Level 9 starts your gnomes on the sand at the bottom right, next to a giant pyramid. Every block of it is solid stone, and the exit is not on the outside — it sits in a sealed chamber right in the middle, halfway up and halfway across.
What to do
- There is no way around it: dig.
- Send a builder up the steep flank first — the slope is too steep to walk up.
- Use dig ↓ to sink a shaft down towards the centre of the pyramid.
- Switch to dig → when you are level with the chamber to break through the last wall.
- Set a blocker on the slopes so wandering gnomes stay near the shaft.
Aim well: a shaft that misses the middle costs you the clock. Play now!