Critters

• Spelunky 2
• Spelunky HD

Health:	1
Damage:	Harmless
Stunnable:	No
Corpse:	No
Size:	Very small (<1x1)
Notes:	Can be picked up Drops a single drop of blood when killed Can only be used to trigger Powder Boxes Each critter has their own attributes

Critters are the tiny harmless creatures that can be seen in many different places in the caves.

They can be picked up and thrown like light objects, but don't cause any damage to enemies. Unlike critters in Spelunky HD, they do not trigger Traps and cannot be used to protect the player from Arrows, but can cause a Powder Box to explode if thrown at one.

Stepping on a critter or otherwise damaging them will kill them, leaving behind a single drop of blood, or two with Vlad's Cape.

Types of Critters

	Dung Beetles appear in the Dwelling. They initially crawl along the ground and roll up a ball of dung. If picked up or ran past, they will be forced to create another ball. If a Horned Lizard gets near one, they will be swiftly consumed by the lizard
	Butterflies appear in the Jungle and the door leading to it in 1-4 of the Dwelling. They are small, Monarch Butterflies that do nothing but simply flutter around occasionally landing on climbable vines. Butterflies have a small chance of being substantially larger than usual.
	Magma Snails appear along the walls of Volcana and the door leading to it in 1-4 of the Dwelling. They will inch their way around the floors, walls, and ceilings of the area. They will hide in their shell if the player runs by, and are immune to both fire damage and lava.
	Crabs appear in Tide Pool and the door leading to it in Olmec's Lair. They will move left and right along where they are, and multiple crabs are left behind upon killing a Pangxie.
	Blue Crabs are an ultra rare variant of Crabs, having a very rare chance of replacing a red variant. The only difference a blue crab has is its coloration and excessive rarity.
	Moorish Idols are tropical fish that appear in pools of water in Tide Pool. They simply swim around.
	Schools of Anchovies also appear in pools of water in Tide Pool. They do not interact with the rest of the world in any fashion.
	Desert Locusts are found in Temple of Anubis and the door leading to it in Olmec's Lair. They will hop around aimlessly and make a loud buzzing sound whenever they jump. There is an incredibly rare chance that Locusts will completely and utterly swarm Temple levels with massive numbers. When thrown upwards, they will fly much further than other critters/objects.
	Penguins are small, loveable creatures found in the Ice Caves. They waddle around aimlessly. They will occasionally hop upwards, which will cause them to either jump off of ledges or slide down ice once they make it back to the ground.
	Fireflies are found in the Ice Caves. They fly around aimlessly, occasionally stopping to glow. They are responsible for the loud, harmonica like sound heard throughout the level.
	Drones are found in Neo Babylon. They fly around monitoring the area. If damaged, they will crash down similar to how a UFO does, but does not create any harmful explosion or aftermath. They are the only critter that does not leave behind blood. They can be picked up, but only when very close to the ground.
	Slimes are found within the Sunken City. They do nothing but crawl around the floors, walls and ceilings of the area, much like Magma Snails.

Trivia

• Critters will appear in the camp after the player completes certain areas for the first time. For example, surviving Volcana for the first time will prompt magma snails to spawn in the camp.
  • Critters will occasionally also spawn from broken pots within the camp.
• The incredibly rare chance for desert locusts to overwhelm levels in Temple of Anubis is a reference to the real life phenomenon of locust plagues, where billions of locusts may coalesce into massive swarms. Desert locust swarms have been responsible for the loss of tens of thousands of hectares of crops and grazing land in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, an amount of biblical proportions.
  • Desert locusts may also swarm Temple of Anubis-type levels in the Cosmic Ocean.

Spawns:	Various locations
Health:	1 HP
Damage:	Harmless
Stunnable:	No
Corpse:	No
Size:	Small (<1x1)
Notes:	• Immune to most forms of attack. • Do not cause damage when thrown.

Critters are the tiny harmless creatures that can be seen in many different places in the caves.

They can be picked up and thrown like light objects, but don't cause any damage to enemies (with the exception of the Spiderling) and are mostly useless. They aren't usually worth paying attention to, but they are able to trigger traps which makes them able to affect gameplay.

Types of Critters

Rats appear in the Mines and inside Shops. They crawl along the ground and run around faster when the Spelunker is nearby. Use them to set off Arrow Traps.

Baby Frogs appear in the Jungle. They are small juvenile Frogs that hop at the Spelunker, but are too small to cause any harm.

Penguins are found in the Ice Caves. They ignore the Spelunker and waddle around aimlessly. They will occasionally hop off ledges. They sometimes set off Mines which is dangerous to the Spelunker.

Locusts are found in the Temple. They will hop at the Spelunker like Baby Frogs do. While they cause no direct damage, they often trigger traps around the level.

Maggots are found in the Worm. They will be found wriggling around on the floor, and will also spawn from Worm Eggs.

Spiderlings sometimes appear when spider egg sacs are destroyed in Spider's Lair level feelings. They behave like miniature Spiders, but do no damage to the player. They will damage enemies when thrown.

Fish appear in pools of water in the Jungle. They ignore the Spelunker, and will die if picked up and taken out of the water.

Potential Uses

• Holding a critter will absorb any projectile that hits you from the front, such as arrows, much like an unconscious body.
• Critters set off Arrow Traps, Tiki Traps, Powder Boxes and Mines, so can be used as decoys to help disarm certain traps. They are too small to be hit by the arrow launched from arrow traps, but will be killed by tiki traps. Critters are immune to explosions.
• They can be killed with certain weapons such as the Shotgun or throwing corpses, and the blood splatter can help to fill up the Kapala if you have it.
  Small Fish are easy to kill for blood even without weapons by simply taking them out of the water.

Trivia

• Critters escape into the Shortcut house when each shortcut is completed. A Baby Frog escapes from the Jungle shortcut, a Penguin escapes from the Ice Caves shortcut and a Locust escapes from the Temple shortcut.
  Rats, Maggots, Spiderlings and Fish do not appear in the Gateway Cave.
• Critters can't be taken through doors.
• Critters have the lowest pickup priority, so can only be picked up when there are no other items overlapping them.