A Volcanic Cave

Swim Back to Shore

You jump into the lava and swim back to where you started. And, boy, is it hot!

You lose some hit points. (hot damage)

After a certain number of attempts:

After getting stuck and swimming across boiling hot lava back to the beginning of the maze several times, it occurs to you that you could shortcut this whole stupid sonofabitch by simply swimming to the goal. However, your adventurer's instincts kick in, telling you that your final rewards will probably be lessened if you take the easy way out.

adds a new option below the Swim back to shore button

Skip this bastard maze (10)

Losing all you HP swimming back to shore gives you the following message:

You are way too weak to continue exploring this cave. You should heal up before you continue!

Combat Adventures

Seal Clubber

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Gorgolok, the Infernal Seal -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: None Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 185 • Substat Gain: ? • Moxie for No Hit*: 195 Monster Defense: 166 Hit Points: 260 Initiative: 90 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: 25% elemental

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Gorgolok, the Demonic Hellseal -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: Claw of the Infernal Seal, heart of the volcano, Instant Karma Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 200 • Substat Gain: 50 • Moxie for No Hit*: 210 Monster Defense: 180 Hit Points: 400 Initiative: 100 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: 40% physical and elemental; soft damage cap

Turtle Tamer

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Stella, the Turtle Poacher -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: None Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 185 • Substat Gain: 46.25 • Moxie for No Hit*: 195 Monster Defense: 166 Hit Points: 260 Initiative: 90 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: 25% elemental

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Stella, the Demonic Turtle Poacher -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: Garter of the Turtle Poacher, heart of the volcano, Instant Karma Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 200 • Substat Gain: 50 • Moxie for No Hit*: 210 Monster Defense: 180 Hit Points: 1000 Initiative: 100 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: 40% all

Pastamancer

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Spaghetti Elemental -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: None Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 185 • Substat Gain: ? • Moxie for No Hit*: 195 Monster Defense: 166 Hit Points: 260 Initiative: 90 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: (soft damage cap)

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Spaghetti Demon -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: Instant Karma, heart of the volcano, Bandolier of the Spaghetti Elemental Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 200 • Substat Gain: ? • Moxie for No Hit*: 210 Monster Defense: 180 Hit Points: 600 Initiative: 100 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: Variable

Sauceror

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Lumpy, the Sinister Sauceblob -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: None Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 185 • Substat Gain: 46.25 • Moxie for No Hit*: 195 Monster Defense: 166 Hit Points: 260 Initiative: 90 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: 25%; soft damage cap

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Lumpy, the Demonic Sauceblob -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: Gravyskin Belt of the Sauceblob, Instant Karma, heart of the volcano Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 200 • Substat Gain: 50 • Moxie for No Hit*: 210 Monster Defense: 180 Hit Points: 500 Initiative: 100 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: 40% elemental and physical; soft damage cap

Disco Bandit

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The Spirit of New Wave (Volcanic Cave) -- (create metadata)
	Monster data missing.

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The Demon Spirit of New Wave -- (create metadata)
	Monster data missing.

Accordion Thief

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Somerset Lopez, Dread Mariachi -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: None Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 185 • Substat Gain: ? • Moxie for No Hit*: 195 Monster Defense: 166 Hit Points: 260 Initiative: 90 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: (soft damage cap?)

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Somerset Lopez, Demon Mariachi -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: La Hebilla del Cinturón de Lopez, Instant Karma, heart of the volcano Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 200 • Substat Gain: blank • Moxie for No Hit*: value overriding attack/4 Monster Defense: 180 Hit Points: 1000 Initiative: 100 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: (soft damage cap?)

Notes

• Unlocked by defeating your nemesis the first time on the Secret Tropical Island Volcano Lair.
• Despite the seemingly confusing nature of the maze, there are in fact only 6 possible platform sets, each of which has 5 configurations. There is no overlap between the configurations within each set, with the exception of the goal. The configurations cycle around, with 1 leading to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 5, and 5 back to 1. Maps of all 6 sets, their configurations, and solution paths exist for the adventurer who cannot figure them out, or wish to complete them without going through the puzzle solving process.
• If you choose to skip the maze, neither the heart of the volcano nor an Instant Karma will drop from your nemesis.
• There is no message for skipping the maze, you simply enter combat as if you had done it normally
• If you lose all your HP from repeatedly swimming back to shore, you gain 4 adventures of Beaten Up instead of the usual 3.
• All the spaces have float over alt-text, either "(X,Y Platform)" or "(X, Y Lava)," as the case may be. Lava spaces are sometimes "(X,Y Laval)"