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. # Spring Shoes 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 shoes that strengthen stomps, see [Spike Shoes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spike-shoes).* Spring Shoes are an equipment item in Spelunky Classic that make the player's jumps from the ground higher; shops sell them from $5,000. ![A brown boot standing on two coiled springs](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/66c8732d531340f4/sprites/sSpringShoes/frames/0%404x.png) | Spring Shoes | | | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | Kind | Equipment | | Effect | Higher jumps from the ground[^1] | | Price | $5,000[^2] | | Object | `oSpringShoes` | | Sold in | Clothing Shop, Rare Shop, Dice House | | Found in | The Mines, The Jungle, The Ice Caves, The Temple, Olmec's Lair | | Dropped by | [Crate](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/crate) | Wearing them, the player jumps from the ground half as hard again, which takes him nearly three blocks up instead of under two: high enough to catch a ledge that's out of reach without them. Only jumps from the ground get the boost. Clothing Shops, Rare Shops and the Dice House offer them, and [Crates](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/crate), blocks and Kali give them away. They're worn from the moment they're picked up or paid for until the game ends. ## Effect **Clip: Spring Shoes jump.** The player jumps at a ledge three blocks up and falls well short. He picks up spring shoes, jumps again, catches the ledge's edge, and climbs up to the gold bar on it, then jumps on the spot, nearly three blocks high, and lands unhurt. ([video](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/66c8732d531340f4/clips/spring-shoes/jump/clip.mp4)) Picking up a free pair, paying for one or carrying one out of a shop puts it on: the message "YOU GOT SPRING SHOES! YOU FEEL BOUNCY." shows, the pair disappears, and an icon of it joins the row under the hearts[^3][^4]. They stay on until a new game starts, which clears them[^5][^6]. A jump from the ground starts with an upward push of 4 (twice the jump's base push of 2), and the shoes make it 1.5 times that, 6[^7][^8], which is also the most the push can be[^9]. Held for its full length, a jump without them rises about 26 pixels; with them, about 46, nearly three blocks. The clip shows the difference: the player jumps at a ledge three blocks up and falls well short of it, then, in the shoes, catches its edge, climbs onto it, and jumps on the spot nearly three blocks high[^10]. The higher jump doesn't hurt when he lands. A full jump with the shoes falls for 10 steps back to the ground it left, and a fall costs hearts only after more than 16 steps[^11][^10]. ## Obtaining | Source | Chance | | | ----------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | | Clothing Shop | Each of its wares is one of its six items or a Rope Pile | [^12] | | Rare Shop | Each of its wares is one of its eleven items or a Bomb Box | [^13] | | The Dice House's prize | 1 in 8, once the rolls before it, from a [Jetpack](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jetpack)'s 1 in 40 to a [Paste](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/paste)'s 1 in 8, fail | [^14] | | A [Crate](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/crate) | 1 in 60, once the rolls before it, from a Jetpack's 1 in 500 to a Paste's 1 in 60, fail | [^15] | | Buried in a block | 1 in 19 of the items buried in blocks | [^16] | | Kali's first gift | 1 in 8, or the next of the eight the player hasn't got | [^17] | A shop stocks a pair only if the level hasn't got one already, even for a player who wears a pair[^18][^19], and it adds 10% of the base price for each level past the second[^20]. Shops are made from level 2 on[^21], and level 16, Olmec's Lair, has none: | Area | 1st level | 2nd level | 3rd level | 4th level | | ------------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | | The Mines | — | $5,000 | $5,500 | $6,000 | | The Jungle | $6,500 | $7,000 | $7,500 | $8,000 | | The Ice Caves | $8,500 | $9,000 | $9,500 | $10,000 | | The Temple | $10,500 | $11,000 | $11,500 | — | The Dice House puts its prize up from the same set of rare items, and a roll of seven gives it away and puts up another[^22][^23]. 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[^24][^16]. Kali's first gift, when the player's favour with her reaches 8 at one of her altars, is one of eight pieces of equipment the player hasn't got, the Spring Shoes among them[^25]. In custom levels, they're the level editor's tile `~`[^26]. Carrying a pair out of a shop without paying puts it on and angers the Shopkeeper, as with any ware; whether it goes on at once depends on whether the player or the pair leaves the shop first[^19][^27]. ## Interactions - Jumps that don't start on the ground get no boost: out of a web, out of water, or up from a wall or ledge the player is hanging on[^28][^29]. So [Climbing Gloves](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/climbing-gloves) climb no faster with them. ## Tips - A ledge three blocks up, out of reach of an ordinary jump, can be caught and climbed with them. - Jumping on flat ground in them is safe: the fall back takes too few steps to hurt. ## Trivia - Shops call them "SPRINGY SHOES"[^30]. - The jump code checks first for a pair of Jordans, which would treble the push and lower the gravity, and the pickup code has their message, "YOU GOT JORDANS!"[^31][^32]. Nothing in the game makes or places Jordans: no level, shop, crate or level editor tile has them[^19]. ## FAQ ### What do the Spring Shoes do in Spelunky Classic? They make every jump from the ground start 1.5 times as strong, so a full jump rises about 46 pixels, nearly three blocks, instead of about 26. ### How high can you jump with the Spring Shoes in Spelunky Classic? Nearly three blocks: about 46 pixels at full height, against about 26 without them. That's enough to catch the edge of a ledge three blocks up and climb onto it. ### How much do the Spring Shoes cost in Spelunky Classic? $5,000 on level 2, the first with shops, and 10% of that more on each level after it, up to $11,500 on level 15. ### Do the Spring Shoes cause fall damage in Spelunky Classic? No. A full jump with them falls for 10 steps back to the ground it left, and a fall hurts only after more than 16. ## References [^1]: `scripts/characterStepEvent.gml:357` [^2]: `objects/oSpringShoes/create.gml:6` [^3]: `scripts/scrStealItem.gml:171-181` [^4]: `scripts/scrDrawHUD.gml:140-144` [^5]: `scripts/scrClearGlobals.gml:92` [^6]: `objects/oTransition/create.gml:20-24` [^7]: `scripts/characterStepEvent.gml:338-357` [^8]: `scripts/characterCreateEvent.gml:67` [^9]: `scripts/characterStepEvent.gml:882-883` [^10]: Clip spring-shoes/jump [^11]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:254-289` [^12]: `scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml:68-101` [^13]: `scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml:102-155` [^14]: `scripts/scrGenerateItem.gml:47-56` [^15]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:617-628` [^16]: `scripts/scrGenerateItem.gml:63-89` [^17]: `scripts/scrGetFavorMsg.gml:85-98` [^18]: `scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml:75-78` [^19]: Quirk 1 (docs/quirks.md) [^20]: `scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml:179-191` [^21]: `scripts/scrLevelGen.gml:240` [^22]: `scripts/scrRoomGen.gml:392-397` [^23]: `objects/oShopkeeper/step.gml:173-200` [^24]: `objects/oBrick/create.gml:7-16` [^25]: `scripts/scrGetFavorMsg.gml:67-108` [^26]: `scripts/scrCreateTileObj.gml:339-344` [^27]: Replay `fidelity/replays/item-seed-11-spring-shoes.txt` [^28]: `scripts/characterStepEvent.gml:294-319` [^29]: `scripts/characterStepEvent.gml:507-523` [^30]: `objects/oSpringShoes/create.gml:7-8` [^31]: `scripts/characterStepEvent.gml:351-356` [^32]: `scripts/scrStealItem.gml:193-200` ### Source code - `objects/oSpringShoes/create.gml` - `scripts/characterStepEvent.gml` - `scripts/scrStealItem.gml` - `scripts/scrShopItemsGen.gml` - `scripts/scrGenerateItem.gml`