Kali's altar found in a jungle
Bloodstained Altars dedicated to the fickle goddess Kali can be found scattered throughout the caves. So long as Kali isn't too unhappy with you, you can earn favor by leaving stunned or dead bodies as offerings upon the altar. However, destroying an altar (or even simply allowing an altar to be destroyed) will anger Kali, reducing your favor standing with her.
A special altar will be guaranteed to spawn in the middle of the City of Gold level.
Favor
Making sacrifices to Kali will increase your standing with her. Kali's altar works on a point system, with different corpses being worth different amounts, giving more favor for stunned sacrifices over dead ones.
| Sacrifice | Stunned Favor | Dead Favor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monty | 8 | 4 | |
| Caveman | 2 | 1 | |
| Turkey | 2 | 1 |
Rewards
- 8 Favor: A random item will be granted to the player
- 16 Favor: The player is granted the Kapala.
- 24 Favor: The player is granted Royal Jelly
- For every further 8 Favor, the player is granted an additional Royal Jelly
Gaining enough favor to receive a reward after the player has been cursed will replace the reward normally given with a curse removal
Some special items can be sacrificed to Kali that grant specific rewards. These do not grant Favor, as the special item is seen as the reward.
Sacrificing a Golden Idol to Kali will result in a Golden Monkey.
Sacrificing a gift box to Kali will result in an Eggplant.
Punishments
Destroying an altar leads to punishment. As soon as either of the altar blocks is destroyed, Kali spawns some monsters there (including Spiders, Bats, Jiangshi and Jiangshi Assassins).
Upon allowing it to be destroyed a second time, the same monsters will spawn, but the player will also be given the ball and chain. This massively reduces the player's mobility.
Allowing it to be destroyed a third time, will spawn monsters again, give the player another ball and chain, spawn the ghost, and curse the player.
Beg
Upon finding another altar after allowing it to be previously destroyed, the player will encounter Beg standing on top of the altar, who has the curse status. He will give the player 3 bombs, then teleport away.
If the player finds another altar after meeting Beg, and is themselves cursed, Beg will acknowledge the player and himself as kindred spirits, and give them the True Crown, which randomly teleports the player, but gives them bombs every time it happens.