Dwelling is the first area in Spelunky 2, accessible via the main doorway in the Camp.
Features[]
Dwelling consists of 4 levels, ending with a choice of proceeding to either Jungle or Volcana. Its tight corridors and many enemies quickly and indiscriminately dispatch of careless delvers, regardless of skill level.
- 1-1 never contains any special landmarks, such as such as Shops, Kali Altars, or Idol traps.
- Secret entrances to backlayers will still spawn in 1-1, although will never contain a shop from Tun or a Caveman Shopkeeper.
- The only notable features that 1-1 is guaranteed to contain is a Curse Pot and a Pet.
- 1-2 and 1-3 interchangeably have either the room containing the Locked Chest and the Gold Key, or Yang's pen and two guaranteed Cave Turkeys somewhere in the level.
- 1-4 contains both an arena containing Quillback and the entrance to the Ghist Shopkeeper's shop hidden deep under the arena. At the bottom of the level are two exits; the left exit will transport the Spelunker to Jungle, while the right exit leads to Volcana.
Much like Tide Pool, the Dwelling has a special marking on the wall beside most hidden backlayer entrances, being a set of three hand prints (
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Only two unique Level Feelings can occur in Dwelling, being "dark" and "echo" levels, and only on either 1-2 or 1-3.
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Gallery[]
A full level of Dwelling.
The apperance of Kali Altars in Dwelling.
The arena containing Quillback in 1-4.
Dwelling - Dwelling music
Flaming arrow - Dwelling Dark Level music
Trivia[]
- In a Developer AMA, Spelunky's creator Derek Yu reaffirmed that he had absolutely no regrets on adding both Cave Moles and Horned Lizards to the same stage.[1]
Other games[]
Appearances in other Spelunky games:
| Spelunky 2 Places | |
| Area 1 | Dwelling |
| Area 2 A | Jungle (Black Market) |
| Area 2 B | Volcana (Vlad's Castle) |
| Area 3 | Olmec's Lair |
| Area 4 A | Tide Pool • Abzu |
| Area 4 B | Temple of Anubis • The City of Gold • Duat |
| Area 5 | Ice Caves |
| Area 6 | Neo Babylon • Tiamat's Throne |
| Area 7 | Sunken City • Eggplant World • Hundun's Hideaway |
| Area 8 | Cosmic Ocean |
| Miscellaneous | Camp |
| See also | Level Feelings |