Pit I

The Pit I is an arena in the Mortal Kombat series. The arena debuted in the original Mortal Kombat and later returned in several sequels.

The Pit lies on Shang Tsung's island fortress. Combatants fight on a bridge suspended over a sea of steel spikes, which is the source of death for anyone unlucky enough to be knocked off.

The Pit reappeared in Mortal Kombat Trilogy. However, the Nintendo 64 version of the game featured a star-filled background instead of moving clouds. The Pit also reappeared in Mortal Kombat: Deception. Few changes were made since its last appearance, although instead of a bridge, the players fight on a square platform. The bridge from the original game can still be seen in the background, however.

The Pit also appears in Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. During the first part of the game, which is very similar to the first Mortal Kombat, the player can go from top of the pit to the bottom without dying, although damage is taken should the character touch the spikes. The first Stage Fatality appeared here, where the victor would uppercut (or in Shaolin Monks, perform a variety of different moves) their opponent off the bridge, who would land on the spikes.

In all of the games, except for Trilogy, silhouettes occasionally appear in front of the moon. In Shaolin Monks, the player character will even point them out, and in the original Mortal Kombat, it was necessary for a shadow to be over the moon in order to unlock a battle with Reptile.

The Pit I is the only pit arena where players simply had to uppercut their opponent to perform the Stage Fatality.