Orcish dagger

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Name orcish dagger
Appearance crude dagger
Damage vs. small 1d3
Damage vs. large 1d3
To-hit bonus +2
Weapon skill dagger
Size one-handed
Base price 4 zm
(+10/positive
enchant)
Weight 10
Material iron

An orcish dagger is a type of weapon that appears in NetHack. It uses the dagger skill, and like a dagger it can be used in melee and thrown as a projectile. It is made of iron, and appears as a crude dagger when unidentified.

Grimtooth is an artifact orcish dagger.

Generation

Player orcs start the game with knowledge of the orcish dagger.[1] Oricsh Rangers start each game with a +1 orcish dagger as their secondary weapon, while orcish Rogues start each game with a stack of +0 orcish daggers as their secondary weapon.[2][3][4]

Orcish daggers constitute 1.2% of random weapon generation in the dungeon. In addition to random generation, weapon shops and general stores can stock orcish daggers.

Orcs have a 12 chance of being generated with an orcish dagger, with the exception of the orc shaman.[5]

Strategy

Orcish daggers are usually the first type of dagger seen in the dungeon - at d3 versus all monsters, they are the weakest dagger in terms of damage and one of the weakest weapons overall. An orcish dagger is still suitable as a weapon for roles such as Healers and Wizards that seek to train the dagger skill in the early game. Orcish daggers are always eventually replaced with better weapons, ranging from a stack of standard daggers to any of the artifact weapons.

History

The orcish dagger first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.

References