a) DOORS

Learn about all door types in Dungeon Keeper 2, from Wooden Doors (500 gold) to Magic Doors (6000 gold), and their uses.

Doors in Dungeon Keeper 2:

1. WOODEN DOOR

Gold Cost: 500

A weak door that doesn't offer much protection against enemy blows, but is handy for controlling the movements of your own creatures, especially Imps. It can also be amusingly combined with the Boulder Trap for a devastating surprise (the enemy will aim for the weakest door, so plonk some fake doorways with lethal traps behind them!).

2. BRACED DOOR

Gold Cost: 1000

A tougher door which is a good cheap way of providing inner dungeon security. It provides moderate defence and securing your outer rooms with this will make your creatures feel happier and more secure.

3. STEEL DOOR

Gold Cost: 1500

A very tough door, and one you should be using all around the entrance to your Dungeon Heart and the doorways leading out of the dungeon. Enemies have to batter on this for a while to break it down, so combine it with Alarm Traps and Guardposts to alert your defences.

4. MAGIC DOOR

Gold Cost: 6000

A door as tough as the steel one with the added bonus of spitting fireballs at any attackers. This of course comes at a price; they are very expensive. They are extremely useful though in dungeons where you have to fend off enemy Imps. They will repel low-level creatures and prevent them from trying to claim your outlying territory.

5. SECRET DOOR

Gold Cost: 3000

This door is cloaked to the enemy and is valuable in levels where you are sneakily constructing a dungeon under the very nose of your rivals or enemies. It must be used sensibly though, if you are going through it and it opens in front of an enemy, they will see it and be able to attack it.

6. BARRICADE

Gold Cost: 400

Cheap and cheerful and brutally effective used correctly, the barricade slows down enemy assaults and is excellent for blocking off those portals you cannot disable. Be aware that your own creatures cannot pass though it once it is erected. Fly creatures and projectile attacks can pass over.