Dungeon branches

Template:Version032 The page provides a map of the various dungeon branches and how they interconnect. For tips and tricks on surviving the individual branches, see the walkthrough and the branches' individual pages. You can bring up an in-game overview of the Dungeon and its various branches and portals by pressing Ctrl-O.

Dungeon Overview

New characters start on level one of the Dungeon, except for Delvers, who begin on level 5.

• File:Dungeon exit.png The Dungeon (15 levels)
  • File:Temple entry.png Ecumenical Temple (Dungeon Level 4-7, 1 level)
  • File:Lair entry.png The Lair (Dungeon Level 8-11, 5 levels)
    • File:Swamp entry.png The Swamp (The Lair Level 2-3, 4 levels, rune File:Decaying rune.png)
    • File:Shoals entry.png The Shoals (The Lair Level 2-3, 4 levels, rune File:Barnacled rune.png, may replace the Swamp)
    • File:Snake entry.png The Snake Pit (The Lair Level 2-3, 4 levels, rune File:Serpentine rune.png)
    • File:Spider entry.png The Spider's Nest (The Lair Level 2-3, 4 levels, rune File:Gossamer rune.png, may replace the Snake Pit)
    • File:Slime entry.png The Slime Pits (The Lair Level 4-5, 5 levels, rune File:Slimy rune.png)
  • File:Orc entry.png Orcish Mines (Dungeon Level 9-12, 2 levels)
    • File:Elf entry.png Elven Halls (Orcish Mines Level 2, 3 levels)
  • File:Vaults entry.png The Vaults (Dungeon Level 13-14, 5 levels, rune File:Silver rune.png)
    • File:Crypt entry.png The Crypt (The Vaults Level 2-3, 3 levels)
      • File:Tomb entry.png The Tomb (The Crypt Level 3, 3 levels, rune File:Gold rune.png)
• File:Depths entry.png The Depths (Dungeon Level 15, 4 levels)
  • File:Abyss entry.png The Abyss (Portals in The Depths or Banishment, 7 endless toroidal levels, rune File:Abyssal rune.png)
  • File:Hell entry.png The Vestibule of Hell (Portals in The Depths, 1 level)
    • File:Cocytus entry.png Cocytus (7 levels, rune File:Icy rune.png)
    • File:Gehenna entry.png Gehenna (7 levels, rune File:Obsidian rune.png)
    • File:Tartarus entry.png Tartarus (7 levels, rune File:Bone rune.png)
    • File:Dis entry.png The Iron City of Dis (7 levels, rune File:Iron rune.png)
  • File:Pandemonium entry.png Pandemonium (Portals in The Depths, infinite number of non-revisitable levels, 5 runes File:Demonic rune 1.png File:Glowing rune.png File:Magical rune.png File:Dark rune.png File:Fiery rune.png)
• File:Zot entry.png The Realm of Zot (The Depths level 4, 5 levels, Orb of Zot File:Orb of Zot.png)

In any one game, there is a total of 88 finite levels, plus two infinite realms (Abyss, Pandemonium).

In addition to the standard dungeon branches, all dungeons will contain a randomly selected variety of vaults with a specific design and theme, and portals to fantastic extra-dimensional realms.

Version 0.19 Dungeon Map Diagram

Miscellaneous Portals

Optional portals to fantastic extra-dimensional realms can be randomly found throughout the Dungeon and its branches. While none of these contain runes, they nearly always contain above-average loot and useful experience. If you know how to handle each one's theme, they can often be cleared without excessive risk. All such portals are single-entry only, and after you exit their realm, they will be gone along with anything you left inside.

Unless otherwise noted, all these portals are temporary, and will disappear if not entered within a certain length of time. There are actually two clocks running: a shorter countdown while you're on the level with the portal, and a longer one when you've gone to another level. If you stay on the level, you'll receive increasingly urgent messages as the timer runs out, and the portal's appearance (check with 'x', then 'v') may indicate how much of the timer has expired. When a portal on your current level expires, you will get a message to the effect of, "The walls and floor of the dungeon suddenly vibrate!" Portals will not start closing until you reach the floor that they are on, so there's no need to rush through early floors in order to access them.

• File:Bailey portal.png Bailey - A keep guarded by gnolls, goblins, and/or orcs.
• File:Bazaar portal.png Bazaar - Shopping spree! A safe area with several shops, make sure you enter with a good amount of gold.
• File:Desolation portal.png Desolation of Salt - A crumbling wasteland filled with unique constructs and other guardians lurking among its salt clouds.
• File:Ice cave portal.png Ice Cave - Freezing clouds, wild animals, and occasionally icy demons.
• File:Gauntlet portal.png Gauntlet - A choice between several arenas. Taking the challenge will get you some loot, but also pits you against a deadly minotaur.
• File:Ossuary portal.png Ossuary - A small tomb filled with mummies and their undead guardians.
• File:Sewer portal.png The Sewers - Fetid waterways teeming with rats, snakes, and occasionally nastier things.
• File:Treasure trove portal.png Treasure trove - Contains several acquirement-level items, but getting in requires giving up a rare and valuable item in return. Is always permanent.
• File:Volcano portal.png Volcano - Fire and lava everywhere. Also lava-dwelling creatures.
• File:Wizlab portal.png Wizard Laboratory - The abandoned laboratory of one of several famous mages.
• File:Ziggurat portal.png Ziggurat - The ultimate challenge: 27 floors of increasingly difficult battles, but with riches untold for those who win through. Ziggurat portals are permanent, but only one spawns naturally in the Depths. They are also created from evoking a figurine of a ziggurat, which can be found on Tomb:3 and on level 27 of a previous ziggurat.

History

• Prior to 0.32, there were non-timed bazaars. You could enter these at any time, but leaving would cause them to disappear as normal.
• Prior to 0.29, the Lair had 6 levels. Also, the Abyss was only 5 levels deep.
• Prior to 0.28, the Depths were 5 levels long.
• 0.23 replaced Labyrinths with the Gauntlet.
• The Desolation of Salt was added in 0.19, and the Lair was shortened to 6 levels and the Slime Pits to 5 levels.
• Prior to 0.19, ziggurat portals spawned randomly in Pandemonium.
• The lair branches were shortened from 5 to 4 levels in 0.17.
• The Hall of Blades was reduced to a subvault in Elf:2 in 0.15.
• The Enchanted Forest was considered for inclusion in 0.14, but was eventually rejected after several months of play-testing in trunk. This branch would have occasionally replaced the Crypt.
• The Spider's Nest was made a full-fledged branch in 0.11.
• The Hive was removed in 0.10.