
Solutions for The Canon (Canon.pzl), a Lode Runner puzzle file by Thorin N. Tatge.

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Death will not release you:

Dig up the three bombs hidden in the platform.  Cross to the upper-left area and place a bomb under either the first or last column containing two mad monks.  Three monks will die.  Go back to the starting area and bomb through the back wall.  The key is hidden in the center of the lower platform.  Dig it out and place a bomb beside the wall.  One mad monk will die and two will fill the gap.  Fight your way to the exit.

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The Four Arms of Protection:

Pick up a bomb and a slime can and slime the three blocks immediately to the right of the upper-left treasure.  Place the bomb there and run.  Go back and drop down to get the coin.

Pick up another bomb and slime can and dig down the middle section until you get to the treasure.  Slime the square even with the floor inside.  Bomb there, and run in to get the skulls.

Throw the last slime can so that it centers under the lower coin on the right.  Bomb there.  Run up and dig a hole to collect the last treasure.

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Worshippers at the Infernal Temple of Ulari:

You can get the first snare by digging an order three pyramid down to jackhammer the rightmost piece of bedrock, then coming through again for the snare.

You can get the rightmost snare by digging two blocks of turf followed by drilling a block from the right edge with the jackhammer, and repeating until you get to the snare.  Remember to leave the jackhammer on the ledge when you go in for the snare.

For the center snare, dig an order four pyramid down to the square left of the snare.  Shift the snare over to that square, then jackhammer through.  Go back again for the snare.

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The Airship:

First, dig the three wall squares away, but dont lure the monk out until the last square is closing.  If your timing is good, youll trap him in it.  If necessary, go back in for the treasure.

For the first three mad monks, dig an order five pyramid down the back, digging three squares twice from the little ladder.  Go in and lure one monk to where it will die.

For the fourth, lure the monk out entirely.  This takes more good timing.  Dig left at the top, then dig down the back a fifth time.  Catch the fourth monk in the hole at left.  Lure the fifth monk to his death.  All five monks are now in the pit, and you can escape the airship to freedom.

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The Mine:

Collect the treasures, bombs and pickaxe while trapping the three monks.  Get the treasures in the lower left by digging out the middle piece in the seoncd ledge, waiting a moment, using the pickaxe, digging the next piece and jumping down, moving back once the mound is gone, and digging down to the bottom treasure.

Get the upper left treasure.  To get the treasure in the tub, dig a hole next to the column with the monks, and drop a pickaxe mound before jumping in and placing a bomb.  This keeps them from attacking you.

To escape, dig out the top two turf pieces in the upper right, wait, then dig out the bottom left piece.  When the top pieces come back, wait a moment and then put a mound on the hideout.  Go on top of the ledge and place a bomb above the mound.  Run over quickly before the mound disappears.

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The Blood Bowl:

Close all the mad monks up in the blood bowl at right, while collecting all the treasures and boss bombs.  Store one boss bomb at the top of the transporter ladder, and take another one through with you.

Place the bomb below the receiving gate.  Step on the monks heads to clear the blast, then retreat over their heads as they escape the bowl.  Wait until theyre climbing up the ladders, then jump down and you may trap some of them.

When you get back to the transporter ladder, the transporter will be deactivated.  Use the third bomb at a level one block above the hideout.  Climb up to clear the blast.  Use the stowed bomb at the lowest remaining ladder segment, and stand where the transporter is to avoid the blast.  Collect the key and leave.

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The Gashouse:

Race to the befuddlement gas and befuddle the monk in order to get down to the treasure.  Pick up all the treasure, then escape by firing the gas leftward through the lowest wall.  Duck quickly down and up to catch him in it.  Dodge around and dig through the turf at upper middle.

Befuddle the monks down there until you catch them all over the turf hole.  Then kill them all and escape with a single bomb blast.

Catch the three monks in the pit containing the jackhammer.  Collect the accessible treasures.  Put the boss bomb and befuddlement gas near the ladder at left.  Lure the three monks to the right.  (The mirror image strategy works too.)  Jump in, grab the jackhammer, and dig right beside the big block of turf and bedrock, so that the mad monks fill the hole.  Befuddle the first one as he lands.  Grab the boss bomb and use it to blow up the last treaure while standing on a monks head.

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Retreat:

You must dispose of all ten monks without killing any of them.

Drop down on the square of turf at top middle.  Dig one space out, run over to get the four treasures, then dig out the other space and jump through.

Set two snares at the available spots where treasures lurk near the pit.  Put down, but dont set, the other seven in the underground passage.  Put one at the end, to take with you.  Save the spot on top of the ladder down to fill with the snare at far left.

Run over and grab said snare, as well as treasure and bomb.  Set snares very quickly as you descend.  At the end, grab the last snare and bomb your way out, fast enough to avoid killing any monks.  Lure a monk to you to be snared, and slip around the tenth.

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The Cave of Time:

Dig a second order pyramid beside the ladder, to give you a space to escape the bomb blast.  Grab the fifth bomb after placing the bomb necessary to leave the top area, and drop down.

You have a choice of four items.  Choose the slime can.

Dig three holes at right, dig two more, set off a bomb, and jump down.  Throw the slime to the right as soon as youre clear of the right monk.  Stop exactly between the two monks so that neither can get you.  You can no longer move, but when the boss bomb explodes, the exit door will appear where you stand.

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Tribute to the Maker:

Avoid picking up the left treasure on the right T.  Dig through it instead.

To get the skull in the N, dig five layers down on the right, then quickly go up and dig another layer off the top.  Go down and dig a layer, up, down, up, down, and then run through the passage.  There is a trap well placed in the N, allowing you to get the skull.

Dont pick up the left bomb in this level.  It will give you more time.  Drop the other bomb next to it, go up and dig through to get the leftmost treasure, and quickly escape.

Finally, dig the spot above the bar on the left T.  Immediately run over to get the last treasure, and run back.  A quick up-down motion will let you slip through the hole to victory.