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Zork III: The Dungeon Master Hints
How can I make my way through the Land of Shadow?
1 of 4: Believe it or not, this area is really fairly simple to map out. Descriptions will help here, so you may want to keep yourself in VERBOSE mode.
2 of 4: Each "room" in the Land of Shadow has its own specific characteristic in the description. Reading those descriptions will help you keep the rooms separate.
3 of 4: Some of the passages from room to room twist a bit, so you can't always expect that going north will undo a trip to the south, for example, but there's nothing too confusing if you just watch where you're going.
4 of 4: In fact, you really don't need to travel much through this land. There's only one important thing here, and that's a random event (you'll score a point once you encounter it). Once you run into the event, there's really no need to explore the land any further.
