But what if I told you that there were a series of Spelunky 2 shortcuts that made the game ever-so-slightly easier? Where, with enough patience and perseverance, you can unlock special timesavers as you crunch your way through to the final areas. While the requirements to unlock these shortcuts are relatively simple, the later challenges can be devilishly difficult to defeat - but would you expect anything less from Spelunky 2?
How to unlock shortcuts in Spelunky 2
As you progress naturally through Spelunky 2, you’ll eventually (hopefully) battle your way through the mine level to stage 1-4. Once you’ve finished 1-4, you’ll meet Mama Terra Tunnel - a fellow explorer who’s working on building time saving shortcuts from the cavern entrance to areas deeper in the magical complex. To complete her shortcuts, she’ll just need a few basic items. However, you can only hand them over one at a time. This means you’ll have to progress past her three times with the right items to unlock each alternative route. There are three shortcuts to unlock: One at the end of 1-4, one at the end of 3-1, and one at the end of 4-4. Once you’ve dug out all three, you’ll bag a silver trophy on PS4. The items you need are as follows:
Spelunky 2 Shortcut requirements
Most of the items are quite self-explanatory. As shown in the YouTube video from Chocolatecake5000 we’ve embedded below the table, you can find a Hired Hand in coffins, and it’s best to use the 1-4 shortcut to hunt them down. However, you’ll have to play all the way from the start to bring Terra the Golden Key, which spawns on stage 1-2.
