Died in Golgotha from fall

[THX1137]

I entered a chute to Golgotha for the first time and immediately died from the fall. I think I was at full health and had at least 18 endurance. Is there a minimum hit point threshold you need to survive the fall? I was level 11.

[Dr.Desty Nova]

Seems to me you went down the wrong hole.

There is 2 type of shaft on the surface of Golgotha.
Regular slimy shafts (green one in the open) that bring you one floor down in relative safety (you still have to survive the dungeons xd ).

The other type is the express way that bring you "straight" down to the last level. In doing so you fall like 4 level and take heavy damages. Only ways to go down safely is to either have lots of hp (like >150hp) and use a rubbergum tonic (reduce fall dmg) or to be able to fly and just fly down "manually".


On a side note, the deep shaft isn't readily accessible (in fact, it's suposed to be the way out) as it's in a room with strong wall and a locked door. Also, there is a prompt warning player it's a really deep hole to make really sure you don't fall into it by accident.

If you however died using the regular slimy shaft you need to check your journal to see what killed you. If it's the fall it's clearly a bug and need to be reported, If it's anything else well, welcome to Qud.

[THX1137]

Well I see I got the free falling achievement for "falling to your death", and looking at my log I took 238 damage from falling down a deep shaft, so looks like I took the express elevator to hell. Thanks for the info.

I think I got in easily because I had psychometry and so I could just walk through locked doors.

[Dr.Desty Nova]

Originally posted by THX1137:

Well I see I got the free falling achievement for "falling to your death", and looking at my log I took 238 damage from falling down a deep shaft, so looks like I took the express elevator to hell. Thanks for the info.

I think I got in easily because I had psychometry and so I could just walk through locked doors.

Didn't tought about psychometry but yeah this explain that.

At least you got an achievement out of it xd

[ephemeraltoast]

You're supposed to get a prompt when you try to jump in the "wrong" hole that says something like "it looks really deep, are you sure you want to do this?" Did you get that prompt? If not, you should probably report it in the bug forum because right now that's the only safeguard against making this mistake.

[THX1137]

I can't remember for sure but it probably did. I probably just clicked past the message (a great idea in roguelikes, I know) because I didn't know there was another entrance.