Crush Trap (2)

Damage:	Instant Death (Crushing)
Notes:	Produces light in dark levels May crush items as well

Crush Traps are an extremely dangerous trap found in the Temple of Anubis.

Mechanics

When the Spelunker is detected within five tiles on any orthogonal axis, the trap will almost immediately slide in that direction, and will not stop until it hits a wall. They have a short idle period of about 1 second after coming to a halt, and will begin moving again if the player is still within one of its five tile trigger zones.

Unlike the Crush Traps in Spelunky HD, these Crush Traps will hesitate before sliding towards the player once it spots them, although only for approximately .683 seconds.

If the player is crushed against a wall, floor or ceiling by the Crush Trap, not only will they die instantly regardless of health, but every item that the player was holding or wearing will be destroyed. Flammable pack items like the Jetpack will also explode in the event of this.

Although crush traps are predictable, their speed and range of movement makes them one of the greatest hazards the player can encounter in the Temple of Anubis, as they often require quick reflexes and elaborate maneuvers to evade. Furthermore, they often generate amongst other traps and enemies that can cause enough of a distraction to catch a player unprepared for its merciless advance.

• The trap can detect the player even through solid blocks, and will often crush treasure and other enemies as it moves.
• Unlike all other traps, crush traps are not restricted to any one location and can theoretically reach any open space on the level.
  • For this reason, it is always a high priority to clear the area of any nearby Crush Traps, as ignoring them means they will often end up in unexpected positions, complicating an otherwise simple passage through the level.
• Crush traps don't cause any contact damage, so even a trap that has caught a player and is shunting them towards a wall can be escaped by vaulting over it, as long as they move quickly enough.
• If a Crush Trap crushes any type of explosive hazard, such as Bombs or a flammable pack item, it will instantly detonate them, destroying both the Crush Trap and anything around it.
• Crush Traps are impeded by Quicksand, and are unable to pass through it, which can be taken advantage of by the player by remaining safe inside the Quicksand.

Giant Crush Traps

Damage:	Instant Death (Crushing)
Notes:	Produces light in dark levels Four times the size of a standard Crush Trap

Giant Crush Traps function exactly the same as regular crush traps, only with a much bigger presence.

While regular Crush Traps are only a single tile big, Giant Crush Traps occupy an area of 4 tiles, 2 tiles wide and 2 tiles tall. This makes them difficult to escape without finding cover of some kind, like an alcove just below their line of sight, or a single block in their way.

Though these traps technically have the same range as standard Crush Traps, their large size effectively makes their range approximately 4.5 tiles.

Giant Crush Traps will always spawn as part of the Golden Idol trap in the Temple of Anubis. The player can use adjacent push blocks to prevent it from crushing either the player or the idol if they pass under it.

A player using push blocks to obtain the Golden Idol under a Giant Crush Trap.

As standard Crush Traps do not appear in The City of Gold, Giant Crush Traps will appear instead, made of solid gold. If destroyed, they will drop chunks of gold like every other block in the level.

Disarming

Both kinds of Crush Trap can be destroyed with explosives or any other method of block destruction such as a Mattock. If one of the blocks that make up a Giant Crush Trap are destroyed, the entire trap will be destroyed with it.

To bomb Giant Crush Traps safely, it is best to do so from a diagonal angle or by planting a bomb on the other side of a one-tile-thick wall or a small gap that the Giant Crush Trap cannot pass through, as the radius of a bomb explosion is just about large enough to destroy two blocks if placed at the edge of the nearest tile. It is somewhat trickier to do this for standard Crush Traps, as they obviously can fit in one-tile-wide gaps.

Sticky bombs and the Pitcher's Mitt are recommended for this endeavor, as it makes the task of delivering a bomb to the target much simpler from a distance.

When dealing with problematic crush traps of either size, it is important to stay in control and make very careful and considered movements, akin to a deadly game of chess. Always try to predict where they're going to stop when they move, and then predict from there what their next move is going to be.

The player should take caution when descending into gaps where they cannot see the ground, as a Giant Crush Trap may be waiting offscreen to flatten them against a nearby ceiling.