Vlad's Tower

Vlad's Tower is the home of Vlad the Impaler and is located in Gehennom. It consists of three levels connected by runged ladders. All levels in the branch are no-teleport. Only the middle level is eligible to leave bones files. Unlike the rest of Gehennom, prayer is permitted in the tower.

Vlad is located at the top level. All three levels contain many secret doors, traps, and several guaranteed items. The walls and floor of each level are undiggable.

Bottom level

    --- --- ---  
    |x| |x| |x|    
  ---S---S---S---
  |xS.........Sx|  
----|.........|----
|.>.|.........+...|
|.--|.........|--.|
|.|xS<........Sx|.|
|.---S---S---S---.|
|...|x|.|x|.|x|...|
---.---.---.---.---
  |.............|  
  ---------------  

There is a random dragon immediately inside the main door of the courtyard, and eight other random monsters on the level. Four of the ten niches marked 'x' will contain the following:

• long sword
• lock pick
• elven cloak
• blindfold

These niches will also contain random traps.

Middle level

  --- --- ---  
  |x| |x| |x|  
---S---S---S---
|xS.........Sx|
--|.------+----
  |......|.<|  
--------.|-----
|xS>.....+..Sx|
---S---S---S---
  |x| |x| |x|  
  --- --- ---  

The ten niches marked 'x' contain (one randomly assigned to each): two hell hound pups, a winter wolf, two random demons, and chests containing the following:

• amulet of life saving
• amulet of strangulation
• water walking boots
• crystal plate mail
• spellbook of invisibility

Top level

  --- --- ---  
  |x| |x| |x|  
---S---S---S---
|.......+.+...|
---+----|.|----
  |...\.|.+>|  
---+----|.|----
|.......+.+...|
---S---S---S---
  |x| |x| |x|  
  --- --- ---  

Vlad the Impaler, with the Candelabrum of Invocation, occupies the throne; a chest is behind it. Each of the six niches marked 'x' contains a random vampire and a chest.

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History

The modern form of Vlad's Tower first appeared in NetHack 3.1.0.

As early as NetHack 3.0.0, a different form of Vlad's Tower appeared embedded in Hell (which was quite different from Gehennom). Each of the three levels appeared embedded in a maze, much as the modern Wizard's Tower is, except that the lower level was directly accessible from the maze. The Candelabrum of Invocation did not yet exist, and the Wizard still carried the Amulet of Yendor. Consequently, taking on Vlad was strictly optional.