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‎The basics of the basics

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ZombieXXL: /* The basics of the basics */

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‎The basics of the basics

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 === Conversion points ===
-Converting objects will give you some bonus depending on your race. You can convert glyphs and potions form the floor, but you have to purchase items from the shops before you can convert them.
+Converting objects will give you some bonus depending on your race. You can convert glyphs and potions from the floor, but you have to purchase items from the shops before you can convert them.
 You can also convert stuff without minding the bonus if you really want some inventory space for other things.

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 *Try to '''kill monsters''' which are '''[[New Players Guide#Gaining Levels|higher level than you]]'''. It will give you bonus experience, and you will need it.
 *Use '''glyphs''' (spells) with any character you play, regardless of the class name. The {{c|Fighter}} is a better spellcaster than he is a "fighter". Not using glyphs will make it quite difficult to kill higher level enemies. {{s|BURNDAYRAZ}}, a direct damage glyph, always spawns on every run.
-*'''[[New Players Guide#Healing and Restoring Mana|Explore wisely]]''' : unexplored tiles or '''blackspace''' can be a valuable resource.
+*'''[[New Players Guide#Healing and Restoring Mana|Explore wisely]]''': unexplored tiles or '''blackspace''' can be a valuable resource.
 *'''[[New Players Guide#Monster Health Regeneration|Monsters heal]]''' when you are '''exploring'''! So, unless you know that you can heal faster than they do, don't explore during a fight, and try to fully heal before your fight.
 *'''[[New Players Guide#Mid fight level-up|Leveling up]]''' will restore your '''health and mana'''. Killing low level monsters during a tough fight to refill both your health and mana is one of the cornerstones of DD play.
 *'''Prepare''' for your fights! Using glyphs like {{s|BYSSEPS}} or {{s|ENDISWAL}} and then exploring a few tiles before the fight will have you start it with a bonus and full health and mana.
-*'''Read''' the combat '''prediction'''. When hovering a monster the game predicts next blow result. It would be silly not to read that! It also predicts how hits you will have to give to kill the monster. It is extremely useful...
+*'''Read''' the combat '''prediction'''. When hovering a monster the game predicts next blow result. It would be silly not to read that! It also predicts how many hits you will have to give to kill the monster. It is extremely useful...
 Now, you can keep going for some more detailed advice

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 *Try to '''kill monsters''' which are '''[[New Players Guide#Gaining Levels|higher level than you]]'''. It will give you bonus experience, and you will need it.
 *Use '''glyphs''' (spells) with any character you play, regardless of the class name. The {{c|Fighter}} is a better spellcaster than he is a "fighter". Not using glyphs will make it quite difficult to kill higher level enemies. {{s|BURNDAYRAZ}}, a direct damage glyph, always spawns on every run.
-*'''[[New Players Guide#Healing and Restoring Mana|Explore wisely]]''' : unlexpored tiles or '''blackspace''' can be a valuable resource.
+*'''[[New Players Guide#Healing and Restoring Mana|Explore wisely]]''' : unexplored tiles or '''blackspace''' can be a valuable resource.
-*'''[[New Players Guide#Monster Health Regeneration|Monsters heal]]''' when you are '''exploring''' ! So, unless you know that you can heal faster than they do, don't explore during a fight, and try to fully heal before your fight.
+*'''[[New Players Guide#Monster Health Regeneration|Monsters heal]]''' when you are '''exploring'''! So, unless you know that you can heal faster than they do, don't explore during a fight, and try to fully heal before your fight.
 *'''[[New Players Guide#Mid fight level-up|Leveling up]]''' will restore your '''health and mana'''. Killing low level monsters during a tough fight to refill both your health and mana is one of the cornerstones of DD play.
 *'''Prepare''' for your fights! Using glyphs like {{s|BYSSEPS}} or {{s|ENDISWAL}} and then exploring a few tiles before the fight will have you start it with a bonus and full health and mana.
-*'''Read''' the combat '''prediction'''. When hovering a monster the game predicts next blow result. It would be silly not to read that ! It also predicts how hits you will have to give to kill the monster. It is extremely useful...
+*'''Read''' the combat '''prediction'''. When hovering a monster the game predicts next blow result. It would be silly not to read that! It also predicts how hits you will have to give to kill the monster. It is extremely useful...
 Now, you can keep going for some more detailed advice
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 Your objective is to kill the level 10 "boss monster" in the dungeon.  If there are multiple such monsters, you must defeat all of them. They will drop trophies that you can sell.
-Anything else in the game should be considered as resources to prepare the boss fight : unexplored space, glyphs, gold, shops, potions, gods but also monsters (they're XP powerups but they're tricky to pick up!). There are ways to turn even walls and bloodpools monsters leave behing when they die into a weapon!
+Anything else in the game should be considered as resources to prepare the boss fight : unexplored space, glyphs, gold, shops, potions, gods but also monsters (they're XP powerups but they're tricky to pick up!). There are ways to turn even walls and bloodpools, that monsters leave behind when they die, into a weapon!
 === Gaining Levels ===
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 ====Hunt for bonus XP!====
-First of all - if you're higher level than a monster you get first strike against it. This means that if you outlevel a monster, and have enough damage, you can kill it wihtout expending any resources. You can (and should!) do this while you're fighting a different, tougher monster.
+First of all - if you're higher level than a monster you get first strike against it. This means that if you outlevel a monster, and have enough damage, you can kill it without expending any resources. You can (and should!) do this while you're fighting a different, tougher monster.
 Killing higher-level monsters gives you bonus experience, and you will need it : if you stick to killing monsters who are same level as you, you're not likely to  have enough xp to rise higher than level 4 or 5. And what's worse - you won't have any easy to pick up  XP powerups to munch on for a refill while you fight the boss!
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 Don't forget : your sole target is to kill the boss. Other monsters are (usually) not your enemies, but XP boosters that you need make the best use of to kill the boss.
-For an easy mid-fight refil you can prepare for the fight making sure that you are within a few XP of leveling up before starting a fight with a tough monster or boss.
+For an easy mid-fight refill you can prepare for the fight making sure that you are within a few XP of leveling up before starting a fight with a tough monster or boss.
 Then just fight the high level monster until you are out of mana and you can't take any more hits from it. Then, kill a lower-level monster to level up, refreshing your health and mana. Finally, use your refreshed resources to finish killing the monster.
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 *Mana is used for casting spells. You start with no spells, and must find the spell [[Glyphs]] in the dungeon. (Certain, later, [[classes]] start the game with a specific glyph in their inventory.)
 *In order to use the spell the glyph has to be in your inventory.
-*Casting a spell on a monster doesn't make the moster respond such as a melee atack would.
+*Casting a spell on a monster doesn't make the monster respond such as a melee attack would.
 *If you'd like to get rid of a Glyph you can convert it by dragging it into the teal-and-red conversion icon. This will give you 100 conversion points, and possibly a benefit depending upon your [[races|race]]. Humans get more attack power, Dwarves more health per level, elves more mana, etc.
 Important thing to notice: max mana doesn't increase with levels. Everyone except the Elf (who can convert glyphs and items to boost his max mana) has to pick powerups, items and boons if they want to increase their max mana.
-You always start with 10, and there are always 3 mana powerups in a dungeon. When you've found all of them, you'll be at 13. This lets you cast the guaranteed-spawn glyph Burndayraz twice in adition to your melee every time your bars are full. 13 max mana also means that if you drink a mana potion with the 1 remaining mana left you'll be at exactly 6 for one more Burndayraz.
+You always start with 10, and there are always 3 mana powerups in a dungeon. When you've found all of them, you'll be at 13. This lets you cast the guaranteed-spawn glyph Burndayraz twice in addition to your melee every time your bars are full. 13 max mana also means that if you drink a mana potion with the 1 remaining mana left you'll be at exactly 6 for one more Burndayraz.
 Also, mana is restored at a rate of 1 point per tile.
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 This is also extremely important : exploring the dungeon will both heal you and the monsters. Thus most higher level '''monsters heal quicker than you''' do. So, it's often not a very good idea to explore mid-fight to heal. There are other ways to get health during a fight such as potions or level-up.
-You will soon discover that this rule is not always true and that you can [[regen-fighting|regen-fight]] many monsters (such as [[meat man]])) if you figure out how it's done and when it's done best. '''Regen fighting''' is a powerful tool, and used in small ammounts it will improve your ability to kill monsters higher level than you.
+You will soon discover that this rule is not always true and that you can [[regen-fighting|regen-fight]] many monsters (such as [[meat man]])) if you figure out how it's done and when it's done best. '''Regen fighting''' is a powerful tool, and used in small amounts it will improve your ability to kill monsters higher level than you.
 === Potions and Powerups ===
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 *Don't hesitate to pick these up as soon as you see them! Their scaling effects are always added to your total as if you had them from the start.
 *Every Health Powerup gives you 1 Max Health per Level. Dwarf's Conversion works in the same way.
-*Every Attack Powerup gives you a +10% bonus added on top of your base damage, which can be viewed by hovering your mouse cursor on your character's attack icon near the portrait. The Human conversion bonus works the same way, and this way of boosting damage scales with levels. With just your natural base damage it ammounts to +1 dmg per level for every +20%.
+*Every Attack Powerup gives you a +10% bonus added on top of your base damage, which can be viewed by hovering your mouse cursor on your character's attack icon near the portrait. The Human conversion bonus works the same way, and this way of boosting damage scales with levels. With just your natural base damage it amounts to +1 dmg per level for every +20%.
 *Every Mana Powerup gives you 1 Max Mana. Elf's conversion works the same way.
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 You can also convert stuff without minding the bonus if you really want some inventory space for other things.
-*Any glyph can be draged to the conversion box for 100 conversion points at any point.
+*Any glyph can be dragged to the conversion box for 100 conversion points at any point.
 *If you find or buy an item you're not going to use, or have found something better but don't have the space, drag it to the conversion box for its specified amount of conversion points.
 *If you fill up your conversion bar with extra points left over, they will carry over.
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 === Gods ===
 There are no gods when you start the game. But you will soon unlock them. They are one of the most powerful features in the game.
-*[[Gods]] in Desktop Dungeons are like most gods in other rogue-likes. They each have there own bonuses and penalties.
+*[[Gods]] in Desktop Dungeons are like most gods in other roguelikes. They each have their own bonuses and penalties.
 *Different actions can have you either gain or lose piety (depending on the good)
 *Piety is used to purchase boons, which provide the player with benefits.
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 *If you '''desecrate''' another god's altar for a hefty piety boost with your current god  and pardons from the next three piety losses you would receive, but it immediately  invokes the other god's punishment. Learning which punishments to avoid and which don't affect your (current) character in a very meaningful way is quite important for good god play, as it lets you rush powerful boons.
 *Gods are unlocked by completing the challenges in their subdungeon(s).
-*Once you unlock a god, they are put into the randomizer for which gods will spawn.
+*Once you unlock a god, they are put into the randomizer from which gods will spawn.
 *The number of altars that appear in a dungeon depends on the number of gods you have unlocked.  You will begin with 1, and will end with 3.

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 {{TOC right}}
-Welcome to Desktop Dungeons! You've bought this magnificent game through the avenue of your choice, blazed through the tutorial, and... can't clear Venture Cave. Don't fret! Desktop dungeons is an incredibly complex game, with much to offer the human who masters its systems, but as a consequence has a very steep learning curve. The fact that you're here means you are willing to stick with it, though, and that is excellent! This page contains a basic explanation of the game's systems and strategies you can use to help ease you in to the game.
+Welcome to Desktop Dungeons! You've bought this magnificent game through the avenue of your choice, blazed through the tutorial, and... can't clear {{d|Venture Cave}}. Don't fret! Desktop dungeons is an incredibly complex game, with much to offer the human who masters its systems, but as a consequence has a very steep learning curve. The fact that you're here means you are willing to stick with it, though, and that is excellent! This page contains a basic explanation of the game's systems and strategies you can use to help ease you in to the game.
 The single most important thing to know is that DD is a game about '''resource management'''. This is a game that punishes wasted resources. The second most important thing to understand is that '''everything''' is a resource. Items, health, mana, piety (you'll get to that later) and gold are not the only things you will want to manage. Exploration, experience, low-level enemies ("[[popcorn]]"), even your health is a resource to be managed!
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 basic rules to help you :
 *Try to '''kill monsters''' which are '''[[New Players Guide#Gaining Levels|higher level than you]]'''. It will give you bonus experience, and you will need it.
-*Use '''glyphs''' (spells) with any character you play, regardless of the class name. The Fighter is a better spellcaster than he is a "fighter". Not using glyphs will make it quite difficult to kill higher level enemies. BURNDAYRAZ, a direct damage glyph, always spawns on every run.
+*Use '''glyphs''' (spells) with any character you play, regardless of the class name. The {{c|Fighter}} is a better spellcaster than he is a "fighter". Not using glyphs will make it quite difficult to kill higher level enemies. {{s|BURNDAYRAZ}}, a direct damage glyph, always spawns on every run.
 *'''[[New Players Guide#Healing and Restoring Mana|Explore wisely]]''' : unlexpored tiles or '''blackspace''' can be a valuable resource.
 *'''[[New Players Guide#Monster Health Regeneration|Monsters heal]]''' when you are '''exploring''' ! So, unless you know that you can heal faster than they do, don't explore during a fight, and try to fully heal before your fight.
 *'''[[New Players Guide#Mid fight level-up|Leveling up]]''' will restore your '''health and mana'''. Killing low level monsters during a tough fight to refill both your health and mana is one of the cornerstones of DD play.
-*'''Prepare''' for your fights! Using glyphs like [[BYSSEPS]] or [[ENDISWAL]] and then exploring a few tiles before the fight will have you start it with a bonus and full health and mana.
+*'''Prepare''' for your fights! Using glyphs like {{s|BYSSEPS}} or {{s|ENDISWAL}} and then exploring a few tiles before the fight will have you start it with a bonus and full health and mana.
 *'''Read''' the combat '''prediction'''. When hovering a monster the game predicts next blow result. It would be silly not to read that ! It also predicts how hits you will have to give to kill the monster. It is extremely useful...
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 *An increase in your health regeneration rate
-*An increase in your Burndayraz damage rate
+*An increase in your {{s|BURNDAYRAZ}} damage rate
 And it also means that:

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 Welcome to Desktop Dungeons! You've bought this magnificent game through the avenue of your choice, blazed through the tutorial, and... can't clear Venture Cave. Don't fret! Desktop dungeons is an incredibly complex game, with much to offer the human who masters its systems, but as a consequence has a very steep learning curve. The fact that you're here means you are willing to stick with it, though, and that is excellent! This page contains a basic explanation of the game's systems and strategies you can use to help ease you in to the game.
-The single most important thing to know is that DD is a game about '''resource management'''. This is a game that punishes wasted resources. The second most important thing to understand is that '''everything''' is a resource. [[Items]], health, [[mana]], [[gods#Piety and Altars|piety]] (you'll get to that later) and [[gold]] are not the only things you will want to manage. [[Exploration]], [[level|experience]], [[popcorn|low-level enemies]], even your health is a resource to be managed!
+The single most important thing to know is that DD is a game about '''resource management'''. This is a game that punishes wasted resources. The second most important thing to understand is that '''everything''' is a resource. Items, health, mana, piety (you'll get to that later) and gold are not the only things you will want to manage. Exploration, experience, low-level enemies ("[[popcorn]]"), even your health is a resource to be managed!
 If this sounds overwhelming, fear not! For most of the game, you only need to understand a small part of this to succeed, and things will come gradually.
-You can read more advanced strategies [[Strategy|there]], or in the articles dedicated to each [[class]], [[race]], [[god]] or [[dungeon]].
+You can read more advanced strategies [[Strategy|there]], or in the articles dedicated to each [[class]], [[race]] and [[god]].
 == The basics of the basics ==
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 *Try to '''kill monsters''' which are '''[[New Players Guide#Gaining Levels|higher level than you]]'''. It will give you bonus experience, and you will need it.
 *Use '''glyphs''' (spells) with any character you play, regardless of the class name. The Fighter is a better spellcaster than he is a "fighter". Not using glyphs will make it quite difficult to kill higher level enemies. BURNDAYRAZ, a direct damage glyph, always spawns on every run.
-*'''[[New Players Guide#Healing and Restoring Mana|Explore wisely]]''' : unexplored tiles or '''blackspace''' can be a valuable resource.
+*'''[[New Players Guide#Healing and Restoring Mana|Explore wisely]]''' : unlexpored tiles or '''blackspace''' can be a valuable resource.
 *'''[[New Players Guide#Monster Health Regeneration|Monsters heal]]''' when you are '''exploring''' ! So, unless you know that you can heal faster than they do, don't explore during a fight, and try to fully heal before your fight.
 *'''[[New Players Guide#Mid fight level-up|Leveling up]]''' will restore your '''health and mana'''. Killing low level monsters during a tough fight to refill both your health and mana is one of the cornerstones of DD play.
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 Your objective is to kill the level 10 "boss monster" in the dungeon.  If there are multiple such monsters, you must defeat all of them. They will drop trophies that you can sell.
-Anything else in the game should be considered as resources to prepare the boss fight : unexplored space, glyphs, [[gold]], shops, potions, gods but also monsters (they're XP powerups but they're tricky to pick up!). There are ways to turn even walls and bloodpools monsters leave behing when they die into a weapon!
+Anything else in the game should be considered as resources to prepare the boss fight : unexplored space, glyphs, gold, shops, potions, gods but also monsters (they're XP powerups but they're tricky to pick up!). There are ways to turn even walls and bloodpools monsters leave behing when they die into a weapon!
 === Gaining Levels ===
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 === Gold and Items ===
-*You gain [[gold]] by finding it in piles in the dungeon.
+*You gain gold by finding it in piles in the dungeon.
 *If the Bazaar is unlocked, shops will spawn in the dungeon.
 *New [[items]] can be unlocked by completing [[Quest|quests]] or [[Class Challenges|class challenges]].
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 === Basic Hints ===
 *Always fight the highest [[Level|level]] [[Monsters|monster]] you can defeat. This requires doing some quick math to determine how the combat will play out before you engage and realize you're in over your head.
 *Exploring the dungeon is the main way you will regain health and mana, but it is a limited resource.
-*Potions are very useful to immediately gain health and mana, but before you unlock items and gods you are often limited to them and dings for refilling during a boss fight. This is why you'll often see veteran players recommend always saving them (except that later on you unlock enough other means of refilling that those vets often never even use them and would've done better to at least use them to level up more efficiently).
+*Potions are very useful to immediately gain health and mana, but you usually need many or all of them for the fight with the boss.
 *Keep in mind that wounded monsters gradually heal as you explore the dungeon. You can't just smack a monster, run and heal, and repeat. However, the regeneration will sometimes benefit you more than him...
 *Use your level ups for all they are worth, they cure bad status and return you to full HP / MP, so don't be afraid of being poisoned / manaburned by a monster if you'll level up after killing anyway
 *The first-strike spell is useful for finishing a monster off. It gets no retaliation shot if you use it for the killing blow.
-*The fireball spell is useful for softening monsters up before hitting them. It always spawns.
+*The fireball spell is useful for softening monsters up before combat
 *Do not kill your adventurer unless you cannot escape, because they will keep their gold and sell off their loot. If you haven't won, always exit the dungeon via the stairs.
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 === Buildings ===
-*With all of the gold you will be racking up in your vault, you can upgrade your kingdom.
+*With all of the gold you will be racking up in your vault, you upgrade your kingdom.
 *There a 3 main things you can gain from upgrading a building.
-*You can gain a new class, and a new monster for dungeon runs along with it.
+*You can gain a new class, and a monster.
 *You can gain a new race.
 *You can gain new preparations.