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 - Religous 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
