The Spelunky Iceberg Explained

In this video I will attempt to explain the Spelunky Iceberg made by u/Lil_donkey on Reddit.
Remember to comment down below if I missed anything!
Iceberg: / the_oficcial_spelunky_...
Music used in this video:
Undertale - Here we are
Spelunky 2 - Ice Caves - Frozen core
Five Nights At Freddy's 2 - Main Menu Theme
Rayman 2 The Great Escape - The Cave of Bad Dreams
TOLZ Minish Cap Remaster - Royal Crypt by Baptise Robert: • TLOZelda Minish Cap Re...
Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 - Strange House
FTL Advanced Edition Soundtrack: Slug(Explore)
Dungeon Defenders - Crystal Level Build Phase by Afshin Cohen:
• Dungeon Defenders OST ...
Spelunky - Yeti Caves
Clips and posts credits:
• Spelunker NES / Famico...
(spelunker NES)
• A Spelunky Mantrap Kil... (Cthulu mod)
• Spelunky Custom Levels! (Level editor Spelunky HD)
• Video (Level editor spelunky classic)
/ fuck_moles (frick Moles)
spelunky.fandom.com/wiki/Eggp... (eggplant)
/ gustoonz (Gus Johnson)
/ @xanagear (Xanagear)
xblafans.com/derek-yu-explain... (Damsel)
/ spelunky_2_spoiler_the... (Spelunky youtubers Udjat room)
• Spelunky - Paco & Gimp... (masochist character)
• Discovering the ULTRA ... (Heqtique)
• Spelunky 2 Announcemen... (Old Ana design)
• UFO 50 Official Announ... (UFO 50)
• [Vinesauce] Vinny - Sp... (Vinny, mods)
• Spelunky 2 Lava vs Bosses (Nig Sparrow, mods)
• Spelunky 2 Announcemen... (Ana original design)
/ @kygaming100 (golden parachute)
• Spelunky 2 | Alien Par... (golden parachute video)
• Spelunky Classic: City... (City of gold spelunky classic)
/ found_a_leprechaun_ins... (Leprechaun inside a chest)
• Spelunky 2 | Mosquito ... (Mosquito turned into hoverpack)
All original content belongs to the original creators.

[@Videosef]

When you play as Guy and talk to Demi in camp she'll ask if Guy has any news from Yang and how he would barely recognize her. We know from the journal that OG Yang and Turkey Yang are father and son. Since you meet Demi in the Ice caves it is safe to assume she met Turkey Yang in Dwelling, so no need to ask Guy for news about him. If she knows OG Yang then they met in Spelunky HD confirming her identity as a damsel.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

I see. It still weirds me out how the damsel got so powerful lol. How come everyone in Spelunky can jump their height (Shopkeepers jump even higher lol) and be good at everything

[@Goatfooted]

i dont think it is tbh, because it hints at demi coming from a powerful family, how on earth would that be if they were in kissing booths and in precarious caves

[@Terrible_name]

@@Goatfooted a powerful family doesn't stop you from being enslaved by an army of shopkeeper clones with shotguns inside a magical cave system of eternal hell

[@kevinb3831]

and the fact that you find her in the ice caves could imply she was frozen and thats why she looks so young

[@aarongrant1]

@@Terrible_nameGood Point

[@bignuts8996]

I think darek said in an interview that he used to dislike eggplants but really likes them now.

[@besquareorbethere8093]

What an incredible redemption arc.

[@Businessgoose124]

2 things. First of all, the van horsing is Abraham Lincoln may be a reference to the 2012 film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The mosquitos dropping hoverpacks is not very complicated. Several enemies have a small chance of dropping items on death. Skeletons drop skeleton keys, crocmen drop telepacks, those big crab guys in tidepool drop metal shields, etc.

[@RetroCroww]

The reason cthulhu is in the opening of the game was because derek initially intended to have cthulhu be the secret final boss instead of hundun. He changed it obviously, but decided not to change the opening for some reason.

[@Harith01x]

idk want to get some hopes up or anything but... What if there are still undiscovered secrets or an update when Derek add the Cthulhu?

[@DeXyfero]

@@Harith01xno

[@magetaaaaaa]

@@Harith01x It would be insane but the things the modding community has done to dissect the physics of the game and mechanics make it seem very remote that there is any stone left unturned at this point.

[@mob7740]

but u can see cthulhu behind tiamats chair, and the opening with the cthulhu thing in the middle is just showing that tiamat is like the "final boss" of the main ending

[@Edd6789]

13:20 this refers to a joke blargho made in his 101 series were he claimed if you killed yourself with 69,420,000 dollars you'd unlock the character. he actually made the character mod himself

[@flaco3462]

and his quest for the Good Teamwork achievement was its own series called The Adventures of Paco and Gimpy (that's the masochist's name).

[@pringlepenguin2448]

Hate to be that guy but it was only 420,000 not 69,420,00 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJuohaFpi5uBZtE (At 7:50)

[@minersheep8285]

Awww I was expecting to see “The D in Roffy D Sloth stands for Damsel” That one is deep, I really wanted to hear an explanation

[@tobuscuslover4281]

In the Spelunky HD, there was an easter egg whereby changing the damsel 100 times the dog damsel would turn into a sloth, a possible ancestor of Roffy

[@eltiolavara9]

@@tobuscuslover4281 scary

[@miggles-]

Roffy D Sloth is likely a reference to One Piece and it's main character Monkey D Luffy

[@scrubbybubkinz5264]

feel that the cthulhu symbol on the door in the beginning is representative of Tiamat as when it fully rotates it looks like a woman’s face and the door opens revealing the water serpent body so i feel it was a cleaver misdirected to make new players think that Cthulhu might be at the end

[@Armageddon613]

Van Helsing: Wow I can’t believe I got a cameo in a video game, I thought they’d all forgotten me! Siggi: Aye look it’s Abraham Lincoln Van Helsing: …

[@smeegy]

You forgot the sloth! If you click on the pug damsel from Spelunky HD 100 times a secret sloth damsel will replace the dog. I always thought this was one of those well known secrets from Spelunky 2 that most Spelunky experts knew about. was surprised to see it go unmentioned in this video.

[@Edd6789]

Shes def the damsel, she talks about wishing yang could see her now

[@anotherbetaintheworld1746]

I find more probable that Coco is the original damsel and Demi knows him because he and her mother were really close. Also, Coco recognizes Guy and Tina too as far as I know

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@anotherbetaintheworld1746 yeah that would make sense

[@kubernikus18]

6:14 in the console version of Spelunky, there is an option for LAN multiplayer, where you could play with people in your friends list. It’s probably on their because the PC version of Spelunky doesn’t have online multiplayer or LAN multiplayer, the only way you could play Spelunky online with friends is with Steam Remote Play

[@EdwinTillman]

Me and my brother play on lan on PS3 it was goated

[@flaco3462]

I do think that you shoulda elaborated on the explanation for Ryl'eh, because the Sunken City is thought to be that not just because of the whole Cthulu symbol, but also because of its incredibly strange geometry. Your journal depicts you as going down to the City, but you actually go up into space in order to get there, and it seems that the whole Sunken City has reversed geometry, which is why you have to go up, and water goes up as well. And yet the game seems to imply that the Sunken City is meant to be at the bottom of the moon. The main trait of Ry'leh is its "non-Euclidian geometry" which is a fancy way of saying the way its built is impossible and doens't make any sense, no matter how you look at it. Sunken City is like this too, because Hundun is pure chaos incarnate. Basically The Sunken City is Ry'leh because its geometry doesn't make any sense.

[@siggi589]

Woah, yeah, there seems to be a lot more about it than I thought. Thanks for the feedback!

[@flaco3462]

@@siggi589 the spedunky wiki has a lotta good information on secrets and stuff, like the Leprecauns in pots you mentioned, they don't come outta pots, they only very rarely come outta treasure chests.

[@arcaears]

"Non-Euclidian geometry" just means curved surfaces. Euclidean geometry is flat and has certain rules (like the angles of a triangle adding up to 180 degrees). Non-euclidean geometry is any curved surface, like the surface of a sphere; it does not obey the same rules (you can draw a triangle on a sphere that has three right angles).

[@orestisgeorgatos6725]

this is also why the Ry’leh theory holds no merit. Hundun is the chinese mythological primordial creature of chaos, one of the 4 great evils. A place of chaos like the sunken city could very much be it’s doing as no myth containing him talks about a limit to his power of changing the world, making it possible that sunken city is its creation for a hideout

[@flaco3462]

@@orestisgeorgatos6725 i don't know much about that but it sounds interesting

[@dorf7219]

van horsing is most definitely a reference to can van helsing, which is a fictional monster hunter, vampires especially, likely explaining why you find him in the castle level.

[@ejxjfjdjzjjsjryf2784]

Oh my god when it said van was Abraham that brought me back to the days (like 2015 or so) when I would play death match with my friends and we would call van Abraham Lincoln

[@-dioxide-]

I made a Spelunky Iceberg just a few days ago! Didn’t know this existed! I’m glad something as small as Spelunky got a iceberg video!

[@egg_ox]

The Leprechaun in a pot could be a reference to Crypt of the Necrodancer, where Leprechauns will appear on piles of gold worth 50 or more, and will give you a lucky clover if you manage to kill them.

[@frozen_pizza1492]

13:05 HOLY SHIT I THOUGHT I WAS HALUCINATING. I remember watching a video of I think Baertaffy, and I remember seeing a world past seven. At the time, the game had been out for a very short amount of time, so I thought it was another secret to unlock. It's been more than half a year now, and I'm still haunted by the curiosity of it. If anyone cares, go back and check the daily leaderboards of baer in the first bit of spelunky two. I'm 90% sure it happened there.

[@quitebuttery397]

I think the super meat boy one could also be referring to the playable guy spelunky in the Xbox 360 version of super meat boy

[@user-ox4ii2bw6x]

There is so much more that could have been added! such as jordans from spelunky classic

[@mattzr1550]

🇯🇴

[@Atlas003]

or when you explode the “ash” grave in spelunky HD and get a shotgun

[@KatherynX]

coming back to this video 2 years later and im honestly suprised to see the world 9 thing, i freaked out about this bug when Lunky 2 came out. Also i remember thinking Gimpy was a real character when I was younger 😭😭

[@tootothe22nd]

Blocks are words mod refers to a mod someone made replacing all the textures with text saying what the tile was supposed to be.

[@Timetravelingpancake-uj7rw]

Mosquitos aren’t the only ones that drop things. Skeletons can drop Skeleton Keys, Moles can from mattocks, etc. It’s a 1/1000 chance. They made a table about it on fandom.

[@erronblack3462]

There is movie where abraham lincoln is a vampire hunter

[@starsword1178]

Surprised the Pixel Guy didn't appear in the iceberg, hidden under the shop in HD's tutorial

[@carsonthompson4260]

I was hoping you would mention madame tusk and the altar under the palace, and horsing being imprisoned by tusk

[@graysongdl]

I'm kinda surprised "Derek literally doesn't know how to beat his own game" isn't on the iceberg. XD

[@Side_N0te]

It would be weird if Coco was the damsel from HD considering that she would have aged significantly more than the others. It does mention that her family is rich, so she could just be good at hiding her age.

[@katethenesuneqom]

Finally...a spelunky 2 (and 1 ig?-) iceberg~ ty my child~

[@matheussoaresborgesdemiran2808]

Great video man👍

[@frozen_pizza1492]

Damn the choice of the strange house theme from bw2 was great for going deeper in the iceberg.

[@dgdgdgdgcooh]

chtulu might be the tentacles that grab you if you go to the bottom af abzu or tiamat

[@Adamimoka]

This giga chad put Abraham Lincoln in the credits

[@ochranabeatz2615]

1:26 I believe this is referencing the remix’s in the Spelunky HD ost. You can find them by just looking up the spelunky ost on KZbin, clicking on the playlist, and they’re somewhere towards the bottom.

[@0Wayland]

I thought Van Horsing was obvious reference to Van Helsing the vampire hunter.

[@Nickplaysgaming]

Sameee

[@loermansw]

ngl I was interested untill you stole from the caveman shopkeep. shame on you.

[@mastermind9393]

Just watched this video, then 5 min into playing through the Jungle, had my first hoverpack drop from a mosquito.

[@NinjaGam3r080]

11:20 other enemies and stuff can actually drop items like the king yeti can drop a freeze ray, bone blocks can drop skeleton keys, croc man can drop teleporters, Pangxies can drop wooden or metal shields but its rarer for the metal shield, and I'm not sure but I think I remember getting a mattock from a mole once.

[@speedoreo1462]

The remix music is most likely refering that in the trailer of spelunky 2 that was about 3 years ago had remixed music like olmec

[@marioisawesome8218]

in the spelunky official ost there are remixes of the title screen music and the shop themes

[@flaco3462]

I thought it was talking about the official album that was nothing but remixes called "Friends in Caves" that's on Eirik Suhrke's Bandcamp. That EP is the only way you can officially listen to the Eggplant theme.

[@NinjaGam3r080]

7:24 I remember seeing somewhere that Derek Yu made it an eggplant for the ending because eggplants weren't in any games so he chose an eggplant.

[@simenromdahl8505]

1:36 among us

[@TryHans999]

Cringe

[@simenromdahl8505]

@@TryHans999 ok

[@TryHans999]

@@simenromdahl8505 boomer

[@simenromdahl8505]

u older doe

[@denislobe3069]

Pls not toxic pls

[@EpicCityy]

yah misquitos do drop hoverpacks (Just wanted to confirm because it happened to me the one time I was not streaming)

[@emanueleromano2633]

Great video, btw in regarding of the chtulu thing, i found a lot of resemblance between the cosmic jellyfish and another ancient of hp Lovecraft, i don't remember the name, but this type of ancient was far superior than chtulu (and for far superior, i mean that they literally prey on the chtulu species), and are also described as jellyfish like creatures with slimy substance and bubbles that make their body, just like how cosmic jellyfish are.

[@theott123]

1:37 That probably happened for me. Instead of getting the three normal songs in the Mines, it was playing a song that sounds more a "8-bit style". I don't remember the song though.

[@EpicCityy]

maybe yang died and that is why he is in the underworld??? he was such a good adventurer so he was in the treasure room.

[@INDIGE_STUDIO]

Great vid 🎉

[@OrbitalFrog_]

Demi is the damsel, or one of them, guy spelunking hasn’t aged that much and neither did the other confirmed characters

[@samburgess450]

Yo this so Good

[@tireking1000]

for demi is a damsel. coco con diamonds could be the damsel because she could grow out her clothes and demi would wear it, and coco becomes a big fan of blue and now owns a idk

[@eltiolavara9]

with "remixed music" i think the iceberg meant how the spelunky hd deathmatch music has the spelunky classic caves theme in it for a bit :udjat:

[@Mikulus]

11:50 I think it's more likely a reference to world 23-2 than to eggplant

[@siggi589]

Yeah, that makes more sense seeing as it is the most recent discovery in HD. I didn't even know that it existed. Thanks for letting me know!

[@marioisawesome8218]

is there a video about this world 23-2? i can't find anything even relating to this.

[@siggi589]

​@@marioisawesome8218 Here is the video I found about it: www.reddit.com/r/spelunky/comments/db60aj/world_23_the_peak_of_spelunky_science/

[@marioisawesome8218]

@@siggi589 oh my god i've seen that mines before. i just don't remember what youtube video i saw it from

[@CullenCraft]

Van Horsing is definitely a play on Van Helsing, legendary vampire slayer

[@prox276]

LAN Multiplayer is an exclusive feature in the PS Vita Version of the game. It lets you play with seperate screens.

[@siggi589]

In Spelunky HD? If so that's very interesting seeing as the pc version doesn't even have it!

[@prox276]

@@siggi589 It is. Also Frozlunky adds Multiplayer, but I don't know much about that.

[@macaco_amigo]

no, there's lan multiplayer on the ps4/ps3 version as well

[@TheSoulNinja26]

I think the Van Horsing thing is referencing Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, which is a book about Lincoln as a vampire slayer. They also share a first name and modern designs for Van Helsing (like Van Horsing) have a similar look to Lincoln

[@TheSteinin]

You can sacrifice rocks?!

[@djarogames]

Good video, you should make more iceberg videos

[@Kami-mk7tu]

Blue crabs

[@StereoCollage]

Blocks are words refers to a mod which replaces every texture with words describing the texture tile

[@lisanmk_]

Poggy Woggy video

[@HUNGRY4EGGS]

He did hate eggplants when he originally put them in I think, but now he likes them? I'm remembering this from a documentary with derek yu I saw on youtube so look for a documentary for a proper answer.

[@joeshields806]

There was another secret in spelunky hd Olmec can destroy the hell door.

[@Atlas003]

your so underrated mate

[@siggi589]

Thanks :D

[@mo_ops9426]

Isn’t van horsing the vampire hunter from those old vampire books?

[@jacobharrell8186]

Van horsing is van helsing a vampire hunter there's a movie about him lol

[@tritoner1221]

That iceberg was pretty lackluster :/

[@MegaSuperjavier]

the abraham lincoln thing could also be a "abraham lincoln vampire hunter" reference

[@teogiovannimarcigliano5967]

Can we get matpat to research ctuluh

[@Sillymashon]

nice vid

[@KongLongFard]

Yes

[@pigmaster1367]

Demi is the heir to a billion dollar fashion company, three words"expensive plastic surgery"

[@vepply]

9:15 there's a mod that replaces all the textures with their names

[@iggyboyo]

11:02 "luckily, Derek realized the potential sexism that might have been displayed and changed it in the HD version" You made a whole video about the spelunky iceberg and didn't even read Derek's book? Anita sarkeesian made a video criticizing the use of the damsel, and made Derek change his mind. You can even find her video and their conversation online.

[@ishwandhanoa5200]

I've gotten a mattock from a mole once

[@Fitzcarin404]

same

[@Devon14]

Nice Video!

[@siggi589]

Thank you! :)

[@wallinkids3952]

Cthulu also looks like Medusa upside down

[@sayo5070]

Van Horsing Van Helsing

[@mo_ops9426]

In some console Spelunky HD You could play lan multiplayer

[@mrmagic37]

I think Van Horsing is Van helsing, he even kills vlad

[@i1d2k36]

Rocket League iceberg next?

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm2633]

Engineer gaming

[@lucascantuvigentze]

Tusk it's in Spelunky Classic

[@originalusername6971]

Good Video!

[@siggi589]

Thank you!

[@originalusername6971]

@@siggi589 Your Welcome!

[@zay7474]

The nes game spelunker is actually another game on PlayStation called spelunker HD and not Spelunky

[@corethephoenix_yt8491]

69nth sub

[@woahmatty]

FIRST, POG

[@siggi589]

:)

[@dio8451]

Pretty terrible iceberg, but was fun to see an attempt. Video was good.

[@kadzle6960]

what is explainging

[@Lshdshjsh]

it’s when someone describes the meaning of something so that the listener can better understand the topic

[@kadzle6960]

bruh grammar -100

[@chromium7745]

How the hell is this an “iceberg”? You literally just told us a couple facts about spelunky in no known order. Try harder.

[@joe0001]

Jeez lol chill