Chaos Temple Quest - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2026-07-20T12:09:19Z

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Umbire the Phantom: pothole

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Umbire the Phantom: potholes

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Umbire the Phantom: potholes

2025-12-06T19:16:53Z

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Umbire the Phantom: /* Ancient Temple */ spacing

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‎Ancient Temple: spacing

Umbire the Phantom: /* Ancient Temple */ knight playermons replaced with doom knights

2024-12-22T23:58:28Z

‎Ancient Temple: knight playermons replaced with doom knights

Umbire the Phantom: touch-ups

2024-03-10T17:24:04Z

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Umbire the Phantom: /* Earth Temple */ continue developing article

2024-03-10T17:22:18Z

‎Earth Temple: continue developing article

Umbire the Phantom: right, leave that for later

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right, leave that for later

Umbire the Phantom: cats

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 Within the central room, [[Sir Garland]] awaits just in front of the portal to the Ancient Temple; a [[heavy iron ball]] is generated on the same square as the portal, and north of it is an unaligned altar to a [[god]] known as Chaos. Arranged around the room are several cursed statues of Garland and the Four Fiends of Chaos, each represented by the underlined and colored glyph of the monster they depict&mdash;both the statues and [[Crystals (artifacts)|four uncursed Crystals]] are embedded in the walls on the marked squares. Under each Crystal and also embedded in their wall is a statue of that Crystal's guardian.
-These four Crystals can be retrieved safely by [[kick]]ing the walls containing them, but will subject you to [[artifact blast]]s and evade your attempts to pick them up until you purify them. To do so, you must defeat each of their guardians elsewhere in the branch&mdash;the fifth Black Crystal can only be obtained after purifying the other four, which will change their glyph colors from those shown on the map to the ones listed below. Clockwise from the top left:
+These four Crystals can be retrieved safely by [[Kick (command)|kicking]] the walls containing them, but will subject you to [[artifact blast]]s and evade your attempts to pick them up until you purify them. To do so, you must defeat each of their guardians elsewhere in the branch&mdash;the fifth Black Crystal can only be obtained after purifying the other four, which will change their glyph colors from those shown on the map to the ones listed below. Clockwise from the top left:
 * [[Kraken, the Fiend of Water]], {{green|;}}, must be defeated to purify [[The Water Crystal]], {{blue|(}}.

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 * An uncursed [[potion of healing]].
 * The blessed -2 [[DNetHack artifacts#Werebuster|Werebuster]].
-* A cursed +3 [[runesword]], which has a {{frac|20}} chance of being made into [[Stormbringer]].
+* A cursed +3 [[Runesword (dNetHack)|runesword]], which has a {{frac|20}} chance of being made into [[Stormbringer]].
 * An uncursed +0 [[leather hat]].

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 Twelve [[goblin]]s and three [[hobgoblin]]s are randomly generated in the grassy forest outside of the temple at level creation, along with six random items. Sixteen zombies and three random items are scattered throughout the temple outside the central room, as well as nine piles of [[gold]] which each have a {{frac|3|4}} chance of generating.
-Within the central room, [[Sir Garland]] awaits just in front of the portal to the Ancient Temple; a [[heavy iron ball]] is generated on the same square as the portal, and north of it is an unaligned altar to a [[god]] known as Chaos. Arranged around the room are several cursed statues of Garland and the Four Fiends of Chaos, each represented by the underlined and colored glyph of the monster they depict - both the statues and [[Crystals (dNetHack)|four uncursed Crystals]] are embedded in the walls on the marked squares. Under each Crystal and also embedded in their wall is a statue of that Crystal's guardian.
+Within the central room, [[Sir Garland]] awaits just in front of the portal to the Ancient Temple; a [[heavy iron ball]] is generated on the same square as the portal, and north of it is an unaligned altar to a [[god]] known as Chaos. Arranged around the room are several cursed statues of Garland and the Four Fiends of Chaos, each represented by the underlined and colored glyph of the monster they depict&mdash;both the statues and [[Crystals (artifacts)|four uncursed Crystals]] are embedded in the walls on the marked squares. Under each Crystal and also embedded in their wall is a statue of that Crystal's guardian.
-These four Crystals can be retrieved safely by [[kick]]ing the walls containing them, but will subject you to [[artifact blast]]s and evade your attempts to pick them up until you purify them. To do so, you must defeat each of their guardians elsewhere in the branch - the fifth Crystal can only be obtained after purifying the other four, which will change their glyph colors from those shown on the map to the ones listed below. Clockwise from the top left:
+These four Crystals can be retrieved safely by [[kick]]ing the walls containing them, but will subject you to [[artifact blast]]s and evade your attempts to pick them up until you purify them. To do so, you must defeat each of their guardians elsewhere in the branch&mdash;the fifth Black Crystal can only be obtained after purifying the other four, which will change their glyph colors from those shown on the map to the ones listed below. Clockwise from the top left:
-* [[Kraken, the Fiend of Water]], {{green|;}}, must be defeated to purify [[DNetHack artifacts#The Water Crystal|the Water Crystal]], {{blue|(}}.
+* [[Kraken, the Fiend of Water]], {{green|;}}, must be defeated to purify [[The Water Crystal]], {{blue|(}}.
-* [[Tiamat, the Fiend of Wind]], {{green|D}}, must be defeated to purify [[DNetHack artifacts#The Air Crystal|the Air Crystal]], {{green|(}}.
+* [[Tiamat, the Fiend of Wind]], {{green|D}}, must be defeated to purify [[The Air Crystal]], {{green|(}}.
-* [[Kary, the Fiend of Fire]], {{red|&}}, must be defeated to purify [[DNetHack artifacts#The Fire Crystal|the Fire Crystal]], {{red|(}}.
+* [[Kary, the Fiend of Fire]], {{red|&}}, must be defeated to purify [[The Fire Crystal]], {{red|(}}.
-* [[Lich, the Fiend of Earth]], {{brown|L}}, must be defeated to purify [[DNetHack artifacts#The Earth Crystal|the Earth Crystal]], {{brown|(}}.
+* [[Lich, the Fiend of Earth]], {{brown|L}}, must be defeated to purify [[The Earth Crystal]], {{brown|(}}.
 The four [[chest]]s in the corners of the temple each contain one item, in clockwise order from top left:

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-|[[Mind flayer]]
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 The map above is the floor as it appears in the game files, before level creation takes place and the mazewalk algorithm is applied to the forest sections in each corner - the [[pool]]s of water and displayed floor squares near them are the only fixed terrain, and the algorithm constructs a random path through each set of trees. The magic portal leading here from the Ruined Temple occupies the same square as it does there, with a heavy iron ball occupying that square as well, and the altar to Chaos on the square north of it; there are [[stairway]]s in the southernmost corners of the building, and [[ladder]]s in the northernmost corners. All doors are closed, and all except the door across from the central room are locked.
-Twelve [[Mordor orc]]s, two [[orc shaman]]s, two [[ogre]]s, two [[troll]]s, and an [[orc-captain]] are placed randomly within the forest area outside of the temple, as well as eight random objects, two random [[potion]]s and a random [[weapon]]. Four hostile [[doom knight]]s are stationed just outside the west and east doors of the temple at the marked locations.Inside the temple, six [[clay golem]]s and three [[stone golem]]s are placed randomly in the exterior section, along with three random objects and two random weapons.
+Twelve [[Mordor orc]]s, two [[orc shaman]]s, two [[ogre]]s, two [[troll]]s, and an [[orc-captain]] are placed randomly within the forest area outside of the temple, as well as eight random objects, two random [[potion]]s and a random [[weapon]]. Four hostile [[doom knight]]s are stationed just outside the west and east doors of the temple at the marked locations. Inside the temple, six [[clay golem]]s and three [[stone golem]]s are placed randomly in the exterior section, along with three random objects and two random weapons.
 ==== Moving on ====

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 =[[#Ruined Temple|{{magenta|^}}]]
 =[[Altar|{{red|_}}]]
-@=[[Knight (player monster)|{{white|@}}]]
+@=[[Doom knight|{{white|@}}]]
 =[[Staircase|{{brightmagenta|>}}]]
 =[[Staircase|{{red|<}}]]
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 The map above is the floor as it appears in the game files, before level creation takes place and the mazewalk algorithm is applied to the forest sections in each corner - the [[pool]]s of water and displayed floor squares near them are the only fixed terrain, and the algorithm constructs a random path through each set of trees. The magic portal leading here from the Ruined Temple occupies the same square as it does there, with a heavy iron ball occupying that square as well, and the altar to Chaos on the square north of it; there are [[stairway]]s in the southernmost corners of the building, and [[ladder]]s in the northernmost corners. All doors are closed, and all except the door across from the central room are locked.
-Twelve [[Mordor orc]]s, two [[orc shaman]]s, two [[ogre]]s, two [[troll]]s, and an [[orc-captain]] are placed randomly within the forest area outside of the temple, as well as eight random objects, two random [[potion]]s and a random [[weapon]]. Four hostile [[player monster]] [[Knight (player monster)|knights]] named Black Knights are stationed just outside the west and east doors of the temple at the marked locations, with [[plate mail]] on each one's square - they are also generated with the usual [[monster starting inventory]] for their role. Inside the temple, six [[clay golem]]s and three [[stone golem]]s are placed randomly in the exterior section, along with three random objects and two random weapons.
+Twelve [[Mordor orc]]s, two [[orc shaman]]s, two [[ogre]]s, two [[troll]]s, and an [[orc-captain]] are placed randomly within the forest area outside of the temple, as well as eight random objects, two random [[potion]]s and a random [[weapon]]. Four hostile [[doom knight]]s are stationed just outside the west and east doors of the temple at the marked locations.Inside the temple, six [[clay golem]]s and three [[stone golem]]s are placed randomly in the exterior section, along with three random objects and two random weapons.
 ==== Moving on ====

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-|[[Beholder]]
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-The Earth Temple is guarded by [[Lich, the Fiend of Earth]]. He is located on the downstairs in the outer section of the level. All walls are undiggable, and there is no way to get from the inside of the level to the outside while in the level itself.
+The Earth Temple is guarded by [[Lich, the Fiend of Earth]], {{brown|L}}. He is located on the downstairs in the outer section of the level. All walls are undiggable, and there is no way to get from the inside of the level to the outside while in the level itself.
-Lich's attacks are listed as summoning elemental (frost, fire, electricity) explosions at the player, warping space around the player (doing up to 100 damage, affected by both half physical and spell damage), paralyzing the player, and a deadly touch. Lich's symbol is an [[Lich (monster class)|L]].
+Lich's attacks are listed as summoning elemental (frost, fire, electricity) explosions at the player, warping space around the player (doing up to 100 damage, affected by both half physical and spell damage), paralyzing the player, and a deadly touch.
-[[Nightmare]] is located at a random spot in the level (either section), with her horn as a drop.  The Second Key of Chaos is also randomly placed (again, in either section).
+[[Nightmare (dNetHack)|Nightmare]] is located at a random spot in either section of the level, with [[Nighthorn (dNetHack)|her horn]] as a drop.  The Second Key of Chaos is also randomly placed (again, in either section).
 vampire lords, 4 vampires, 3 earth elementals, and 4 random Z are placed throughout the level. 6 random objects are also placed.

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-=== Earth Temple ===
+===Earth Temple===
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 =[[Ladder|{{brightblue|<u><</u>}}]]
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 |Random zombie
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 === Fire Temple ===

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-[[Category:dNetHack Chaos Quest]]
+[[Category:dNethack Chaos Quest]]

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-[[Category:DNethack Chaos Quest]]
+[[Category:dNetHack alignment quests]]