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!

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 5 possible platform sets. There is no overlap between these sets, with the exception of the goal.
• 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 doing this, you gain 4 adventures of Beaten Up instead of the usual 3.