The Small Cave is a dungeon found to the north-west of Terinyo.
Main Features[]
The Small Cave's most notable feature is its unique monster generation system; basically, the more the PC increases in level, the more the danger level and experience of monsters in the cave increases.
The cave has three guaranteed items, and the only way to gain access to the Unremarkable Dungeon. The items are a waterproof blanket, a scroll of warning and a scroll of information. The scrolls are generated on entering location (upstairs), while a blanket typically is in the farthest corner room from the upstairs.
In addition, some random equipment is always generated: three one-handed weapons, two two-handed weapons, a shield, a cloak, and a body armor. Occasionally, the two-handed weapons are extremely powerful (e.g. eternium two-handed sword), but otherwise these items are DL 1.
Monsters in the Small Cave have an additional 50% chance to not drop any loot.
It's very difficult to tame animals with music in the Small Cave.
Danger level
The danger level depends on the character's XP.
| XP | DL |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1 |
| 201 | 2 |
| 401 | 3 |
| 801 | 4 |
| 1601 | 5 |
| 2401 | 6 |
| 3001 | 7 |
| 4501 | 8 |
| 6001 | 9 |
| 10001 | 10 |
| 15001 | 11 |
| 25001 | 12 |
| 35001 | 13 |
| 50001 | 14 |
| 70001 | 15 |
| 100001 | 16 |
| 150001 | 17 |
| 250001 | 18 |
| 350001 | 19 |
| 475001 | 20 |
| 600001 | 21 |
| 750001 | 22 |
| 900001 | 23 |
| 1075001 | 24 |
| 1250001 | 25 |
| 1500001 | 26 |
| 1800001 | 27 |
| 2100001 | 28 |
| 2400001 | 29 |
| 2800001 | 30 |
| 3200001 | 31 |
| 3800001 | 32 |
| 4500001 | 33 |
| 5300001 | 34 |
| 6200001 | 35 |
| 7000001 | 36 |
| 7800001 | 37 |
| 8600001 | 38 |
| 9400001 | 39 |
| 10300001 | 40 |
| 11000001 | 41 |
| 11800001 | 42 |
| 12600001 | 43 |
| 13400001 | 44 |
| 14200001 | 45 |
| 15000001 | 46 |
| 16000001 | 47 |
| 17000001 | 48 |
If the character has more than 18500001 XP, then the DL of SMC will no longer change, leaving it at whatever value it was when the character last visited, or 1 if the character never visited.
Monster generation
Monsters are generated with experience levels between 1 and maximum(5, 2x character level). Due to this, a player intending to cross the Small Cave early into the Unremarkable Dungeon is advised to enter the Small Cave while still at level 1, so the cave is initially filled up with low level monsters.
Inhabitants[]
There are no guaranteed inhabitants of the small cave, merely many many increasingly strong hostile monsters.
Quests[]
There are no quests started in the Small Cave, and no quests require you to visit the Small Cave; however, it is necessary to pass through the Small Cave to reach the starting point of several quests required for ultra or ordinary chaos god endings.