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From Spelunky Classic 1.1, © 2008, 2009 Derek Yu and Mossmouth, LLC. # Tiki Torch From the spelunky.ai wiki: . *For the light the player can carry, see [Lamp](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/lamp).* A Tiki Torch is terrain in Spelunky Classic, a burning torch on the ground of a dark Jungle level that lights a small circle of the cave around it. ![A tall wooden post with a flickering flame on top](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/sprites/sTikiTorch/anim%404x.png) | Tiki Torch | | | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Effect | Lights 32 pixels around it[^1] | | Destroyed by | Breaking the block it stands on | | Object | `oTikiTorch` | | Found in | [The Jungle](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jungle), [Dark level](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/dark-level) | Tiki torches are only made on [dark levels](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/dark-level) of [the Jungle](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/jungle), where they stand on the ground and burn, one of the level's few lights besides the player's own. A torch can't be carried or moved, and it goes with the block it stands on. ## How it works **Clip: Tiki torches on a dark level.** On a dark level of the Jungle, the cave is black but for the circle of light around the player and smaller ones around what glows; at the right, a tiki torch stands on the ground, flickering in a circle of its own. ([video](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/clips/tiki-torch/dark/clip.mp4)) A tiki torch flickers through its flames, half a frame a step[^2]. On a dark level, it lights a circle of the cave 32 pixels around its middle, as a lit trap or a [Fire Frog](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/fire-frog) does, where a [Flare](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/flare) or a [Lamp](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/lamp) lights 96[^3]. It also widens the player's own light as he nears it, counting as a light 48 pixels farther away than it is[^4] ([Dark level](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/dark-level#the-darkness)). The clip shows a dark Jungle level: the cave is black but for the circle around the player and the smaller ones around what glows, and at the right a tiki torch flickers in a circle of its own[^5]. A torch isn't solid, isn't an item and can't be picked up. When the block under it is destroyed, it's destroyed too[^6]. ## Locations As a dark Jungle level is made, each block of the ground that a [Spear Trap](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spear-trap) could replace (open above, open on a side, a block under it, away from shops and the entrance) gets a tiki torch standing on it with a 1 in 20 chance, unless there's water above it; only if it doesn't, it rolls for the trap[^7]. A trunk block of a [Tree](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/tree) never gets one. The [level editor](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/level-editor) has no tile for it. ## Tips - Its light is small: a Flare thrown ahead lights three times as far. - A Bomb at a torch's foot puts its light out for good, with the block it stands on. ## FAQ ### What do tiki torches do in Spelunky Classic? They light the dark. On a [dark level](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/dark-level) of the Jungle, each lights a circle 32 pixels around it, and the player's own light widens as he nears one. ### Can you pick up a tiki torch in Spelunky Classic? No. A tiki torch is part of the level, not an item. For a light to carry, the player has [Flares](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/flare), or a [Lamp](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/lamp) brought down from a ceiling. ### How do you get rid of a tiki torch in Spelunky Classic? By breaking the block it stands on, with a [Bomb](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/bomb) or a [Mattock](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/mattock): the torch goes with it. ## See also - **Related:** [Dark level](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/dark-level), [Lamp](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/lamp), [Flare](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/flare), [Spear Trap](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/spear-trap) ## References [^1]: [`objects/oScreen/step_begin.gml:203-206`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oScreen/step_begin#L203-L206) [^2]: [`objects/oTikiTorch/create.gml:1`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oTikiTorch/create#L1) [^3]: [`objects/oScreen/step_begin.gml:179-206`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oScreen/step_begin#L179-L206) [^4]: [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml:107-112`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step#L107-L112) [^5]: Clip [tiki-torch/dark](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/tiki-torch#clip-tiki-torch-dark) [^6]: [`objects/oSolid/destroy.gml:14-18`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oSolid/destroy#L14-L18) [^7]: [`scripts/scrEntityGen.gml:226-252`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrEntityGen#L226-L252) ### Source code - [`objects/oTikiTorch/create.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oTikiTorch/create) - [`scripts/scrEntityGen.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrEntityGen) - [`objects/oScreen/step_begin.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oScreen/step_begin) - [`objects/oPlayer1/step.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/step) - [`objects/oSolid/destroy.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oSolid/destroy)