In Gehennom. Now what?
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               by Paul Grzesina (paul@mercury.cs.uregina.ca),
           with additions by Boudewijn Wayers (kroisos@win.tue.nl).

To get the amulet of yendor, you need four things: 7 candles (which are
usually easily found in the lighting shop in the Gnomish Town), the
Bell of Opening (from the Quest), the Candelabrum of Invocation (which
Vlad the Impaler has), and the Book of the Dead (held by the Wizard of
Yendor). Assuming you already have 7 candles and the bell, you can
proceed through Gehennom. I usually work my way down through Gehennom,
so you may want to change the order a bit if you are starting at the
bottom and working your way up.

Somewhere prior to the Wizard's Tower, there is a second set of
up-stairs which leads to Vlad's Tower. Vlad is at the top of this
three-story structure. Kill him and get the Candelabrum. Now, proceed
down. You'll find three levels with a large rectangular area in the
centre which cannot be entered by any means. These are the "Wizard
levels". Below, there are two more levels with water-surrounded towers
in their centres. One of these levels will have a magic portal to the
Wizard levels in it. DO NOT ATTACK THE WIZARD YET! Finish mapping out
all the levels until you find the bottom of the dungeon.

On this bottom level is a vibrating square. To find it you must walk
over it (at which point you will feel a vibration under your feet).
Mark this spot somehow (leaving an object on it is a standard approach)
and then make sure you have everything you need. Once you kill the
Wizard of Yendor, you don't want to be wasting a lot of time looking
for things in the dungeon. You should at this point have the Bell, the
Candelabrum, and the seven candles, and you should know the location of
the up-stairs on every level. Now, go back to the magic portal, enter
the wizard's tower, climb the ladders until you reach the top level,
kill the wizard and get the book. Now go back down (preferably by level
teleport) to the bottom of Gehennom and go to the vibrating square.
Make sure that Book, Bell, and Candelabrum are all uncursed (the
candles may be cursed) and then apply the candles to the candelabrum,
apply the candelabrum to light it, apply the bell, and read the book. A
stairway down and a moat should appear if all goes well. You can now
drop the Candelabrum, Bell, and Book: you won't need them any more. If
you want, keep the candles for lighting. Proceed down the stairs.

On the left of this level is a rectangular room which contains Moloch's
high altar. Find the secret door (note that the room is surrounded by
fire traps) to enter, kill the high priest of Moloch and get the Amulet
of Yendor. Now, climb up the stairs (you can no longer level teleport
while you have the Amulet). Note that, while in Gehennom, you will
sometimes randomly teleport down a few levels, when you are trying to
go up a staircase. This does NOT happen to chaotic characters, and can
thus be prevented by wearing a helm of opposite alignment, if you
weren't chaotic already. Once you reach level one, you can leave the
dungeon and enter the elemental planes, but there is no way to return
so make sure you have everything you think you'll need.

Each of the elemental planes has a magic portal to the next plane. The
easiest way to find these portals is to use a crystal ball and search
for ^. You can also use a cursed scroll of gold detection to find
traps, or an ordinary one while confused. If all else fails, you can
wear the Amulet of Yendor which will periodically provide clues to
indicate how close you are to the portal. The water plane provides some
additional challenge in that the portal will constantly move. It is
probably easiest just to stay in the air bubble you started in and wait
until you can see the portal. Once you've passed through all four
elemental planes, you'll reach the astral plane. There are three altars
here (one lawful, one neutral, and one chaotic.) Find the one to your
god (there is no easy way -- you have to walk up to the altar to see
which is which), offer the Amulet of Yendor, and you're done.