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Any Spelunker found in a coffin will act as a Hired Hand as long as he/she lives. |
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Also, if a player enters a shop with a Hired Hand, and the [[Shopkeeper]] is killed, the Hired Hand will help the player if he lives. If a player is wanted, the Hired Hand may even "goomba stomp" a shopkeeper, take their gun, and kill them, or just shoot rapidly. |
Also, if a player enters a shop with a Hired Hand, and the [[Shopkeeper]] is killed, the Hired Hand will help the player if he lives. If a player is wanted, the Hired Hand may even "goomba stomp" a shopkeeper, take their gun, and kill them, or just shoot rapidly. |
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Hired Hands are AI-controlled friendly characters that follow the Spelunker around the level, attacking enemies and collecting treasure for the player.
They have all the same statistics and abilities as the player-controlled character (minus the ability to use ropes) but are clumsy and have sub-par intelligence, and as such, don't tend to survive for very long in dangerous environments. They will also pick up any weapon they come across, and have a habit of killing the Spelunker by accident if they get a hold of a dangerous item like the shotgun. Hire Hands will also pick up and throw away bombs that get too close to them.
When sacrificed on an Altar, They are worth 8 Favor Points stunned and 4 dead, thus making them a method of gaining extra favor.
They are also the only way to carry more than one item between levels while playing solo, making them somewhat useful. Also, if an area is too dangerous to go into, throw the hired hand in and wait for him to die/kill the monsters.
Any Spelunker found in a coffin will act as a Hired Hand as long as he/she lives.
Also, if a player enters a shop with a Hired Hand, and the Shopkeeper is killed, the Hired Hand will help the player if he lives. If a player is wanted, the Hired Hand may even "goomba stomp" a shopkeeper, take their gun, and kill them, or just shoot rapidly.
Trivia
- The unlockable Cyclops Spelunker is purchased from a Hired Hand shop located in the Black Market. He costs $10,000 and his name is "Bother Carl", a reference to an interactive story book made by Spelunky's lead developer, Andy Hull, called What is bothering Carl?
- There are 26 different Hired Hands names: Atlas, Barca, Clovis, Dunder, Eirik, Fink, Grom, Ham, Ivan, Jax, Karl, Lurch, Manfred, Nurdle, Onyx, Perseus, Quincy, Rastan, Steve, Thundar, Ulrik, Voxel, Wolf, Xom, Yor, Zorgoth.
- Every letter of the English alphabet is used as the first letter of a hired hand's name.