Goblin Caves Map Tips - Dark and Darker Guide - IGN (2024)

The Goblin Caves is a dungeon filled with monsters the likes of spiders, mummies, zombies, and of course, Goblins. The Goblins in this map have their weapons coated in poison so taking a hit from them would result in taking damage over time which is pretty annoying and could easily kill you if you're not paying attention to your HP.

This dungeon might seem easy at first being a solo queue dungeon but it's quite unforgiving so make sure that you're always attentive to your surroundings to make sure that you keep yourself alive for extraction.

Goblin Caves

Goblin Caves is the solo queue of Dark and Darker. That means you won't be able to enter this map if you're in a party. This map also doesn't have Red Portals which gets you deeper in the dungeon but instead has stairs that act as a secondary way of extraction if they're near the final circle.

East Side of Goblin Caves

If you spawn at the right side of the map, you're usually going to be near the stairs escape route. Now, the stairs are going to be a nice secondary option to get out as it opens only during the latter parts of the game. Knowing where the stairs are might just save your life as long as it's in the circle.

Aside from that, you're going to spawn near a dead body and this guarantees loot. There are lots of goblins around you (as always) so make sure not to aggro them too much.

The outer parts of this section in the map, specifically the floor underneath, have mummies and spiders in them. There's a chance to spawn there as well.

Center of Goblin Caves

The middle of the map is unironically filled with Spiders and Skeletons instead of Goblins. This room has a spike trap you can use to maneuver around mobs. This way, you can damage them for free just by running around.

This place is also where the Entrance to the Cave Troll room is located. The entrance is located near a staircase on the top right of the room.

Southwest of Goblin Caves

If you spawn in the bottom left side of the map, there should be a chest just near you. This place is also filled with Goblins. Goblin archers are probably the most annoying ones here. They're usually guarding the entrance to a goblin town which looks like a quarry with a lot of interconnected stairs and doors. The best way is to just get out of there with either of the doors near you.

Northwest of Goblin Caves

The top left spawn of the map will have you up against a couple of goblins near you a chest. It's mostly safe to go to the chest, just make sure that the goblins aren't close enough to aggro. This zone also contains spikes and spiders.

If you go ahead and fight the two initial goblins after taking the chest, there will be another chest waiting for you.

Behind your spawn point, there's a stone slab that acts as a staircase for you to be able to escape the place. If you ever head south, you're going to end up in another goblin town with a lot of goblin mobs around.

Southeast of Goblin Caves

The bottom right part of the map is a decent spawn point but the moment you step out of that door, you need to be ready to fight your way out as Death Skulls are flying around the place. After dealing with the initial monsters, you can head to the chest just across your spawn point beside the barricade with spikes.

You can also get the items behind the barricade by crouch jumping beside it. There's a gap behind it that your character should be able to fit in.

North of Goblin Caves

The top side of the map is one of the dangerous spots to spawn to as there's a chance that there's another player that spawned near you. Their spawn point is the top right side of the map and they can go to you immediately as you're only divided by a door.

This can also mean that you can go to their spawn point immediately and catch them off guard.

The top part of the map has goblins crawling around it as well as a chest in the middle of it guarded by goblin warriors and a goblin mage.

South of Goblin Caves

If you spawn in the bottom part of the Goblin Caves, you're going to meet a wooden blockade in front of you. But before breaking the blockade, make sure to check behind you because there's a chest there, guaranteeing loot.

This part of the map has traps which means that you need to make sure you know where you're stepping at.

West of Goblin Caves

The West part of Goblin Caves is a Goblin Town where a lot of Goblin Warriors and Goblin Archers gather. Traversing this area is also pretty dangerous because of the traps that are lying around.

The ground floor contains ground spikes and chests that can be looted, while the connecting pavements especially the ones near stones may have a wall spike in them. Be sure not to linger around too much to avoid them.

Northeast of Goblin Caves

The northeast part of the Goblin Caves is a room that has two floors. The floors don't seem to be accessible in and of itself which means that you'd need to go to the top part of the map first and go use the other doorway to get to the second floor.

This room is pretty dangerous with Goblin Archers and Goblin Warriors. There's also a part of the room that the Goblins are guarding that contains a chest.