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From Spelunky Classic 1.1, © 2008, 2009 Derek Yu and Mossmouth, LLC. # Thin Ice From the spelunky.ai wiki: . *For the Ice Caves' slippery blocks, see [Ice](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/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. ![A white slab of ice with a pale blue top edge](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/sprites/sThinIce1/frames/0%404x.png) | Thin Ice | | | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Effect | Wears away under the player[^1] | | Destroyed by | Standing on it; the Yeti King's roar; bombs | | Object | `oThinIce` | | Found in | [The Ice Caves](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/ice-caves), [Yeti Lair](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti-lair), [Moai](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/moai) | Thin ice is a slab that's solid until the player has stood on it for a second. It isn't slippery, as [Ice](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/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 **Clip: Thin ice giving way.** Revived by the Ankh inside the Moai, the player stands on the thin ice in the statue's chest; it wears thinner under him and gives way, dropping him to the Hedjet and the exit below. ([video](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/clips/thin-ice/melt/clip.mp4)) 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](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/moai)'s: the [Ankh](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/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](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/hedjet) and the exit below[^3]. Only the player wears it: monsters, items and the [Damsel](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/damsel) can stand on it for good. The [Yeti King](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/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](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/ice-caves) | The room templates' thin ice tiles | [^5] | | [A Yeti lair](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti-lair) | Its thin ice tiles | [^6] | | [The Moai](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/moai) | A slab in its chest, above the Hedjet and its exit | [^7] | The [level editor](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/level-editor) has no tile for it. ## Interactions - **[Bombs](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb) and the [Mattock](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mattock)** break it as any block. - **The [Moai](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/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](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti-king)'s roar wears it too, from anywhere on the level. ### Where is thin ice in Spelunky Classic? In [the Ice Caves](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/ice-caves)' rooms and [Yeti lairs](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti-lair), and inside the [Moai](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/moai), where it holds the player above the [Hedjet](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/hedjet). ## See also - **Related:** [Ice](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/ice), [Moai](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/moai), [Hedjet](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/hedjet), [Yeti King](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/yeti-king) ## References [^1]: [`objects/oThinIce/step.gml:1-13`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oThinIce/step#L1-L13) [^2]: [`objects/oThinIce/create.gml:3`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oThinIce/create#L3) [^3]: Clip [thin-ice/melt](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/thin-ice#clip-thin-ice-melt) [^4]: [`objects/oYetiKing/step.gml:113-133`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oYetiKing/step#L113-L133) [^5]: [`scripts/scrRoomGen3.gml:483-486`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrRoomGen3#L483-L486) [^6]: [`scripts/scrRoomGenYeti.gml:311-314`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrRoomGenYeti#L311-L314) [^7]: [`scripts/scrRoomGen3.gml:487-501`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrRoomGen3#L487-L501) ### Source code - [`objects/oThinIce/create.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oThinIce/create) - [`objects/oThinIce/step.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oThinIce/step) - [`objects/oYetiKing/step.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oYetiKing/step) - [`scripts/scrRoomGen3.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrRoomGen3) - [`scripts/scrRoomGenYeti.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrRoomGenYeti)