NPC's

"'...so many nice, friendly faces... wow...'"NPC's are Non-Playable Characters in Ruby Caverns. After certain conditions have been met, they can be found in the dungeon, freed, and interacted with in the Main Area. All of them give options before starting the game, such as starting with an item, having a better of worse dungeon, or playing as a new character.

All NPC's, before they can be encountered, must be freed. This is done by: After talking to the NPC in the dungeon and finishing the conversation, he/she will appear in the Main Area.
 * in the Mines, getting a block of TNT from a dispenser, and placing it in a gap of the wall of a caved-in room;
 * in the Prison, getting two levers (not including the standard exit lever) and placing them on the observers in a cell;
 * in the Temple, getting a Spell from a dispenser, throwing it in a magic Converter in another room, and holding it it next to the Forcefield to break it;
 * in Hell, getting the Wand of Sacrifice and using it 3 times, breaking the Forcefield and damaging yourself in the process.

List of NPC's (Main Area) Some of the NPC's will also appear as a Shop in the dungeon.

List of Shops
 * Each shop has 8 possible layouts of items to sell.
 * All items always cost the same in each layout.
 * The shops will only appear after the corresponding NPC has been freed.


 * Shopkeeps cannot be killed, nor can magic be used around them; however, a Scroll of Darkness will still wipe out all generated shopkeeps.