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. # Rope Pile From the spelunky.ai wiki: . The Rope Pile is an item in Spelunky Classic that adds 3 to the player's count when he takes it; shops sell it from $2,500. ![A brown coil of rope with a grey hook on top](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/sprites/sRopePile/frames/0%404x.png) | Rope Pile | | | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Kind | Equipment | | Effect | Three more ropes[^1] | | Price | $2,500[^2] | | Object | `oRopePile` | | Sold in | [General Store](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/general-store), [Clothing Shop](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/clothing-shop) | | 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), [Yeti King](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti-king) | Like a [Bomb Bag](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb-bag), it isn't kept: taking one adds its 3 [ropes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/rope) to the count beside the rope icon at the top of the screen, and the pile is gone ([Bombs and ropes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bombs-and-ropes) has how the count works). The [General Store](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/general-store) and the [Clothing Shop](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/clothing-shop) sell it, and [Crates](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/crate), blocks and the [Yeti King](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti-king) 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 Rope Pile is taken as soon as the player touches it, unless he's dead or stunned or the pile is inside a block: his ropes go up by 3, a flashing "+ROPE" rises from where the pile was, and the message "YOU GOT 3 MORE ROPES!" 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 and a [Bomb Box](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb-box), and his ropes go from 4 to 7 at the pile[^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 its price[^6][^7]. ## Obtaining | Source | Chance | | | ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | | [General Store](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/general-store) | 1 in 3 for each ware, once the rolls for a [Mattock](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mattock), [Climbing Gloves](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/climbing-gloves) and a [Compass](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/compass) fail | [^8] | | [Clothing Shop](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/clothing-shop) | 1 in 20 on a ware's first try, 1 in 19 on its second, and so on | [^9] | | A [Crate](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/crate) | 1 in 2, once every other item's roll, from a [Jetpack](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jetpack)'s 1 in 500 to a [Parachute](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/parachute)'s 1 in 10, fails | [^10] | | Buried in a block | 1 in 19 of the items buried in blocks | [^11] | | A [Yeti King](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti-king) | 1 in 2 for each of the four items it leaves, once its 1 in 12 for [Spike Shoes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spike-shoes) fails | [^12] | Each shop adds 10% of the base price for each level past the second[^13]. Shops are made from level 2 on[^14], 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) | — | $2,500 | $2,750 | $3,000 | | [The Jungle](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jungle) | $3,250 | $3,500 | $3,750 | $4,000 | | [The Ice Caves](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/ice-caves) | $4,250 | $4,500 | $4,750 | $5,000 | | [The Temple](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/temple) | $5,250 | $5,500 | $5,750 | — | **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/clips/crate/rope/clip.mp4)) A Crate's item appears where the player stands as he opens it, so a Rope Pile out of one is taken at once: in the clip, a Crate gives him 3 more ropes on the step he opens it[^15][^16]. 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[^17][^11]. In custom levels, it's the [level editor](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/level-editor)'s tile `R`[^18]. **Clip: Yeti King bombed.** The player drops a bomb at the Yeti King's feet while it yells, and runs. The explosion kills it, and it bursts into bones, Big Sapphires and a rope pile. ([video](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/clips/yeti-king/bomb/clip.mp4)) A Yeti King that dies leaves four items, each Spike Shoes one time in twelve, and otherwise a [Big Sapphire](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/big-sapphire) or a Rope Pile at even odds, thrown up and out from where it fell[^12]. In the clip, a bomb kills one, and it bursts into bones, Big Sapphires and a Rope Pile[^19]. Carrying one out of a shop without paying adds its ropes and angers the Shopkeeper, as with any ware ([General Store](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/general-store#stealing))[^20]. ## Interactions - **Blocks.** A Rope Pile buried in a block isn't taken until the block is broken[^21]. - **[Bombs](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb).** An explosion throws a Rope Pile aside, as it does most items, and knocks one out of the player's hands[^22]. ## Tips - Near the cap, a pile adds what it can: at 97 ropes, one takes the count to 99, and the third rope is lost. ## Trivia - Its price in a shop reads "EXTRA ROPE FOR $2500." on level 2, but from level 3 on, when the price is raised, the message is made again from the item's name, "A ROPE PILE FOR $2750.", as the Rope Pile has no shop description of its own ([A Spectacles for sale](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spectacles-message))[^6][^23][^24]. - The game has an item object nothing makes, `oRopeBag`, drawn with the sprite of a rope's end, whose `type` is "Bomb Bag"[^25][^24]. ## FAQ ### How many ropes are in a Rope Pile in Spelunky Classic? 3. The pickup message says "YOU GOT 3 MORE ROPES!", and the count can't go past 99. ### How much does a Rope Pile cost in Spelunky Classic? $2,500 on level 2, the first with shops, and 10% of that more on each level after it, up to $5,750 on level 15. General Stores and Clothing Shops sell it. ### Where do you find Rope Piles in Spelunky Classic? In shops, and free in [Crates](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/crate): once every rarer item's roll fails, a Crate holds a Rope Pile or a [Bomb Bag](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb-bag) at even odds. They're also among the items buried in blocks, and each of the four items a [Yeti King](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti-king) leaves can be one. ### Is there a rope shop in Spelunky Classic? No. The [General Store](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/general-store) and the [Clothing Shop](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/clothing-shop) are the only shops that sell Rope Piles; no shop sells single ropes. ## See also - **Related:** [Bombs and ropes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bombs-and-ropes), [Rope](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/rope), [Bomb Bag](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb-bag), [Crate](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/crate), [Yeti King](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti-king), [A Spectacles for sale](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spectacles-message) - **Damages:** [Damsel](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/damsel) ## References [^1]: [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:2052-2066`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step#L2052-L2066) [^2]: [`objects/oRopePile/create.gml:7`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oRopePile/create#L7) [^3]: [`scripts/scrStealItem.gml:103-114`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrStealItem#L103-L114) [^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/rope-pile#clip-bombs-and-ropes-pickups) [^6]: [`objects/oRopePile/create.gml:7-8`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oRopePile/create#L7-L8) [^7]: [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:1359-1389`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step#L1359-L1389) [^8]: [`scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml:156-176`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrShopItemsGen#L156-L176) [^9]: [`scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml:68-74`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrShopItemsGen#L68-L74) [^10]: [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:617-635`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step#L617-L635) [^11]: [`scripts/scrGenerateItem.gml:63-89`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrGenerateItem#L63-L89) [^12]: [`objects/oYetiKing/step.gml:23-40`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oYetiKing/step#L23-L40) [^13]: [`scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml:179-191`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrShopItemsGen#L179-L191) [^14]: [`scripts/scrLevelGen.gml:240`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrLevelGen#L240) [^15]: [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:612-616`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step#L612-L616) [^16]: Clip [crate/rope](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/rope-pile#clip-crate-rope) [^17]: [`objects/oBrick/create.gml:7-16`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oBrick/create#L7-L16) [^18]: [`scripts/scrCreateTileObj.gml:315-320`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrCreateTileObj#L315-L320) [^19]: Clip [yeti-king/bomb](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/rope-pile#clip-yeti-king-bomb) [^20]: [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:541-557`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step#L541-L557) [^21]: [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:2055`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step#L2055) [^22]: [`objects/oExplosion/collision_oItem.gml:30-46`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oExplosion/collision_oItem#L30-L46) [^23]: [`scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml:182-189`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrShopItemsGen#L182-L189) [^24]: [docs/quirks.md §1, Bugs and leftovers in the 1.1 source](https://github.com/851-labs/spelunky/blob/059d629be4ffc90c405e1bfef24d0341c70d3c22/docs/quirks.md#1-bugs-and-leftovers-in-the-11-source) [^25]: [`objects/oRopeBag/create.gml:3`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oRopeBag/create#L3) ### Source code - [`objects/oRopePile/create.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oRopePile/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) - [`objects/oYetiKing/step.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oYetiKing/step)