Draft:Magic Castle DS:Deep Ruins

Key Parameters
Entrance Location	Village Entrance
Initial Goal Floor	20 Fl
Final Goal Floor	9 Fl
Bring Items & Gitan In	Items only
Train before entry?	Yes
Pre-ID'd Items	None
# of Rescues	3
Allies	Yes (any)
Shops	None
Monster Houses	Yes
Weather
Spawn Rate
Winds of Kron
Boss	None

Introduction

The Deep Ruins is a post-game dungeon which has the unique feature of having no map, hallways and as a result no directly connected rooms, and most items generated will be Pickaxes.

Dungeon strategy

Though you can bring items in, having to dig your way to the goal of the dungeon without a map to see your exact location is already challenging. After you dig a certain amount of walls, the floor will turn into a great hall.

You are given three Pickaxes at the start, and most of the items you'll find are Gitan bags and Pickaxes. If all your Pickaxes break, you won't get more of them, thus you will be trapped with no way out. Because of this, it is recommended to bring at least one Escape Scroll so you don't have to give up and lose everything you have on hand. An Antihunger Armband is highly recommended since you may starve while you're digging and trying to find the exit.

After you reach the initial goal at floor 20, you get the Satori Pickaxe, which won't ever break from digging and can be added to your weapon as a seal. The goal will also change to 99 Fl and will stay there permanently.

[Need confirmation if floors turn into a great hall after digging too much or after spending many turns in a single floor.]

Monsters

Sprites	Monster	English	Floors	EXP
		Pacorepkin

Items

Weapons File:Shiren DS2 Item Icons Weapon.png		Shields File:Shiren DS2 Item Icons Shield.png		Armbands File:Shiren DS2 Item Icons Armband.png		Projectiles File:Shiren DS2 Item Icons Arrow.png		Riceballs File:Shiren DS2 Item Icons Riceball.png
JP	English	JP	English	JP	English	JP	English	JP	English
Herbs File:Shiren DS2 Item Icons Herb.png		Jars File:Shiren DS2 Item Icons Jar.png		Staves File:Shiren DS2 Item Icons Staff.png		Scrolls File:Shiren DS2 Item Icons Scroll.png		N/A
JP	English	JP	English	JP	English	JP	English

Farming opportunities

This dungeon begins to shine after you clear it the first time. The first half of it doesn't have any interesting items, and it's better to just search for the staircase and ignore everything. However, from floor 81, you might find very interesting equipment in treasure rooms, such as the rare Deflect Shield. And even better, you can bring 5 or 10 blessed Monster Scrolls and read them on these last floors, you might end up with lots of rare loot!

Open questions

• Can the Razor Wind and the Homing Blade appear here? I have seen ultra rare shields like the Satori Shield, so the first two can probably be found in this dungeon too.