Zonguldrok's Shrine

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No life grows here. It is completely dead.

Zonguldrok's Shrine (also known as Zonguldrok's Mausoleum) is a Wizard Laboratory that serves as the final resting place for the great necromancer Zonguldrok. It consists of an outer graveyard which slowly fills with powerful undead, as well as an inner chamber which houses Zonguldrok's remains and the guardians of the shrine.

Initially, the outer graveyard is empty except for a multitude of gravestones. These will be gradually replaced with monsters as you explore. The door leading to the inner chamber will only appear after enough of these monsters have been killed. Once inside, you'll be attacked by several more skeletal warriors, and beyond them, you'll find the grave of Zonguldrok.

A gravestone of the house of Zonguldrok, still dripping with brackish ichor.

Past this gravestone you'll find a pair of treasure chambers, filled with an assortment of potions, scrolls, and the evil Sword of Zonguldrok, a powerful artefact double sword which raises the fallen to serve you.

Monsters

• Z Zombie - Slow melee attackers that will continually rise from the many gravestones in the graveyard. Eventually they will stop coming. Ettin and juggernaut zombies still hit hard, so be careful not to get swamped by them.
• W Phantasmal warrior - Ghosts that will annoyingly blink around you and halve your willpower on a successful hit. Beware of them in conjuction with vampires.
• V Vampire - These can be dangerous if you have low willpower or let them live long enough to go invisible and pester you while you deal with more pressing concerns. Rarely a major threat, however.
• V Vampire knight - Far more dangerous than normal vampires, these enemies can make themselves hasted and invisible while paralyzing and chopping you to pieces.
• V Jiangshi - Vampiric zombies that move extremely quickly, but skip most turns.
• n Ghoul - Bulky, undead melee brutes. Hits harder than most of the other enemies here, but have no special abilities to speak of. There aren't really any chokepoints on the floor, however, so avoid getting surrounded.
• z Skeletal warrior - These melee fighters are stronger than the zombies or vampires, but you should be able to handle them easily enough if you've survived to this point.
• z Ancient champion - These are much more dangerous than skeletal warriors. They are capable of hasting themselves and blasting you with Iron Shot.
• z Antique champion - Two of these will spawn in the central chamber, guarding the loot (see below).

Antique Champions

antique champion z
HP	64-131
HD	20
XP	3017
Speed	10
AC	20
EV	15
Will	120
Attack1	35 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rC+ rPois+++ rDrown rMiasma rN+++ rTorm
Vulnerabilities	Holy
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Undead
Size	Medium
Type	ancient champion, ancient champion
Flags	Fighter Evil See invisible Unbreathing

An unfathomably expensive skeleton. It has countless sigils engraved into its bones, and pulses with a ghostly presence.

These opponents always spawn equipped with shadow dragon scales, kite shields, and double swords. They are thus capable of withstanding and dealing obscene amounts of damage (with 73 to 81 damage melee damage attacks!) after they haste and might themselves, especially to the living or poorly armoured, and should be prepared for accordingly.

Spells

Spell set I
Slot1	Ghostly Fireball (3d24)	Wizard flag
Slot2	Haunt	Wizard flag
Slot3	Might	Wizard flag
Slot4	Haste	Wizard flag

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History

• Zonguldrok's Shrine was buffed again in 0.31, replacing the single Antique Lich (ancient lich) with two Antique Champions, heavily buffing the undead spawns as well as gaining a greater focus on martial items.
• Zonguldrok's Shrine received a buff in 0.14, with an upgraded monster set and shorter spawning intervals.