Boulder

A boulder is a huge stone, represented by an '. They can be used to block corridors, doorways and pits. Boulders are especially useful for crossing water: push them into water and they will create new dry land for you to walk. Giants may also pick the up and throw them - no other monster is strong enough to do that.

Boulders are sometimes found in traps, where there is a hidden switch that triggers a rolling boulder, that may crush the player. They can also be summoned by using a scroll of earth. To get past a boulder, the player may break it into stones with a pickaxe. It is also possible to drop every item from the inventory and squeeze past it.