objects/oJar/destroy.gml`