How to play, Chapter 11
The mines
In short
From level 8 a path leads from the forest down into the tunnels beneath the Ashen Horn (T in the forest). The monsters down there are tougher but bring far more gold. There is no healer below.
The way down
Once you reach level 8, a new path appears in the forest: T into the mines. The first time, something waits for you at the entrance that you have to get past. Turn back there and you cannot return until the next day. After that the way is open for the rest of this run.
Down in the tunnels
- L Search: uses a forest fight, just like in the forest.
- S Stats: shows your stats, then you are back in the mines.
- R Back to the forest.
The monsters in the mines are stronger than those in the forest, but they bring more gold and more experience. There is no healer, so you have to go back up when you are hurt. Die in the mines and you lose all the gold in your pocket, even if the temple has been built. The rested bonus from the forest does not count down here.
What you may find
Sometimes you strike a vein of gold, sometimes a tunnel caves in, and once per run there is said to be an old forge somewhere down there. Whoever finds an egg had better think hard about whom it belongs to and who is going to miss it.
Win often enough in the mines and you earn a title you might not mention over dinner. See Hunter's book and titles.