Dwarvish spear
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| Name | dwarvish spear |
| Appearance | stout spear |
| Damage vs. small | 1d8 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d8 |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | spear |
| Size | one-handed |
| Base price | 3 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 35 |
| Material | iron |
A dwarvish spear is a type of weapon that appears in NetHack. It is made of iron and uses the spear skill, and appears as a stout spear when unidentified.
Contents
Generation
Player dwarves start the game with knowledge of the dwarvish short sword. Any dwarven character that would start the game with a spear will start with a dwarvish spear instead - currently, there are no applicable roles where this substitution would occur.[1]
Dwarvish spears make up about 1.2% of randomly generated weapons. In addition to random generation, weapon shops and general stores can stock dwarvish spears.
Live dwarves that are generated with a dwarvish short sword have an effective 1⁄4 chance of generating with a dwarvish spear.[2]
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.
Dwarven Valkyries start the game with a +1 dwarvish spear, making use of the existing racial substitution.Strategy
The dwarvish spear is the strongest among spear weapons, dealing damage on par with a scimitar, elven short sword or a silver saber not dealing silver damage. Cavepeople that happen upon a dwarvish spear can use it as a solid melee weapon, and can collect more to use as a multishot-compatible projectile, though a stack of dwarvish spears can become heavy quickly.
History
The dwarvish spear first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.
Variants
SporkHack
In SporkHack, the base item of Dragonbane is changed from a broadsword to a dwarvish spear. It has +d5 to-hit and +d4 damage, confers all dragon-based resistances while wielded, and has a 1⁄2 chance of instantly slaying any dragon it hits.
UnNetHack
In UnNetHack, Dragonbane is a dwarvish spear as in SporkHack and behaves mostly the same, except that its instakill chance is reduced to 1⁄2, and wielding it also grants warning of dragons.
EvilHack
In EvilHack, a dwarvish spear can be created at a forge by combining a spear and 2 arrows. A dwarvish spear can be combined with a short sword to create a dwarvish short sword.
References
- ↑ src/u_init.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 224: Race-based substitutions for initial inventory
- ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 378: 1⁄2 chance not to generate with a dwarvish mattock, followed by 1⁄2 chance at a spear
