
When you have at least 3 runes and feel strong enough, head to the bottom of the Dungeon and enter the Realm of Zot. Maybe you could even do all those things in a single playthrough! You can gain the favour of a god (or gods), wield large weapons, find powerful artifacts, become a master of stealth and cast devastating destructive spells. Along the way you will explore many branches and realms with diverse enemy types and themes. Your character starts off as a weakling level 1 character and gains experience from killing monsters up to a maximum level of 27. There are 17 Runes of Zot in total but each game has 15 available and only 3 are required to win. Before your character can enter the Realm of Zot, you must collect at least 3 Runes. One can't just charge to the bottom of the Dungeon and grab the Orb, however.

We don't know why the Orb is important but you really want it for some reason. Your character journeys into the Dungeon to recover the legendary Orb of Zot. If you've never heard the term roguelike before (Warning: last chance to turn back), you'd usually expect a punishing, turn-based game that features procedurally-generated content and permadeath. That way, once you've read this guide, you can sleep soundly at night, safe in the knowledge that your latest character died entirely to RNG rather than any oversight of yours (Disclaimer: or mine).ĭungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a roguelike with direct roots in the 1997 game Linley's Dungeon Crawl. My goal is to assist you by collating all that crucial information in a single place. At least some of that difficultly, though, comes from the vast number of things one needs to learn when new. Make no mistake, Crawl is a difficult game. Even after thousands of playthroughs (albeit many lasting mere seconds), I still find myself in novel situations all the time. While Crawl might look a little daunting from the outside, there's a very rich and rewarding game to be found if you're willing to give it a chance.

So, you've stumbled across Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.
