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DROD is a turn-based game of puzzles and exploration. Guide Beethro, a professional dungeon exterminator, in clearing rooms of monsters and solving puzzles.
Here are some instructions for people who don't like to read instructions. To advance in DROD, you:
1. Destroy all of the monsters in all of the rooms.
2. Find the staircase that exits the level.
DROD is turn-based. Monsters move only after you move. Have patience--this game is played quite differently from others and takes some getting used to.
Keyboard commands available during the game are:
| 7 - move northwest | 8 - move north | 9 - move northeast |
| 4 - move west | 5 - wait | 6 - move east |
| 1 - move southwest | 2 - move south | 3 - move southeast |
| q - swing sword counter-clockwise | ||
| w - swing sword clockwise | ||
| r - restart room (restart from checkpoint, if applicable) | ||
| Backspace - undo last move | ||
| + (keypad) - mirror last move | ||
These keyboard commands can be changed from the Settings Screen. For more information and other game commands, see Keyboard Commands.
Hints: You can wait as long as you want before making each move. The monsters in the room will move immediately after you move. For effective maneuvering, remember that monsters do not move simultaneously with your movements but right afterward instead, so you may step onto a vulnerable square as long as you destroy the threatening monster with that movement.
If you're stuck, check out the CaravelNet Forum for gameplay hints and solutions.