Moon Levels - Levels 1,2,3; 
Venus Levels - Levels 4,5 
Mercury Levels - Levels 6,7 
Mars Levels - Levels 8,9,10 
Jupiter Levels - Levels 11,12,13,14 
Saturn Levels - Levels 15,16,17 
Uranus Levels - Levels 18,19,20,21 
Neptune Levels - Levels 22,23,24 
Pluto Levels - Levels 25,26,27 
Asteroid Secret Levels 
 
Table of Contents

Lady Macbeth: "What hath made them drunk hath made me bold; that which hath quenched them hath given me fire." 
Macbeth, Act II, Scene 2 

Note: The walkthroughs for level 7 and level 15 are for the registered version of Descent I, not for the the OEM version of Descent I("Destination: Saturn"). 


The level walkthroughs may be accessed by the links corresponding to the planet images. All available levels are listed. 

My list of most commonly asked questions on Descent I levels
This is a list of questions that I have seen frequently in alt.games.descent. Here are the links to the questions and the answers: 
 
  1. How does one defeat the boss robot in Level 7?
  2. How does one defeat the boss robot in Level 27?
  3. How does one defeat the reactor in Level 21?
  4. How does one find the secret exits to Level 10? Level 21? Level 24?
  5. How does one find the hostages in level 15(registered version)?
  6. How does one rescue the hostages in Secret Level 2?
  7. How does one rescue the hostages in level 6?
  8. How does one find the hostages in level 7?
My List of Descent Links
These are links that I highly recommend for further help in Descent. 
 
  • The Descendarium - This site is, in my opinion, one of the best sources of information concerning Descent I and Descent II. If you want information about weapons, tactics, stumpers, and how much weaponry you have to pump into an enemy before he rolls belly up, this is the site to go.
  • Descent Weenie Tactics Page - No level walkthrough is any good if you do not have the skills to destroy the enemies. This was one of the first pages that I have consulted when I was first learning how to play Descent and also gives tactics on playing multiplayer games.
  • The Warp Core - The biggest collection of Descent links that I know. Just go there and look to your heart's content.
  • The Official Descent FAQ - do I have to say anything about this treasure trove of information?
Download Descent I

Descent I v.1.4 Shareware(desc14sw.exe) - DOS version - (2.8 megabytes) 

Descent I Registered Patches - 

    (Warning: You must upgrade from version 1.0 to 1.4a, then from 1.4a to 1.5. If you directly upgrade from 1.0 to 1.5, you will lose the MIDI soundtrack for levels 8 through 22.)
This page copyright 1997 Wei-shi Tsai. Descent is a copyright of Interplay.