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Whip Guide

By Snappis

This guide details all the whips in the game

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Category: Classes, Gameplay Basics, Walkthroughs, Weapons

Languages: English

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25 Jun, 2021 @ 8:45am

8 Jul, 2021 @ 7:43am

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Guide Index

Overview

Preface

Green whips

Blue whips

Red Whips

Whip categories

Comments

Preface

Guide was written in early Early Access. All items are subject to change.
All whips (except the adventurers whip) have exactly one curse, which is listed at the bottom
To remove a curse, obtain a relic of at least the equivalent color as the whip whilst using the whip. So for a blue whip, gather a relic from either the blue or red level to remove its curse.
Without curses, some whips are objectively better than others.
Releasing a whip early costs 3 tokens of the whip's color
When you enter the lobby, there is a percentage chance that a whip will be available for purchase.
Individual whips have no unlock requirement. If an entire tier of whips refuses to unlock, make sure you have at least one relic of that color; and at least 5 of the same colored tokens.

Green whips

Abstract Whip

Blessings cost 30% less (effectively you get one blessing for free, comparatively)
Start with 2 hearts

Adventurer Whip

A whip with no benefits nor drawbacks

Watcher Whip

An alternative skin for the adventurer whip.

Bamboo Whip

Being within a meter from another phantom for 2s heals you for ½ heart
Buying a blessing damages you for 1 heart

Bone Whip

Standing in water for 2s uses 50 coins to heal ½ heart
Getting damaged makes you drop all your coins Sonic the Hedgehog style

Cable Whip

Start with 5 hearts
Blessings cost 30% more (effectively skipping the first blessing)

Crikey Whip

Start with 4 hearts
Standing in water a few seconds causes damage

Deluxe Whip

Falls fast enough to require rolls no longer damage you
Guardians gain 2 levels per floor (up to a total of 10)

Obsidian Whip

Coins are worth 50% more (effectively the first 2 blessings are free, comparatively)
You only gain coins from chests you yourself open

Blue whips

DIY Whip

Start at 4 hearts
Chests up to ~50m away are outlined through walls
You only gain coins from chests you yourself open

Feather Whip

Coins are worth twice as much (Effectively the first three blessings are free, comparatively)
All damage is doubled

Hobby Whip

Every blessing bought heals 1 heart (You can typically gain up to 8 blessings per run)
Start at 1 heart

Knight Whip

Start at 6 hearts
Guardians gain 2 levels per floor (up to a total of 10)

Scale Whip

Heal ½ heart every time you enter a floor (5½ total)
Dart trap cooldown is significantly decreased

Wooden Whip

Start at 4 hearts
Dart statues will no longer fire
Blessings costs 30% more (effectively skipping the first blessing)

Red Whips

Cursed Whip

Everything deals halved damage
Screen goes completely black for a few seconds every 30 seconds or so

Fire whip

Lava no longer hurts you
Standing in lava for 2s uses 50 coins to heal ½ heart
Buying a blessing damages you for 1 heart

Ice Whip

Start with 5 hearts
Sliding is significantly faster
All floors act as if covered by ice

Lightning Whip

Start with 5 hearts
Walking and running is significantly faster
Getting crushed (boulders, pyramids, etc) or taking fall damage instantly kills you

Vine Whip

Start with 5 hearts
Jump height is significantly increased
Darts (statues, etc) instantly kill you

Void Whip

Guardians no longer appear
Start with 1 heart

Whip categories

All the whips can be categorized into five major categories as seen below. All whips are organized very subjectively in order of strength.

Treasure whips

Feather whip (100% more gold)
Obsidian whip (50% more gold)
Abstract whip (30% off on blessings)
DIY whip (See treasure chests through walls)

Heart whips

Cursed whip (½ damage)
Knight whip (+3 heart containers)
Lightning whip (+2 heart containers)
Ice whip (+2 heart containers)
Vine whip (+2 heart containers)
Cable Whip (+2 heart containers)
Wooden whip (+1 heart container)
DIY whip (+1 heart container)
Crikey whip (+1 heart container)

Healing whips

Hobby whip (Heal 1 heart per blessing)
Fire whip (Heal in lava [red] for 100 gold/heart)
Bamboo whip (Heal by running next to a phantom)
Bone whip (Heal in water [green,blue] for 100 gold/heart)
Scale whip (Heal 1 heart per 2 floors)

Trap mitigation whips

Void whip (Disables guardian)
Wooden whip (Disables dart statues)
Deluxe whip (Disables fall damage)

Movement whips

Lightning whip (Run faster)
Vine whip (Jump higher)
Ice whip (Slide faster)

16 Comments

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Light0234 15 Nov, 2022 @ 11:35pm

sadly each whip is no longer viable beside ice whip (as you are now on a rng fest to remove the curse)

Mascoll 29 Jul, 2021 @ 6:44am

A tip for new players:
After you've competed each tier temple for the first time, a random whip will be made available for purchase.
Same after each finished temple run.
If you're not happy with the whip that is offered, here is a trick:

If you don't pay for the whip and instead exit to menu and then go back into game, the whip that is offered for purchase is re-rolled.

This way you can re-roll into more whips that are more helpful for your runs early.

Salsichon 6 Jul, 2021 @ 11:54am

I fell in love with the Feather Whip, it's extremely good.

Fawxkitteh 29 Jun, 2021 @ 4:55pm

Aww the last one is sounds boring (Fire)

Also pretty disappointed blessing the cursed whip removes the blindness effect, that was fun.

Mathroy 29 Jun, 2021 @ 12:54pm

Thanks Hixill!

Hixill 29 Jun, 2021 @ 8:53am

Blessings cost 30% less is a 50% gold bonus just saying for clarity's sake.

You earn 100 gold the blessing costs (150-30%=) 100

You earn (100+50%=) 150 gold the blessing costs 150

Whips can be blessed to remove negatives permanently. (You only need to do this once per whip)
You can bless a green whip by completing any temple.
Blue whips require at least level 2. Red whips require level 3 (which is the top tier currently)

Mathroy 28 Jun, 2021 @ 8:15pm

Hey Snapjaw, I just collected a Relic while using the Deluxe Whip, and it said "Whip Blessed" and removed the negative effect from using the Deluxe Whip. How does that work exactly? Do you need to get a Relic while using a specific Whip to Bless it? Are Blessed Whips permanent or not?

Could you please add this to your Guide? Thank you!

Tailesque 28 Jun, 2021 @ 12:02pm

Minor thing: you missed Ice Whip in your "Heart whips" category, as it gives +2.

Snappis [author] 28 Jun, 2021 @ 1:27am

It took me about 30 hours before I had every single possible buy-a-whip. So 29 hours in; I didn't even know what all the whips looked like.

Mr100and1 27 Jun, 2021 @ 11:18am

i beat another temple completely, was given the option to purchase a red whip afterwards, exited to the main menu to try and reroll the whip i could buy and now i cant buy them again...the second red relic i found was the same as the first one i got...going to beat another temple completely and buy the whip this time and see what happens

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