Spelunky 2:Punish Ball

Punish Ball (Spelunky 2)

Punish Ball (Spelunky HD)

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Function:	Punishment for the player after destroying two Altars
Source:	Destroying two Altars
Damage:	1 (Thrown)
Weight:	Very heavy (Slows down movement speed)
Notes:	Bound to the player's leg

The Punish Ball is chained to the Spelunker if they destroy a second Kali Altar over the course of a single run.

Functionality

When left lying on the ground, it's practically impossible to escape past the maximum length of a Punish Ball's chain, even with a Jetpack or Vlad's Cape. When held, it slows the player's horizontal movement speed.

Punish Balls can smash through destructible tiles that are between it and its prisoner when pulled.

Destroying the Punish Ball frees the player. This can be done by:

1. Crushing it. This is most easily done with one of the Elevators in Neo Babylon or a Regenerating Block in the Sunken City.
2. Throwing the ball into Lava.
3. Dropping the ball into The Abyss, deleting it. This is much riskier and harder to pull off in Spelunky 2 than it was in Spelunky HD.

Blowing up another Kali Altar after the second gives you another Punish Ball if you destroyed your first one.

Unlike the first Punish Ball in a run, these subsequent Punish Balls have a unique effect. For as long as they're chained to the player, every subsequent level is forcibly a Dark level (including boss levels), and the Ghost will be spawned as soon as possible on every level. These effects go away if the player can destroy the Punish Ball.

Version History

1.22.6 (Switch)

• Fixed teleports while having a punish ball
• Players now drop any held punish ball if the owner is too far
• Players can no longer keep walking if their punish ball is being held and the chain is extended