Crysknife - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: todo, etc.

2025-06-30T14:05:34Z

todo, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: touch-ups

2025-06-27T20:04:51Z

touch-ups

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-05-10T06:13:15Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: /* SLASH'EM */ followup!

2025-02-14T08:51:52Z

‎SLASH'EM: followup!

Ion frigate: keep number consistent

2025-02-11T12:33:18Z

keep number consistent

Ion frigate: bad keyboard, bad!

2025-02-11T11:27:50Z

bad keyboard, bad!

Ion frigate: link slash'em healer article, try to be a bit more graceful about twoweaponing

2025-02-11T11:27:31Z

link slash'em healer article, try to be a bit more graceful about twoweaponing

Ion frigate: rework: yeomen and necromancer have easy access to better artifacts, but many other roles don't

2025-02-11T11:24:07Z

rework: yeomen and necromancer have easy access to better artifacts, but many other roles don't

JASON10668: Add languages template.

2024-02-20T07:41:00Z

Add languages template.

Umbire the Phantom: some touch-ups

2024-02-11T12:59:22Z

some touch-ups

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 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The crysknife is made of [[bone]].}}
 ==Generation==
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 ==Description==
-A crysknife can only be created normally by the [[hero]] reading a noncursed [[scroll of enchant weapon]] while [[wield]]ing a [[worm tooth]], though it is also possible to [[wish]] for one. Reading a scroll will uncurse the worm tooth if applicable, but does not increase the [[enchantment]], so it is safe to re-sharpen a tooth regardless of its enchantment. A stack of worm teeth will merge into a single crysknife, so the stack must be split up and enchanted individually in order to create multiple crysknives from it.
+A crysknife can be created by the [[hero]] reading a noncursed [[scroll of enchant weapon]] while [[wield]]ing a [[worm tooth]]: Reading a scroll will uncurse the worm tooth if applicable, but does not increase the [[enchantment]], so it is safe to re-sharpen a tooth regardless of its enchantment. A stack of worm teeth subjected to this process will merge into a single crysknife, so the stack must be split up and each enchanted individually in order to create multiple crysknives from it.
 If a hero or [[monster]]'s crysknife leaves their open inventory and hits the ground, it reverts to a worm tooth&mdash;a worm tooth that is moved to a hero or monster's inventory, e.g. as a result of it being stolen, will not revert to a worm tooth. A hero placing a crysknife in a [[container]] within their inventory will not cause it to revert, but the crysknife will revert if the container it is within leaves the hero's inventory at any point. A reverted worm tooth will retain the enchantment it had as a crysknife. Dropping a stack of crysknives will make a single reversion roll for the entire stack, but [[throw]]ing multiple crysknives via [[multishot]] will roll for each of them.
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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], crysknives can be poisoned, and deal 1d20 against small monsters and 1d30 against large ones. In addition to the standard methods, crysknives can also be created by enchanting a worm tooth through [[shopkeeper services]]. Crysknives and worm teeth do not stack, so it is not possible to multishot them.
+In [[SLASH'EM]], crysknives can be [[poison]]ed, and deal 1d20 against small monsters and 1d30 against large ones. In addition to the standard methods, crysknives can also be created by enchanting a worm tooth through [[shopkeeper services]]. Crysknives and worm teeth do not stack, so it is not possible to multishot them.
-The increased damage puts the crysknife on par with some of SLASH'EM's better artifacts, although top-tier ones such as the [[Bat from Hell (SLASH'EM)|Bat from Hell]] and [[Doomblade]] still exceed it in damage. For roles that can gain skill in knives, it is an excellent fallback in games where the RNG has failed to produce a good artifact weapon&mdash;this is particularly applicable to neutral roles in general or any role whose guaranteed first sacrifice gift is a non-weapon or a low-damage artifact; the crysknife is unambiguously a [[Healer/SLASH'EM|Healer's]] best choice of standard weapon, while [[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizards]], [[Ice Mage]]s and [[Flame Mage]]s may also consider a crysknife for their main weapon, and Flame and Ice Mages among other roles can two-weapon it in the offhand.
+The increased damage puts the crysknife on par with some of SLASH'EM's better artifacts, although top-tier ones such as the [[Bat from Hell (SLASH'EM)|Bat from Hell]] and [[Doomblade]] still exceed it in damage. For roles that can gain skill in knives, it is an excellent fallback in games where the RNG has failed to produce a good artifact weapon&mdash;this is particularly applicable to neutral-aligned roles in general or any role whose guaranteed first sacrifice gift is a non-weapon or a low-damage artifact; the crysknife is unambiguously a [[Healer/SLASH'EM|Healer's]] best choice of standard weapon, while [[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizards]], [[Ice Mage]]s and [[Flame Mage]]s may also consider a crysknife for their main weapon, and both Flame and Ice Mages among other roles can two-weapon it in the offhand.
 ====Average damage calculation====

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 ==Generation==
-Crysknives are never randomly generated, though they can appear in [[bones]] files. The weapon can only be generated using the process described below.
+Crysknives are never randomly generated, though they can be [[wish]]ed for and will appear in [[bones]] files&mdash;otherwise, the weapon can only be created using the process described below.
 ==Description==
-A crysknife can only be created normally by reading a noncursed [[scroll of enchant weapon]] while [[wield]]ing a [[worm tooth]], though it is also possible to [[wish]] for one. Reading a scroll will uncurse the worm tooth if applicable, but does not increase the enchantment - thus, it is safe to re-sharpen a tooth regardless of its enchantment. A stack of worm teeth will merge into a single crysknife, so to create multiple crysknives you must split up the stack and enchant each one individually.
+A crysknife can only be created normally by the [[hero]] reading a noncursed [[scroll of enchant weapon]] while [[wield]]ing a [[worm tooth]], though it is also possible to [[wish]] for one. Reading a scroll will uncurse the worm tooth if applicable, but does not increase the [[enchantment]], so it is safe to re-sharpen a tooth regardless of its enchantment. A stack of worm teeth will merge into a single crysknife, so the stack must be split up and enchanted individually in order to create multiple crysknives from it.
-If a crysknife leaves your possession, it reverts to a worm tooth - placing it in a [[container]] in your inventory will not revert it unless that container subsequently leaves your possession. If stolen by a monster, the crysknife will not revert unless it leaves their inventory, either through their death or being disarmed. A reverted worm tooth will retain the enchantment it had as a crysknife. Dropping a stack of crysknives will make a single reversion roll for the entire stack, but [[throw]]ing [[multishot|multiple]] knives will roll for each of them.
+If a hero or [[monster]]'s crysknife leaves their open inventory and hits the ground, it reverts to a worm tooth&mdash;a worm tooth that is moved to a hero or monster's inventory, e.g. as a result of it being stolen, will not revert to a worm tooth. A hero placing a crysknife in a [[container]] within their inventory will not cause it to revert, but the crysknife will revert if the container it is within leaves the hero's inventory at any point. A reverted worm tooth will retain the enchantment it had as a crysknife. Dropping a stack of crysknives will make a single reversion roll for the entire stack, but [[throw]]ing multiple crysknives via [[multishot]] will roll for each of them.
-[[Erodeproof]]ing a crysknife will "fix" it: a fixed crysknife will only revert to a tooth {{frac|10}} of the time; a crysknife that reverts also loses its fixing.
+[[Erosion]]-proofing a crysknife will "fix" it: a fixed crysknife will only revert to a worm tooth {{frac|10}} of the time, and a crysknife that reverts to a worm tooth also loses its fixing.
 ==Strategy==
 The crysknife's +3 [[to-hit]] bonus and consistent d10 damage against both small and large monsters makes it a nice choice for #[[twoweapon]]ing. As the most powerful knife weapon in the game, roles such as [[Healer]]s and [[Rogue]]s may even consider it for a primary weapon choice.
-Though crysknives count as throwing weapons and get a to-hit bonus when thrown that makes them more powerful than even the rare [[shuriken]] and cumbersome [[boomerang]], their reversion property typically makes throwing them a bad idea: it takes several read scrolls of enchant weapon to sharpen each individual worm tooth, plus one more scroll to 'fix' the entire stack, and on average each crysknife will last 10 throws before they must be sharpened and fixed again. Most roles that can advance in knife skill have better ranged combat options: Healers in particular can reach a [[multishot]] level of 3 ''only'' by using knives, but are better off considering the {{spell of|magic missile}} spell and/or a stack of enchanted knives.
+Though crysknives count as throwing weapons and get a to-hit bonus when thrown that makes them more powerful than even the rare [[shuriken]] and cumbersome [[boomerang]], their reversion property typically makes throwing them a bad idea: it takes several read scrolls of enchant weapon to sharpen each individual worm tooth, plus one more scroll to 'fix' the entire stack, and on average each crysknife will last 10 throws before they must be sharpened and fixed again. Even then, most roles that can advance in knife skill have better and more convenient ranged options&mdash;Healers in particular can reach a multishot level of 3 ''only'' by using knives, but are better off considering the {{+ of|magic missile}} spell and/or a stack of enchanted knives.
 ==Average damage calculation==
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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Fremen}}
-In [[Frank Herbert]]'s science fiction novel ''[[wikipedia:Dune (novel)|Dune]]'', the crysknife is the formal and sacred weapon of the desert-dwelling Fremen. A crysknife is a personally-tuned knife with a double-edged curved blade, ground from the crystal tooth of a [[long worm|sandworm]]. The crysknife comes in two forms, fixed and unfixed: Unfixed knives need to be stored in proximity to an electrical field produced by the human body, or they will disintegrate after a period of time - which is why ''NetHack'' crysknives revert to worm teeth when they leave the user's inventory. Fixed crysknives are put through chemical processes to keep them permanently intact, which is represented by fixed crysknives in ''NetHack'' only reverting 10% of the time.
+In [[Frank Herbert]]'s science fiction novel ''[[wikipedia:Dune (novel)|Dune]]'', the crysknife is the formal and sacred weapon of the desert-dwelling Fremen. A crysknife is a personally-tuned knife with a double-edged curved blade, ground from the crystal tooth of a [[long worm|sandworm]]. The crysknife comes in two forms, fixed and unfixed: Unfixed knives need to be stored in proximity to an electrical field produced by the human body, or they will disintegrate after a period of time&mdash;this is why ''NetHack'' crysknives revert to worm teeth when they leave the user's inventory. Fixed crysknives are put through chemical processes to keep them permanently intact, which is represented by fixed crysknives in ''NetHack'' only reverting 10% of the time.
 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], crysknives can be poisoned, and deal 1d20 against small monsters and 1d30 against large ones. In addition to the standard method, crysknives can also be created by enchanting a worm tooth through [[shopkeeper services]]. Crysknives and worm teeth do not stack, so it is not possible to multishot them.
+In [[SLASH'EM]], crysknives can be poisoned, and deal 1d20 against small monsters and 1d30 against large ones. In addition to the standard methods, crysknives can also be created by enchanting a worm tooth through [[shopkeeper services]]. Crysknives and worm teeth do not stack, so it is not possible to multishot them.
 The increased damage puts the crysknife on par with some of SLASH'EM's better artifacts, although top-tier ones such as the [[Bat from Hell (SLASH'EM)|Bat from Hell]] and [[Doomblade]] still exceed it in damage. For roles that can gain skill in knives, it is an excellent fallback in games where the RNG has failed to produce a good artifact weapon&mdash;this is particularly applicable to neutral roles in general or any role whose guaranteed first sacrifice gift is a non-weapon or a low-damage artifact; the crysknife is unambiguously a [[Healer/SLASH'EM|Healer's]] best choice of standard weapon, while [[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizards]], [[Ice Mage]]s and [[Flame Mage]]s may also consider a crysknife for their main weapon, and Flame and Ice Mages among other roles can two-weapon it in the offhand.
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], the crysknife and worm tooth are made of [[stone]]. A crysknife can be poisoned and does not incur a to-hit penalty when thrown.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the crysknife and worm tooth are made of [[stone]]. A crysknife can be poisoned and does not incur a to-hit penalty when thrown.
 ===SlashTHEM===

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 In [[SLASH'EM]], crysknives can be poisoned, and deal 1d20 against small monsters and 1d30 against large ones. In addition to the standard method, crysknives can also be created by enchanting a worm tooth through [[shopkeeper services]]. Crysknives and worm teeth do not stack, so it is not possible to multishot them.
-The increased damage puts the crysknife on par with some of SLASH'EM's better artifacts, although top-tier ones such as the [[Bat from Hell]] and [[Doomblade]] still exceed it in damage. For roles that can gain skill in knives, it is an excellent fallback in games where the RNG has failed to produce a good artifact weapon&mdash;this is particularly applicable to neutral roles in general or any role whose guaranteed first sacrifice gift is a non-weapon or a low-damage artifact; the crysknife is unambiguously a [[Healer/SLASH'EM|Healer's]] best choice of standard weapon, while [[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizards]], [[Ice Mage]]s and [[Flame Mage]]s may also consider a crysknife for their main weapon, and Flame and Ice Mages among other roles can two-weapon it in the offhand.
+The increased damage puts the crysknife on par with some of SLASH'EM's better artifacts, although top-tier ones such as the [[Bat from Hell (SLASH'EM)|Bat from Hell]] and [[Doomblade]] still exceed it in damage. For roles that can gain skill in knives, it is an excellent fallback in games where the RNG has failed to produce a good artifact weapon&mdash;this is particularly applicable to neutral roles in general or any role whose guaranteed first sacrifice gift is a non-weapon or a low-damage artifact; the crysknife is unambiguously a [[Healer/SLASH'EM|Healer's]] best choice of standard weapon, while [[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizards]], [[Ice Mage]]s and [[Flame Mage]]s may also consider a crysknife for their main weapon, and Flame and Ice Mages among other roles can two-weapon it in the offhand.
 ====Average damage calculation====

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 In [[SLASH'EM]], crysknives can be poisoned, and deal 1d20 against small monsters and 1d30 against large ones. In addition to the standard method, crysknives can also be created by enchanting a worm tooth through [[shopkeeper services]]. Crysknives and worm teeth do not stack, so it is not possible to multishot them.
-The increased damage puts the crysknife on par with some of SLASH'EM's better artifacts, although top-tier ones such as the [[Bat from Hell]] and [[Doomblade]] still exceed it in damage.  For roles that can gain skill in knives, it is an excellent fallback in games where the RNG has failed to produce a good artifact weapon.  This is particularly applicable to roles whose guaranteed first sacrifice gift is a non-weapon or a low-damage artifact, as well as neutral roles in general.  In particular, for [[Healer/SLASH'EM|Healer]]s, the crysknife is unambiguously their best choice of standard weapon. [[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizard]]s, [[Ice Mage]]s, and [[Flame Mage]]s may also consider a crysknife for their main weapon, or in the case of the elemental mages (and various other roles), an offhand weapon.
+The increased damage puts the crysknife on par with some of SLASH'EM's better artifacts, although top-tier ones such as the [[Bat from Hell]] and [[Doomblade]] still exceed it in damage. For roles that can gain skill in knives, it is an excellent fallback in games where the RNG has failed to produce a good artifact weapon&mdash;this is particularly applicable to neutral roles in general or any role whose guaranteed first sacrifice gift is a non-weapon or a low-damage artifact; the crysknife is unambiguously a [[Healer/SLASH'EM|Healer's]] best choice of standard weapon, while [[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizards]], [[Ice Mage]]s and [[Flame Mage]]s may also consider a crysknife for their main weapon, and Flame and Ice Mages among other roles can two-weapon it in the offhand.
 ====Average damage calculation====

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 In [[SLASH'EM]], crysknives can be poisoned, and deal 1d20 against small monsters and 1d30 against large ones. In addition to the standard method, crysknives can also be created by enchanting a worm tooth through [[shopkeeper services]]. Crysknives and worm teeth do not stack, so it is not possible to multishot them.
-The increased damage puts crysknives on par with some of SLASH'EM's better artifacts, although top-tier ones such as the [[Bat from Hell]] and [[Doomblade]] still exceed it in damage.  For roles that can gain skill in knives, it is an excellent fallback in games where the RNG has failed to produce a good artifact weapon.  This is particularly applicable to roles whose guaranteed first sacrifice gift is a non-weapon or a low-damage weapon, as well as neutral roles in general.  In particular, for [[Healer/SLASH'EM|Healer]]s, the crysknife is unambiguously their best choice of standard weapon. [[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizard]]s, [[Ice Mage]]s, and [[Flame Mage]]s may also consider a crysknife for their main weapon, or in the case of the elemental mages (and various other roles), an offhand weapon.
+The increased damage puts the crysknife on par with some of SLASH'EM's better artifacts, although top-tier ones such as the [[Bat from Hell]] and [[Doomblade]] still exceed it in damage.  For roles that can gain skill in knives, it is an excellent fallback in games where the RNG has failed to produce a good artifact weapon.  This is particularly applicable to roles whose guaranteed first sacrifice gift is a non-weapon or a low-damage artifact, as well as neutral roles in general.  In particular, for [[Healer/SLASH'EM|Healer]]s, the crysknife is unambiguously their best choice of standard weapon. [[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizard]]s, [[Ice Mage]]s, and [[Flame Mage]]s may also consider a crysknife for their main weapon, or in the case of the elemental mages (and various other roles), an offhand weapon.
 ====Average damage calculation====

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 A '''crysknife''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is made of [[mineral]] and uses the [[knife]] [[skill]].
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The crysknife is now made of [[bone]].}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The crysknife is made of [[bone]].}}
 ==Generation==
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 Though crysknives count as throwing weapons and get a to-hit bonus when thrown that makes them more powerful than even the rare [[shuriken]] and cumbersome [[boomerang]], their reversion property typically makes throwing them a bad idea: it takes several read scrolls of enchant weapon to sharpen each individual worm tooth, plus one more scroll to 'fix' the entire stack, and on average each crysknife will last 10 throws before they must be sharpened and fixed again. Most roles that can advance in knife skill have better ranged combat options: Healers in particular can reach a [[multishot]] level of 3 ''only'' by using knives, but are better off considering the {{spell of|magic missile}} spell and/or a stack of enchanted knives.
-===Average damage calculation===
+==Average damage calculation==
-The average damage calculations in the following table do not include bonuses from [[Skill|weapon skills]], [[strength]], or from using a [[blessed]] weapon against [[undead]] or [[demon]]s.
+The average damage calculations in the following table do not include bonuses from [[Skill|weapon skills]], [[strength]], or from using a [[blessed]] weapon against [[undead]] or [[M2_DEMON|demons]].
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 !Weapon
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 ====Average damage calculation====
-The average damage calculations in the following table do not include bonuses from [[Skill|weapon skills]], [[strength]], or from using a [[blessed]] weapon against [[undead]] or [[demon]]s.
+The average damage calculations in the following table do not include bonuses from weapon skills, strength, or from using a [[blessed]] weapon against undead or demons.
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 ===NetHack: The Next Generation===
-[[NetHack: The Next Generation]] introduces the [[artifact]] crysknife [[Wormbiter]], which is [[neutral]]-aligned and does additional physical damage to [[worms]].
+[[NetHack: The Next Generation]] introduces the [[artifact]] crysknife [[Wormbiter]], which is [[neutral]]-aligned and does additional physical damage to [[worm]]s.
 ===dNetHack===
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 ===SlashTHEM===
-In addition to SLASH'EM details above, [[SlashTHEM]] includes Wormbiter from NetHack: The Next Generation - it remains neutral, and has a +5 to-hit bonus against [[worm]]s.
+In addition to SLASH'EM details, [[SlashTHEM]] adds Wormbiter, which functions as it does in NetHack: The Next Generation and has +5 to-hit against worms.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==