# Ladder

Dungeon features

&nbsp;&nbsp;Air

_&nbsp;Altar

#&nbsp;Corridor

#&nbsp;Cloud

#.&nbsp;Drawbridge

+-|&nbsp;Door

.&nbsp;Doorway

{&nbsp;Fountain

|&nbsp;Headstone

.&nbsp;&nbsp;Floor

&gt;&lt;&nbsp;Ladder

.&nbsp;Ice

#&nbsp;Iron&nbsp;bars

}&nbsp;Lava

}&nbsp;Moat

#&nbsp;Sink

&nbsp;&nbsp;Solid&nbsp;rock

&gt;&lt;&nbsp;Staircase

\&nbsp;Throne

^"&nbsp;Trap

#&nbsp;Tree

-&nbsp;|&nbsp;Wall

~&nbsp;Vibrating square

A ladder is a dungeon feature which acts exactly like a staircase, except these only appear in Vlad's Tower and the Wizard's Tower. It is represented by &gt; or &lt;, for a down ladder or up ladder, respectively. The differences between a ladder and a stairway, that objects dropped on a ladder are more likely to fall down, and that you receive a message when climbing ladders. Some patches display branches as ladders instead of stairways to make them stand out more.

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