Purple Lum

Purple Lums assure the cohesion of the world. Without them, nothing would be solid or visible. With your magic fist, you can jump through the air and grab them one after another.

—The Knowledge of the World, Rayman 2: The Great Escape

By shooting them, Rayman can grab onto them and swing from one to another, thereby crossing vast areas without touching the ground.

—Manual, Rayman 2: The Great Escape

Master how to catch them and they will show you a quicker way.

—Manual, Rayman M

By shooting them, Rayman can grab on to them.

—Manual, Rayman 3

Rayman can catch these hooks by hitting them.

—Manual, Rayman Raving Rabbids (Game Boy Advance)

A Purple Lum is one of the many types of Lums that are found in the Glade of Dreams. These lums assure the cohesion of the world; without them, nothing would be solid or visible. Unlike the other Lums, this kind is shaped like a ring; rather than being collectible, they can be grabbed and used as hook by Rayman, so that he may cross large areas without touching the ground. Like Super Yellow Lums, Purple Lums have eyes. They fulfil the same role as the flying rings from Rayman, and also have very similar appearances, the only major difference being their wings, Purple Lums have insect-like wings while the flying rings have more bird-like wings.

The console versions of Rayman 3 replace the Purple Lum with the Flying hook, which can only be tethered onto with the Lockjaw. Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends use various means to replicate the swinging motif, such as the Swingman, ropes and chains tethered to a point and the Bearded Fakirs to fulfil the same role.

In Rayman 2

This Purple Lum can be found in the Woods of Light, but only in the Dreamcast version of Rayman 2: The Great Escape. It takes Rayman to the Globox Village, a hidden world.

This is the first game in which Purple Lums appear. Rayman gains the ability to swing from Purple Lums by absorbing a Silver Lum which was granted to him by Ly, after he freed her from her prison in the Fairy Glade.

According to The Knowledge of the World, Purple Lums are one of the five primary coloured Lum types that are used in the world. They are said give cohesion to the world and that nothing would be solid or visible if they didn't exist. Rayman is able to use these Lums by shooting at them, once the shot has met the Purple Lum, a blue magical tether will connect Rayman's fist to the lum, and Rayman will swing back and forth in a parabolic shape. While swinging on the Lum, Rayman can also cause the the tether to swivel around, allowing him better ease at reaching a far off platform that would otherwise be inaccessible.

In Rayman M, Rayman Arena and Rayman Rush

The Purple Lums appear in all iterations of this title, but their appearance varies between versions. In Rayman M, they share the mostly the same appearance as their Rayman 2 counterparts, but the colour of the tether is now purple, and they lack the visible eyes.

In Arena, they retain their colouring, but now resemble very tiny normal shaped Lums, with a small tether connecting the ring to them.

In Rush, they share the same appearance they had in the PlayStation version of Rayman 2.

In the portable Rayman titles

Purple Lums appear in the Game Boy Advance version of Rayman 3, shaped like semicircles with crowns, they also have this appearance in the Symbian version.

In the Game Boy Advance version of Rayman Raving Rabbids, Purple Lums reappear, and look very similar to how they appeared in the Game Boy Advance version of Rayman 3, but now have a greyish colour. In the Symbian version of Rayman Raving Rabbids , they look almost equal to the flying rings of Rayman.

In the Game Boy Color versions of Rayman and Rayman 2, the Purple Lums move around freely in one location, ready for Rayman to grab onto them. In Fiery Depths and Dark Legacy, red and black grabbing rings can be found. When Rayman grabs onto, they go and stay up. When he lets go, they go down. They can also hurt Rayman.

In the Nintendo DS version of Rayman Raving Rabbids, Purple Lums can only be found much later in the game.

A Purple Lum in the handheld Rayman 3

A Purple Lum in the Symbian version of Rayman 3

A Purple Lum in the handheld Rayman Raving Rabbids

A Purple Lum in the Symbian version of Rayman Raving Rabbids

Trivia

• In all versions of Rayman 2 except for Revolution and the Dreamcast version, Purple Lums cannot actually be found prior to gaining the ability to swing from them.

See also

• Flying ring
• Flying hook
• Swingman