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Anvil of Dawn is a fantasy dungeon crawler role-playing game released for MS-Dos in 1995. It was developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by New World Computing. The game presents its environments from a first-person perspective, utilizing pseudo-three-dimensional graphics to render its dungeon corridors and rooms.

The player controls a single protagonist, selected from a roster of five possible characters including humans and a lizard-like being. The central objective is a quest to defeat a malevolent warlord, which involves navigating through a series of dungeons set in diverse locations such as castles and sunken ships. Progression is structured around exploring these maze-like environments, engaging in combat with encountered foes, and solving occasional puzzles that often involve operating switches or using specific inventory items.

Combat is action-oriented, requiring the player to select a weapon or spell and then click directly on an enemy to attack. Character advancement does not utilize a traditional experience point system. Instead, skills improve through repeated use, following a learning by doing principle. Further development comes from discovering new spells, which are categorized into elemental and mystical disciplines like fire, water, and void. Players can also enhance their character permanently by finding better equipment and consuming potions that increase health and magical energy reserves.