"What's eating the watervine" cannot be completed.

[Former user]

I just started off in Caves of Qud but I cannot proceed past the first the first level of the Red Rock Cave. The stairs have simply failed to generate. Not sure how major this is, as this is my first time seeing it, and I could always just start over.

[Sol]

by any chance did you visit that zone once before, and exit the game without saving?