Mods

The Mods

All 20 are individually selectable at install time.

Mod	Details
Compass	A needle in the 3D view tracking your heading. The stock game shipped no compass and no map — you navigated a featureless plain by memory.
World map (`M` key)	Full-viewport island map with your position flashing. Drawn for this project from the game's own region data.
Quest hints (`H` key)	Opt-in walkthrough: SPACE reveals one step at a time, so spoilers are your choice.
Readable spells	The runic display font mapped one rune to one Latin letter — the names were English all along. Swapped for a Latin 5×5 font: HEALMIN, TELEPOR and friends read as themselves.
Item identification	Rings, sceptres and phials show their contained spell's name next to the type. (Items found in the world are usually genuinely blank — see Discoveries.)

Mod	Details
Working rings & sceptres	Seven passive effects (Invisibility, Protection, Recuperation, Acceleration, Power, Understanding, Impalpability) existed in code but no worn item ever granted them. Now wearing an enchanted ring/sceptre works; Recuperation doubles regen.
Class stat growth	The stock game grants no stat growth on level-up, ever. Now each class gains along class-appropriate lines, capped safely.
Party-shared XP	Kill XP splits evenly among living party members instead of 100% to the killer.
Free temple healing	Stock temples charged level³×5 jade to heal +5 HP per visit and level³×20 to revive — refusing if nobody could pay, so an early party wipe was permanent. Now free, ungated, and one visit heals to full.
Free tavern rumors	Tavern hints cost 50 → 100 → 200 → ... → 4000 jade on an escalating ladder saved per party — a few early buys and you were priced out of information forever. Now free.
A merchant in the starting zone	The game ships one complete working shop (sell, buy-back, loyalty discounts) in a single unmarked building outside the starting zone. Now the lone inn in the Earth zone is a merchant too. Other zones untouched to protect quest NPCs.

Mod	Details
Gear equipped at creation	Stock parties enter the world naked, gear unworn in inventory. Now worn from the first step.
Scout starts with a bow	Instead of a dagger.
Magician starts with a RESTORE ring	Doubled regen from step one (uses the ring mod).
Bow buff	From weakest weapon in the game (power 6) to power 8, on par with the short sword; renamed from "arch".

Mod	Details
No copy-protection prompt	The wheel-code interruption never fires.
Straight to VGA	Video-card menu skipped.
Clean 4-item main menu	"Select video card" removed (it silently loaded an unpatched binary).
Launcher menu in color	Deep blue field, gold text, instead of grey stipple.
Unused-file cleanup	Optionally moves the 47 unreachable CGA/EGA/Tandy files (1.6 MB) to the backup folder; restore brings them back.