To farm with a wand of clone monster, you need the following: A wand of clone monster A monster with good drops (optional) A way to refresh your wand As always in moria, things can go wrong. It would be stupid to not carry an escape mechanism like a scroll of teleportation. Wand of Clone Monster The wand begins dropping on 750ft, and is therefore best aquired there. It’s not that rare though, so you will probably find a few every once in a while....
Umoria General Tips Traps Disarming traps give exp. But only do this if you are fine with the trap possibly springing on you, since sooner or later it will. Invisible monsters A good way to kill invisible monsters is moving into a corridor, waiting until it hits you, and then attacking the way you came from. If this doesn’t work, it’s one of the ghosts which can walk through walls. It’s usually better to just leave than trying to kill those, since they don’t chase much anyways....
Guide to Moria Adventuring (or How to Slay Your Balrog) The information on this page comes from Beej’s moria page, 30 minutes of UMoria, investigating the source code, and simply playing the game. If there’s something you want to know that I don’t mention, it’s likely mentioned in one of the links. Links Beej’s Moria Page 30 minutes of UMoria (walkthrough) Debian moria package The Moria Spoilers (data sheets) Table of Content General Tips Farming with a wand of clone monsters Winning UMoria with a mage
This walkthrough is based on my attempt to win the game with an elven mage. Much of this comes from 30 minutes of UMoria, but it’s a very long show, and I prefer text to video. Character Generation A elven mage gets a lot of negative STR and CON, which you need to be aware of. STR INT WIS DEX CON CHA Elf -1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | -2 | +1 Mage -5 | +3 | +0 | +1 | -2 | +1 Total -6 | +5 | +1 | +2 | -4 | +2 My mage started out with 5 STR and >18 INT, which turned out to be a bit problematic because of weight issues....