Make more ways to cure poison and curse.

[Beep Boy]

There's now only 2 ways to remove poison: Bringing Damsel to exit or getting Elixir.
And there's now only 2 ways to remove curse: Get Elixir or Use Altar to remove it.

About poison removing :
Damsels can spawn in hard to reach areas or in sub-areas. Situations like having no bombs to get Damsel is a big problem. I can offer more ways to cure Poison. I introduce you a new item to game. It's name is Antidote.

1. Yang should heal poison after you bring his turkies back to him. After you done his quest, come to him and cure yourself from poison. After that in Jungle/Volcana in his shop, you can come to him and get Antidote for free. He can also heal you from poison in Black Market/Tide Pool/Madam Tusk's Palace. He should appreciate you help after you gave his turkies back to him.
Buy if you anger him, he would not heal you from poison, even if he forgave you.

2. Shopkeepers would sell Antidote in shops for $5000. You can come to shopkeeper and buy Antidote from him. Antidote will be selling in General/Pet/Hired Hand/Speciality Shops and in the Black Market. (Clothing/Weapons shops and Dice House's shopkeepers can't sell Antidote to you).
Like Yang, if you anger shopkeepers, they would not heal you from poison, even if they forgave you.

3. Antidote can randomly spawn in crates, if player has been poisoned.

About Curse removing :
Altars sometimes won't spawn or located behind shops/hard to reach areas. Getting Elixir not always worth it, if you want to go in Duat, and Temple is much harder stage than Tide Pool. And curse mechanic is too punishing. Players is not able to heal and gets on 1 hp after being cursed.

i can offer more ways to remove curse.

1. Tun should sell Elixir in her shops/Challenge entrance rooms, when you get Cursed/Poisoned. If Elixir would be selled in Tun's shops. Elixir in Stars Challenge should be replaced with Clone Gun.

2. Kapala should remove Curse, if players got 10 hp from collecting blood. (After that, players will get to 4 hp)

3. If Madam Tusk can remove Curse from Van Horsing, she could remove Curse from you too. If you won enough 7s in her Dice House, she can remove curse in Madam Tusk's Palace.

Should i post it in Spelunky 2 Discord server?

[Trev-9000]

I do find it a bit strange that the Elixir only appears on Tun's second challenge. Its a bit of a useless item if you are doing a Duat run as you will have to kill yourself on the next stage anyway. Guess it just works as insurance as it gives you lots of extra health, I normally leave the Elixir after completing the challenge in case I get poisoned/ cursed before leaving the level. Compared to the Clone Gun though it is night and day difference which is the better prize.

Tun does sell Royal Jelly in some shops but its so expensive and doesn’t cure afflictions. Don’t see why it couldn’t be sold although I imagine this is a design choice as I think they really want you to learn you need to avoid getting cursed/ poisoned at all costs.

I also wonder why the clover is never sold anywhere, would be a good trade-off for some money to get extra time on levels that don’t have a leprechaun or one by default.

[Stafford's Bees]

The elixir in the star challenge does give the player a chance to purge a curse before heading to the golden city, which I imagine would otherwise make it very difficult to get into duat.

[Trev-9000]

Originally posted by Stafford's Bees:

The elixir in the star challenge does give the player a chance to purge a curse before heading to the golden city, which I imagine would otherwise make it very difficult to get into duat.

Ahhh yes, this is true, you are right. There are ways to get on the altar without killing yourself but this certainly is the safer option if cursed.

[AP WOLRD 5 MANIFEST TRUST IN GOD]

The tusks palace one seems like a genuinely good idea, but antidote for 5000, or kapala removing curse? No. I'd rebalance the Elixer instead. Make it an item, like kapala, next to your health. If you're cursed, poisoned, or at 1 heart, it triggers, curing poison and curse or giving 4 (6? 8?) health if you're at 1. Give it x charges, maybe 4, maybe 6 but curse takes 2, etc. Makes temple viable for CO runs since poison/curse are run enders in CO.