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{{flavour|The ossuary is a small tomb containing the remains and grave goods of some distant relatives of the pharaohs, along with the corpses of their retainers and household animals. It is undoubtedly riddled with many traps, and its undead denizens are unlikely to take kindly to looting.}}

{{Flavour|You can make out a staircase leading downwards into a small tomb. Sand surrounds the staircase and is continuously pouring onto it. Before long the staircase will be gone. They say that some distant relatives of the pharaohs were entombed here.}}

[[File:Ossuary portal.png]][[Ossuary]] is a temporary [[portal]] level found in the early Dungeon. Ossuraries are filled with [[undead]] monsters, including [[mummy (monster)|mummies]], often contain [[trap]]s, and have a pile of treasure at the end.

Ossuaries may appear on [[Dungeon]]: 4-8. The portal is signaled by a "hiss of flowing sand"; if you take too long, the entrance closes. Ossurary entrances usually have yellow walls around them.

==Layout==
The Ossuary's layout is unpredictable. Although it's always a fairly small floor, it ranges from a wide open crypt with little cover, to a series of interconnected rooms, all separated by doors.

==Monsters==
Most ossuary layouts house the usual undead:
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| {{Brown|Z}} [[File:Zombie human.png]] '''[[Zombie]]''' || {{LightGrey|Z}} [[File:Skeleton_medium_humanoid.png]] '''[[Skeleton]]''' || {{LightGrey|M}} [[File:Mummy_(monster).png]] '''[[Mummy_(monster)|Mummy]]'''
|}

Other monsters only appear in specific layouts and are usually more dangerous:

{{monsterlink|Wight}} - Have normal speed, enchanted weapons and are capable of draining you.

{{monsterlink|Wraith}} - Very strong for an Ossuary, and capable of [[slow]]ing you down with its melee attacks. Many layouts with them start with some wraiths locked behind transparent [[wall]]s.

{{Blue|Z}}[[File:Simulacrum small humanoid.png]]'''[[Simulacrum (monster)|Simulacrum]]''' - Fragile icy constructs that deal extra cold damage.

{{Green|Z}}[[File:Spectral small humanoid.png]]'''[[Spectral thing]]''' - Spirits that can fly, have draining attacks, and are immune to [[Hexes]].

{{monsterlink|Scorpion}} - The only living monster encountered in ossuaries. Can inflict [[poison]]ing.

{{monsterlink|Menkaure}} - A unique mummy, capable of [[Torment]]. Fragile, but extremely dangerous.

{{monsterlink|Weeping skull}} - Not terribly dangerous physically, but constantly exudes life-sapping [[Cloud#Excruciating Misery|clouds of excruciating misery]].

{{Green|M}} [[File:Bog mummy.png]] '''Bog mummy''' - A [[mummy (monster)#Variant Mummy|mummy]] that can cast [[Throw Frost]] and [[Slow]]. Can be found in a partially-submerged ossuary variant.

For the various [[derived undead]] you'll encounter, the base types will be monsters that tend to be seen in the upper dungeon, ranging from [[goblin]]s and [[kobold]]s through [[elf|elves]] and [[human (monster)|humans]] up to around [[water moccasin]]s.

==Tips & Tricks==
*The Ossuary is often found very early in the game. [[Ice Elementalist]]s, [[Venom Mage]]s and [[Necromancer]]s without [[Dispel Undead]] may want to skip it if they have no means of dealing with undead enemies.
*The mummies you encounter are slow, but hit hard. Fire [[damage]] or weapons of [[holy wrath]] will make short work of them.
*Even average speed species are faster than mummies and zombies, so are able to disengage if things get sour. Fast species like [[spriggan]]s can handle many layouts without a single fight.

==History==
*Prior to [[0.19]], players could find a decayed [[bog body]] instead of a [[mummy (monster)#Variant Mummy|bog mummy]] in a flooded ossuary. It was weaker than its [[swamp]]-dwelling brethren and had [[Throw Frost]] instead of [[Bolt of Cold]].
*Ossuary was added in [[0.5.0]] and was first called "Minitomb".

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