👉 The Underground Castle is a heavily fortified military installation that guards the entrance to Gehennom and houses the legendary wand of wishing.
Location: Located at the bottom of /Dungeon/The Dungeons of Doom (typically levels 24–25).
The Underground Castle is the major mid-game milestone.
Characteristics 🏰
- Layout: A massive, moated castle occupying the center of the level, adorned with red carpets and red banners. The only entrance is a retractable drawbridge.
- Inhabitants: The castle is garrisoned by hordes of soldiers, lieutenants, captains, and four dragons guarding the storerooms. The throne room is guarded by a gazer and decorated with statues of various racial kings (dwarf, elf, gnome, gnoll).
- Amenities: The castle features a smithy and two NPC rooms inhabited by a hermit and an artificer.
- The Gate to Gehennom: The back exit of the castle contains the stairs leading to Gehennom, ominously marked with a sign "Keep Out - Gate to Gehennom Closed". The gate is guarded by skeleton kings and fire traps.
- Loot: Deep inside the castle lies a chest containing a guaranteed wand of wishing.
Entrance
The moat is filled with dangerous aquatic monsters. The safest way into the castle is through the drawbridge or levitating to the back entrace.
The Drawbridge
- Opening the Bridge: The bridge can be lowered by playing the correct 5-note tune on a musical instrument. The tune can be learned by paying the Oracle for a major consultation, or by brute-forcing it.
- Destroying the Bridge: A wand of striking will shatter the drawbridge.