I love how the user tag makes it sound like you ' re saying Fuck you spez <| sep |> just saw the msg . i will get online now <| sep |> Apart from weapon and boots , ways to survive in mines from one who died many timesYou have to watch your Health meter . It doesn ' t flash red or beep or anything to let you know when it ' s getting low , apart from a sweating effect when you ' re an inch from death . Carry a lot of healing food . Eat some whenever health gets to about half . Certain items also buff your fighting . For example , the Roots Platter 1 Cave Carrot 1 Winter Root is good healing and adds 3 to Combat for six minutes . Also look at Miner ' s Treat . Life Elixir gives even more healing . It takes four different mushrooms and is made through crafting , not cooking . Build Stairs 99 stone and skip down to the next floor if the one you ' re on seems troublesome . Bombs ! ! They don ' t seem to do much damage to monsters , but one will clear out an area , often uncover a way down , and blast rocks into stone useful to make more Stairs , or the ore or gems from bearing rocks . Beware , a bomb will destroy a mushroom or other loose item on the floor . Farm Token to gtfo when out of healing , or if it ' s after 1 AM . The Dwarf sells Life Elixir , Miner ' s Treats , and Bombs , though not cheap . There is also an exploit to get the best sword in the game for a low price , but feels pretty cheaty . spoiler