Item (SLASH'EM)

Artifacts

Item	Symbol	Base type	Alignment	Notes
Bat from Hell	)	Baseball bat (club)	Chaotic	First sacrifice gift for Rogues. +3 to hit and +20 to damage.
Deathsword	)	Two-handed sword	Chaotic	Second sacrifice gift for Barbarians. +5 to hit and +14 to damage against humans.
Deep Freeze	)	Athame	Chaotic	First sacrifice gift for Ice Mages. +5 to hit and +5 to damage unless enemy is cold resistant. Confers cold resistance.
Deluder	]	Cloak of displacement	Neutral	Second sacrifice gift for Wizards. Acts as a luckstone when carried. Confers stealth when worn. If worn instead of the starting cloak of magic resistance, magic resistance can be provided by wielding Magicbane, but magic cancellation is still inferior.
Disrupter	)	Mace	Neutral	First sacrifice gift for Priests. +5 to hit and +30 to damage against undead.
Doomblade	)	Orcish short sword	Chaotic	Deals 10 additional damage, with a 25% chance of adding 5*d4.
Elfrist	)	Orcish spear	Chaotic	+5 to hit and +15 to damage against elves and drow, with a 15% chance of cancelling said creatures. Can be made by naming a Orcish spear.
Firewall	)	Athame	Lawful	First sacrifice gift for Flame Mages. +4 to hit and +4 damage to monsters that are NOT fire-resistant. Confers fire resistance.
Gauntlets of Defense	]	Gauntlets of dexterity	Neutral	First sacrifice gift for Monks. When worn, halves physical damage and increases dexterity. When invoked, toggles invisibility.
Hellfire	)	Crossbow	Chaotic	+5 to hit and +7 to damage per bolt. Confers fire resistance. When crossbow bolts fired from Hellfire hit a monster, they explode for 2d6 fire damage.
Holy Spear of Light	)	Silver spear	Lawful	+5 to hit and +10 to damage against undead. Illuminates area when carried. Can be invoked to create light and damage undead and demons.
Houchou	)	Spoon	Chaotic	Instantly kills any monster it hits, but is destroyed in the process.
Luckblade	)	Short sword	Neutral	+5 to hit and +5 to damage. Acts as a luckstone.
Mirrorbright	]	Shield of reflection	Neutral	Guaranteed first sacrifice gift for Healers. Confers hallucination resistance.
Plague	)	Dark elven bow	Chaotic	+5 to hit and +7 to damage per arrow. Confers poison resistance. Arrows fired from Plague are automatically poisoned.
Quick Blade	)	Elven short sword	Lawful	+9 to hit and +2 to damage.
Reaper	)	Halberd	Lawful	Second sacrifice gift for Yeomen. +5 to hit and +20 to damage when pounding.
Serpent's Tongue	)	Dagger	Chaotic	First sacrifice gift for Necromancers. +2 to hit and 2x damage. Does extra damage to monsters without poison resistance, including a 10% chance of instakill.
Skullcrusher	)	Club	Lawful	First sacrifice gift for Cavemen. +3 to hit and +10 to damage.
Sword of Balance	)	Silver short sword	Neutral	+2 to hit and +5 to damage against lawful and chaotic monsters. Can be made by naming a Silver Short Sword.
Sword of Justice	)	Long sword	Lawful	+5 to hit and +12 to damage against neutral and chaotic monsters. First sacrifice gift for Yeomen
Thiefbane	)	Long sword	Chaotic	Always generated with One-Eyed Sam, the owner of the Black Market. +5 to hit and +1 to damage against @s, with a 10% chance of beheading the monster and a 15% chance of cancelling it.
Wallet of Perseus	(	Bag of holding	Unaligned	Has a greater capacity than a normal bag of holding.
Werebane	)	Silver saber	Unaligned	+5 to hit and +2 to damage against werecreatures, with a 15% chance of cancelling them. An item of this name exists in vanilla NetHack.
Whisperfeet	]	Speed boots	Neutral	First sacrifice gift for Tourists. Acts as a luckstone. Confers stealth when worn.
Candle of Eternal Flame	(	Magic candle	Lawful	Flame Mage quest artifact. Confers warning, teleport control, and cold resistance when carried. Summons a tame fire elemental when invoked.
Storm Whistle	(	Magic whistle	Lawful	Ice Mage quest artifact. Confers warning, teleport control, and cold resistance when carried. Summons a tame water elemental when invoked.
Great Dagger of Glaurgnaa	)	Great dagger	Chaotic	Necromancer quest artifact. +8 to hit and +4 to damage against lawful and neutral monsters. Drains levels. When invoked, boosts magical energy. Confers magic resistance when carried.
Stake of Van Helsing	)	Wooden stake	Lawful	Undead Slayer quest artifact. Confers magic resistance when carried. +5 to hit and +12 damage. 10% chance of instantly killing vampires and vampire bats.
Crown of Saint Edward	]	Helm of telepathy	Lawful	Yeoman quest artifact. Lawful. Confers magic resistance and half spell damage when carried.
Nighthorn	(	Unicorn horn	Lawful	Confers reflection when wielded. Acquired by killing Nightmare on the Lawful Quest. Generated cursed and +0.
Eye of the Beholder	%	Eyeball	Neutral	Does 150-199 damage when eaten. When invoked, instant death if the player's Luck is less than -9, and otherwise reduces all non-undead monsters in the Eye's line of sight to 1/3 of their remaining HP. Invoking the Eye reduces the player's alignment record and luck by 3 each. Acquired by killing the Beholder on the Neutral Quest.
Hand of Vecna	%	Severed hand	Chaotic	Does 150-199 damage when eaten. When invoked, does 5-24 damage if the player's Luck is less than -9, and otherwise summons 4-7 tame graveyard creatures. Invoking the Hand reduces the player's alignment record and Luck by 3 each. Acquired by killing Vecna on the Chaotic Quest.
Key of Law	(	Skeleton key	Lawful	Can open the indestructible doors in Vlad's tower.
Key of Neutrality	(	Skeleton key	Neutral	Can open the indestructible doors in Vlad's tower.
Key of Chaos	(	Skeleton key	Chaotic	Can open the indestructible doors in Vlad's tower.

Weapons

Item	Symbol	Unidentified appearance	Notes
Dark elven dagger	)	Black runed dagger
Wooden stake	)	N/A	Does extra damage to vampires, with a chance of instakilling them. Uses dagger skill.
Silver short sword	)	N/A
Dark elven short sword	)	Black runed short sword
Silver long sword	)	N/A
Rapier	)	N/A	Uses saber skill.
Fly swatter	)	N/A	Only weapon in the "paddle" category.
Silver mace	)	N/A
Heavy hammer	)	N/A	New base item for Mjollnir.
Dark elven bow	)	Black runed bow
Dark elven arrow	)	Black runed arrow
Pistol	)	N/A
Submachine gun	)	N/A
Heavy machine gun	)	N/A
Rifle	)	N/A
Assault rifle	)	N/A
Sniper rifle	)	N/A
Shotgun	)	N/A
Auto shotgun	)	N/A
Rocket launcher	)	N/A
Grenade launcher	)	N/A
Bullet	)	N/A	For use with pistols, submachine guns, heavy machine guns, rifles, assault rifles, and sniper rifles.
Silver bullet	)	N/A	For use with pistols, submachine guns, heavy machine guns, rifles, assault rifles, and sniper rifles.
Shotgun shell	)	N/A	For use with shotguns and auto shotguns.
Rocket	)	N/A	For use with rocket launchers.
Frag grenade	)	N/A	Can be armed and thrown normally, or fired from a grenade launcher. Does fire damage.
Gas grenade	)	N/A	Can be armed and thrown normally, or fired from a grenade launcher. Does poison gas damage.
Stick of dynamite	)	Red stick

Armor

Item	Symbol	Unidentified appearance	Notes
Dark elven mithril-coat	[	N/A
Robe of protection	[[[[	Randomized
Robe of power	[[[[	Randomized	Increases spellcasting ability.
Robe of weakness	[[[[	Randomized	Sets strength to 3.
Shimmering dragon scales	[		Grants displacement.
Deep dragon scales	[		Grants level drain resistance.
Shimmering dragon scale mail	[		Grants displacement.
Deep dragon scale mail	[		Grants level drain resistance.
Lab coat	[	White coat	Grants poison and acid resistance.
Poisonous cloak	[[[[	Randomized	Poisons wearer, unless poison resistant.
Gauntlets of swimming	[	Randomized	Grants wearer swimming ability.

Rings

Item	Symbol	Base price	Base type	Notes	Effect when dropped in sink
Mood ring	=		Randomized	No effect when worn or eaten, gives clue about alignment when read.	The sink looks groovy.
Ring of sleeping	=		Randomized	Grants restful sleep intrinsic.	You hear loud snores coming from the drain.
Ring of gain dexterity	=		Randomized	Increases dexterity based on enchantment.	The water flow seems faster/slower now. (depending on ring's enchantment level)
Ring of gain intelligence	=	150	Randomized	Increases intelligence based on enchantment.	The water flow seems quicker/duller now. (depending on ring's enchantment level)
Ring of gain wisdom	=	150	Randomized	Increases wisdom based on enchantment	The water flow seems quicker/duller now. (depending on ring's enchantment level)

Amulets

Item	Symbol	Base type	Notes
Amulet of flying	"	Randomized	Grants flight.
Amulet of drain resistance	"	Randomized	Grants level drain resistance.
Amulet versus stone	"	Randomized	Saves your life if you're turned to stone, then disintegrates.

Tools

Item	Symbol	Base type	Notes
Magic candle	(	Candle	Illuminates a larger area than normal candles and never burns out.
Torch	(	N/A	Light source, must be wielded to be used. It can be used as a weapon when lit, but this causes it to burn out faster. Uses club skill.
Medical kit	(	Leather bag	Contains pills, bandages and phials. Can be used by Healers to bandage wounds and vampires to make potions of vampire blood. In addition, anyone can use it to swallow a pill for various effects, mostly negative unless you're a Healer, Monk, Priest, or Undead Slayer.
Fishing pole	(	N/A	Can be applied to attack monsters or to go fishing in water squares. Uses Polearm skill.
Green lightsaber	(	Lightsaber	Must be applied to work as an effective weapon.
Blue lightsaber	(	Lightsaber	Must be applied to work as an effective weapon.
Red lightsaber	(	Lightsaber	Must be applied to work as an effective weapon.
Red double lightsaber	(	Double lightsaber	Deferred feature. Must be applied to work as a weapon. Can be applied when already active to increase the damage it deals.

Comestibles

Item	Symbol	Base type	Notes
Asian pear	%	N/A	Vegan.
Mushroom	%	N/A	Vegan. Can cause poisoning, stunning, hallucination, or increase strength by 1.
Sandwich	%	N/A
Tortilla	%	N/A	Vegetarian.
Cheese	%	N/A
Pill	%	N/A	Vegetarian. Can grant a wish, make you very fast, increase your nutrition, put you to sleep, poison you, stun you, or cause hallucination.
Holy wafer	%	N/A	Vegetarian. Cures sickness or lycanthropy (unless your starting race is lycanthrope, in which case it damages you and reduces your strength and constitution). Restores HP if you're lawful, and does non-fatal damage if you're chaotic

Potions

Item	Symbol	Base type	Base price	Notes
Potion of amnesia	!	Sparkling potion	100	Causes amnesia. Cancels anything dipped into it, including magical tools and gray stones.
Potion of blood	!	Blood-red potion	50	Increases nutrition if you're a vampire. If you aren't, makes you vomit.
Potion of vampire blood	!	Blood-red potion	350	If you're not a vampire, polymorphs you into one and angers your god if you're lawful or a Monk. If you are, increases nutrition.
Potion of clairvoyance	!	Randomized	100	Maps the area around you if uncursed, grants clairvoyance if blessed, no effect if cursed.
Potion of ESP	!	Randomized	150	Grants telepathy temporarily if uncursed and permanently if blessed. If cursed, removes intrinsic telepathy.
Potion of invulnerability	!	Randomized	300	Grants temporary invulnerability. Does not work against sickness, stoning, sliming, lost stats, brainlessness, lycanthropy, level drain, divine wrath, or eating a Rider's corpse.

Spellbooks

Item	Symbol	Base type	School	Level	Notes
Spellbook of flame sphere	+	Randomized	Matter	1	Also a deferred feature in vanilla NetHack.
Spellbook of freeze sphere	+	Randomized	Matter	1	Also a deferred feature in vanilla NetHack.
Spellbook of resist poison	+	Randomized	Protection	1
Spellbook of resist sleep	+	Randomized	Protection	1
Spellbook of endure cold	+	Randomized	Protection	2
Spellbook of endure heat	+	Randomized	Protection	2
Spellbook of insulate	+	Randomized	Protection	2
Spellbook of poison blast	+	Randomized	Attack	4
Spellbook of lightning	+	Randomized	Matter	4
Spellbook of acid stream	+	Randomized	Matter	4
Spellbook of enlighten	+	Randomized	Body	4
Spellbook of command undead	+	Randomized	Attack	5
Spellbook of summon undead	+	Randomized	Attack	5
Spellbook of passwall	+	Randomized	Body	6
Spellbook of enchant weapon	+	Randomized	Enchantment	7
Spellbook of enchant armor	+	Randomized	Enchantment	7

Wands

Item	Symbol	Base type	Notes
Wand of healing	/	Randomized
Wand of extra healing	/	Randomized
Wand of draining	/	Randomized
Wand of fear	/	Randomized	Causes monsters to flee.
Wand of create horde	/	Randomized
Wand of fireball	/	Randomized	Creates a fireball that explodes when it hits its target.

Gems

Item	Symbol	Base type	Notes
Healthstone	*	Gray stone	Alters healing rate based on beatitude- +2 if blessed, +1 if uncursed, -2 if cursed. These effects are cumulative. Always generated cursed.
Whetstone	*	Gray stone	Can be used to remove rust from metallic edged weapons or to enchant them up to +0. Requires a source of water. Only works 33% of the time.

New randomized appearances

Due to the many new items in SLASH'EM, new randomized appearances were added. These are:

• Robe:
  • [ Red robe
  • [ Blue robe
  • [ Green robe
  • [ Orange robe
• Cloak:
  • [ Dirty rag
• Gauntlets:
  • [ Black gloves
• Rings:
  • = Ridged (can be eaten by metallivores)
  • = Obsidian
  • = Plain
  • = Glass
• Amulets:
  • " Warped
  • " Convex
  • " Lunate
• Potions:
  • ! Luminescent
  • ! Muddy
  • ! Icy
• Spellbooks:
  • + Dark
  • + Black
  • + Wide
  • + Big
  • + Fuzzy
  • + Deep
  • + Spotted
  • + Long
  • + Torn
  • + Ochre
  • + Canvas
  • + Hardcover
  • + Rainbow
  • + Tattered
  • + Colorful
  • + Tartan
  • + Stylish
  • + Psychedelic
  • + Spiral-bound
  • + Left-handed
  • + Stapled
  • + Plain

See also

• Monster (SLASH'EM)
• Consolidated item tables, including price, weight, and special properties