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| − | Why am i doing this? I don't know, I haven | + | Why am i doing this? I don't know, I haven't played IVAN in a long time and the community has dwindled but I think there are still some of you out there who haven't won yet or haven't won with no artificial limbs so this is for you. |
| − | This is more a set of strategies that can be applied than an actual | + | This is more a set of strategies that can be applied than an actual walkthrough due to the randomness of IVAN. My style of playing is "no artificial limbs, no ommel cerumen cheats". Other than that I'll try to structure this somewhat chronologically and somewhat categorically by strategies (i.e. stat building, weapons choice, combat, gods, scroll and wand use). |
| + | =Walk thru (Slob style)= | ||
| + | (I'll start small and just make this a walkthru to deliver the scroll) | ||
| + | ==First the super short version== | ||
| + | # explore UT until you find a bunch of mushrooms | ||
| + | # kill them and carry their corpses to the UT1 up stairs | ||
| + | # eat them and hope for levitation | ||
| + | # drinking from fountains works too | ||
| + | # go up the stairs | ||
| + | # use the look command to locate Attnam | ||
| + | # fly towards it | ||
| + | # deliver the scroll! | ||
| − | + | ==Now the not so super short version== | |
| − | + | ====New Attnam==== | |
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-grab a lantern | -grab a lantern | ||
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- leave town and enter the underwater tunnel | - leave town and enter the underwater tunnel | ||
| − | UT1 (again) | + | ====UT1 (again)==== |
Exploration | Exploration | ||
- you are naked! Be very careful especially of hedgehogs | - you are naked! Be very careful especially of hedgehogs | ||
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| − | Weapons | + | =Assorted tips= |
| + | ====Weapons==== | ||
- grab the first weapon you find and equip it provided it is not super crappy | - grab the first weapon you find and equip it provided it is not super crappy | ||
- upgrade weapon as you find better ones, weapon class does ot matter at this point- survival matters | - upgrade weapon as you find better ones, weapon class does ot matter at this point- survival matters | ||
| − | Armour | + | ====Armour==== |
-grab and equip the any armour you | -grab and equip the any armour you | ||
- upgrade armour as you find better stuff - i prefer armour that doesn't slow me down | - upgrade armour as you find better stuff - i prefer armour that doesn't slow me down | ||
| − | Food | + | ====Food==== |
-eat all uncanned food you find as you find it until you have a safe food source | -eat all uncanned food you find as you find it until you have a safe food source | ||
-save canned food for emergencies | -save canned food for emergencies | ||
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-save school food for later | -save school food for later | ||
| − | Inventory management | + | ====Inventory management==== |
-pick up everything you find until you are burdened and then drop a cache of the heaviest/least valuable items | -pick up everything you find until you are burdened and then drop a cache of the heaviest/least valuable items | ||
-when possible drop dangerous/valuable items in chests (sure you can't use that steel plate mail or iron scimitar +1 if you are too weak but do you really want a kobold or zombie to use them) | -when possible drop dangerous/valuable items in chests (sure you can't use that steel plate mail or iron scimitar +1 if you are too weak but do you really want a kobold or zombie to use them) | ||
-keep important items with you at all times once you find them | -keep important items with you at all times once you find them | ||
| − | + | ====Important items==== | |
| + | - any form of teleportation (wand is best, scroll is second, ring third) | ||
- healing potions | - healing potions | ||
| − | -any rings especially don;t leave rings of polymorph laying around unless you want to fight mammoths or mistress warladys on UT1 | + | - any rings especially don;t leave rings of polymorph laying around unless you want to fight mammoths or mistress warladys on UT1 |
- a strongbox or small chest to keep wands in | - a strongbox or small chest to keep wands in | ||
| − | Combat | + | ====Combat==== |
- avoid non mobile enemies- come back and kil them later | - avoid non mobile enemies- come back and kil them later | ||
| − | + | - use the run command as soon as you are 2 squares away from enemy | |
| − | use the run command as soon as you are 2 squares away from enemy | + | - always use the look command to examine humanoid enemies |
| − | -always use the look command to examine humanoid enemies | ||
- if that zombie/kobold has a dangerours weapon then run (until you are well equipped) | - if that zombie/kobold has a dangerours weapon then run (until you are well equipped) | ||
| − | -use the trap strategy with you banana peels untill you are well equipped | + | - use the trap strategy with you banana peels untill you are well equipped |
| − | -it is safe to figt hedgehogs once you have gauntlets | + | - it is safe to figt hedgehogs once you have gauntlets |
| − | run away if you get hurt. | + | - run away if you get hurt. |
| − | Healing | + | ====Healing==== |
go up to NA to scitalk and build CHA while you heal | go up to NA to scitalk and build CHA while you heal | ||
| − | + | ====Trap strategy==== | |
| − | Trap strategy | ||
-when fighting or running from an enemy traps can give you a slight to huge advantage | -when fighting or running from an enemy traps can give you a slight to huge advantage | ||
set trap (banana peel, broken bottle, beartrap) | set trap (banana peel, broken bottle, beartrap) | ||
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don set bear traps if you are running away | don set bear traps if you are running away | ||
| − | Chests | + | ====Chests==== |
use chests to store valuables in to keep yourself unburdened | use chests to store valuables in to keep yourself unburdened | ||
carry a small chest or better yet a strongbox to store breakable burnable valuables in | carry a small chest or better yet a strongbox to store breakable burnable valuables in | ||
Revision as of 15:09, 31 July 2010
Spoiler Warning: This page contains spoilers which may affect your IVAN experience negatively
Why am i doing this? I don't know, I haven't played IVAN in a long time and the community has dwindled but I think there are still some of you out there who haven't won yet or haven't won with no artificial limbs so this is for you.
This is more a set of strategies that can be applied than an actual walkthrough due to the randomness of IVAN. My style of playing is "no artificial limbs, no ommel cerumen cheats". Other than that I'll try to structure this somewhat chronologically and somewhat categorically by strategies (i.e. stat building, weapons choice, combat, gods, scroll and wand use).
Contents
Walk thru (Slob style)
(I'll start small and just make this a walkthru to deliver the scroll)
First the super short version
- explore UT until you find a bunch of mushrooms
- kill them and carry their corpses to the UT1 up stairs
- eat them and hope for levitation
- drinking from fountains works too
- go up the stairs
- use the look command to locate Attnam
- fly towards it
- deliver the scroll!
Now the not so super short version
New Attnam
-grab a lantern -go up the stairs -enter new attnam -tell Kenny not to follow you (he eats things and interferes with sci-talking) -go down and chat to banana growers as they pass moving towards the BG encourager (requires 10 Wis) -chat to BG encourager when not chatting to banana growers - when a BG goes up to drop of food for Huang Ming Pong block his door with BG inside - now you can just hold c to chat - chat until another BG comes then allow them to change places -do this until you get 2 wis and one intelligence boost - if this takes less than 1000 turns then you are smart and will always gain Int and wis quickly - if this takes more than 2500 turns then you are a moron - grab piles of banana peels when HMP finishes eating they come in handy later - leave town and enter the underwater tunnel
UT1 (again)
Exploration - you are naked! Be very careful especially of hedgehogs - go one step at a time, holding down a direction key leads to death - don;t waste time somewhere on the level a carrot is rotting or a hedgehog is eating a can of ommel cerumen
Assorted tips
Weapons
- grab the first weapon you find and equip it provided it is not super crappy - upgrade weapon as you find better ones, weapon class does ot matter at this point- survival matters
Armour
-grab and equip the any armour you - upgrade armour as you find better stuff - i prefer armour that doesn't slow me down
Food
-eat all uncanned food you find as you find it until you have a safe food source -save canned food for emergencies -troll blood/healing potions can be used as food in emergencies -save school food for later
Inventory management
-pick up everything you find until you are burdened and then drop a cache of the heaviest/least valuable items -when possible drop dangerous/valuable items in chests (sure you can't use that steel plate mail or iron scimitar +1 if you are too weak but do you really want a kobold or zombie to use them) -keep important items with you at all times once you find them
Important items
- any form of teleportation (wand is best, scroll is second, ring third) - healing potions - any rings especially don;t leave rings of polymorph laying around unless you want to fight mammoths or mistress warladys on UT1 - a strongbox or small chest to keep wands in
Combat
- avoid non mobile enemies- come back and kil them later - use the run command as soon as you are 2 squares away from enemy - always use the look command to examine humanoid enemies - if that zombie/kobold has a dangerours weapon then run (until you are well equipped) - use the trap strategy with you banana peels untill you are well equipped - it is safe to figt hedgehogs once you have gauntlets - run away if you get hurt.
Healing
go up to NA to scitalk and build CHA while you heal
Trap strategy
-when fighting or running from an enemy traps can give you a slight to huge advantage set trap (banana peel, broken bottle, beartrap) move so that enemy walks into trap to get a slight to huge advantage advantage. I once faced a kobold with a vermis when unarmed and un armoured - I ran a dropped banana peels as he chased me. He slipped on a peel severed his vermis arm panicked and ran away :) don set bear traps if you are running away
Chests
use chests to store valuables in to keep yourself unburdened carry a small chest or better yet a strongbox to store breakable burnable valuables in
I might never finish this.....
slob
