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This is a list of in-depth guides on various aspects of Dungeon Crawl.

General Guides:
- Character guides - A collection of gameplans for specific race/class combos.
- Background and race combinations for beginners - Focusing on easier combos.
- Walkthrough - A general Crawl walkthrough (updated for 0.29).
- Category:Species - General advice for specific species.
- Specialization - Why it's important and how to manage it.
- Weapon Choice - Which one is best for your character?
  - Crosstraining - What it is and why it's important.
- Choosing a god - Religious choices.
- Early Game Character Building
- Mid Game Character Building
- Late Game Character Building

More specific topics:
- Sprint guide - A brief guide to Dungeon Sprint.
- The Mega-Zig - How to survive mega-zigs
- Zot:5 - Various strategies for getting the Orb of Zot.
Tactical Tricks and other info:
- Tips and tricks - A general guide.
- Identification -- All those items!
- Kiting - How to tease monsters to death ...
- Pillar dancing - ... or just keep out of reach until you can recover (severely nerfed in 0.29).
- Multizap page - Bouncing for Shock and a few other spells
- Escaping from (and avoiding) trouble -- When victory is not an option.

Tips From Experienced Players

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 * General Guides:
-** [http://www.ultraviolent4.com/Guide.html A Guide to Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup by Ultraviolent4 (the most recent and useful general guide available for DCSS as of April 2018)]
 ** [[Character guides]] - A collection of gameplans for specific race/class combos.
 ** [[Background and race combinations for beginners]] - Focusing on easier combos.
-** [[Walkthrough]] - A general Crawl walkthrough (updated for [[0.21]]).
+** [[Walkthrough]] - A general Crawl walkthrough (updated for [[0.29]]).
 ** [[:Category:Species]] - General advice for specific species.
 ** [[Specialization]] - Why it's important and how to manage it.
 ** [[Weapon Choice]] - Which one is best for your character?
 *** [[Crosstrain]]ing - What it is and why it's important.
-*** [[Ranged weapons]] - Survey of nonmagical distance options.
+** [[Choosing a god]] - Religious choices.
-** [[Choosing a god]] - Religous choices.
 ** [[Early Game Character Building]]
 ** [[Mid Game Character Building]]
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 * More specific topics:
 ** [[Sprint guide]] - A brief guide to [[Dungeon Sprint]].
-** The [[Ziggurat]] - Various strategies for conquering the Ziggurat.
+** The [[Mega-Zig]] - How to survive mega-zigs
-** The [[Mega-Zig]] - How to survive mega-zigs (new in 0.16)
 ** [[Zot:5]] - Various strategies for getting the [[Orb of Zot]].
 * Tactical Tricks and other info:
 ** [[Tips and tricks]] - A general guide.
 ** [[Identification]] -- All those items!
-** [[Multizap]] page - The basics of bolt bouncing ...
 ** [[Kiting]] - How to tease monsters to death ...
-** [[Pillar dancing]] - ... or just keep out of reach until you can recover.
+** [[Pillar dancing]] - ... or just keep out of reach until you can recover (severely nerfed in [[0.29]]).
+** [[Multizap]] page - Bouncing for [[Shock]] and a few other spells
 ** [[Escaping from (and avoiding) trouble]] -- When victory is not an option.
 * Tips From Experienced Players
-** [[Berder's Tips]]
+** [[Berder's Tips]] (0.16)
-** [http://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12062&p=168952&hilit=friend#p168952 Patashu's Tips]
+** [https://web.archive.org/web/20200620014718/http://www.ultraviolent4.com/Guide.html A Guide to Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup by Ultraviolent4 (archive, ~0.20) ]
+** [http://www.youtube.com/@particleface Particleface's Video Guides/Playthroughs] (0.34)
+** [https://www.youtube.com/@DraconiusHCs Draconius' Video Guides/Playthroughs] (0.34)
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