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A cultist guides some cavemen in worship of the giant idol...
The Giant Head, also known as Olmec in the Xbox 360 version of the game, is the final boss of Spelunky. It is located in the final Area, after Area 4.
Strategy
...which promptly goes homicidally insane.
The Olmec is very similar to the final boss of Super Mario Bros. 3. It cannot be damaged, and touching anywhere on it while it's moving will cause you to die. There is one safe spot on the boss - that being the very top of the head. Standing there will allow you to reach the treasure in the upper parts of the level without use of a rope.
The Giant Head jumps and hovers briefly before landing. If the Spelunker is underneath it during the hover, it will smash down. This destroys blocks underneath it, and causes clusters of yellow energy to shoot from its gem that transform into enemies when they hit the floor.
The only way to kill it is to destroy the floor underneath it and force it to jump in the lava, which will destroy it. This is possible to do simply by running underneath it, but is much easier if you thin the floor out with bombs or by digging with a Mattock.
Be warned: Killing the Head only causes a door to appear at the far right side of the level. You still need to get to it in order to win the game; be sure you have some means of getting out of the pit the boss digs.
The key element in this fight is to remember to have a place to go when Olmec jumps, aside from under him.
- The Olmec moves very slowly horizontally, only one square per 'jump'. You can gain time to dig a pit trap by moving to one side of the level and waiting for him to follow you, then running back to the other side. then dig a pit through to the lava with bombs. Stand on the side of your trap and the Giant Head will obediently follow and fall in.
Inspiration
The final boss is called "Olmec" in some places in the source code, indicating the boss is inspired by the colossal heads of the Olmec civilization.