Escape The Mana Shrine
Get past the mana Sanctuary easily - after you go past the gold statue and the hot house head (by screen)north, east, south, west, west, north.
Submitted by noly

Black Enemies
Fight and kill the same type of enemy 1,000 times consecutively. Afterwards, all enemies of that type will be black and will be tougher to kill, though they drop better items and experience.