In Lemmings: The Puzzle Adventure, the Umbrella instruction transforms lemmings into Floaters.
The Umbrella instruction allows falling lemmings to slow down their descent by means of an open umbrella or parasol. It can be placed on any empty space at least 1 tile above ground and is performed by any lemming that reaches the instruction.
- Umbrella costs 1 energy to assign
- Umbrellas save lemmings from dying when falling at a height of 3 tiles or more
Umbrella trick[]
The umbrella trick refers to placing the Umbrella directly in front of a cliff to make lemmings drop off as close to the edge of the tile as possible. This is an essential technique to help dodge traps and to help solve some higher levels of the game.
- Can be used to dodge extended saw traps, sidewards fire traps, and electric trap zappers in the path of the fall
- Can be used to drop into the edge of water tiles giving enough of a foothold to use Stairs and Bridges (Note: landing in between two water tiles makes the use of Bridge fatal due to the animation forcing the lemming to step back to roll out the bridge, making them fall into the water)
- Dropping off from a set of stairs will slightly nudge lemmings farther away from the edge, allowing extended saw traps to reach the Floaters and/or making the Floaters drop directly into water tiles