Blargh! The Optimal Run: Taking No Damage in Spelunky

This challenge is about going through all of Spelunky without taking damage, all the way to Hell's Underthrone. Because that's not silly enough, let's make it a Complete Hell run, which means also going through the Worm and the Mothership. Fun stuff!
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[@Pehmokettu]

Next: No-damage, no gold, pacifist eggplant Hell run.

[@theinternetpolicesalt646]

you need to get a mystery box to get an eggplant, and it is more common to find boxes for sale than in crates, plus you need to attack Eggplant Yama to finish him off.

[@gamesandglory1648]

You also need to kill anubis

[@johncargille7722]

Yeah but someone has done a pacifist no gold hell run before. You can kill Yama and Anubis with spike traps, mummies, etc. It would be extremely hard, but not impossible

[@dman1456]

Just ask him politely to go insane and be on your way.

[@roanxx]

Next: No existing, controller/keyboardless, eggplant hell run

[@AlamarianJ]

Really disappointed in you, Sir Blargh. You're supposed to fail at these challenges for a few episodes, so we can watch your salt levels rise and rise until you finally triumph.

[@ElBlargho]

I need to get a face-cam going and play some Amnesia or Hearthstone, get real mad and scared and get naked for money maybe.

[@metallictoast6044]

@@ElBlargho I'm wondering if your gonna revisit this idea, I'm still interested in it /s

[@william11171]

​@@metallictoast6044 still waiting on the hearthstone salt compilation

[@Genericname]

@@william11171 loll

[@ElBlargho]

Well, that was short-lived.

[@hbk20041]

*ba dum tiss*

[@ThatGuyUSA]

Congrats for reaching 5 thousand subs! 👌🏻

[@israelgomez9279]

make a run called the "no item run"

[@ThatGuyUSA]

Israel Gomez done it "The Deprived"

[@FAZEDIE56]

No item optimal run no gold true pacifist all damsels, no items ropes or bombs no whips no picking up anything.

[@cadenarmistead2633]

This run was impossible, you took damage from falling from the volcano ;)

[@dman1456]

Caden Armistead how brutal would it be if you had to win with 2 or more health because of the fall in that cutscene 💀

[@Yangfamilysd]

You didn’t make it! Time: 50 min gold: 118583

[@epicluck4391]

Well if he got a parchute it would negate the fall damage.

[@OurLance]

@@epicluck4391 yeah IF

[@5erp1co]

Not if you have a parashoot

[@nenudiable-7649]

Who would win: An Alien Civilization with extremely advanced technology and harnessed psychic abilities that have built a self sustaining home thousands of kilometers beneath the surface of the earth *One Shotgunny boi*

[@aperturescienceguy2737]

Fun fact:

[@aperturescienceguy2737]

Spelubky cpassic as pistols

[@aperturescienceguy2737]

Typing on mobile is hard

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@aperturescienceguy2737 bruh lol

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

What my man tried to say it's that spelunky classic has pistols.

[@olmectreasure8243]

tab is for journal

[@ElBlargho]

Esoteric tome, never before seen, never before used...

[@SupremeRTS]

What do you mean?

[@olmectreasure8243]

Supreme RTS He's saying the journal is useless as f**k

[@alranican]

Well holy shit, you really did it. Wow. You're much better a player than I probably ever will be.

[@CyanideOfficialMusic06]

Alranican there’s kids watching!

[@SjorsHoukes]

Have watched a bunch of your videos now and I'm so fascinated not only by your play, but also your speech. Are you a literature major by any chance? English is clearly not your first language (judging by pronunciation), but you're amazingly creative in your choice of words, and coming up with some the most exotic English expressions. Unlike most youtubers who repeat the same lines over and over again, you seem to have so much fun with language. Just curious :)

[@ElBlargho]

I'm thoroughly chuffed to read this. I majored in physics (while it lasted) but I have a great fondness for putting English words together. I'm glad it comes through in the foolish things I say in addition to my actual story writing =D

[@Rislear]

Israel Blargh where are you from though?

[@doubled6490]

I think its called "school"

[@devong1838]

Sup Bryan I've been wondering the same thing. If I had to guess I would say French Canadian - he has a lot of the same annunciation tendencies as some other French Canadians I know.

[@azepato]

@@Rislear 3 years, probably you have already figured it out but if not i would say is spanish (he mentioned it in his draw my life video) he was born in the canary islands if im not mistaken. also i can relate to his accent a bit (im spanish too) hope you read this if you didnt know :)

[@badams52]

Wow. Such amazing carefulness and skill.

[@ElBlargho]

Sometimes I don't recklessly charge into certain death, imagine that!

[@Cyrikyty]

I once had an amazing 5-3. The exit was completely surrounded by spike balls. There were like 7 or 8 of them, turning the exit into a pretty nasty deathtrap. That shopkeeper never even stood a chance. He shouldve brought bombs.

[@pranays3778]

I thought this read "The oatmeal run" and I was going to be hyped.

[@dragonboi6744]

Brand new challenge OATMEAL RUN You must beat the game while holding a hot bowl of oatmeal in the other hand

[@VirtuaVirtue]

@@dragonboi6744 depending on the brand and flavor not eating it would be a significant part of the difficulty

[@peterhatlestad2740]

Nice run! I have on my 2000 deaths only defeated Olmec once without checkpoints, and never even gotten out alive from Golden City...

[@ElBlargho]

Best tomb a spelunker can hope for.

[@juanmaldonado776]

Peter Hatlestad I’ve got to hell once

[@mm-gy5ir]

I haven't gotten past the jungle in spelunky classic mobile

[@derpwolf5832]

Same here

[@ItsaMeGarbo]

@@mm-gy5ir excuse me, classic *mobile?*

[@hamburg4690]

Eggplan+destroying moai head run+1hp+rescue all damzels+dont kill anything. amiright? btw, Congrats on 5000 subscribers! :)

[@ElBlargho]

Aaaaah!

[@banannadalevideozz9984]

+Israel Blargh And put boobs in the thumbnail And put gone wrong in the title

[@matthewwood690]

“The compass is welcome, even though I already had one” *Didn’t already have one*

[@dman1456]

It’s been three years and I honestly doubt even eggplant runs are as legendary and impressive as this.

[@m0keyy310]

Wtf??? How can you get to hell with one live and few bombs when I died at Olmec with 95 bombs and 8 lives???

[@handsomebrick]

You should see him when he gets inundated with enemies, it's like something out of a kung fu movie.

[@aSinisterKiid]

Good golly this is insane. I can't even get past the first level without getting hit. I've learned so much just from this run, I've been trying to play all wrong. Well done.

[@zipar3132]

That laugh at the very end of Yama though. Hi Krusty.

[@ElBlargho]

I took all my money and bet it against the Globetrotters, I thought the Generals were due!

[@badams52]

To avoid the health gain, you could have killed the dog first.

[@pikkukurreable]

badams52 the worm comes only when the damsel is alive

[@badams52]

Not true. A dead damsel attracts the worm as well. You just don't get the health.

[@royal2fire920]

WAR WORM it can be dead I did it 4 times

[@ChrisNinjaEagle]

@@pikkukurreable yeah ive gone into the worm with a corpse of a damsel.

[@luciuscroy6656]

I love his laugh

[@FAZEDIE56]

He turns insane at the end with that laugh

[@juanmaldonado776]

Me too

[@christopherallen3505]

"Don't try to be as elite as me, because you will fail." Done beat the game on one hit point while watching this video

[@sirrussel5]

Holy cow, nice job. I definitely didn't expect you to get this done in your second video of attempting it, much less on your first try on the second session. A complete 180 compared to your last "Optimal Run" episode's wonderfully painful futility. Great video.

[@ElBlargho]

I didn't expect it either, I thought this would take forever to get done...

[@sirrussel5]

Israel Blargh Do I detect a hint of remorse? You're screwed now because you expected this series to generate endless content, but you knew not your own power.

[@zy2239]

Awesome run!!! 👍🏻 Pretty good the caution and how you faced the problem of 1 hit run ends!

[@RadiantSkiddMarx]

Here's a challenge, you do the same challenge with one hitpoint, but get the Kapala, and if you gain 3 more hearts, you have to start over. Just take damage to get rid of them when you get them, but keep track of how many you've gotten.

[@tristanthechampion9227]

Congrats on 5K Sacrificial Humans! I mean subscribers...

[@ElBlargho]

Hahahaha fools, FOOLS ALL OF THEM! Blood for the blood god!

[@OzzyFoxMercury]

+Israel Blargh lol

[@Feulfire]

I just tried to do this earlier and it took me 139 minutes to actually do, but somehow I beat hell without any damage...

[@ElBlargho]

Nice going, it's a tough challenge that takes a lot of patience!

[@Luckster]

Use as many Moms as you have in hell, ay? 8D damn, second try you accomplished it! 8O Now you MUST do the TRUE Eggplant run!

[@ElBlargho]

But I already did an eggplant run, only harder! I'm never again touching such an RNG-heavy challenge...

[@henryphang9733]

YOU HAVE A CRYSKNIFE GODDAMMIT

[@pine9260]

Duble Chin he does not want to risk taking damage in a close quarters fight

[@johncargille7722]

Yeah but totally should've crysknifed yama for the lols

[@fortnitebebeshacked2957]

Your name and profile pic are perfect

[@flup1303]

What a madlad

[@cupandstrawproductions3153]

Blargho my man, the bacteria are actually called bacterium in the journal. also, the journal hotkey is available in the controls section

[@aperturescienceguy2737]

The fact that he doesn't use the machete to slice webs triggers me

[@pakutyphoon]

From the words of the immortal Bison. "Yyeesss!!!!Yyeesss!!!

[@pyry9196]

omg blargh is so GOOD in spelunky

[@the1truepickaxe298]

To be fair, one hit in Spelunky and you're dead half the time anyways

[@truji2582]

you're one of the best spelunky players yet you don't know how to open the journal

[@ElBlargho]

Reading is for fools!

[@daniellemurnett2534]

You broke the rules. You got heals, even though you can get into the worm with a dead damsel as well.

[@donatello5220]

I can't even beat ya a normally. *glares angrily*

[@MrBruteSmasher]

In response to you entering the worm: You know that if the dog is dead the worm would still eat it right? Therefore you wouldn't gain a point of health.

[@ElBlargho]

But then I would have to whip a poor defenseless damsel to death, I could never bring myself to do such a thing! D=

[@thesolidfox9225]

You are my favorite youtuber :-)

[@juanmaldonado776]

the solid fox he’s mine too

[@Funkopedia]

listening to this guy is as fun as playing the game

[@RegiaFGC]

Here's my challenge: The Ultimate Run: Take NO DAMAGE, In the end have 0 kills in your kill count (True Pacifist), go through all areas including mothership and worm, excluding haunted castle, anger no shop keepers until black market and take nothing but the ankh from all shop keeps, pick up no money and lastly use no bombs or ropes except for the black market

[@ElBlargho]

I would rather keep what's left of my sanity, thanks!

[@HargMentor]

2 much rules

[@theenderrabbit8198]

HargMentor Dont forget the eggplant!

[@dylancumberland8051]

Eddiesaurus87 that's not possible

[@jdj5959]

Do a genocide pacifist no gold 2 million + run

[@airfire95]

damn dude. if it was hard to me to beat the game in normal, just defeating that golden head, i can't imagine how hard would it be to complete hard mode without getting hit...

[@condoslime776]

congratz dude. I see forward to the next challenge :)

[@sarajevofan]

Press TAB to open the Journal - and yes you can open it while in a level

[@MrTheedarkhorse]

Thats a pretty good Walken

[@HittokiriBattousai17]

WTF this man is an Spelunky god

[@mozecoyo]

20:06 Oh... how cute alliens

[@thenecromancer4113]

I will never look at the paste the same way again

[@milimatter]

i love the way he says kali

[@Arichson]

Imagine doing the pacifist challenge while doing this

[@colt1596]

Being that I have never been pass the jungle this was a real eye opener. That i will never make it pass the jungle.

[@alexanderwallenius2899]

You should do a poor man's challenge: must throw away all bombs and ropes at the begining and can only get items from boxes and killing things such as big spiders and frogs, however you can't take shopkeepers shotguns or items (exept for ankh)

[@ElBlargho]

I totally did that way back!kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJ6TeGyjlLhjsNk

[@alexanderwallenius2899]

+Israel Blargh Oh, i didn't see it!

[@petelee2477]

The journal is accessible by pressing select or whatever the PC equivalent of that is

[@Dantelor]

1 hp run and finishing the game....you fucking lucky legend :D

[@milkcappy]

You're a god..

Excellent challenge

[@ragingredreviews3347]

My challenge: Finish a hell run with 0 damage taken, 0 kills, 0 gold earned, with the eggplant.

[@selamethio1707]

There's always a mobil head after the Mothership if you go through the worm

[@st0mp331]

11:10 lmao

[@themcbingus9377]

i have been trying to do this challenge for months on classic spelunky and all 3 times i have gotten to olmec my game crashed

[@O_Kakazyto]

Do speedrun with one life

[@dissonantharmonic]

Its funny how a fifth of this video is in the worm

[@TheTitanTomas]

Amazing run

[@Lammergeier07]

Here's a tip: take a freeze ray to the worm its overpowerd there

[@heinzmuller1097]

Congratulation! =)

[@ElBlargho]

I did it!

[@gerbo8498]

the crysknife kills yama in one hit

[@nicholasheideman9572]

one and done my brosef

[@Yangfamilysd]

THANOS IS ABOUT TO SNAP

[@thedementedchicken3272]

But wait, do it with the eggplant now

[@Moha-hf8bh]

You should try and make a video about the Hybrid Enemy Mod xD, It's so funny!

[@ElBlargho]

Frozlunky and mods might be the next stop in the Spelunky shenanigans train indeed...

[@Moha-hf8bh]

YEAH >:D

[@ColeHolio2294]

For 38 minutes, I forgot to breathe. :D

[@a_rock7772]

I read it the oatmeal run

[@thegoldenwaffle8208]

im preety impressed

[@Maximus-wy6fy]

You área amzing

[@lightofdespair1848]

Master

[@kevinorozco735]

Nice vid

[@banannadalevideozz9984]

Everyone likes either Mr.Yang of the Mexican

[@Privateacct1038]

why did the levels in ice cave go from 3-3 to 3-4 to 3-3(mothership) to 3-4(stone head). if i’m missing something that will make my gaming experience easier i’ll be quite sad 😞

[@thewoflantor2387]

YOU CAN GET IN THE JOURNAL JUST PRESS TAB

[@dabscrabs]

You need to hit tab to get the journal

[@isaacxiao4496]

5:55 u didnt have a compass before hand

[@zolne]

How about this? No items Run -Only Bombs Ropes Health The Machete Pickaxe Kapala (Yama) And Hell Run Items Are available.

[@Kampbeltown]

A no items run sounds like the deprived challenge, if I recall correctly he only completed that one to Olmec though

[@zolne]

Woah, really? I need to see that, thanks.

[@ElBlargho]

It's right here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJ6TeGyjlLhjsNk

[@selamethio1707]

Neato mosquito

[@stacywebb4158]

press back to magical book

[@jake1173]

the challenge was to not take damage. not to survive with one hp. you took damage.

[@slavkodem70]

dude you sound exactly like HOUNGOUNGAGNE

[@Boredman-nr4fr]

I like your videos

[@ElBlargho]

I like them too!

[@HargMentor]

you deserve a lot more subs srsly

[@Kidcool1254]

The reason u cant press the achievements button is bc its only for psn or xbox

[@bencecsajbok1950]

when i try go into the city of gold, it says that the scepter fits but nohing is happening? Help

[@Vernzik]

Have to have the eye, head jet, and septer

[@jollykirby2138]

lol so in the ending cutscene you take damage right? it is impossible to complete this challenge xD

[@ElBlargho]

Ah, but it is only a stun, like when a broken arrow shaft hits you. It ain't no damage at all!

[@jollykirby2138]

But all that distance :3

[@themcbingus9377]

or just have a parachute

[@stxpidpumpkin31]

Wow

[@necrosteam-ub2tw]

Recently i beat spelunky no hit run

[@sneeznoodle]

Wait, ITEMS CAN BREAK??!

[@Maxwele1435]

No they cant, it was a joke (i am guessing you were talking about when they got a new compass?)

[@thepomind6171]

i like your vides

[@thederpyferret2459]

Do you have to do it ligit to get to hell?

[@rem4rk37]

How do you shoot sticky bombs down?

[@omnipresentsnowflake4698]

baeroptimal

[@ryompt]

what about the castle though

[@dragonboi6744]

Their isn’t a 10 percent chance to find the castle So under most sercomstances, you don’t need to go to the castle, but if you do encounter it you have to enter

[@lincoln9664]

Olmec 101

[@temu7150]

you took damage at the very end

[@HulkRemade]

I don't get the use of the words "politically correct"

[@temu7150]

Mom's Spaghetti 420YOLO like a few seconds before the results when he flew out of the volcanos he took fall damage