Dungeon levels min level

[sage1234]

Is there a list of the recommended minimum level a character should be before entering specific dungeons?

[Patashu]

Just do this:
Dungeon until Lair
Lair
Rest of Dungeon
Orc (Even though orc:4 has no rune this will be your 'practice' for doing branch ends with runes and zot:5 - when you reach the ending vault, lure every enemy you see out one by one (walk away if they're hunting, if they're wandering, throw a stone/equivalent action (technique called 'shoutless' because they never shout if you do this) and then walk away, 10+ steps later kill them and they should be on their own, rest, repeat). You will do similar actions to this a lot if you want to win.)
1-4 on both lair branches* (*means not Slime)
First lair rune
Second lair rune
Depths (If you see spriggans, lure/kite/split them out one by one because they appear in big annoying groups that are faster than you even hasted)
Vaults 1-4 (I do this before depths, but a lot of people recommend doing it after)
Slime OR Vaults:5 (depending on which is easier for you, depends on your build and loot)
Zot 1-4
Don't die on Zot:5
Don't die on the orb run either
Ok (ok)

[and into]

Do Vaults 1-4 before Depths, full stop.

[Patashu]

Do Vaults 1-4 before Depths, full stop.

Oh, maybe I'm misunderstanding. It's Vaults:5 that people leave until after Depths, not all of Vaults?

[XuaXua]

In general, the lowest floor of any branch is exceedingly tougher than any other floor of that branch.

[cerebovssquire]

(exceptions: Lair, Dungeon, Depths)

[Sprucery]

(exceptions: Lair, Dungeon, Depths)

Some Lair:8 vaults are quite a bit harder than rest of the Lair, though. Dire elephants, for example (assuming it's still in).

[cerebovssquire]

(exceptions: Lair, Dungeon, Depths)

Some Lair:8 vaults are quite a bit harder than rest of the Lair, though. Dire elephants, for example (assuming it's still in).

(oops, misthank)
In Lair you don't have to enter the vault, whereas in rune branches you do. You can still get exp from the level just by clearing everythinge except the vault. And more importantly, most the supposedly harder vaults are just larger amounts of speed 10 melee monsters (bears, death yaks, dire elephants...) similar or exactly like the monsters you have been fighting all along or are simply not hard (hounds/wolves/hellhounds vault). They certainly can't be described as "exceedingly tougher".

[Klown]

And with the depths vault and the zot door vault, those other two could be toughest as well

[cerebovssquire]

Depths:1 is significantly harder than other Depths levels because it only has one staircase up (unless that's been recently changed).

[XuaXua]

IF you fall into the vault on bottom D or bottom Depths, then it sure can.