Having been lost in mazes with just about every character I've ever played (even up to this year, after 10+years of playing), I've developed, or been taught, a few methods for finding your way out of a maze.


First, Scan all. Look in all directions. Don't forget you have an "exit" command. Look at the room your are in. There might be extra descriptions based on keywords in the room desc that might give you a hint.

Also. Know that day and night will effect the above strategies.

This works for most mazes.

There are, however, other mazes with no clues that you can get from the above.


My advice for those, it to make sure you bring enough coin, and be very methodical in your approach to escape.

Move east from rooms. Every room you move east from, drop 1 copper coin.

You come to a room with a copper coin, you know you have already moved east from that room, if so, drop a second copper coinand move south.

You come to a room with a pile of copper, drop a silver coin and move north.

you come to a room with a pile of copper and a silver, drop another silver coin and move west.

You come to a room with a pile of copper, and a pile of silver, move any direction till you find one where you haven't tried an exit from that room yet.


Following this pattern, you will often notice that while random, you can over time learn the pattern of exits and find your way out.

This has, admittedly, taken me over an hour in some of the more insidious mazes, but it worked.


And DON'T FORGET to keep on with the exit/scan all/look in all directions while you are doing this. This may save you from a death-trap or nasty mobs.