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. # Stomping 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 28 October 2026. Stomping in Spelunky Classic is landing on a monster from above, which hurts it and bounces the player off: the longer he fell, the more it takes. A stomp is the player's attack without a weapon, and one of the few that scales: a monster with several hit points, such as a [Caveman](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/caveman), survives a hop onto it but not a fall from high above. It also ends the fall, so the drop that would have stunned the player costs him nothing. Most monsters share the code for it, and a few have their own, with other rules. ## How it works The stomp is part of a monster's touch: the code most monsters share (`oEnemy`'s collision with the player) decides between a stomp and a bite[^1]. 1. **Close enough.** Nothing happens unless the player's middle is within 12 pixels, across, of the monster's[^2]. 2. **From above.** It's a stomp if the player is alive, not swimming, jumping or falling, and his middle is above a point 8 pixels below the monster's top. Otherwise the monster bites, if he isn't invincible ([Damage and stun](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/damage))[^3][^4]. 3. **The hit.** The monster loses 1 hit point, plus 1 for every whole 16 steps the player has been falling, and three times that if he wears [Spike Shoes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spike-shoes), which draw blood as well[^5]. His step counts the falling steps, adding 1 on every step he moves down (`fallTimer`)[^6]. 4. **The bounce.** He's sent up at 6 pixels per step, plus a fifth of his falling speed, and his count of falling steps starts again, so the landing that ends the bounce isn't a long drop[^7][^8]. The monster's own step kills it once its hit points are gone; the stomp only takes them[^9]. A stomp while the player is still rising counts too, since jumping is enough, so jumping up into a [Bat](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bat) from just below it kills it[^10][^11]. ### Monsters with their own stomp A monster with a touch of its own has its own stomp, with its own reach and damage. Each is cited on its page; in short: The reach is how far the player's middle may be from the monster's middle across, and how far below the monster's top it must be above: | Monster | Reach | Damage | Also | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ---------- | | Most, such as the [Snake](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/snake) | 12 pixels across, 8 below its top | 1, plus 1 for every 16 steps of falling | | [^12] | | [Caveman](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/caveman), [Vampire](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/vampire) | 8 across, 5 below its top | As most | Stunned; a stunned one can't be stomped again | [^13][^14] | | [Hawkman](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/hawkman) | 8 across, 5 below its top, while the player isn't stunned | As most | As the Caveman | [^15] | | [Yeti](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti) | 8 across, 5 below its top, while the player isn't stunned | 1 for every 16 steps of falling, rounded up | Stunned | [^16] | | [Shopkeeper](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/shopkeeper) | 8 across, 5 below his top, only once he's angry | As the Yeti | Stunned | [^17] | | [Yeti King](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti-king) | 16 across, 8 below its top | As the Yeti | | [^18] | | [Giant Spider](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/giant-spider), [Tomb Lord](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/tomb-lord) | 16 across; 16 below the Giant Spider's top, 8 below the Tomb Lord's | As most | | [^19][^20] | | [Alien Boss](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/alien-boss) | Anywhere across, 8 below its top | As most | | [^21] | | [Mantrap](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mantrap) | 8 across, 5 below its top, only with Spike Shoes on or while it's eating | As most | Stunned | [^22] | | [Monkey](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/monkey) | 4 across, 2 below its top, not while it clings to the player | 1, however far he fell, Spike Shoes or not | | [^23] | | [Magma Man](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/magma-man) | None: its touch burns the player | | | [^24] | | [Ghost](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/ghost) | None: its touch kills the player | | | [^25] | ## Numbers Damage of a stomp by how many steps the player fell, for most monsters and for those that round up (the Yeti, the Yeti King and the Shopkeeper)[^5][^26]: | Steps of falling | Most monsters | With Spike Shoes | Yeti, Yeti King, Shopkeeper | With Spike Shoes | | ---------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | --------------------------- | ---------------- | | 0 (rising) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 1–15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | | 17–31 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | | 32 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 | | 33–47 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 | The player falls 1 pixel a step faster each step, up to 10 pixels a step[^27], so from a standing start 16 steps of falling are about seven blocks, and 32 about seventeen. ## Examples **Clip: Stomp from a height.** The player walks off a high ledge and lands on a caveman after 33 steps of falling: the stomp takes all three of its hit points, and he bounces off it without the fall hurting him. ([video](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/9298410b19d5e050/clips/stomping/caveman/clip.mp4)) - **From a height.** The player walks off a high ledge and lands on a Caveman after 33 steps of falling: the stomp takes 3 hit points, all of its 3, and he bounces off it with his 4 hearts, where the same drop to the floor would have cost him 2[^28]. - **On the 16th step.** Landing on a Yeti on the 16th step of falling takes 1 of its hit points, where the same drop onto a Caveman takes 2[^29]. - **With Spike Shoes.** A stomp from a short drop takes 3 hit points, three times a plain one's 1, so a Caveman with 2 left dies[^30]. ## Quirks - **A stomp doesn't need the player to be falling.** Jumping is enough, so a monster he jumps up into from just below is stomped, and he bounces off its underside[^10][^11]. - **Stomping a Yeti, the Yeti King or a Shopkeeper on the way up takes nothing**, as their stomps round the steps of falling up where the others' add 1: a Yeti is stunned all the same[^10][^31]. ## FAQ ### How much damage does a stomp do in Spelunky Classic? 1 hit point, plus 1 for every 16 steps the player was falling, so a long drop kills a monster a short hop only stuns. [Spike Shoes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spike-shoes) triple it. The Monkey always takes exactly 1. ### Can you stomp an enemy while jumping up in Spelunky Classic? Yes. A stomp only needs the player to be jumping or falling with his middle above the monster's, so jumping up into a [Bat](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bat) or a dropping [Spider](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spider) from just below it counts. ### Does a stomp stop fall damage in Spelunky Classic? Yes. A stomp starts the player's count of falling steps again as he bounces, so landing on a monster at the end of a long drop costs him no hearts. ### Which monsters can't be stomped in Spelunky Classic? The [Magma Man](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/magma-man), which burns the player instead, and the [Ghost](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/ghost), which kills him. A [Mantrap](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mantrap) can only be stomped with [Spike Shoes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spike-shoes) on or while it's eating, and nothing can be stomped while the player is swimming. ## See also - **Related:** [Spike Shoes](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spike-shoes), [Damage and stun](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/damage), [Throwing](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/throwing) - **Damages:** [Alien](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/alien)[^32], [Alien Boss](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/alien-boss)[^21], [Bat](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bat)[^33], [Caveman](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/caveman)[^34], [Dead Fish](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/dead-fish)[^32], [Fire Frog](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/fire-frog)[^33], [Frog](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/frog)[^33], [Giant Spider](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/giant-spider)[^35], [Hawkman](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/hawkman)[^36], [Mantrap](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mantrap)[^37], [Megamouth](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/megamouth)[^33], [Monkey](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/monkey)[^38], [Piranha](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/piranha)[^33], [Shopkeeper](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/shopkeeper)[^39], [Skeleton](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/skeleton)[^33], [Snake](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/snake)[^33], [Spider](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spider)[^33], [Tomb Lord](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/tomb-lord)[^40], [UFO](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/ufo)[^32], [Vampire](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/vampire)[^41], [Yeti](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti)[^42], [Yeti King](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti-king)[^43], [Zombie](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/zombie)[^32] ## References [^1]: `objects/oEnemy/collision_oCharacter.gml:1-14` [^2]: `objects/oEnemy/collision_oCharacter.gml:2-5` [^3]: `objects/oEnemy/collision_oCharacter.gml:6` [^4]: `objects/oEnemy/collision_oCharacter.gml:14` [^5]: `objects/oEnemy/collision_oCharacter.gml:9-10` [^6]: `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:254-257` [^7]: `objects/oEnemy/collision_oCharacter.gml:8` [^8]: `objects/oEnemy/collision_oCharacter.gml:11` [^9]: `objects/oSnake/step.gml:16-26` [^10]: Quirk 1 (docs/quirks.md) [^11]: Replay `fidelity/replays/enemy-mines-seed-1-kills.txt` [^12]: `objects/oEnemy/collision_oCharacter.gml:2-13` [^13]: `objects/oCaveman/collision_oCharacter.gml:2-22` [^14]: `objects/oVampire/collision_oCharacter.gml:1-16` [^15]: `objects/oHawkman/collision_oCharacter.gml:2-16` [^16]: `objects/oYeti/collision_oCharacter.gml:2-15` [^17]: `objects/oShopkeeper/collision_oCharacter.gml:1-14` [^18]: `objects/oYetiKing/collision_oCharacter.gml:2-14` [^19]: `objects/oGiantSpider/collision_oCharacter.gml:2-13` [^20]: `objects/oTombLord/collision_oCharacter.gml:2-15` [^21]: `objects/oAlienBoss/collision_oCharacter.gml:1-10` [^22]: `objects/oManTrap/collision_oCharacter.gml:1-16` [^23]: `objects/oMonkey/collision_oCharacter.gml:2-12` [^24]: `objects/oMagmaMan/collision_oCharacter.gml:1-18` [^25]: `objects/oGhost/collision_oCharacter.gml:1-16` [^26]: `objects/oYeti/collision_oCharacter.gml:11-12` [^27]: `scripts/characterCreateEvent.gml:58-62` [^28]: Clip stomping/caveman [^29]: Replay `fidelity/replays/enemy-yeti-stomp-sixteen-steps.txt` [^30]: Replay `fidelity/replays/item-seed-7-spike-stomp.txt` [^31]: Replay `fidelity/replays/enemy-yeti-stomp-rising.txt` [^32]: `objects/oEnemy/collision_oCharacter.gml:6-13` [^33]: `objects/oEnemy/collision_oCharacter.gml:6-10` [^34]: `objects/oCaveman/collision_oCharacter.gml:6-22` [^35]: `objects/oGiantSpider/collision_oCharacter.gml:6-14` [^36]: `objects/oHawkman/collision_oCharacter.gml:8-22` [^37]: `objects/oManTrap/collision_oCharacter.gml:5-19` [^38]: `objects/oMonkey/collision_oCharacter.gml:6-12` [^39]: `objects/oShopkeeper/collision_oCharacter.gml:5-21` [^40]: `objects/oTombLord/collision_oCharacter.gml:6-18` [^41]: `objects/oVampire/collision_oCharacter.gml:5-23` [^42]: `objects/oYeti/collision_oCharacter.gml:6-22` [^43]: `objects/oYetiKing/collision_oCharacter.gml:6-15` ### Source code - `objects/oEnemy/collision_oCharacter.gml` - `objects/oCaveman/collision_oCharacter.gml` - `objects/oYeti/collision_oCharacter.gml` - `objects/oMonkey/collision_oCharacter.gml` - `objects/oPlayer1/step.gml`