Ladder

Dungeon features
Air	_ Altar
# Corridor	# Cloud
#. Drawbridge	+-| Door
. Doorway	{ Fountain
| Headstone	.  Floor
>< Ladder	. Ice
# Iron bars	} Lava
} Moat	# Sink
Solid rock	>< Staircase
\ Throne	^" Trap
# Tree	- | Wall
~ Vibrating square

A ladder is a dungeon feature represented by < for an up ladder or > for a down ladder. A ladder behaves much like a staircase.

Generation

Ladders appear only in Vlad's Tower and the Wizard's Tower.

Differences from staircases

Objects dropped on a down ladder are more likely to fall down a level than objects dropped on a down staircase..