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Shop

Shops are rooms where items can be bought (or stolen), and are manned by a Shopkeeper. There are seven types of shops, distinguishable by their signs. It's also possible to sell Idols at any shop for full price; simply drop the item inside the shop, being careful not to drop it on the shopkeeper. All items sold in shops increase in cost the later in the game the shop is located; the price of any item is equal to its price on level 1 plus an additional 1/9th of that price for every level above level 1 (so a bow which costs 900 on level 1 costs 1,200 on level 4); most items have a base price divisible by 900 and all are divisible by 450. The exception to this is kissing booths, whose price increases much more rapidly, and the ankh shop, whose price is fixed regardless of the level number. Since all treasure is worth an extra 25% of its base value for every four levels after the first and the golden idol gains an extra 100% of its base value every four levels, this isn't quite as bad as it sounds, but treasure is also much more difficult to collect late in the game. Shops also appear to occur much more rarely in the third and fourth areas than the first two, making them very rare after level 9, and occur most frequently in the first four levels.

1 Generation
2 Dice House
3 Kissing Booth
4 General Store
5 Bomb Shop
6 Weapon Shop
7 Clothing Shop
8 Rare Items
9 Footnotes

Generation Edit

Shops can be randomly generated on any level in the main dungeon, except for the first floor of Area 1 and the final level. Guaranteed shops can be found in the Black Market, hidden somewhere in Area 2. It is impossible to create a shop in your own maps.

Dice HouseEdit

Replacing the (criminally unfair) Craps Parlors from previous versions of the game, v.99.9's new Dice Houses consist of two giant dice, a prize protected behind a wall, and a shopkeeper on an elevated platform. Pressing the purchase button (default: spacebar) while in the shop bets a small amount of money, and allows you to roll the dice to attempt to win more money or the prize. Hitting 1-6 is a loss, 8-12 doubles your bet, and 7 wins you the prize (which is immediately restocked with a different item).

Because 7 is the most probable roll on two six-sided dice and the probabilities for losing and winning money are both equal, it is always worthwhile to play the game as long as desirable items are in stock. Don't take too long, though, or you'll run out of time and the ghost will appear.

Rerolling a die you've already rolled or hitting the shopkeeper with a die wins you a face full of buckshot. Players equipped with the pitcher's mitt should be especially careful, though they can also use the extra force of their throw to get the dice on-the-fly before it stops, allowing to reroll bad throws. This is a simple way to earn money and prize items without angering the shopkeeper.

Using a Teleporter and a lucky teleport into the cubby hole containing the prize item will allow you to simply buy the item for the regular price. You cannot steal it, however, since you can't run out or bomb yourself out. This is extremely risky though, since the teleport distance is random, and will more than likely send you into a wall to your death.

Kissing Booth Edit

Kissing Booths consist of a Damsel and a shopkeeper. Paying the shopkeeper a large amount of money ($15,000 on level 1, and $5,000 more for each game level after thatRooms) will cause the damsel to kiss you for one extra heart. You can also buy the damsel from the shop but this will take you back at least $100,000. As of version 0.99.5, Kissing Booths are bugged in that picking up and dropping the shop's damsel will cause her to run outside the shop and cause the shopkeeper to get angry.

Amusingly, (or perhaps creepily) if you damage (or kill!) the damsel by any means, the shopkeeper will exclaim "Only I am allowed to do that!" and aggro shortly thereafter.

It can be somewhat harder to kill a shopkeeper in a kissing booth, due to the damsel soaking up incoming bullets.

The kissing booth has a red lamp as opposed to the usual white, and will cast a reddish light in dark levels.

General Store Edit

Called Supply Shops in game, these stock several useful (but somewhat common) items: a pack of three Bombs, a box of twelve bombs, a pack of three Ropes, Parachutes, Climbing Gloves, and the Compass.

Bomb Shop Edit

Bomb Shops sell packs of three bombs, boxes of twelve bombs, and Sticky Bombs. Note that it is not guaranteed that these shops will sell any given quantity of bombs, or even carry the Sticky Bomb upgrade. Due to the stackable nature of bombs, a shop with 4 sets of 3 bomb packs may spawn.

Weapon Shop Edit

Weapon Shops stock the Shotgun, Pistol, Bow, Machete, and Webcannon as well as sometimes packs or boxes of bombs. These shops are commonly the easiest to steal from considering they may stock a loaded shotgun. Pick it up, walk up to the shopkeeper and fire, killing him in one shot, then steal his money and leave. This opportunity is not always guaranteed, but there are workarounds available, particularly if only a Pistol is stocked.

Clothing Shop Edit

Clothing Shops sell Climbing Gloves, Spring Shoes, Spike Shoes, Capes, Pitching Gloves, and Spectacles. Due to v.99.9's reduced prices, players are rarely forced to make tough decisions about how to equip the Spelunker.