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Darth l33t: 5.0.0 update

2026-05-31T18:21:18Z

5.0.0 update

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Umbire the Phantom: /* List of artifacts */ word choice

2025-12-28T07:11:34Z

‎List of artifacts: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: cite commits for artifact rebalance

2025-02-13T18:17:01Z

cite commits for artifact rebalance

Phol ende wodan: 3.7: summarize and detail minimum sacrifice value and enchantment biases for all giftable/generatable artifacts

2024-12-28T17:47:50Z

3.7: summarize and detail minimum sacrifice value and enchantment biases for all giftable/generatable artifacts

Umbire the Phantom: /* Artifact weapons */ word choice

2024-10-10T09:43:47Z

‎Artifact weapons: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: potholes

2024-09-23T15:32:16Z

potholes

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit to accommodate merge of intelligent artifact article

2024-07-24T23:52:34Z

copyedit to accommodate merge of intelligent artifact article

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Umbire the Phantom: /* Sacrifice gifts */ section link

2024-07-24T23:08:07Z

‎Sacrifice gifts: section link

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit + rename artifact power section

2024-07-24T23:07:08Z

copyedit + rename artifact power section

Thidwick: /* List of artifacts */ clarify MC

2024-07-23T21:41:54Z

‎List of artifacts: clarify MC

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 ==List of artifacts==
-Below is a list of artifacts available in ''NetHack'', their effects and the means by which they can be obtained{{refsrc|include/artilist.h|1|nethack=3.6.7}} - see each artifact's linked article for more specific details.
+Below is a list of artifacts available in ''NetHack'', their effects and the means by which they can be obtained.{{refsrc|include/artilist.h|1|nethack=3.6.7}} See each artifact's linked article for more specific details.
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
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 ! class="unsortable" | Carried
 ! class="unsortable" | Used (worn, wielded, applied, or read)
-! class="unsortable" | [[Invoke|Invoked]]
+! class="unsortable" | [[Invoke]] effect
 |-
 | [[Cleaver]]

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 {{todo|Figure out very specifically what to do with the tables below and reconcile/minimize duped information without necessarily losing anything.}}
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Artifact balance is substantially reworked. <!-- This box summarizes the changes. A lot of pages are going to need changes, but at this time, I didn't go out and put an upcoming box on each one, except the Sacrifice page.-->
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|d87cadaf}} and {{commit|c2c797fa357bef663fa3d962850196350a9cdb3b}}, artifact balance is substantially reworked. <!-- This box summarizes the changes. A lot of pages are going to need changes, but at this time, I didn't go out and put an upcoming box on each one, except the Sacrifice page.-->
 Artifacts now have 2 additional internal stats: the minimum [[sacrifice]] value required to obtain them by sacrificing (this is usually just the [[difficulty]] rating of the monster sacrificed), and a flat number added to the weapon's [[enchantment]] when it is randomly generated or gifted (but not through other methods of obtaining it, such as wishing).

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	{{todo\|Figure out very specifically what to do with the tables below and reconcile/minimize duped information without necessarily losing anything.}}		{{todo\|Figure out very specifically what to do with the tables below and reconcile/minimize duped information without necessarily losing anything.}}
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		+	{{upcoming\|NetHack 3.7.0\|Artifact balance is substantially reworked. <!-- This box summarizes the changes. A lot of pages are going to need changes, but at this time, I didn't go out and put an upcoming box on each one, except the Sacrifice page.-->
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		+	Artifacts now have 2 additional internal stats: the minimum [[sacrifice]] value required to obtain them by sacrificing (this is usually just the [[difficulty]] rating of the monster sacrificed), and a flat number added to the weapon's [[enchantment]] when it is randomly generated or gifted (but not through other methods of obtaining it, such as wishing).
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		+	<!-- I tried to make this a table but it's not playing nice with being inside an upcoming block. When merged into the page it should probably just go into the existing table.-->
		+	* Requires a sacrifice of value 1: Sting (+3), Ogresmasher (+2), Trollsbane (+2)
		+	* Requires a sacrifice of value 3: Demonbane (+1)
		+	* Requires a sacrifice of value 4: Orcrist (+3), Werebane (+1), Giantslayer(+2)
		+	* Requires a sacrifice of value 5: Grimtooth (+0), Fire Brand (+0), Dragonbane (+2), Vorpal Blade (+1)
		+	* Requires a sacrifice of value 6: Sunsword (+0)
		+	* Requires a sacrifice of value 7: Magicbane (+0)
		+	* Requires a sacrifice of value 8: Mjollnir (+0), Cleaver (+0), Snickersnee (+0)
		+	* Requires a sacrifice of value 9: Stormbringer (+0), Frost Brand (+0)
		+	* Requires a sacrifice of value 10: Grayswandir (+0)}}

	==Generation==		==Generation==

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 ===Artifact weapons===
-An '''artifact weapon''' is a generally a weapon that has enhanced damage and [[to-hit]] versus their mundane counterpart, and the damage is applied either to all monsters or to a specific subset of monsters - the latter type of artifact weapons are often known as the [[Bane]]s due to the naming scheme used for some of them. Artifact weapons cannot be wielded in the offhand when [[twoweaponing]].{{refsrc|src/wield.c|623|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+An '''artifact weapon''' is a generally a weapon that has enhanced damage and [[to-hit]] versus their mundane counterpart, and the damage is applied either to all monsters or to a specific subset of monsters - the latter type of artifact weapons are often known as [[Bane]]s, due to the naming scheme used for some of them. Artifact weapons cannot be wielded in the offhand when [[twoweaponing]].{{refsrc|src/wield.c|623|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ===Unique items===

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 | [[Quest artifact]] of [[Monk]]s.
 |-
-| [[Fire and Frost Brand|Fire Brand]]
+| [[Fire Brand]]
 | [[long sword]]
 | [[unaligned]]
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 |-
-| [[Fire and Frost Brand|Frost Brand]]
+| [[Frost Brand]]
 | [[long sword]]
 | [[unaligned]]
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 | 19
 |-class="sortbottom"
-| [[Fire and Frost Brand|Fire Brand]]
+| [[Fire Brand]]
 | [[long sword]]
 | [[unaligned]]
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 | 27 (13.5)
 |-class="sortbottom"
-| [[Fire and Frost Brand|Frost Brand]]
+| [[Frost Brand]]
 | [[long sword]]
 | [[unaligned]]

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 ===Sacrifice gifts===
 {{main|Sacrifice}}
-Characters that [[sacrifice]] to their god while their [[prayer]] timeout is zero may be given an artifact as a gift, increasing the prayer timeout; some roles have guaranteed first sacrifice gifts that they will always receive if it has not yet been generated. All candidates for sacrifice gifts are [[weapon]]s, and such gifts will always be created non-cursed and [[erosion]]-proofed, with a minimum [[enchantment]] of +0; the character will also be unrestricted in the appropriate weapon [[skill]] if necessary.{{refsrc|src/weapon.c|1304|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} A god will never gift an artifact to a character that attacks the character's current form, i.e. [[Elf (starting race)|elven]] characters will never be gifted [[Grimtooth]], and [[Orc (starting race)|orcish]] characters will not be gifted Sting or Orcrist.
+Characters that [[sacrifice]] to their god while their [[prayer]] timeout is zero may be given an artifact as a gift, increasing the prayer timeout; some roles have guaranteed first sacrifice gifts that they will always receive if it has not yet been generated. All candidates for sacrifice gifts are [[weapon]]s, and such gifts will always be created non-cursed and [[erosion]]-proofed, with a minimum [[enchantment]] of +0; the character will also be unrestricted in the appropriate weapon [[skill]] if necessary.{{refsrc|src/weapon.c|1304|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} A god will never gift an artifact to a character that [[#Artifact intelligence and powers|attacks the character's current form]], i.e. [[Elf (starting race)|elven]] characters will never be gifted [[Grimtooth]], and [[Orc (starting race)|orcish]] characters will not be gifted Sting or Orcrist.
 A gifted artifact will always be either unaligned or the same alignment as the character, and the character's first sacrifice gift will always match their alignment, including their guaranteed gift if applicable.<ref name="alignadjust"/> The odds of receiving an artifact gift become lower based on the amount of artifacts already gifted and the total amount of artifacts generated in the game.

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 Artifacts in shops are sold for four times the normal price, and can be sold to shops for only {{frac|4}} of their normal base price.{{refsrc|src/shk.c|2159|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/shk.c|3396|nethack=3.6.7}}
-===Artifact powers===
+===Artifact intelligence and powers===
 Artifacts are imbued with varying levels of magic powers - see the [[#List of artifacts|list]] below for a table of artifact effects. Some artifacts have special effects that can be used by [[invoking]] the artifact, and many can [[Artifact blast|magically blast]] characters that try to pick them up without meeting certain conditions.
 A non-intelligent artifact that is one of the three alignments has a {{frac|4}} chance of blasting a cross-aligned character that touches it for 4d4 damage; Sting and Orcrist are exceptions, as they will only ever blast [[Orc (monster attribute)|orcs]]. Intelligent artifacts - Excalibur, [[Stormbringer]], and all quest artifacts - will always blast characters that touch them for 4d10 magical damage and [[abuse]] [[wisdom]] if the artifact is cross-aligned ''or'' attuned to a different role from that of the character. The damage from these blasts can be halved by [[magic resistance]].
-An character that is of a different role from an intelligent quest artifact ''and'' is either cross aligned or has a negative [[alignment record]] will additionally be unable to touch that artifact: if it is in their main inventory, it cannot be [[worn]], [[wield]]ed, [[applied]], or [[invoked]], and will unequip itself if possible; if it is in a [[container]] or outside the character's main inventory, it will evade their grasp altogether, though the container can still be tipped to move the artifact onto the floor.
+In addition to the above, a character that is of a different role from the one an intelligent quest artifact is attuned to ''and'' is either cross-aligned or has a negative [[alignment record]] will be unable to touch that artifact: if the artifact is in their main inventory, it cannot be [[worn]], [[wield]]ed, [[applied]], or [[invoked]], and will unequip itself if possible; if it is in a [[container]] or outside the character's main inventory, it will evade their grasp altogether, though the container can still be [[tipped]] to move the artifact onto the floor.
-Independent of the above, a character also cannot wear or wield any artifact that hates their current form, regardless of alignment, and attempting to do so deals d10 damage and abuses [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/artifact.c|2346|nethack=3.6.7}} Monsters will never touch artifacts that are cross-aligned to them or attack them.
+Independent of the above, a character also cannot wear or wield any artifact that hates their current form, regardless of alignment, and attempting to do so deals d10 damage and abuses [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/artifact.c|2346|nethack=3.6.7}} Monsters will never touch artifacts that attack them or are cross-aligned to them.
 ===Artifact weapons===

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 | Yes
 | [[Luck]].
-| [[Protection]]. +d8 damage. 5% chance of [[bisection]].
+| [[Protection]] (+1 to MC up to MC3). +d8 damage. 5% chance of [[bisection]].
+|
 | [[Quest artifact]] for [[Samurai]].