The Ebony Caves
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The Ebony Caves
The Ebony Caves are a maze of rooms deep inside the caverns, and the only place to mine Ebony Dust. Every tunnel between two rooms is shut by a passage you have to mine through before you can go on. The caves reset every 10 minutes, and players report that if you die you lose about half of the ore you mined, so plan your route before you go in.
Dangers
As the time runs down, sections of the caves start to collapse, one room at a time and in a random order. A collapsing room drops stalactites. They hurt a lot and can kill you, though a defence shield can soak up some of the damage. When the 10 minute timer runs out you faint and die automatically, so leave in time.
Map
You come in at the bottom. Pins show the room numbers, and the Rooms table below says what each room holds. Switch a rock or the spiders off to hide them on the map.
Rooms
| # | Room | What's there | Tunnels lead to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entrance | 3 Coal, 3 Iron | Outside, #2 Iron, #3 Silver, #4 Spider Nest |
| 2 | Iron | 2 Coal, 2 Crimson Weaver, 2 Iron | #1 Entrance, #4 Spider Nest, #5 Ebony |
| 3 | Silver | 3 Silver, 2 Coal, 2 Iron | #1 Entrance, #5 Ebony, #7 Silver |
| 4 | Spider Nest | 6 Crimson Weaver, 4 Iron, 3 Coal | #1 Entrance, #2 Iron, #5 Ebony, #6 Silver, #8 Ebony |
| 5 | Ebony | 6 Crimson Weaver, 5 Ebony, 2 Coal, 2 Silver | #2 Iron, #3 Silver, #4 Spider Nest, #7 Silver, #11 Silver |
| 6 | Silver | 4 Silver | #4 Spider Nest, #9 Dust |
| 7 | Silver | 5 Silver, 4 Crimson Weaver, 2 Coal | #3 Silver, #5 Ebony, #10 Mixed, #12 Dust |
| 8 | Ebony | 5 Ebony, 2 Crimson Weaver | #4 Spider Nest, #9 Dust, #11 Silver |
| 9 | Dust | 2 Ebony Dust, 1 Ebony | #6 Silver, #8 Ebony |
| 10 | Mixed | 2 Ebony, 2 Silver | #7 Silver |
| 11 | Silver | 6 Silver, 5 Crimson Weaver, 3 Ebony | #5 Ebony, #8 Ebony, #12 Dust, #13 Dust |
| 12 | Dust | 4 Ebony Dust, 2 Silver | #7 Silver, #11 Silver |
| 13 | Dust | 3 Ebony Dust, 2 Crimson Weaver, 1 Ebony | #11 Silver |