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Umbire the Phantom: potholes et. al.

2025-01-29T17:19:43Z

potholes et. al.

Phol ende wodan: /* Description */ 3.7: slipping on ice can make you slide randomly one space

2024-12-23T21:17:58Z

‎Description: 3.7: slipping on ice can make you slide randomly one space

Phol ende wodan: /* Melting */ 3.7: mention timed melting ice in ice themed room, and add adjectives used to describe how close ice is to melting

2024-12-16T22:02:35Z

‎Melting: 3.7: mention timed melting ice in ice themed room, and add adjectives used to describe how close ice is to melting

Phol ende wodan: add 3.7 encyclopedia entry (not using upcoming template because its absence from 3.6 is pretty minor)

2024-12-15T00:46:57Z

add 3.7 encyclopedia entry (not using upcoming template because its absence from 3.6 is pretty minor)

Umbire the Phantom: potholes, word choice, refsrc, etc.

2023-09-23T00:38:54Z

potholes, word choice, refsrc, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ pothole

2023-08-30T19:01:39Z

‎Strategy: pothole

Umbire the Phantom at 22:42, 3 September 2021

2021-09-03T22:42:11Z

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */

2021-09-03T22:29:36Z

‎Variants

Umbire the Phantom: /* Melting */

2021-09-03T21:58:21Z

‎Melting

Umbire the Phantom at 21:56, 3 September 2021

2021-09-03T21:56:16Z

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 ===Melting===
-Flames from a [[fire]]-breathing monster, a [[wand of fire]], [[fire traps]], and other sources of fire can melt ice and cause you to fall into the newly created [[moat]]. Having [[reflection]] will guard against the rays, but will not prevent ice underfoot from melting. As with falling into normal water, your inventory will get [[wet]], and you will attempt to climb out, with a chance of drowning dependent on the circumstances.
+Flames from a [[Fire (element)|fire]]-breathing monster, a [[wand of fire]], [[fire traps]], and other sources of fire can melt ice and cause you to fall into the newly created [[moat]]. Having [[reflection]] will guard against the rays, but will not prevent ice underfoot from melting. As with falling into normal water, your inventory will get [[wet]], and you will attempt to climb out, with a chance of drowning dependent on the circumstances.
 Ice created by a spell or breath attack has a chance of melting on its own after between 50&ndash;2000 turns.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4363|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Ice created on level generation will always be permanent, and newly created ice has a chance of becoming permanent as well. Thawing ice that is hit with another spell or breath attack will increase the duration, and has another chance of becoming permanent. Players with [[warning]] [[#Messages|will be informed]] if they are standing on ice that will break in under 15 turns.{{refsrc|src/hack.c|2231|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}

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 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Ice tiles appear in two [[themed room]]s: an "ice room" where the entire floor is ice (but there is a 25% chance that the ice will start melting over the next couple thousand turns), and another room with a random terrain at the exact center, which can potentially be ice.
-Unless you are blind, [[farlook]]ing at adjacent ice or ice on your own square will supplement it with an adjective describing how close it is to melting: "solid" if it is permanent with no melt timer; "sturdy" if it has more than 1000 turns left, "steady" if it has more than 100 turns left, "unsteady" if it has more than 50 turns left, "thin" if it has more than 14 turns left, and "slushy" if it has 14 or fewer turns left. {{commit|04d6789c}} }}
+Unless you are blind, [[farlook]]ing at adjacent ice or ice on your own square will supplement it with an adjective describing how close it is to melting: "solid" if it is permanent with no melt timer; "sturdy" if it has more than 1000 turns left, "steady" if it has more than 100 turns left, "unsteady" if it has more than 50 turns left, "thin" if it has more than 14 turns left, and "slushy" if it has 14 or fewer turns left. {{commit|04d6789c}}
 ==Strategy==

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 Ice created by a spell or breath attack has a chance of melting on its own after between 50&ndash;2000 turns.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4363|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Ice created on level generation will always be permanent, and newly created ice has a chance of becoming permanent as well. Thawing ice that is hit with another spell or breath attack will increase the duration, and has another chance of becoming permanent. Players with [[warning]] [[#Messages|will be informed]] if they are standing on ice that will break in under 15 turns.{{refsrc|src/hack.c|2231|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Ice tiles appear in two [[themed room]]s: an "ice room" where the entire floor is ice, and another room with a random terrain at the exact center, which can potentially be ice.}}
+{{upcoming|3.7.0|Ice tiles appear in two [[themed room]]s: an "ice room" where the entire floor is ice (but there is a 25% chance that the ice will start melting over the next couple thousand turns), and another room with a random terrain at the exact center, which can potentially be ice.
 ==Strategy==

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 ===dNetHack===
 In [[dNetHack]], one of the [[Big Room]] maps and the goal level of the [[Knight quest]] contains several ice tiles, as does one of the [[Lethe Gorge (dNetHack)|Lethe Gorge]] maps. Icy terrain also appears in the lairs of [[Baalphegor]], [[Kostchtchie]] and the [[creature in the ice]] (which can be either [[Leviathan]] or [[Levistus]]).
 ==See also==

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 Flames from a [[fire]]-breathing monster, a [[wand of fire]], [[fire traps]], and other sources of fire can melt ice and cause you to fall into the newly created [[moat]]. Having [[reflection]] will guard against the rays, but will not prevent ice underfoot from melting. As with falling into normal water, your inventory will get [[wet]], and you will attempt to climb out, with a chance of drowning dependent on the circumstances.
-Ice created by a spell or breath attack has a chance of melting on its own after between 50&ndash;2000 turns.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4363|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} Ice created on level generation will always be permanent, and newly created ice has a chance of becoming permanent as well. Thawing ice that is hit with another spell or breath attack will increase the duration, and has another chance of becoming permanent. Players with [[warning]] will be informed if they are standing on ice that will break in under 15 turns.{{refsrc|src/hack.c|2231|version=NetHack 3.6.6}}
+Ice created by a spell or breath attack has a chance of melting on its own after between 50&ndash;2000 turns.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4363|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Ice created on level generation will always be permanent, and newly created ice has a chance of becoming permanent as well. Thawing ice that is hit with another spell or breath attack will increase the duration, and has another chance of becoming permanent. Players with [[warning]] [[#Messages|will be informed]] if they are standing on ice that will break in under 15 turns.{{refsrc|src/hack.c|2231|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Ice tiles appear in two [[themed room]]s: an "ice room" where the entire floor is ice, and another room with a random terrain at the exact center, which can potentially be ice.}}
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 Creating ice is a common means of traversing water in areas such as [[Medusa's Island]] and the [[Castle]]. A source of [[levitation]] or [[water walking boots]] can help prevent drowning.
-Melting ice is especially dangerous on the fire trap-laden Valkyrie quest, where an unwary [[Valkyrie]] can trigger one and drown; in addition to the above, players can also stick to the narrow snow paths, such as the one leading to the [[Norn]]'s dwelling. Additionally, if the Norn begins wandering around the ice (e.g., after you #[[chat]] to her but before you qualify for entry to the quest), there is a minuscule possibility that she may step on one of the fire traps in the area and drown as a result. While very unlikely to occur in the vast majority of games, this can be avoided by simply waiting until you are at experience level 14 before chatting to her.
+Melting ice is especially dangerous on the fire trap-laden Valkyrie quest, where an unwary [[Valkyrie]] can trigger one and drown; in addition to the above, players can also stick to the narrow snow paths, such as the one leading to the [[Norn]]'s dwelling. Additionally, if the Norn begins wandering around the ice (e.g., after you #[[chat]] to her but before you qualify for entry to the quest), there is a minuscule possibility that she may step on one of the fire traps in the area and drown as a result. While this can be avoided by simply waiting until you are at experience level 14 before chatting to her, it is very unlikely for the Norn to die this way in the vast majority of games.
 ==History==
-Icy terrain first appears in [[NetHack 3.1.0]] with the introduction of the [[Quest]] branch and the [[Valkyrie quest]]. Ice melting over time was implemented in [[3.6.0]].
+Icy terrain first appears in [[NetHack 3.1.0]] with the introduction of the [[Quest]] branch and the [[Valkyrie quest]]. Ice melting over time was introduced in [[NetHack 3.6.0]].
 ==Messages==
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], one of the [[Big Room]] maps and the goal level of the [[Knight quest]] contains several ice tiles, as does one of the [[Lethe Gorge (dNetHack)|Lethe Gorge]] maps. Icy terrain also appears in the lairs of [[Baalphegor]], [[Kostchtchie]], and the [[creature in the ice]] (which can be either [[Leviathan]] or [[Levistus]]).
+In [[dNetHack]], one of the [[Big Room]] maps and the goal level of the [[Knight quest]] contains several ice tiles, as does one of the [[Lethe Gorge (dNetHack)|Lethe Gorge]] maps. Icy terrain also appears in the lairs of [[Baalphegor]], [[Kostchtchie]] and the [[creature in the ice]] (which can be either [[Leviathan]] or [[Levistus]]).
 ==See also==
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 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{nethack-366}}
+{{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Dungeon features]]

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 ===Lethe patch===
 In the [[Lethe patch]] for vanilla ''NetHack'' and SLASH'EM, the lair of [[Geryon]] found within [[Gehennom (Lethe patch)|Gehennom]] is almost completely made of ice.
 ==See also==

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 ==Description==
-Ice is slippery, and walking on it often causes you to stumble, similar to one of the effects of [[fumbling]]. This can be prevented by wearing [[snow boots]], being a [[Valkyrie]], or polymorphing into a monster with [[cold resistance]]. Cold resistance from any other source (e.g. eating a corpse, wearing the appropriate ring, or being a level 13 [[Monk]]) will ''not'' prevent this fumbling. If snow boots are the random appearance of [[fumble boots]], they still negate the fumbling effect of ice, but cause you to fumble by their own effect.
+Ice is slippery, and walking on it often causes you to stumble, similar to one of the effects of [[fumbling]]. When [[riding]] a non-flying steed over ice, there is a chance you may fall off your [[saddle]]. [[Corpse]]s rot half as fast if laying on ice, and items on an icy floor will slide further when [[kick]]ed.
-[[Corpse]]s rot half as fast if laying on ice, and items on an icy floor will slide further when [[kick]]ed.
+Slipping on ice can be prevented by wearing [[snow boots]], being a [[Valkyrie]], or polymorphing into a monster with [[cold resistance]]. Cold resistance from any other source (e.g. eating a corpse, wearing the appropriate ring, or being a level 13 [[Monk]]) will ''not'' prevent this fumbling. If snow boots are the random appearance of [[fumble boots]], they still negate the fumbling effect of ice, but cause you to fumble by their own effect.
 ===Melting===
 Flames from a [[fire]]-breathing monster, a [[wand of fire]], [[fire traps]], and other sources of fire can melt ice and cause you to fall into the newly created [[moat]]. Having [[reflection]] will guard against the rays, but will not prevent ice underfoot from melting. As with falling into normal water, your inventory will get [[wet]], and you will attempt to climb out, with a chance of drowning dependent on the circumstances.
-Ice created by a spell or breath attack has a chance of melting on its own after between 50&ndash;2000 turns.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4105|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} Ice created on level generation will always be permanent, and newly created ice has a chance of becoming permanent as well. Thawing ice that is hit with another spell or breath attack will increase the duration, and has another chance of becoming permanent. Players with [[warning]] will be informed if they are standing on ice that will break in under 15 turns.
+Ice created by a spell or breath attack has a chance of melting on its own after between 50&ndash;2000 turns.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4363|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} Ice created on level generation will always be permanent, and newly created ice has a chance of becoming permanent as well. Thawing ice that is hit with another spell or breath attack will increase the duration, and has another chance of becoming permanent. Players with [[warning]] will be informed if they are standing on ice that will break in under 15 turns.
 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Ice tiles appear in two [[themed room]]s: an "ice room" where the entire floor is ice, and another room with a random terrain at the exact center, which can potentially be ice.}}
 ==Strategy==
-Melting ice is especially dangerous on the fire trap-laden [[Valkyrie quest]]. The primary danger lies in an unwary Valkyrie triggering one such trap and drowning; this is best avoided by sticking to the narrow and less icy paths, such as the one leading to [[The Norn|the quest leader's]] dwelling. A source of [[levitation]] or [[water walking boots]] can help prevent drowning if you have procured either of them.
+Creating ice is a common means of traversing water in areas such as [[Medusa's Island]] and the [[Castle]]. A source of [[levitation]] or [[water walking boots]] can help prevent drowning.
-On the note of The Norn, if she begins wandering around the ice (e.g., after you talk to her but before you qualify for entry to the quest), there is a minuscule possibility that she may step on one of the fire traps in the area and drown as a result. While very unlikely to occur in the vast majority of games, this can be avoided by simply waiting until you are at experience level 14 before talking to her.
+Melting ice is especially dangerous on the fire trap-laden Valkyrie quest, where an unwary [[Valkyrie]] can trigger one and drown; in addition to the above, players can also stick to the narrow snow paths, such as the one leading to [[The Norn]]'s dwelling. Additionally, if the Norn begins wandering around the ice (e.g., after you #[[chat]] to her but before you qualify for entry to the quest), there is a minuscule possibility that she may step on one of the fire traps in the area and drown as a result. While very unlikely to occur in the vast majority of games, this can be avoided by simply waiting until you are at experience level 14 before chatting to her.
 ==History==
-Icy terrain first appears in [[NetHack 3.1.0]] with the introduction of the [[Quest]] branch and the [[Valkyrie quest]]. Ice melting over time was implemented in [[NetHack 3.6.0]].
+Icy terrain first appears in [[NetHack 3.1.0]] with the introduction of the [[Quest]] branch and the [[Valkyrie quest]]. Ice melting over time was implemented in [[3.6.0]].
 ==Messages==
 {{message|Whee! A(n) <item> slides across the ice.|You kicked an object resting on an icy floor.}}
 {{message|The ice seems very soft and slushy.|You have warning and are standing on ice that will melt in under 15 turns.}}
 {{message|You feel the ice shift beneath you!|As above, but in under 10 turns.}}