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There are usually two '''Chest RoomsWishing''' found randomly in is an opportunity to gain any single [[item]] of the [[Gloomy Cavesplayer]]. These are large square shaped rooms with two layers. The outer layer is easily accessible, but the inner layer has walls made of meteoric steel and contains a large treasure chest, containing 1 or 2 special items's choosing.

== Finding the Room Getting a wish ==* '''Scrolls''' - Use a scroll of detect material and detect Mithril, which will reveal the large chest inside the room.

* '''Exploration''' - Sometimes the chest room will be connected There are several ways to part of the main dungeon levelobtain a wish, such as shown in the above picture. Keep walking around until you have explored the entire level map and you might get lucky.including:

* '''Mining''' - A pickaxe can be used to dig through walls, allowing you to explore parts Reading a [[Scrolls|scroll of the level which aren't normally walkablewishing]]. Be warned that mining will rapidly make you hungry!

* '''Ethereal''' - Polymorph into a ghost via a Ring of Polymorph or zapping yourself with a Wand of Polymorph and you will be able to 'walk' (float) through walls and see in a 1-square radius around you. This is a much faster way to 'scout' for Chest RoomsRubbing an [[Light source|oil lamp]].

== Accessing * Using the Room ==(X) command in wizmode, through which you will gain 5 scrolls of wishing.

* '''Acid''' - A bottle full of [[Sulphuric acid]] or a Wand of Acid Rain will corrode the walls == What to rubble. These are fairly common items and a good way wish for a beginning player to gain access the chests. Just throw the bottle or zap the wand at the wall and after a couple dozen turns it will dissolve. Make sure to have strong acid protection before you walk through the puddle or the acid will melt your feet off! A poor man's version of this is to vomit on the wall. This obviously will not dissolve the wall, but will eventually cause the wall to rust which makes it easier to dig through.==

* '''Teleporation''' - With a scroll (or wand) of teleportation and with [[TeleControlIVAN]]has many useful items, you can land right on top of the chest. Pick up but the chest, teleport yourself back out, following are good and drop it. Be sure that you try rare enough to teleport in the exact middle of the inner chamber and be sure that you have a 'return ticket' (ie; 2 scrolls) to teleport out before you go in!prime candidates for wishing.

* ''WIP!'Tunneling''' - While very difficult it is not impossible to tunnel right through the meteoric steel walls. Use a [[Mithril]] or stronger pick axe.

* '''Explosions''' - A magical [[weapon]]: Way more powerful enough explosion will destroy than normal weapons. Some grant [[Status Effects]], other have special effects on hitting a foe. It is sometimes wiser to wish for a broken weapon instead of an intact one, since the game often generates better [[materials]] for broken items to compensate the walls outrightneed of repairing. Be careful though** Note that since [[Release 0.50.9]], as this [[artifact]]s are no longer wishable. You can damage the contents still wish for a number of the chest insidemagical weapons, though. Make use ** Good candidates for wishing are: [[Axe of Sharpness]], [[Banshee sickle]], [[Chilling axe]], [[Flaming sword]], [[backpack full of gun powder|backpacks full Rune sword]], [[Scythe of gun powderterror]], [[trap#landmines|minesTaiaha]] and , [[wandsThunder hammer]] , [[Whip of fireballs to get the job done.thievery]]

* '''Ethereal''' - Polymorph into a ghost as mentioned above[[Beast claw]]: A rare weapon using [[Unarmed Combat]] skill, then wait inside the room until you turn back into a human. A Ring of Polymorph is recommended might want to wish for it if you plan to use unarmed for this purposethe whole game.

* '''Kicking''' - You can kick A good [[helmet]]: Helmet of brilliance, helmet of piercing perception, or helmet of telepathy are probably the walls to rubble if you have truly insane leg strengthbest picks.

Once you get access to the chest, it's now a matter * [[Ring]] of opening it.[[Infravision]]

* '''Lock''' - These chests require special keys that are very hard [[Ring]] of [[Polymorph|Polymorph Control]]: Very useful if you happen to get have a hold way of[[polymorph]]ing. If Note that being very powerful may cause tough monsters like [[Dark Mage]]s to spawn, which is not nice if you encounter them after you somehow have the key, use it!returned to your original form.

* '''Kicking''' - It's much easier to kick the chest. Make sure it is set against a wall. If it's inside the inner room still, that will be fine. If you use the scrolls method to get it, make sure you drop it next to a wall. Then kick it into the wall until the lock breaks. You will need very strong legs and tough boots for this. Note that this may shatter fragile items inside, which is all the worse since it usually contains extremely valuable items.[[Ring]] of [[Teleport|Teleport Control]]

* '''Change Material''' - You can always change the material into something softer. You will still need to kick it if Ring of Detection: Randomly prompts you don't have the key, but it won't require as much leg strength. An easy way to do this is to get Loraticus angry at you and wield the chest as pick a weapon. Pray [[material]] to Loraticus and he will most likely change it into banana fleshdetect. This is much more useful than wasting a scroll of change materialVery handy.

* '''Wand Ring of Polymorph''' - Polymorphing the chest will work on the chest itselfUnchanging: If you acquired a powerful polymorph form (eg. from prayer to [[Scabies]]), revealing its content without altering this ring allows you to retain itindefinitely.

* '''Wand [[Amulets|Amulet of Striking'Life Saving]]: Basically gives you a second life. That'' - One zap is usually enough to break the lock, at the severe risk of damaging the contentss a *lot*.

* [[Amulets|Amulet of Elemental Protection]]: Grants resistance to all [[damage|elements]]. As you can be easily obliterated by any [[Trap#Landmine|mine]] in the [[Gloomy Caves]], this may save your life. * [[Amulets|Amulet of Magic Breath]]: Immunity to gases *and* swimming! * [[Amulets|Amulet of Phasing]]: Walk through walls freely! Note however that this amulet is temporary and will eventually disappear. Thus it should only be wished if you really need to be able to outrun and outmaneuver any monster for a while. * [[Amulets|Amulet of Disease Immunity]]: [[Leprosy]] shall scare you no more! * [[Body armor|Armor of Great Health]]: If you have scrolls of enchant armor, this gives a huge boost to your [[HP]]s. Again, a broken one may have a better material, but usually you want to use a scroll of change material for this one, anyway. * [[Belts|Belt of Levitation]] or [[Cloaks|Cloak of Flying]]: You're flying as long as you have this equipped. Makes you tougher to hit and nearly immune to [[Trap|bear traps and mines]]. Make sure something doesn't step on a mine if you'Explosionsre near one, though; you can still be hit by the blast. * [[Tools#Pickaxes|Pickaxe]]: Your source of unlimited digging. [[Polypiling]] for one may be better, though. * [[Holy Handgrenade of Antioch]]: Obliterates almost any foe in a single *KABOOM*. === Magic Items === * [[Scroll of Change Material]]: This is a great way of improving your gear and limbs. Which [[materials]] you can wish for depends on your [[intelligence]]; thus you may wish to [[polymorph]] to a more intelligent [[Monsters|monster]] before using this. Good materials include eg. [[Phoenix Feather]], [[Mithril]] and [[Octiron]]. * [[Scrolls|Scroll of Body Switch]]: Switch bodies with a powerful monster and get all their abilities! * [[Scrolls|Scroll of Taming]]: There is nothing like good [[pets]] but do not try to use this on any quest monster. * [[Scrolls|Scroll of Immolation]]: You will be able to send a fireball even through walls with this scroll. Sadly, it only works once per scroll, so it's best paired with a [[Wand of Cloning]]. * [[Scrolls|Scroll of Charging]]: If you have a good [[wand]] and want it recharged for further use. * [[Wand of Cloning]]: These by themselves are not useful, but if you do have some other useful item to clone, this is worth its weight in gold. With one charge you can clone a pile of five items. Note that certain items like wands of cloning, scrolls of wishing or scrolls of charging cannot be cloned because this could be abused. It is therefore sometimes wise to drop more than five items in pile in case the game doesn'' - as t allow some to be cloned. If you have a powerful pet like [[Ivan]] or a [[mammoth]], you may lure it abovethe items so it will be cloned, too. You can also stand on the item pile and zap yourself, a powerful enough explosion in which case you will be copied along with obliterate the lockstack. Note that when cloning a pet or yourself, at the risk clone will be born without any equipment and only four items under it will be copied. * [[Wand of Polymorph]]: Especially early in a game, you can use this wand for [[polypiling]] to quickly gather resources. * [[Wand of Resurrection]]: If you have managed to get a unique monster as a pet, this may be extremely useful. It may also be used to quickly replace lost limbs. * [[Holy Banana of Oily Orpiv]]: Has terrific explosive power which can aid you in boss battles. Also trains all [[attributes]] when eaten. Be sure to store this in a hard container like [[Container|strongbox]], because if it explodes in your inventory, you're in BIG trouble. * [[Musical Instrument|Magical Whistle]]: Handling more than two pets is almost impossible without this. * [[Musical Instrument|Lyre of Charm]]: * A magical [[horn]]: Either horn of healing, or horn of plenty. * [[Sol Stone]] * [[Large and Mysterious Saga of damaging the contentsPantheon]] * [[Celestial Monograph of Solicitus]] == What not to wish for == * Money: You get [[Valuables|50 million roubles]] which sells for just 2 gold pieces. * [[Category:WorldsBanana|Gun]] or [[Carrot|Bazooka]] * skeleton key: You just get a fish skeleton. [[Category:Gloomy CavesGame Mechanics]]