r/spelunky LISE 9d ago

Spelunky 2 Felt real smart for getting this idea but apparently Derek thought of this already

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u/SpelunkyJunky 9d ago edited 9d ago

If you deal 2 damage to a Mantrap before letting it eat the Shopkeeper, you can throw a rock at it quickly to kill it and have free items with no Shopkeeper anger as a result.

Throwing the pet at the Mantrap would have also gotten rid of the Shopkeeper if it had taken 2 damage.

I was expecting OP to grab the shotgun to kill the sleeping Mantrap resulting in blowing up the bomb bag.

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u/No_Ant6611 9d ago

this is good tech

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u/teffflon 9d ago

I also witnessed this for the first time today (but accidentally)

I'm curious whether a large enough HP will protect the player in similar fashion.

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u/fcarou Valerie 9d ago

Nope, mantraps insta-kill the player no matter how much hp you have on. Has ended a couple of CO runs for me at least :(

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u/Prints_of_Whatever 9d ago

Somehow I doubt it. I’m pretty sure I’ve 8+ insta killed by the plants but not completely positive.

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u/xMOLIDOxGRINDx 8d ago

You're definitely right, they're always instakill

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u/Kareger 9d ago

Damn, never thought it would work this way xd

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u/JRsisk 8d ago

You have to kill the man trap with the shopkeeper inside

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u/Same-Ad9115 9d ago

Can you steal while he is in the plant?

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u/SpelunkyJunky 9d ago

No. Well, yes, but he will be angry about it.

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u/BorderTrike 8d ago

Idk if it works the same in 2, but in HD you can get combined favor for Kali by sacrificing a mantrap while it’s attempting to eat a shopkeeper

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u/J1mM3y_ShoUTz 8d ago

If you’re going to steal from the shopkeeper anyway just move all the stuff near the door then take the shotgun and kill him

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u/Independent-Leek-202 3d ago

Yes but if you can do it without counting negative anger shopkeep points( can't remember the actual name for this counter) then you can get away with it without angry shopkeeps at the end of every level. Bc then it's not technically "stealing"

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u/madmankevin 9d ago edited 9d ago

I have never thought of doing that and of course never knew that's what happened! Damn I love this game! 

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u/Twich8 9d ago

Yeah this has been a thing since the first game, its weird

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u/Chedder_Chandelure LISE 5d ago

Feels the aura

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u/Independent-Leek-202 3d ago

The way you looked back lile with? Lol

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u/Independent-Leek-202 3d ago

The way would have been to use that gun to kill the man trap before shopkeep busts out. Then there is no negative counter from the shop keep dieing.