Mines

"'I looked a bit at the dungeon's blueprints... and I don't like it. Why are there so many empty rooms? And monsters? Pff.'"The Mines is the first area of Ruby Caverns. It contains the first monsters, the first NPC and the first Boss and Mini-Boss in the game. It is meant to be the starting area, being harsh but controllable as the caves are quite open and monsters are weaker.

Before the Mines is a small area that is technically not the Dungeon, but still counts as s part of the Mines. It contains: Enemies Features Recommendations
 * the starting area for all players who start a new run;
 * a chest with the items from the Main Player;
 * up to two chests with the items from the Miners (if any);
 * a ladder down to the actual Dungeon;
 * a shaft leading to "outside", useless at the start but required for some endings.
 * Since this is the first area, playing it correctly and carefully leads to having more and better gear later on. Try to spare anything you see for as late as you can.
 * Remembering any appearing boxes, together with any boxes that aren't there, will help to use resources much better.
 * Spells and Wands are more powerful here, as the power of those items don't scale while the enemies are weaker.
 * Don't go back to this area unless you really need to. The way is long and you will lose a lot of hunger points.
 * There are utilities aplenty, use this to your advantage.