Thin Ice
For the Ice Caves' slippery blocks, see Ice.
Thin Ice is terrain in Spelunky Classic, a slab of ice in the Ice Caves that wears away under a player standing on it and gives way after 1 second.
Thin ice is a slab that's solid until the player has stood on it for a second. It isn't slippery, as Ice is; it melts. As it thins, it's drawn thinner, so how far gone a slab is shows, and once it's gone it's gone for good.
How it works
#A slab of thin ice starts 60 thick [2]. Each step the player touches its top, it loses 2, and drips water now and then, a 1 in 100 chance a step; its picture gets thinner with every 10 lost, in six stages, and at 0 it's gone [1]. Standing still or walking on it, that's 30 steps, 1 second. It never thickens again.
The clip shows the Moai's: the Ankh has revived the player inside it, standing on the thin ice in the statue's chest, which wears thinner under him for 30 steps and gives way, dropping him to the Hedjet and the exit below [3].
Only the player wears it: monsters, items and the Damsel can stand on it for good. The Yeti King is the exception: each step of his roar takes 2 from every slab of thin ice on the level [4].
Locations
#| Where | How | |
|---|---|---|
| The Ice Caves | The room templates' thin ice tiles | [5] |
| A Yeti lair | Its thin ice tiles | [6] |
| The Moai | A slab in its chest, above the Hedjet and its exit | [7] |
The level editor has no tile for it.
Interactions
#- Bombs and the Mattock break it as any block.
- The Moai. Its slab is the floor of the chamber the Ankh revives the player in, so it gives way under him a second after he's back, and drops him to the Hedjet.
Tips
#- Thin ice is a floor for a second: a slab to cross, not to wait on. Its picture shows how much is left.
- Its wear adds up: a slab the player stood on for half a second earlier gives way after half a second the next time.
FAQ
#- How long can you stand on thin ice in Spelunky Classic?
1 second, 30 steps: it starts 60 thick and loses 2 each step the player stands on it. It doesn't recover, so the time adds up over every visit.
- Does thin ice break under monsters in Spelunky Classic?
No. Only the player standing on it wears it away. The Yeti King's roar wears it too, from anywhere on the level.
- Where is thin ice in Spelunky Classic?
In the Ice Caves' rooms and Yeti lairs, and inside the Moai, where it holds the player above the Hedjet.
See also
#References
#objects/oThinIce/step.gml:1-13objects/oThinIce/create.gml:3- Clip thin-ice/melt
objects/oYetiKing/step.gml:113-133scripts/scrRoomGen3.gml:483-486scripts/scrRoomGenYeti.gml:311-314scripts/scrRoomGen3.gml:487-501