Strategy guides

This is a list of in-depth guides on various aspects of Dungeon Crawl.

• General Guides:
  • A Guide to Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup by Ultraviolent4 (the most recent and useful general guide available for DCSS as of April 2018)
  • Character guides - A collection of gameplans for specific race/class combos.
  • Background and race combinations for beginners - Focusing on easier combos.
  • Walkthrough - A general Crawl walkthrough (updated for 0.29).
  • Category:Species - General advice for specific species.
  • Specialization - Why it's important and how to manage it.
  • Weapon Choice - Which one is best for your character?
    • Crosstraining - What it is and why it's important.
    • Ranged weapons - Survey of nonmagical distance options.
  • Choosing a god - Religious choices.
  • Early Game Character Building
  • Mid Game Character Building
  • Late Game Character Building

• More specific topics:
  • Sprint guide - A brief guide to Dungeon Sprint.
  • The Mega-Zig - How to survive mega-zigs
  • Zot:5 - Various strategies for getting the Orb of Zot.
• Tactical Tricks and other info:
  • Tips and tricks - A general guide.
  • Identification -- All those items!
  • Multizap page - The basics of bolt bouncing ...
  • Kiting - How to tease monsters to death ...
  • Pillar dancing - ... or just keep out of reach until you can recover (severely nerfed in 0.29).
  • Escaping from (and avoiding) trouble -- When victory is not an option.

• Tips From Experienced Players
  • Berder's Tips (0.16)
  • Patashu's Tips (0.18)
  • Ultraviolent4's Guides & Playthroughs