Dungeons of Dredmor

Dungeons of Dredmor
Developer: Gaslamp Games Publisher: Gaslamp Games Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X Released internationally: July 13, 2011 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused items. This game has unused abilities. This game has unused text.

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

To do: Investigate a whole lot, like the Oil Slick effect (is it still in the code, can you mod in items to use it?)

Dungeons of Dredmor sees the player character fighting through the many floors of a randomly generated dungeon. Can you guess who the dungeon belongs to?

And can we talk about those eyebrows?

Unused Items

Found within the game's itemDB.xml files are commented out definitions of items; many even still have sprites!

The level value represents the level of the Dungeon that the item most commonly spawns on.

Base Game

Weapons

Sprite	Name	Type	Description	Artifact	Level	Price	Notes
mace10.spr	Flail of Elemental Beatdown	2 (Mace)	This flail comes from a world of hurt and, quite appropriately, it sends its victims to its place of manufacture.	True	8		Likely from an early stage in development as the item definition lists 3 unused attributes, crit (2), dmgMin (29) and dmgMax (29).

Bolts

Sprite	Name	Damage Type	Description	Level	Price	Hit Effect
	Oil Bottle Bolt	Slashing 2	Not just for your salad anymore.	4	6	Oil Slick

Thrown Weapons

Sprite	Name	Level	Type	Price	Weapon (damage)	Weapon (Effect)	Description	Notes
	Oil Flask	2	5	100	Slashing 1	Oil Slick	Put it on your salad for a delicious dish, or dump it on your enemies for fiery vengeance.	Commented out with the comment "Oil isn't happy right now."
dwarven_panini_press.spr	Dwarven Panini Press	9	5				Previously believed to be lost in the Dwarven Panini Mines during a particularily odd balrog invasion, the fabled Dwarven Panini Press can be used to grill many things, including faces.	Likely from an early stage in development as the item definition lists 3 unused attributes, crit (2), dmgMin (31) and dmgMax (31). No matching sprite can be found for the name given.

Next to these unused items are some brief notes from the developers on potential future throwable potions.

<!-- Thrown Potions -->


	<!-- Bottle-o-miasma, poison cloud-->
	<!-- Florencian Asphaltum, oil/stick -->
	<!-- confusion? fog? -->

Armour

Sprite	Name	Armour Type	Description	Level	Price
	The Eye of Argon	Neck	This amulet is made from the many fauceted scarlet emerald first stolen by Grignr the Barbarian. David needs to make a graphic for it.	1	100
amulet1.spr	Amber Amulet	Neck	The amber amulet makes for delightful neckwear and may contain dinosaurs.	1	100
amulet2.spr	Cyan Amulet	Neck	The cyan amulet: a colour only a toner cartridge replacement expert could love..	2	100
amulet3.spr	Angsty Amulet	Neck	The angsty amulet cries itself to sleep every night, and leaves little blood-stained notes on your pillow.	4	100
amulet4.spr	Glass Amulet	Neck	Once you had true love, and it was a gas, but now all that's left is this amulet of glass.	5	100
amulet5.spr	Plastic Amulet	Neck	This plastic amulet was released in a limited edition collector's run of 50,000.	6	100
amulet6.spr	Blue Amulet	Neck	The blue amulet is commonly regarded as the most peaceful and soothing of amulets.	7	100
amulet7.spr	Fish Amulet	Neck	It's an amulet shaped like a fish and smelling like one too.	8	100
amulet8.spr	Voltaic Amulet	Neck	The voltaic amulet consists of a small, metal beehive full of deadly electric shock bees.	9	100

Unimplemented, but next to these, is a single comment with the idea of

<!-- armour of diplomatic immunity -->

Ores

Sprite	Name	Alchemal	Price	Description
	Olivine	1	60	One could not ask for a more splendid source of magnesium.

Crafting Items

Sprite	Name	Alchemical	Craft Output	Price	Description	Notes
	Lead Ingot	1	1	100	Lead: The chewy metal.	Reuses the plastic ingot's sprite.
ingot_magnesium.png	Magnesium Ingot	1		90	Magnesium - one of the three the Forbidden Metals.	Missing craftoutput value.
dwarven_panini_press.spr	Dwarven Panini Press	1		100	Previously believed to be lost in the Dwarven Panini Mines during a particularily odd balrog invasion, the fabled Dwarven Panini Press can be used to grill many things, including an entire elf.	Identical in name to an unused throwable weapon. Missing craftoutput value.
	Iron Mechanisms	1		100	This collection of rough iron widgets and doodads can be used to construct practical, sturdy machinery.	Missing craftoutput value.
	Steel Mechanisms	1		100	This collection of fine steel widgets and doodads can be used to construct tough, reliable machinery.	Missing craftoutput value.

Traps

Sprite	Name	Floor Sprite	Origin Mount	Trigger	Casts	Level	Price	Description
	Piratical Cannon Mine		floor	Once	Cannon Shot	4	310	Boom! This pressure plate triggers a cannon hidden in plain sight.
	Piratical Cannon Mine, Right		floor	Once	Cannon Shot	4	310	Boom! This pressure plate triggers a cannon hidden in plain sight.
	Dwarven Mortar		floor	Once	Explosive Cannon Shot	8		This pressure plate triggers a cannon hidden in plain sight. It fires explosive shells crafted by the Dwarves, those bastards.
	Dwarven Mortar, Right		floor	Once	Explosive Cannon Shot	8		This pressure plate triggers a cannon hidden in plain sight. It fires explosive shells crafted by the Dwarves, those bastards.
	Necromantic Circle of Terrible Curses			Always	Obvious Fireball	10		Boom.
	Lightning Pirate Cannon			Once	Electrical Strike	0		Zap.

Potions

Four unused potions are defined, three of which don't have sprite names allocated to them. All four of these potions have TODO comments next to their spell effects as none of them were implemented.

Sprite	Name	Spell	Price	Description	Notes
	Oil of Verdant Poison	Verdant Poison Hit	250	Verdant Poison is suspended in this handy oil which can be applied to any weapon or boot. Use included Verdant Poison Oil Applicator.
	Contact Acid Oil	Contact Acid Hit	250	Terrible burning acid is suspended in an otherwise harmless oil which can be applied to any weapon or boot. Do not apply Contact Acid Oil to eyes.
	Oil With Crushed Glass	Crushed Glass Hit	250	The newest weapon-enhancement oil now has with 50% more crushed glass fragments for prolonged suffering!
	Oil of Alchemist's Fire	Alchemist's Fire Hit	250	Literally the entire Alchemist's Guild went down in flames due to the blazing failure of this puported relaxation ointment. It can be applied to weapons - or feet if you're particularly adventurous - for enhanced fiery attacks.

Developer Comments

Aside from the large number of commented out items, many object definitions have comments left in.

Fruitful Staff

<!-- dispense fruit somehow? -->

Moravician Bushdagger

<!-- probably a terrible idea -->

Unused Powers

In the base game's itemDB.xml exists a commented out definition of a 'power' named Deathly Hex. 'Powers' in the context of an item in Dungeons of Dredmore instruct the game which spell to cast when the item is used. As expected, this unused power uses the Deathly Hex spell (from the Necronomiconomist class).