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Many monsters are placed during dungeon creation. but more are created over time.  Specifically, there is a "monster generation rate" (MGR), and every 5 turns, there is a (5 in MGR) chance of a monster spawning somewhere on the level.  The MGR's value varies:
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Many monsters are placed during dungeon creation, but more are created over time.  Specifically, there is a "monster generation rate" (MGR), and every 5 turns, there is a (5 in MGR) chance of a monster spawning somewhere on the level.  The MGR's value varies:
 
* Main dungeon: starts at 240 for the first 3k turns, then linear increase (less spawning) to 1440 at 15k turns, after which generation stops entirely.  After 1k turns, the odds of badly [[out-of-depth]] monsters start rising.
 
* Main dungeon: starts at 240 for the first 3k turns, then linear increase (less spawning) to 1440 at 15k turns, after which generation stops entirely.  After 1k turns, the odds of badly [[out-of-depth]] monsters start rising.
 
* [[Pandemonium]]: Same but going from 50  to 300, and "out-of-depth" is moot.
 
* [[Pandemonium]]: Same but going from 50  to 300, and "out-of-depth" is moot.

Revision as of 20:45, 12 February 2014

Many monsters are placed during dungeon creation, but more are created over time. Specifically, there is a "monster generation rate" (MGR), and every 5 turns, there is a (5 in MGR) chance of a monster spawning somewhere on the level. The MGR's value varies:

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Orb run spawns will change in 0.13.