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	A crystal helm can be used with an [[upgrade kit]] to repair the visor of an [[imperial elven helm]]: while worn, the upgraded helm will suppress [[blindness]] (as with [[The Eye of the Overworld]]), protects against intelligence-draining tentacle attacks and attacks to the [[eyes]], and grants +1 bonuses to AC and DR.		A crystal helm can be used with an [[upgrade kit]] to repair the visor of an [[imperial elven helm]]: while worn, the upgraded helm will suppress [[blindness]] (as with [[The Eye of the Overworld]]), protects against intelligence-draining tentacle attacks and attacks to the [[eyes]], and grants +1 bonuses to AC and DR.
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		+	==History==
		+	The crystal helm is introduced in dNetHack version 3.8 via [https://github.com/Chris-plus-alphanumericgibberish/dNAO/commit/b1a47be5986afe91a13e058b9741c6ba30651a6d commit b1a47be5], which also adds the [[crystal sword]], [[crystal boots]] and [[Crystal shield (dNetHack)\|crystal shield]].

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 ==Description==
-While [[worn]], a crystal helm grants 2 base [[AC]] and 5 base [[DR]]. Like other crystal armor, it can be safely [[Scroll of enchant armor|enchanted]] from +5 to reach +7 (similar to [[elven armor]]) and gains a doubled bonus to AC and DR from its [[enchantment]]. Wearing or [[taking off]] a crystal helm takes two turns.
+While [[worn]], a crystal helm grants 2 base [[AC]] and 5 base [[DR]]. Like other crystal armor, it can be safely [[Scroll of enchant armor|enchanted]] from +5 to reach +7 (similar to [[elven armor]]) and gains a full bonus to AC and DR from its [[enchantment]]. Wearing or [[taking off]] a crystal helm takes two turns.
 A worn crystal helm covers the wearer's entire head and face: this "[[faceless]]" behavior completely prevents them from [[eating]], [[quaffing]] or [[applying]] items to their face (including putting on or removing items such as [[lenses]]) if the helm is [[cursed]] or they do not have a free hand, and it will always block their [[bite attack]]s and [[tentacle attack]]s, but it will also block any [[intelligence drain]] attacks or similar attacks that target the wearer's head. Due to the helm being translucent,<!--if not fully transparent?--> crystal helms interact with [[gaze attack]]s differently than other "faceless" helms unless they are made of an opaque material.

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 ==Description==
-While [[worn]], a crystal helm grants 2 base [[AC]] and 5 base [[DR]], and like other crystal armor it can be [[Scroll of enchant armor|enchanted]] to +7 and gains a full bonus to AC and DR from its [[enchantment]]. Wearing or [[taking off]] a crystal helm takes two turns.
+While [[worn]], a crystal helm grants 2 base [[AC]] and 5 base [[DR]]. Like other crystal armor, it can be safely [[Scroll of enchant armor|enchanted]] from +5 to reach +7 (similar to [[elven armor]]) and gains a doubled bonus to AC and DR from its [[enchantment]]. Wearing or [[taking off]] a crystal helm takes two turns.
 A worn crystal helm covers the wearer's entire head and face: this "[[faceless]]" behavior completely prevents them from [[eating]], [[quaffing]] or [[applying]] items to their face (including putting on or removing items such as [[lenses]]) if the helm is [[cursed]] or they do not have a free hand, and it will always block their [[bite attack]]s and [[tentacle attack]]s, but it will also block any [[intelligence drain]] attacks or similar attacks that target the wearer's head. Due to the helm being translucent,<!--if not fully transparent?--> crystal helms interact with [[gaze attack]]s differently than other "faceless" helms unless they are made of an opaque material.

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 ==Description==
-While [[worn]], a crystal helm grants 2 base [[AC]] and 5 base [[DR]], and like other crystal armor it can be [[Scroll of enchant armor|enchanted]] to +7 and gains a full bonus to AC and DR from its [[enchantment]]. Wearing or [[taking off]] a crystal helm takes two actions.
+While [[worn]], a crystal helm grants 2 base [[AC]] and 5 base [[DR]], and like other crystal armor it can be [[Scroll of enchant armor|enchanted]] to +7 and gains a full bonus to AC and DR from its [[enchantment]]. Wearing or [[taking off]] a crystal helm takes two turns.
 A worn crystal helm covers the wearer's entire head and face: this "[[faceless]]" behavior completely prevents them from [[eating]], [[quaffing]] or [[applying]] items to their face (including putting on or removing items such as [[lenses]]) if the helm is [[cursed]] or they do not have a free hand, and it will always block their [[bite attack]]s and [[tentacle attack]]s, but it will also block any [[intelligence drain]] attacks or similar attacks that target the wearer's head. Due to the helm being translucent,<!--if not fully transparent?--> crystal helms interact with [[gaze attack]]s differently than other "faceless" helms unless they are made of an opaque material.

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 * [[Ancients of ice]] are always generated with crystal helms.
 * The lilitu disguised as an [[aligned priest]] that is found tending to a coaligned [[temple]] in the lair of the [[Avatar of Lolth]] (if it appears as the second Abyss level in Gehennom) is always generated with a crystal helm upon transforming.
-* [[Anachrononaut (player monster)|Anachrononauts]] slated for "good" equipment are always generated with crystal helms.
+* [[Player monster (dNetHack)|Player monster]] [[Anachrononaut (player monster)|anachrononauts]] slated for "good" equipment are always generated with crystal helms.
 * [[Incantifier (monster)|Incantifiers]] generated in the future (i.e. the Anachrononaut quest and Android quest) have a roughly {{frac|2}} chance of being created with a crystal helm.
 * [[Ymir]] is always generated with a +7 crystal helm when summoned by an [[Illithanachronounbinder]].

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 Crystal helms are not randomly generated and cannot be duplicated by any form of [[Smithing (dNetHack)|smithing]], but they can be [[wished]] for or found in [[bones]].
-For [[Gnome (starting race)#dNetHack|gnomish]] [[Madpeople]], a crystal helm is found among the [[Item size (dNetHack)|tiny]] [[Gemstone (dNetHack)|diamond]] armor that is included within the tiny [[crystal skull]] stored inside the special box on [[Madman quest|their quest]].
+For [[Gnome (starting race)#dNetHack|gnomish]] [[Madpeople]], a "crystal" helm is found among the [[Item size (dNetHack)|tiny]] [[Gemstone (dNetHack)|diamond]] armor that is included within the tiny [[crystal skull]] stored inside the special box on [[Madman quest|their quest]].
 Crystal helms can be generated in the [[magic item vault]]s within the [[Avatar of Lolth]]'s lair during level creation if the lair appears as the second Abyss level.

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 The crystal helm of dNetHack is based primarily on the Apollo/Skylab space suit, a class of space suits used in the Apollo and Skylab missions and sometimes called the "Apollo 11 Spacesuit". In both missions, the space suit was referred to as the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). The Apollo EMU consisted of a Pressure Garment Assembly (PGA) and a Portable Life Support System (PLSS) that was more commonly called the "backpack". The A7L was the PGA model used on the Apollo 7–14 lunar missions: Apollo 11 made the A7L the most iconic suit of the program with one of its most memorable elements being the "fishbowl helmet", so called because of its resemblance to the simple and rounded style of aquarium. Various forms of media often depict space-traveling characters with similar suits to the A7L that include a fishbowl-like headpiece, or alternately with an 'actual' fishbowl on their head (which is generally commonplace in less-grounded cartoons and similar fare).
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 {{wikipedia|Apollo/Skylab spacesuit}}
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-The crystal helm of dNetHack is based primarily on the Apollo/Skylab space suit, a class of space suits used in the Apollo and Skylab missions and sometimes called the "Apollo 11 Spacesuit". In both missions, the space suit was referred to as the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). The Apollo EMU consisted of a Pressure Garment Assembly (PGA) and a Portable Life Support System (PLSS) that was more commonly called the "backpack". The A7L was the PGA model used on the Apollo 7–14 lunar missions, and Apollo 11 made the A7L the most iconic suit of the program, with one of its most memorable elements being the "fishbowl helmet" (so called because of its resemblance to the simple and rounded style of aquarium). Various forms of media often depict space-traveling characters with similar suits to the A7L that include a fishbowl-like headpiece, or alternately with an actual fishbowl on their head (which is generally commonplace in less-grounded cartoons and similar fare).
+The crystal helm of dNetHack is based primarily on the Apollo/Skylab space suit, a class of space suits used in the Apollo and Skylab missions and sometimes called the "Apollo 11 Spacesuit". In both missions, the space suit was referred to as the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). The Apollo EMU consisted of a Pressure Garment Assembly (PGA) and a Portable Life Support System (PLSS) that was more commonly called the "backpack". The A7L was the PGA model used on the Apollo 7–14 lunar missions: Apollo 11 made the A7L the most iconic suit of the program with one of its most memorable elements being the "fishbowl helmet", so called because of its resemblance to the simple and rounded style of aquarium. Various forms of media often depict space-traveling characters with similar suits to the A7L that include a fishbowl-like headpiece, or alternately with an actual fishbowl on their head (which is generally commonplace in less-grounded cartoons and similar fare).
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 {{otheruses|the item in dNetHack and its offshoots|the item that appears as a "crystal helmet" in NetHack|helm of brilliance}}
-A '''crystal helm''' is that appear in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. Its [[Object materials (dNetHack)|default material]] is crystalline [[glass]], and it appears as a '''fish bowl''' that always displays its current material when [[unidentified]].
+A '''crystal helm''' is a type of [[helm]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. Its [[Object materials (dNetHack)|default material]] is crystalline [[glass]], and it appears as a '''fish bowl''' that always displays its current material when [[unidentified]].
 The crystal helm is the [[base item]] for the [[artifact]] [[Apotheosis Veil]].
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 While [[worn]], a crystal helm grants 2 base [[AC]] and 5 base [[DR]], and like other crystal armor it can be [[Scroll of enchant armor|enchanted]] to +7 and gains a full bonus to AC and DR from its [[enchantment]]. Wearing or [[taking off]] a crystal helm takes two actions.
-A worn crystal helm covers the wearer's entire head and face: this "[[faceless]]" behavior completely prevents them from [[eating]], [[quaffing]] or [[applying]] items to their face (including putting on or removing items such as [[lenses]]) if the helm is [[cursed]] or they do not have a free hand, and will always block their [[bite attack]]s and [[tentacle attack]]s, but it will also block any [[intelligence drain]] attacks or similar attacks that target the wearer's head. Due to the helm being translucent,<!--if not fully transparent?--> crystal helms interact with [[gaze attack]]s differently than other "faceless" helms unless they are made of an opaque material.
+A worn crystal helm covers the wearer's entire head and face: this "[[faceless]]" behavior completely prevents them from [[eating]], [[quaffing]] or [[applying]] items to their face (including putting on or removing items such as [[lenses]]) if the helm is [[cursed]] or they do not have a free hand, and it will always block their [[bite attack]]s and [[tentacle attack]]s, but it will also block any [[intelligence drain]] attacks or similar attacks that target the wearer's head. Due to the helm being translucent,<!--if not fully transparent?--> crystal helms interact with [[gaze attack]]s differently than other "faceless" helms unless they are made of an opaque material.
 A crystal helm can be used with an [[upgrade kit]] to repair the visor of an [[imperial elven helm]]: while worn, the upgraded helm will suppress [[blindness]] (as with [[The Eye of the Overworld]]), protects against intelligence-draining tentacle attacks and attacks to the [[eyes]], and grants +1 bonuses to AC and DR.
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