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Umbire the Phantom: /* SLASH'EM */ typo

2025-12-24T13:58:59Z

‎SLASH'EM: typo

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ adjust artifact info

2025-12-24T13:58:40Z

‎dNetHack: adjust artifact info

Umbire the Phantom: /* EvilHack */ word choice

2025-12-24T04:01:48Z

‎EvilHack: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: /* Messages */ add message, re-org

2025-12-24T01:56:51Z

‎Messages: add message, re-org

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ tweak

2025-12-24T01:05:23Z

‎Strategy: tweak

Umbire the Phantom: pothole, expand strategy a little

2025-12-24T01:02:19Z

pothole, expand strategy a little

Umbire the Phantom: /* Cold damage effects */ slightly more thorough detailing

2025-12-22T16:00:35Z

‎Cold damage effects: slightly more thorough detailing

Umbire the Phantom: tweak

2025-12-22T15:49:50Z

tweak

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-12-22T15:23:55Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: detail

2025-06-29T11:52:20Z

detail

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 [[SLASH'EM]] adds the [[Ice Mage]], a role that specializes in mastery of cold, and includes more sources of cold damage:
-* The artifact [[Deep Freeze]] deals cold damage on each hit against monsters without fire resistance.
+* The artifact [[Deep Freeze]] deals cold damage on each hit against monsters without cold resistance.
 * More monsters have attacks that inflict cold damage, such as [[steel golem]]s, [[snow ant]]s and [[Mist wolf (SLASH'EM)|mist wolves]].

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 The eldritch style [[knightly stance]] can be used to add cold damage to wielded weapons via the cone of cold spell, at the cost of some [[power]].
-[[Cold Soul]] is a [[lawful]] [[intelligent artifact]] whose [[base item]] is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|large]] ranseur with a {{frac|4}} chance of causing cold explosions centered on a target monster upon each hit.
+Some artifacts deal cold damage:
 ===DynaHack===

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 Worn [[dragon-scaled armor]] made using [[white dragon scales]] grants the wearer a passive cold attack.
-Vulnerability to cold can be inflicted with the [[Vulnerability (monster spell)|vulnerability]] monster spell by clerical casters.
+Some monsters are vulnerable to cold damage, and the vulnerability can also be inflicted with the [[Vulnerability (monster spell)|vulnerability]] monster spell by clerical casters.
 A hero in the [[Ice Queen's Realm]] that does not have full cold resistance will take partial cold damage each turn.

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 {{message|[[You feel]] cold.|As above, while outside of your sight.}}
-{{message|The <bolt of cold/blast of frost> whizzes by you!|A cold bolt or breath weapon missed you while passing through your square.}}
+{{message|The <bolt of cold/blast of frost> hits you!|You were hit by a cold ray.}}
 {{message|You don't feel cold.|You were hit by a ray of cold, but have cold resistance.}}
 {{message|You imitate a popsicle!|You zapped yourself with a ray of cold.}}
 {{message|You feel a little chill.|As above, while cold resistant.}}

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 A hero can prevent cold damage from destroying their potions by stashing them in a [[bag]] or other [[container]], and cold rays and breath weapons can be deflected by any source of [[reflection]].
-While cold resistance is not as immediate a concern for a hero as various other properties like reflection or even [[poison resistance]], it is still very useful to have since cold-based hostiles can appear early in the game, and winter wolves and their cubs can make short work of an unfortunate hero. Asmoedus in particular is a massive cold resistance check with his cone of cold spell: without the property, a hero can take nearly 200 points of cold damage, enough to wipe out otherwise-prepared characters in two castings.
+While cold resistance is not as immediate a concern for a hero as various other properties like reflection or even [[poison resistance]], it is still very useful to have since cold-based hostiles can appear early in the game, and winter wolves and their cubs can make short work of an unfortunate hero. Asmoedus in particular is a massive cold resistance check with his cone of cold spell: without the property, a hero can take nearly 200 points of cold damage, enough to wipe out otherwise-prepared characters in two or three castings.
 ==History==

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 Cold rays and explosions can destroy [[door]]s, freeze affected [[pool]]s and moats of water into [[ice]], and cool and solidify affected squares of [[lava]] into normal rock floor{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4482|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4493|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4498|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4501|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4508|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4634|nethack=3.6.7}}&mdash;cold rays that freeze water and lava will have their range reduced.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4497|nethack=3.6.7}} Water on the [[Plane of Water]] cannot be turned to ice by any means.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4486|nethack=3.6.7}}
-Ice formed from cold rays and explosions are likely to be temporary, melting back into water after 50-2000 turns, and any temporary ice affected by a cold ray or explosion will have its duration increased.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4363|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4370|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4401|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4544|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4550|nethack=3.6.7}} Monsters [[hiding]] in water or lava that is frozen will be forced out of hiding. Any items that were submerged in a frozen square of water or lava are buried in the resulting ice or solid rock, while [[Rider]] [[corpse]]s, the [[invocation items]] and the [[Amulet of Yendor]] will be placed on top of that square instead.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4507|nethack=3.6.7|comment=calls <tt>bury_objs()</tt> in <tt>[[dig.c]]</tt>, which then calls <tt>bury_an_obj()</tt> within the same file}}{{refsrc|src/dig.c|1823|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<tt>bury_an_obj()</tt> function}}{{refsrc|src/dig.c|1842|nethack=3.6.7|comment=per the explanation provided for the line below, Rider corpses and un-stashable objects will not be buried}}
+Ice formed from cold rays and explosions is likely to be temporary: any temporary ice created this way will melt back into water after 50-2000 turns, and any temporary ice affected by a cold ray or explosion will have its duration increased.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4363|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4370|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4401|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4544|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4550|nethack=3.6.7}} Monsters [[hiding]] in water or lava that is frozen will be forced out of hiding. Any items that were submerged in a frozen square of water or lava are buried in the resulting ice or solid rock, while [[Rider]] [[corpse]]s, the [[invocation items]] and the [[Amulet of Yendor]] will be placed on top of that square instead.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4507|nethack=3.6.7|comment=calls <tt>bury_objs()</tt> in <tt>[[dig.c]]</tt>, which then calls <tt>bury_an_obj()</tt> within the same file}}{{refsrc|src/dig.c|1823|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<tt>bury_an_obj()</tt> function}}{{refsrc|src/dig.c|1842|nethack=3.6.7|comment=per the explanation provided for the line below, Rider corpses and un-stashable objects will not be buried}}
 [[Magic cancellation]] can block the effects of melee cold attacks that do not engulf, and [[cancellation]] disables the frosty effects of those attacks.
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 [[Flesh golem]]s subjected to cold damage will become [[slow]]er.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|4041|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Item destruction caused by cold damage is dependent on the amount of damage dealt, with the amount of items in open inventory that are affected being equal to {{frac|5}} of the cold damage inflicted.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|eb22a81088c220ba18c26a872d9087035c5c444d}}, item destruction caused by cold damage is dependent on the amount of damage dealt, with the amount of items in open inventory that are affected being equal to {{frac|5}} of the cold damage inflicted.}}
 ===Resistance and vulnerability===

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 * Cold [[ray]]s from a [[zapped]] [[wand of cold]], an [[applied]] [[frost horn]], the {{+ of|cone of cold}} [[spell]] at Basic [[skill]] or lower, the [[Cone of cold (monster spell)|cone of cold]] [[monster spell]], or a cold [[breath weapon]]
 * Cold explosions created by the cone of cold spell cast at Skilled of higher, or by an [[Breaking wands|applied wand of cold]]
-* The cone of cold monster spell cast at melee range
+* The cone of cold monster spell cast by a [[monster]] at melee range
 * The damage inflicted by the [[artifact]] [[Frost Brand]]
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 ==Cold damage effects==
-Cold damage can destroy [[potion]]s in the open inventory of a [[hero]] or [[monster]] subjected to it, dealing +d4 damage for each shattered potion.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4827|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|5068|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Cold damage can destroy [[potion]]s in the open inventory of a [[hero]] or monster subjected to it, dealing +d4 damage for each shattered potion.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4827|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|5068|nethack=3.6.7}}
 Cold rays and explosions can destroy [[door]]s, freeze affected [[pool]]s and moats of water into [[ice]], and cool and solidify affected squares of [[lava]] into normal rock floor{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4482|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4493|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4498|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4501|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4508|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4634|nethack=3.6.7}}&mdash;cold rays that freeze water and lava will have their range reduced.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4497|nethack=3.6.7}} Water on the [[Plane of Water]] cannot be turned to ice by any means.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4486|nethack=3.6.7}}

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 Randomized gaze attacks often include cold as one of the possible damage types.
-The eldritch [[knightly style]] can be used to add cold damage to wielded weapons at the cost of some [[power]].
+The eldritch style [[knightly stance]] can be used to add cold damage to wielded weapons via the cone of cold spell, at the cost of some [[power]].
 [[Cold Soul]] is a [[lawful]] [[intelligent artifact]] whose [[base item]] is a [[Item size (dNetHack)|large]] ranseur with a {{frac|4}} chance of causing cold explosions centered on a target monster upon each hit.