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Umbire the Phantom: detail

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Klepto: belts materials are randomized. thanks Chris

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A '''Belt''', represented by {{white|[}}, is a type of [[item]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. Belts can be either beneficial or detrimental to the player when worn. They can be [[put on]] via {{kbd|P}} and [[remove]]d with {{kbd|R}}, as with [[ring]]s [[amulet]]s and [[Tools#List_of_tools|eyewear]].

==Description==
A belt a accessory [[worn]] in its own belt slot and only one belt may be worn at a time. It takes one turn to put on or remove a belt. All belts share the weight of 15 and have a [[randomized appearance]] they are assigned at the start of the game. All belts appear as brown even if the material they are made out of wouldn't otherwise appear as such. There are six items of the ''belt'' type and no [[artifact]] belts.

==Beneficial belts==
These belts can grant useful properties when worn:

The ''Belt of carrying'' increases [[carrying capacity]] by 12.5% if [[uncursed]], 25% if [[blessed]] and reduces carrying capacity by 25% if [[cursed]]. It is magical, has a base price of 50 and is made of [[bone]].

The ''Belt of power'' gives 25 [[strength]] while worn if the same manner that wearing [[gauntlets of power]] or wielding the [[scepter of might]]. It is [[magic item|magical]], has a [[base price]] of 50 and is made of [[iron]].

The ''Kidney belt'' acts as another source of [[AC]] outside of worn armor, similar to a [[ring of protection]]. However these belts cannot be charged and must instead be enchanted with a [[scroll of enchant armor]] in order to increase their [[enchantment]] as with a regular piece of worn [[armor]]. It is not magical, has a base price of one and is made of leather. When unenchanted it grants 1 AC and 1 point of [[DR]].

The ''Utility belt'' protects [[scrolls]] [[potions]] and [[wands]] from [[water damage]] (including [[lether water]]) as well as from [[fire]], [[cold]] or [[shock|electrical]] effects that would normally destroy them. Other types of damage such as acid are not safeguarded against. Note that this is not the same as the [[preservation]] intrinsic or the effects of the [[preservative engine]]. It is not magical, has a base weight of 30 and is made of [[leather]].

==Detrimental belts==
Putting on these belts will incur some negative effect:

The ''Belt of weakness'' decreases current strength to 3, unless some external source would give you 25 strength, in which case it is reduced to 14. It is magical, has a base price of 50 and is made of iron.

The ''Belt of weight'' increases current weight by 500 [[aum]]. It is magical, has a base price of 30 and is made of [[Object_materials_(dNetHack)|lead]].

==Appearance==
Belts can have the following randomized appearances:
articulated belt
braced belt
bumpy belt
lumpy belt
segmented belt
wide belt

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-The type of material a given belt is made of is tied to its randomized appearance as listed above, e.g. a belt that appears as a braced belt will always be made of bone.
+The probability of a particular belt generating is divided somewhat evenly across the six belt types. The type of base material that a given belt has is tied to its randomized appearance as listed above, e.g. a belt that appears as a braced belt will always be made of bone.
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-A '''Belt''', represented by {{white|[}}, is a type of [[item]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. Belts can be either beneficial or detrimental to the player when worn. They can be [[put on]] via {{kbd|P}} and [[remove]]d with {{kbd|R}}, as with [[ring]]s [[amulet]]s and [[Tools#List_of_tools|eyewear]].
+A '''belt''' is a type of [[object]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], and is represented by the [[left curly bracket]], {{white|[}}.
 ==Description==
-A belt a accessory [[worn]] in its own belt slot and only one belt may be worn at a time. It takes one turn to put on or remove a belt. All belts share the weight of 15 and have a [[randomized appearance]] they are assigned at the start of the game. All belts appear as brown even if the material they are made out of wouldn't otherwise appear as such.  There are six items of the ''belt'' type and no [[artifact]] belts.
+Introduced in dNetHack version 3.24.0, belts are a form of [[armor]]-like accessory that occupy their own slot in the inventory and are [[worn]] on the torso of a [[hero]] or [[monster]]'s body, and can be [[put on]] via {{kbd|P}} and [[removed]] with {{kbd|R}}.
-==Beneficial belts==
+All belts have a [[weight]] of 15 and have a [[randomized appearance]], and their glyph is colored brown, {{brown|[}}, regardless of their actual [[Object materials (dNetHack)|material]]. As an object class, belts make up {{frac|50}} (2%) of objects randomly generated on the ground, in random [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s within the main dungeon, and make up {{frac|3|50}} (6%) of such objects in [[Gehennom (dNetHack)|Gehennom]].
-The ''Belt of carrying'' increases [[carrying capacity]] by 12.5% if [[uncursed]], 25% if [[blessed]] and reduces carrying capacity by 25% if [[cursed]]. It is magical and has a [[base price]] of 50.
+===List of belts===
-The ''Belt of power'' gives 25 [[strength]] while worn if the same manner that wearing [[gauntlets of power]] or wielding the [[scepter of might]]. It is [[magic item|magical]] and has a base price of 50.
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-The ''Kidney belt'' acts as another source of [[AC]] outside of worn armor, similar to a [[ring of protection]]. However these belts cannot be charged and must instead be enchanted with a [[scroll of enchant armor]] in order to increase their [[enchantment]] as with a regular piece of worn [[armor]]. It is not magical, has a base price of 1, and when unenchanted it grants 1 AC and 1 point of [[DR]].
+The type of material a given belt is made of is tied to its randomized appearance as listed above, e.g. a belt that appears as a braced belt will always be made of bone.
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 These belts can grant useful properties when worn:
-The ''Belt of carrying'' increases [[carrying capacity]] by 12.5% if [[uncursed]], 25% if [[blessed]] and reduces carrying capacity by 25% if [[cursed]]. It is magical, has a base price of 50.
+The ''Belt of carrying'' increases [[carrying capacity]] by 12.5% if [[uncursed]], 25% if [[blessed]] and reduces carrying capacity by 25% if [[cursed]]. It is magical and has a [[base price]] of 50.
-The ''Belt of power'' gives 25 [[strength]] while worn if the same manner that wearing [[gauntlets of power]] or wielding the [[scepter of might]]. It is [[magic item|magical]], has a [[base price]] of 50.
+The ''Belt of power'' gives 25 [[strength]] while worn if the same manner that wearing [[gauntlets of power]] or wielding the [[scepter of might]]. It is [[magic item|magical]] and has a base price of 50.
 The ''Kidney belt'' acts as another source of [[AC]] outside of worn armor, similar to a [[ring of protection]]. However these belts cannot be charged and must instead be enchanted with a [[scroll of enchant armor]] in order to increase their [[enchantment]] as with a regular piece of worn [[armor]]. It is not magical, has a base price of 1, and when unenchanted it grants 1 AC and 1 point of [[DR]].
-The ''Utility belt'' protects [[scrolls]] [[potions]] and [[wands]] from [[water damage]] (including [[lether water]]) as well as from [[fire]], [[cold]] or [[shock|electrical]] effects that would normally destroy them. Other types of damage such as acid are not safeguarded against. Note that this is not the same as the [[preservation]] intrinsic or the effects of the [[preservative engine]]. It is not magical, has a base weight of 30.
+The ''Utility belt'' protects [[scrolls]] [[potions]] and [[wands]] from [[water damage]] (including [[lether water]]) as well as from [[fire]], [[cold]] or [[shock|electrical]] effects that would normally destroy them. Other types of damage such as acid are not safeguarded against. Note that this is not the same as the [[preservation]] intrinsic or the effects of the [[preservative engine]]. It is not magical and has a base weight of 30.
 ==Detrimental belts==
 Putting on these belts will incur some negative effect:
-The ''Belt of weakness'' decreases current strength to 3, unless some external source would give you 25 strength, in which case it is reduced to 14. It is magical, has a base price of 50.
+The ''Belt of weakness'' decreases current strength to 3, unless some external source would give you 25 strength, in which case it is reduced to 14. It is magical and has a base price of 50.
-The ''Belt of weight'' increases current weight by 500 [[aum]]. It is magical, has a base price of 30.
+The ''Belt of weight'' increases current weight by 500 [[aum]]. It is magical and has a base price of 30.
 ==Appearance and Material==

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