Musical instrument
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Musical instruments are tools that can be applied to produce music, causing some sort of effect. Instruments in NetHack fall into two categories: tonal instruments, which can play tunes (including the passtune), and atonal instruments, which cannot.
Some instruments are magical—they have effects beyond what their ordinary equivalent would yield. When they are uncharged, they behave identically to that equivalent. Every non-magical musical instrument except the bugle has at least one magical counterpart. Elven Priests and Wizards start with a non-magical musical instrument.
If you are stunned, confused, or hallucinating, you cannot play tunes with any instrument; you will always improvise when playing a tonal instrument.[1] Also, if you are stunned or confused, magical instruments (except the Bell of Opening[2]) behave like their non-magical counterparts and do not consume charges when used.[3]
| Instrument | Type | Non-magical equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| tooled horn | Tonal | (non-magical) |
| wooden flute | Tonal | (non-magical) |
| wooden harp | Tonal | (non-magical) |
| bugle | Tonal | (non-magical) |
| frost horn | Tonal | tooled horn |
| fire horn | Tonal | tooled horn |
| magic flute | Tonal | wooden flute |
| magic harp | Tonal | wooden harp |
| bell | Atonal | (non-magical) |
| leather drum | Atonal | (non-magical) |
| Bell of Opening | Atonal | bell |
| drum of earthquake | Atonal | leather drum |
A horn of plenty is not an instrument at all, even though its unidentified appearance is that of a horn.
References
- ↑ src/music.c in NetHack 3.6.6, line 700
- ↑ src/apply.c in NetHack 3.6.6, line 3681: Bells call
use_bell(), notdo_play_instrument()like other instruments. - ↑ src/music.c in NetHack 3.6.6, line 481
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