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The Mazes of Menace is the collective name for all the levels in the game. They can contain up to 81 levels, but not all will be present in every game.
Contents
Map
This diagram shows which dungeon levels the various special levels and branches can appear on. A branch is signified with a --. The Dungeons of Doom and Gehennom are technically branches, but appear contiguously as the main branch of the game.
Also note that, although they are not special levels per se, any levels between Medusa and The Castle have a 4/5 probability of being Mazes.
|-5 |Astral |-4 |Water |-3 |Fire |-2 |Air |-1 |Earth | 1 --/ \ | 2 \ |--Dungeons of Doom | 3 |------------------|Gnomish Mines | | 4 / | | | 5 \ |soko4 | \Minetown | | 6 |Oracle \ |soko3 | / | | 7 | | |soko2 | | | 8 | |--|soko1 | | | 9 / | | | |10 / \ | \Mines' End | |11 \ \ |BigRm | / | |12 |--Ludios | / | |13 | | | |14 | |--|Quest home | |15 | \ | | | |16 | |Rogue / |Quest locate | |17 | | | | |18 | / | \Quest goal | |19 | | / | |20 | | |21 | \ | |22 | |Medusa | |23 | | | |24 | | | |25 | | \ | |26 | | |Castle \ | \ |27 / | | |Valley \ | |--Gehennom |28 / | | |Asmodeus | | |29 / | \ | / | |30 / |Juiblex | | |31 | | \ | |32 | | |Baalzebub | |33 |Vlad3 | | | | |34 \ |Vlad2 | | | | |35 |--|Vlad1 | \ | | | |36 | / |Orcus / | \ | |37 | | | |WizTower | |38 | | / | | |39 | | | | |40 | \ | | | |41 | |FakeWiz | | | |42 / | | | | |43 | | | | |44 | \ / | | |45 | |VibSq \ | | |46 | | |Sanctum | | |47 | | | / | |48 | | | | |49 | | | | |50 | | | | |51 / | | | |52 / | | |53 / /
Properties
The following table lists the properties of the levels.
| Branch | Level | Dungeon level | Bones eligible? | Mappable? | Teleportable? | Levelportable? | Diggable floor? | Diggable walls? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End Game | Astral Plane | -5 | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Plane of Water | -4 | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Plane of Fire | -3 | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Plane of Air | -2 | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Plane of Earth | -1 | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Dungeons of Doom | (Ordinary level) | 1-28 | Yes (except 1-3) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Oracle | 5-9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Big Room | 10-12 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Rogue | 15-18 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Medusa's Island | 21-28 | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | varies[note 1] | |
| Castle | 25-29 | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Only in maze section | |
| Gnomish Mines | (Ordinary level) | 3-12 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Minetown | 5-8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Mines' End | 10-13 | No | varies[note 2] | Yes | Yes | No | varies[note 3] | |
| Sokoban | (Sokoban levels) | 2-9 | No | Pre-mapped | No | No | Yes | No |
| Quest | Filler levels | 12-20 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Home level | 11-16 | No | varies[note 4] | No | Yes | No | No | |
| Locate level | 13-18 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | varies[note 5] | ||
| Goal level | 15-21 | No | Yes | varies[note 6] | Yes | No | ||
| Fort Ludios | 11-27 | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| Gehennom | (Ordinary level) | 27-51 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Valley of the Dead | 26-30 | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
| Asmodeus' Lair | 27-36 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Not in Asmodeus' chamber | |
| Juiblex's swamp | 29-36 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Baalzebub's Lair | 31-38 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Not in Baalzebub's chamber | |
| Orcus-town | 35-44 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Wizard's Tower (top and bottom level) | 36-47 | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Outside and small center only | |
| Wizard's Tower (middle level) | 37-46 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Only in maze section | |
| Fake Wizard's Tower | 40-51 | Non-portal level only | Yes | Yes[note 7] | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vibrating square | 44-52 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Moloch's Sanctum | 45-53 | No | No | No | Yes [note 8] | No | No | |
| Vlad's Tower | (Vlad tower levels) | 31-41 | Middle level only | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
- ↑ Diggable only on unimportant wall sections
- ↑ The Catacombs variant is unmappable; the other variants are mappable.
- ↑ The Catacombs variant has diggable walls except for some undiggable areas; the wine cellar variant only has a diggable area in the upper right; the mimic variant is undiggable.
- ↑ Yes for everyone except rogues
- ↑ Yes for rogues and monks; no for everyone else
- ↑ Yes for everyone except rogues and Samurai
- ↑ Cannot teleport into the tower.
- ↑ Only accessible after invocation
Interdependence
Whenever there are several possibilities for the length of a branch, the depth of a branch entrance, or a special level, they are
- measured from the top of the parent branch,
- are equally likely,
- are independent of all the other choices made in this graph.
Exceptions are:
- Mines' End is the lowest mines level.
- Sokoban always branches off just below the Oracle.
- The quest portal is always 6-7 levels below the Oracle.
- The depth of Fort Ludios is complicated, see its article.
- Medusa's Island is 1-4 levels above the Castle.
- The Castle is the deepest level in the Dungeons of Doom.
- The Valley of the Dead is the topmost level of Gehennom and is always the level directly below the Castle.
- The demon lord levels (Asmodeus' Lair, Baalzebub's Lair, Juiblex's Swamp and Orcus-town) are always in Gehennom and therefore lower than the Valley.
- The Vibrating Square is the deepest accessible level of Gehennom. Moloch's Sanctum is immediately below, and both fake towers are 1-4 levels above.
Each level can be special in at most one way, and (additionally) host at most one branch entrance. For example, this means the stairs to Vlad's Tower can be located on any special level except Juiblex' swamp and both Fake Wizard's Towers.
Variants
UnNetHack
UnNetHack adds to the dungeon with new dungeon branches as well amid some other minor tweaks. As of the 5.1.0 release these include the Nymph Level, the Ruins of Moria, an improved black market, the Town branch, the Dragon Caves, and the Icy Sheol.
Map
|-5 |Astral |-4 |Elemental Plane 4 (The planes of Fire, |-3 |Elemental Plane 3 Water, Air, and |-2 |Elemental Plane 2 Earth occur in a |-1 |Elemental Plane 1 random order.) | 1 --/ \ | 2 \ |--Dungeons of Doom | 3 |-------------------------------|Gnomish Mines | | 4 / | | | 5 \ \ | \Minetown | | 6 | |Oracle \ |soko3 | / | | 7 | | \ | |soko2 | | | 8 | | | |Town2 |--|soko1 | | | 9 | / |--|Town1 | | | |10 |--Nymphs | / \ | \Mines' End | |11 | \ | \ |BigRm | / | |12 | |--Ludios / |Moria6 | / | |13 | | |Moria5 | | |14 / | |Moria4 |--|Quest home | |15 | \ |Moria3 | | | |16 | |Rogue \ |Moria2 / |Quest locate | |17 | | |--|Moria1 | | |18 | / | | \Quest goal | |19 | / | / | |20 | \ | |21 | \ | Black Market | |22 | |Medusa | | |23 | | | | |24 | | / | |25 | | \ | \ |26 | | |Castle \ | | |27 / | | |Valley \ | |--Gehennom |28 / | | |Asmodeus | | |29 / | \ | / | |30 / |Juiblex | | |31 | | \ | |32 | | |Baalzebub | |33 |Vlad3 | | | | |34 \ |Vlad2 | | | | |35 |--|Vlad1 \ | \ | | | |36 | |--|Dragon1 / |Orcus / | \ | |37 | | |Dragon2 | | |WizTower | |38 | | |Dragon3 | / | | |39 | | \|Dragon4 | | | |40 | \ | |--|Sheol | | | |41 | |FakeWiz | | |Mid | | | |42 / | | | | | | | |43 | / | | | | | |44 | \ | | / | | |45 | |VibSq \ | | | | |46 | | | / |Palace1 | | |47 | | | |Palace2 / | |48 | | |Sanctum | |49 | | | | |50 | | | | |51 / | | | |52 / | | |53 / /
SLASH'EM
The layout of the Mazes of Menace differs significantly in SLASH'EM due to an expanded Dungeons of Doom, a shortened Gehennom, and many new dungeon branches.
Map
|-5 |Astral |-4 |Water |-3 |Fire |-2 |Air |-1 |Earth | 1 --/ \ | 2 \ |--Dungeons of Doom | 3 |------------------|Gnomish Mines | | 4 / | | | 5 \Mall | \Minetown | | 6 / |soko4 | / | | 7 \ |soko3 | | | 8 |Oracle \ |soko2 | | | 9 / |--|soko1 | | |10 \Rats / | \Mines' End | |11 \ / \Kobolds | / \Mine King | |12 | / \--Grund's | / | |13 | / | |14 |--Ludios | |15 | \ \ \ \ | |16 | |--Law |--Neu |--Cha |--|Quest home | |17 | | | | | | | |18 | | | | | |Locate | |19 | / \Sto / / / | | |20 | | \ \--Wyrms |\Goal | |21 | | |Big / \ |/ | |22 | | | \--One-eyed Sam |--Lost Tomb | |23 | | | / \Nymphs | | |24 | | | / / | |25 | | | | |26 | / / \ \ | |27 | |--Spiders |Guild | |28 | | \ | | |29 | / |--Sunless | | |30 | | | | |31 | / / | |32 | \ \ | |33 | |--Giants | | |34 | | |--Moloch | |35 | / / | |36 | | |37 | | |38 | \ | |39 | |Medusa | |40 | | | |41 | | | |42 | | \ | |43 | | |Castle \ | \ |44 / | | |Valley \ | |--Gehennom |45 \ / | \ | |Juiblex | | |46 | | | | |Yeenoghu | | |47 | / | | |Orcus / | |48 | | / |Demogorgon | |49 | | | \ | |50 | |Vlad3 | | |WizTower | |51 | |Vlad2 | | | | |52 |--|Vlad1 |--Frank | | \ | |53 | | / | |Baalzebub | |54 | | | |Geryon | |55 | | | |Dispater | |56 | | / |Asmodeus | |57 | | |FakeWiz1 | |58 | \ | |FakeWiz2 | |59 / |VibSq / \ | | |60 | | | | |61 | | | | |62 | | / | |63 / |Sanctum | |64 / /
dNetHack
Map
This map is not to scale.
\ \ | Astral | Water | Fire | Air | Earth /\ / || Vlad's Throne Room \ || /\ \Dungeons of Doom ||\ ||Arcadia Donjon | \/ The Windowless Tower || | /\/ || | || ||Arcadia Castle |---------------------------The Gnomish Mines-|| || |Delphi || ||Arcadia Forest |-------Sokoban /\ ||Minetown || |--------------------------The Quest-||Home || ||The Dungeon of Ill-Regard | /\ || ||Minesend || |-The Chaos Quest-||Ruined Temple ||Locate \/ ||The Paths of Law |------------O || || O----------The Law Quest-|| | ||Nightmare Temple ||Goal /\ \/ |-------------O || \/ O---The Neutral Quest||Gate Town | ||Earth Temple || /\ |-Fort Ludios ||Fire Temple ||Outlands Rings----|| Shrouded Dispensary |-The Lost Tomb ||Water Temple || \/ |-The Sea ||Air Temple ||The Spire |-The Evil Temple ||Chaos Temple ||Sum-of-All | \/ || | ||Lethe Waterway | || |Medusa's Island ||Gates of N'kai | || |The Castle ||Gulf of N'kai / || /\_____Gehennom_____ ||Drowned City of R'lyeh |The Valley of the Dead \/ | |The Endless Staircase | |The Wizard's Tower |Abyss: Baphomet, Yeenoghu, Juiblex, Zuggutmoy, or Pale Night |Fake Tower |Upper Hell: Avernus, Dis, Minauros, or Phlegethos |Abyss: Malcanthet, Graz'zt, or Orcus |Fake Tower |Lower Hell: Stygia, Malbolge, Maladomini, or Cania |Abyss: Demogorgon or Dagon |Fake Tower |Asmodeus's Palace in Nessus |Vibrating Square |Moloch's Sanctum / /
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