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. # No trophy at 16:00 From the spelunky.ai wiki: . Verified against the spelunky.ai port [v0.1.13](https://github.com/851-labs/spelunky/releases/tag/v0.1.13) on 28 October 2026. No trophy at 16:00 is a quirk of Spelunky Classic in which a best time of exactly 16:00 earns no trophy, though 15:59 earns the bronze one. | Quirk | | | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Status | GML + Oracle | | Where | [`objects/oHighscores/create.gml:50-56`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oHighscores/create#L50-L56) | | Pinned by | `fidelity/replays/flow-highscores-time-960-no-trophy.txt` | | Row | [docs/quirks.md §1, Bugs and leftovers in the 1.1 source](https://github.com/851-labs/spelunky/blob/main/docs/quirks.md#1-bugs-and-leftovers-in-the-11-source): “A best time of exactly 960 seconds earns no trophy.” | The [high scores room](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/scoring#the-high-scores-room) gives a trophy for the best time: bronze, silver or gold. The bronze one is meant for a time of 16:00 or less, but the check that makes the trophy at all asks for less than 16:00, so a best time of exactly 16:00 leaves the trophy's place empty. One second faster, and the bronze trophy is there. ## What happens The only win recorded took 16:00. The player walks from the title screen into the scores door: the panel shows TIME: 16:00, and the stand for the time's trophy has nothing on it[^1]. **Clip: No trophy for a best time of 16:00.** From the title screen, the player walks left into the scores door. The high scores panel shows a best time of 16:00, and the stand for the time's trophy is empty: the bronze trophy is only made below 960 seconds, though it's meant for 16:00 and under. ([video](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/clips/quirks/highscores-time-960/clip.mp4)) ## Why When the high scores room is made, it makes the time's trophy only for a best time above 0 and under 960 seconds, then picks its colour, starting with bronze for a time of 960 or less: ```gml objects/oHighscores/create.gml:50-56 if (tTime > 0 and tTime < 960) { trophy = instance_create(64, 64, oTrophy); if (tTime <= 960) { trophy.sprite_index = sBronzeTrophy; } ``` [`objects/oHighscores/create.gml:50-56`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oHighscores/create#L50-L56), from `spelunky.gmk`, Spelunky Classic 1.1's source, © 2008, 2009 Derek Yu and Mossmouth, LLC ([Spelunky User License v1.1b](https://spelunky.ai/LICENSE.txt)). The two tests disagree at 960 exactly: the inner one would give it the bronze trophy, but the outer one never lets it get there[^2]. The silver (720 or less) and gold (600 or less) tests after it agree with the outer one[^3]. The time is stored in whole seconds: at the end of a won game, the clock is rounded down to the second before it's compared with the best time[^4], so any win from 16:00.000 to 16:00.999 is a 960. ## Reproducing it Win a game in 16:00, without a shortcut, as the best time recorded, and enter the high scores room. It happens in normal play, but rarely: the best time has to land on that second. The replay of the clip starts from a high scores table with one win at 16:00 and nothing else, and walks into the scores door: the room loads (frame 546) with a best time of 960 and makes no trophy at all[^5]. With 959, the bronze trophy is made. ## In the port The spelunky.ai port reproduces it exactly: it's in docs/quirks.md's list of the 1.1 source's bugs[^2], and the oracle's fingerprint of the replay pins the empty stand. No option turns it off. ## FAQ ### Why didn't I get a trophy for my time in Spelunky Classic? If the high scores room shows TIME: 16:00 exactly, that's the quirk: the time's trophies are only made for a best time under 960 seconds, so 16:00 gets none, while the bronze trophy inside that check is meant for 16:00 and under. Any time from 0:01 to 15:59 gets one. ### What times earn the trophies in Spelunky Classic? Under 16:00 earns the bronze trophy, 12:00 or less the silver, and 10:00 or less the gold, which also opens the Moon Room's door. A best time of exactly 16:00 earns nothing. ### How likely is a time of exactly 16:00? It's rare. The best time is the win's clock, rounded down to the second, so the best win has to take from 16:00.000 to 16:00.999, be faster than every win before it, and not start from a shortcut, as a shortcut game's time isn't kept. ## See also - **Related:** [Scoring](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/scoring), [Speedrunning basics](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/speedrunning-basics) ## References [^1]: Clip quirks/highscores-time-960 [^2]: Quirk 1 (docs/quirks.md) [^3]: [`objects/oHighscores/create.gml:57-65`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oHighscores/create#L57-L65) [^4]: [`scripts/scrUpdateHighscores.gml:54-62`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrUpdateHighscores#L54-L62) [^5]: Replay `fidelity/replays/flow-highscores-time-960-no-trophy.txt` ### Source code - [`objects/oHighscores/create.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oHighscores/create) - [`scripts/scrUpdateHighscores.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrUpdateHighscores)