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The Dark Project

2014-01-17T21:18:18Z

DaveMc:

'''''The Dark Project''''' is a special dungeon that serves as the {{c|Thief}} bronze [[Class Challenges|challenge]].

== Preparations ==
No preparations are allowed in this challenge.

== Special Rules ==
In this challenge, you are incapable of leveling up! As a result, no matter how many monsters you kill, you will remain level 1. However, every enemy slain drops a special pendant that grants +1 damage and +1 HP.

In addition to this, the map contrains "trapped chests". These chests deal damage and always strike first, so you need to find a way to survive them. Each chest contains a different prize:

*'''Level 1''': {{s|GETINDARE}} glyph (special: costs 7 mana instead of 3)
*'''Level 2''': {{i|Pendant of Health}} item
*'''Level 3''': {{s|BURNDAYRAZ}} glyph
*'''Level 4''': {{i|Fine Sword}} item
*'''Level 5''': {{s|WEYTWUT}} glyph

The level 1 chest always starts right next to your position, and breaking it open should be the first thing you do.

== The Boss ==
The boss of the Dark Project has 50 HP, 100 damage, and first strike. It is not possible to attain enough health bonuses to survive this, so you will need to kill him by other means. It is entirely possible to build up enough damage to 1-hit-KO the boss (given that you use WEYTWUT first to negate his First Strike), meaning that you technically do not need to open any chests after the first.

== Strategy ==
The goal of this level is to efficiently gather up +1 tokens to increase your power and open the level 3 and level 5 treasure chests. In general the level 2 and 4 chests are not as helpful since your inventory will be filled with much more practical +1 tokens. If you can open them early then they can help you take on stronger enemies and treasure chests, but if you can't open them early it's better off leaving them alone and spending your attention elsewhere.

Overall this level is not very difficult unless you get very unlucky and waste lots of exploration space. So long as you have enemies to attack so you can keep building up more tokens, it's one of the easiest challenges.

Talk:The Dark Project

2014-01-17T21:17:39Z

DaveMc: Blanked the page

Talk:The Dark Project

2014-01-17T21:17:24Z

DaveMc:

Could I ask about the statement "It is entirely possible to build up enough damage to 1-hit-KO the boss, meaning that you technically do not need to open any chests after the first", which appears in "The Boss"? As far as I can see, this isn't the case: the boss has First Strike, so there's no such thing as a 1-hit-KO against it, is there? I'm looking at a game right now where my Thief has a damage of 39, and 39*1.3 (bonus vs. full-health enemy) is 50.6, so that would be a 1-hit kill ... but the result is Death, not Win. Because of that First Strike business.

Am I missing something, or can we just delete that claim as an error? [Oh, wait, never mind: You have to WEYTWUT the boss, first. OK. :) ]

Talk:The Dark Project

2014-01-17T21:15:29Z

DaveMc: Created page with "Could I ask about the statement "It is entirely possible to build up enough damage to 1-hit-KO the boss, meaning that you technically do not need to open any chests after the fir..."