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==Strategy== | ==Strategy== | ||
| − | Over the course of the game the player is | + | Over the course of the game the player is likely to encounter several [[long worm]]s. Should the player be unable to find one, it may be worthwhile to try [[reverse genocide]], which yields an average of 5 worm teeth per scroll. |
| − | + | Using a means of [[create monster|creating monsters]] (or waiting for them to spawn) can work as well. Long worms are [[Monster frequency|quite rare]], so this may take considerable time. They will not spawn if the average of the player's level and the dungeon level is less than 9; this means that for a level 14 player (such as post-quest) you must be on at least dungeon level 4, and at most 54. | |
| − | + | Even skipping a step straight to the crysknife, it is generally not worth burning a [[wish]] on a worm tooth. (A better choice would be a [[magic marker]] to write the scrolls, for instance.) | |
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| − | + | As long worms sometimes split when the tail is attacked, it may be worth [[farming]] should one, for some reason, be trying to get multiple teeth. Beware, the game will crash if you split worms when extinct, or when the new worm would have zero health points.<!-- What version? Has this been fixed? --> | |
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| + | [[scroll of enchant weapon|Enchanting]] a stack of worm teeth will only make one crysknife, as though the stack had merged into a single knife. If you want multiple crysknives, you will have to enchant them each separately. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 00:28, 12 December 2019
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| Name | worm tooth |
| Appearance | worm tooth |
| Damage vs. small | 1d2 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d2 |
| To-hit bonus | 0 |
| Weapon skill | knife |
| Size | one-handed |
| Base price | 2 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 20 |
| Material | undefined |
A worm tooth may be left behind when a long worm dies. It is considered a weapon that uses the knife skill.
In its natural state, a worm tooth does little damage, but it can be turned into a powerful crysknife by enchanting it. Be careful to keep the crysknife in your possession; if dropped, it will revert to a +0 worm tooth (with a chance of resisting if fixed).
Generation
Worm teeth are not generated separately from long worms.
Strategy
Over the course of the game the player is likely to encounter several long worms. Should the player be unable to find one, it may be worthwhile to try reverse genocide, which yields an average of 5 worm teeth per scroll.
Using a means of creating monsters (or waiting for them to spawn) can work as well. Long worms are quite rare, so this may take considerable time. They will not spawn if the average of the player's level and the dungeon level is less than 9; this means that for a level 14 player (such as post-quest) you must be on at least dungeon level 4, and at most 54.
Even skipping a step straight to the crysknife, it is generally not worth burning a wish on a worm tooth. (A better choice would be a magic marker to write the scrolls, for instance.)
As long worms sometimes split when the tail is attacked, it may be worth farming should one, for some reason, be trying to get multiple teeth. Beware, the game will crash if you split worms when extinct, or when the new worm would have zero health points.
Enchanting a stack of worm teeth will only make one crysknife, as though the stack had merged into a single knife. If you want multiple crysknives, you will have to enchant them each separately.
History
In NetHack 3.4.3 and earlier versions, worm teeth did not stack.[1] As of NetHack 3.6.0, worm teeth stack and can even be thrown multishot, given a high enough knife skill.[2] Even when several are thrown at once, however, worm teeth deal too little damage to make them good ranged weapons.
SLASH'EM
The Wyrm Caves branch in SLASH'EM contains four random w, any one of which may be a long worm.
Mythology
The worm tooth represents the tooth of a dead sandworm from Frank Herbert's Dune series of novels.
Encyclopedia entry
[The crysknife] is manufactured in two forms from teeth taken
from dead sandworms. The two forms are "fixed" and "unfixed".
An unfixed knife requires proximity to a human body's
electrical field to prevent disintegration. Fixed knives
are treated for storage. All are about 20 centimeters long.
References
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