right and up to move. down to fall faster when in the air. grassland spikes take 1 life. Be Careful in the Volcano region! spikes do TWO lives. lava also does 1 life. you only have 3 so make it count! forest spikes do 1 damage. The area the spikes go to, are based of of a random scale. if they are at a impossible to get through spot (unlikely but still sometimes happens), than the next time it will most likely be different.