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| − | '''The protection racket''' is a strategy for reaching [[Minetown]] at experience level 1 with lots of gold and purchasing a large amount of divine [[protection]] for a small amount. | + | '''The protection racket''' is a strategy for reaching the [[temple]] in [[Minetown]] at experience level 1 with lots of gold and purchasing a large amount of divine [[protection]] for a small amount. |
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The stairs to the [[Gnomish Mines]] can be found on [[dungeon level]] 2, 3, or 4. On dungeon level 1, take the down staircase as soon as you find it. If you make it to dungeon level 5 without finding the mines, you've gone to far and must go back. | The stairs to the [[Gnomish Mines]] can be found on [[dungeon level]] 2, 3, or 4. On dungeon level 1, take the down staircase as soon as you find it. If you make it to dungeon level 5 without finding the mines, you've gone to far and must go back. | ||
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| + | ===Determine how much gold you need=== | ||
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| + | Devine protection costs your level times 400, but not more than 600. That means if you make it to the temple at level 1, you'll only need to spend 400 gold for every 2 to 4 points of protection (it's random) up to 9. After you have bought 9 protection points, you can only gain 1 point at a time until you have 20, at which point you only have a 1-in-protection chance to gain another point for every 400 gold spent. | ||
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| + | In other words, you'll want to have about 8,000 gold when you get to the temple to get the most protection you can. | ||
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| + | To donate the gold for protection, #[[chat]] with the [[aligned priest|priest]]. He will ask you how much gold you want to donate. | ||
===Getting the gold=== | ===Getting the gold=== | ||
Revision as of 05:30, 10 January 2007
The protection racket is a strategy for reaching the temple in Minetown at experience level 1 with lots of gold and purchasing a large amount of divine protection for a small amount.
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Strategy
Use of your starting pet is essential, as killing monsters yourself will soon raise your level, and not killing them will result in your swift death. Healers are widely considered best for this task, as the healing spell can be used to keep your pet alive while they do the fighting. Gnomish Healers have an extra advantage: more of the monsters in the mines will be peaceful.
The stairs to the Gnomish Mines can be found on dungeon level 2, 3, or 4. On dungeon level 1, take the down staircase as soon as you find it. If you make it to dungeon level 5 without finding the mines, you've gone to far and must go back.
Determine how much gold you need
Devine protection costs your level times 400, but not more than 600. That means if you make it to the temple at level 1, you'll only need to spend 400 gold for every 2 to 4 points of protection (it's random) up to 9. After you have bought 9 protection points, you can only gain 1 point at a time until you have 20, at which point you only have a 1-in-protection chance to gain another point for every 400 gold spent.
In other words, you'll want to have about 8,000 gold when you get to the temple to get the most protection you can.
To donate the gold for protection, #chat with the priest. He will ask you how much gold you want to donate.
Getting the gold
There are many ways to get the gold you need:
- Start as a healer. Healers start with a large amount of gold to donate to the Minetown priest.
- Credit clone. That might not be a viable option if you don't have enough food, and some might consider it cheating.
- Loot vaults. You'll need some means of digging and maybe a scroll of magic mapping or two. Other means of finding a vault can be found on the vault page.
- Sell junk to shopkeepers. This requires extensive knowledge of item values since you don't want to carry 20 items to a shop just to find out they are only worth 1 gold each.
What to do after
- It might be a good idea to make your way back to the top of the dungeon and explore the rooms you haven't been in yet. You never know what you might find.
- Sokoban is also a good choice as the next step.
No matter what you choose to do, the extra AC you got from protection will be a big help in keeping you alive through the rest of the game.
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Other information
For characters other than gnomish Healers, the chances of surviving the protection racket are slim, and hence it is a metastrategy. Conversely, it is arguable that the protection racket is actually the best strategy for gnomish Healers.
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