First off, the red 'tar' is called the Awakened Mud (or just Mud). It's one of the three types of tarstuff in DROD, and works quite a bit differently from the Living Tar.
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×Obviously, you don't want the green doors to be open until you've walked past all the bombs.
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×So that limits where your extra monster needs to be.
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×However, if you leave a mud baby out in the open, it'll eventually get trapped in one of those force arrows.
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×So you'll need to stash it somewhere.
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×Specifically, you need to trap it in the mud. The exact center, in fact.
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×At this point, this becomes an exercise in mud cutting technique and luring. This is the 'trick' to the room, and it'll likely take you a bit to work it out. Still, now that you know the goal, it shouldn't be so hard.
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×Try to make a U shape in the mud first - that's an important step to get a baby into position. Things should follow from there if you experiment a bit.
EDIT: Oh, and if you need some tips for actual cutting and luring, here's a couple of important techniques for this room.
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×Tarstuff won't grow over you. You can use yourself as an obstacle to force tarstuff to grow around you.
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×Tar and mud babies prefer to move vertically rather than diagonally. This makes a U shape more useful than, say, a C shape.
If you need more help than that, just ask.
[Last edited by TFMurphy at 08-12-2007 08:56 AM]
