Arrows (2)

Source:	Arrow Trap, Crossbow, Hou Yi's Bow, Altar
Damage:	2

Arrows are a simple, yet powerful weapon in Spelunky 2. Arrows can be made of metal, or tipped with a deadly Poison. Unlike most projectiles, they deal two damage instead of one on hit, but break if it is not powerful enough to destroy it's target.

Functionality

Stone Arrows

Stone Arrows are most commonly found inside of Arrow Traps in the Dwelling or Sunken City. They can also be obtained if a player has 16 favor or more with Kali and offers a rock to an Altar.

When an arrow hits an enemy that leaves no corpse, such as Bats, Spiders, or even Lizards at 2 HP or less, the arrow will continue flying forward. Otherwise, hitting an enemy with a stone arrow will break the arrow, leaving behind only the hilt, which deals no damage and only briefly stuns entities it is thrown at.

If a stone arrow is shot using an Arrow Trap, Crossbow or Hou Yi's Bow, it will fly straight forward until it hits a body or a wall, identical to how it would be thrown by a player with a Pitcher's Mitt.

Unlike metal arrows, stone arrows can be set alight while they are traveling through the air, which increases their damage to 3 and allows them to ignite anything they hit. Stone arrows are lit by default if they're shot out of an Arrow Trap in a dark level, but they can also be lit if thrown or shot through a torch or other source of fire. The Stars Challenge takes advantage of this quirk by giving the player a stone arrow and crossbow to help them complete the challenge.

If a stone arrow hits a corpse or an entity that leaves a corpse/is not at low enough HP to die from the arrow, It will break and leave only it's end, which is only good for stunning enemies and triggering Arrow Traps.

Metal Arrows

Metal Arrows are a special variant of Stone Arrows that do not break, regardless of what they are thrown at. If thrown at a body, it will instead bounce off of it opposite the direction it was originally sent from.

A player demonstrating how a Metal Arrow can take them higher than normal when used with a Crossbow or Hou Yi's Bow.

If a metal arrow is shot using a Crossbow or Hou Yi's Bow, not only will it have Pitcher's Mitt-like properties, but upon making contact with a wall, it will stick to it for a short time and allow the player to stand on top of it. After a certain amount of time/the metal Arrow is whipped, it will fall to the ground.

Metal Arrows have the special property of instakilling Vampires and Vlad, leading some to believe that they are made of silver, believed to be a real life weakness of Vampires in folklore, much like Werewolves.

Because of it's Vampire killing properties, a Metal Arrow and Crossbow is the weapon of choice for Van Horsing.

Poison

If an arrow kills a poison enemy, such as a Hermit Crab, Scorpion, or Cobra and persists (doesn't break), it will turn poison-tipped, meaning that the next target it hits will leave them poisoned

Poison-tipped arrows can also be obtained from a dead/angered Tun, who fights her adversaries with poison-tipped metal arrows, or from Arrow Traps in the Sunken City, which are loaded with poison-tipped stone arrows.