Dungeon Keeper Wiki:How You Can Help

This page is a project page. It pertains to the running of Dungeon Keeper Wiki, and is not part of the encyclopaedia.

"I want YOU to help improve the Dungeon Keeper Wiki"

This page will be used to list the current projects for the Wiki that need work.

Current Work

Important Work:

• Adding in information from the game manuals (information from strategy guides also wouldn't go amiss). Beware, the DK1 manual (and even the DK2 manual, albeit to a lesser extent) contains some erroneous information.

• As this wiki relies heavily on information from these sources, there is likely to be some undetected erroneous statements. Hunt them down and remove or correct them. You can use Template:Dubious to mark suspected inaccuracies.

Moderately Important Work:

• Have pages for tutorials and tips.
• Making sure each page has pictures if possible (See here also).
• Adding relevant quotes to as many pages as possible.
• Add pictures for every Keeper Spell, Creature Spell and Dungeon Special in both Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2, where possible.
• Split the infoboxes into versions for each game to reduce clutter (in progress)
• Add DK2 stats tables for creatures and heroes to match the DK1 tables.
• Updates stats, tables, information etc. to include both OG DK1 information, as well as any FX changes, so the wiki can be useful for current players as well.
• Add FX-specific features, such as any new (hardcoded) features or things, e.g. new creatures, traps, doors, spells (Keeper/Creature), Dungeon Specials, and so on.
• Add Faction template to each DK1/DK2 multiplayer level.
• Add detailed explanation of some game mechanics and how they work (would require testing or looking at code), such as how the Scavenger Room works, how creature attraction and room requirements work, e.g. which creature you are most likely to get, "best dungeon" score for multiple Keepers.
• Other useful information such as number crunching for things like "how many hits does it take for this creature using this ability to break down this door".
• More stats for Creature Spells such as reload time (in and out of possession), how long the effect or shot lasts, mentioning useful info like spells get better as creatures get stronger with info on how this scales. Would also be worth putting things like base damage and reload speed for all creature spells into one big table so people can easily access this information and compare.
• Adding more information about DK2 across the board, including things like mechanics, bugs, info, secrets/surprises in levels, stat tables etc.
• Some DK2 maps were broken in the 1.7 update (e.g. missing creatures in the pool), so this needs to be noted somewhere.
• Update relevant pages with FX information, such as rooms required for attraction for heroes and new creatures (this is inconsistently done).
• Adding information about KeeperFX's New Game+ Campaign (showing changes/fixes, differences and criteria for achieving that level's transfer special.
• There's a page documenting tools for Dungeon Keeper, so why not one for Dungeon Keeper 2 tools?

Not so Important Work:

• Have pages for each stat, creating graphs and tables for each creature, and ranking each creature according to that stat.
• Adding stat graphs to the pages of each creature and stat rankings. (e.g. "Attack - 120. (Ranked 5th)" )
• Maybe just a page that lists many useful tips people may not know, like overpowered Dragons when possessed, use of Temple to heal creatures of sickness and to shield three of them from scavenging, use of Guard Rooms to increase efficiency etc.)
• Perhaps pages for fan campaigns and levels? (at least the well-known ones)
• Replace still level previews with animated GIFs where possible.

Please note that these are not in any particular order, and users are free to add other projects to this list.

Completed

Important Work:

• Adding pages for each level. Each level page should contain an image of the whole level (preferably without Fog of War), some basic info, a quote from the Mentor, and a walkthrough or two.
• Having sidebar info for other sections such as traps and doors and spells.
  • Guard Post (Room) Treasure Room, all Keeper and Creature Spells.
• Having pages for all the Dungeon Keeper 2 Levels.

Moderately Important Work:

• Tidying up the pages of each Creature and Hero, making them look neat and making sure there is enough information for both their Dungeon Keeper and Dungeon Keeper 2 counterparts, as well as adding other information such as stats and all spells learnt.
• Adding and filling in Templates for all Creatures, Heroes, Traps, Doors, Spells, creature spells, tiles, Specials etc.
• Have a category for gameplay mechanics, talking about things like room health, Game turns (as in the time unit), Stats, efficiency, gold and mana, and how other such things work.
• Every non-Skirmish/MP map should at least have a tabular breakdown (using the Template:Faction or Template:FactionDK2 template).

Not so Important Work:

• Add icons and list of creatures attracted (with size needed) to each room. (Library, Temple need number of tiles, DK1 rooms could possibly have FX heroes requirements? DK2 needs dimensions for other creatures too if known.)
• Having pages for other gameplay mechanics such as stats, game turns, the control panel, health flowers etc.
• Perhaps a section talking about particular game points such as glitches, bugs and exploits (checking the walkthrough for Ancient Keeper is a good way of finding most of them in detail). Ones I can think of off the top of my head is the use of the height of Guard Posts and Temples to block off areas of water/lava, and the use of Temples to stop Boulder Traps, that glitch in pre-patched DK1 where creatures would teleport to the corner of the map, any used in Ancient Keeper (found books on your land not working properly if they are in rooms, blowing creatures through corner-holes etc.) and the 150 room glitch.
• Extract, upload, and post the alternative (Japanese?) icons for Haste Creature and Disruption.
• Having pages for each Dungeon Special.
  • Destroy Walls (Special), Kill Creatures, Stun Imps Add sidebar - name, brief info, text and soundclip, first map found?
• Adding a page for tilesets (8 original, perhaps any new in FX).

Non-encyclopaedia

This section lists behind-the-scenes tasks, which may not involve changing the actual encyclopaedia.

• This wiki needs a manual of style! Input is required!

Resources

Here is a list of sites, files, and other resources that will be helpful for adding to the wiki.

• The games themselves. One of the best ways to check things is to try them out!
• Links to the manuals can be found here.
• The various Strategy guides are cracking resources, chock-full of information about just about everything a Keeper would ever need.
• See this for the raw dump of Dungeon Keeper images.
• Thanatos' Dungeon Keeper Realm. Contains useful information on rooms, creatures and heroes, traps and doors and spells, along with images. Some information, such as creature spells, is incomplete, and the Temple page contains lots of fake recipes. Note that the description of the stats is wrong, as it is in the manual. It does have a link to the demo, which is nice, though.
• Dungeon Keeper @therealm. A good resource in terms of information of rooms, creatures and heroes, spells, traps and doors etc. Notable for its useful and helpful descriptions, which will help in improving our own.
• Bono's Dungeon Keeper Guide. This one is very useful, as it covers other things such as tips on training and exploration, as well as strategies and explanations of game mechanics and bugs.
• Phil's Dungeon Keeper Guide. Contains some VERY detailed level guides, as well as a lot of information about other things.
• Inferno719's Guide. Contains useful descriptions of lots of things, as well as many level guides.
• Dungeon Keeper Millennium. Another great site. Contains information about everything, including specials and tile types. Also contains a LOT of level guides too. Has a cool interface, mimicking the Official Editor's look.
• Keeper Klan Forum. An incredibly helpful place, there are threads talking about important game aspects there, such as here and here. The people there are very knowledgeable on the games, and some have worked on or created game modifications.
• DK Maps 'n' Tools Base. A website about maps, patches, tools and addons. Also contains some links and resources.
• Ancient Keeper Walkthrough. Obviously a walkthrough for the map pack Ancient Keeper, but as that pack relies on tricks and glitches, this is a useful resource for finding out about them.
• FiringSquad. Contains many screenshots from DK2, many of which are on this site.