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 * [[Star-elves]] have a full set of imperial elven gear, with a random material following the usual odds. The gloves have the dexterity upgrade, the body armor has the [[immunity to sickness]] upgrade, the helm has the [[breathless]], blindness resistance and accuracy upgrades, and the boots have no upgrades.
-* [[Carcosan courtier]]s in the future (i.e. the Anachrononaut quest and Android quest) have a {{frac|20}} chance (5%) of generating with a plain golden set of imperial elven armor that has a smattering of upgrades. The boots have speed, the gloves strength, the helm the same as Star-elves, and flying, sickness resistance, and reflection on the body armor. These are useful intrinsics to have, but Anachrononauts are guaranteed ''upgradeable'' imperial elven gear as well, so better versions of this gear can be assembled if they so desire.
+* [[Carcosan courtier]]s in the future (i.e. the Anachrononaut quest and Android quest) have a {{frac|20}} chance (5%) of generating with a [[golden]] set of imperial elven armor that has a smattering of upgrades. The boots have speed, the gloves strength, the helm the same as Star-elves, and flying, sickness resistance, and reflection on the body armor. These are useful intrinsics to have, but Anachrononauts are guaranteed ''upgradeable'' imperial elven gear as well, so better versions of this gear can be assembled if they so desire.
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 Non-upgradeable gear is found in the inventories of certain monsters, typically with upgrades already applied. Unlike upgradeable gear, this gear is missing features simply because it is less sophisticated, and cannot be upgraded any further no matter what the hero does.
-* [[Star-elves]] have a full set of imperial elven gear, with a random material following the usual odds. The gloves have the dexterity upgrade, the body armor has the [[immunity to sickness|sickness resistance]] upgrade, the helm has the [[breathless|breathlessness]], blindness resistance, and accuracy upgrade, and the boots have no upgrades.
+* [[Star-elves]] have a full set of imperial elven gear, with a random material following the usual odds. The gloves have the dexterity upgrade, the body armor has the [[immunity to sickness]] upgrade, the helm has the [[breathless]], blindness resistance and accuracy upgrades, and the boots have no upgrades.
 * [[Carcosan courtier]]s in the future (i.e. the Anachrononaut quest and Android quest) have a {{frac|20}} chance (5%) of generating with a plain golden set of imperial elven armor that has a smattering of upgrades. The boots have speed, the gloves strength, the helm the same as Star-elves, and flying, sickness resistance, and reflection on the body armor. These are useful intrinsics to have, but Anachrononauts are guaranteed ''upgradeable'' imperial elven gear as well, so better versions of this gear can be assembled if they so desire.

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 * Start the game as an Anachrononaut.
 * Start the game as an elven Madperson and open their quest box.
-* Bind the [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirit]] [[Dantalion]] bound at any point, which permanently unlocks thos knowledge.
+* Bind the [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirit]] [[Dantalion]] at any point, which permanently unlocks this knowledge.
 * Start the game as a Tourist and encounter a Star-elf, Star-emperor or Star-empress.

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 ===Imperial elven armor===
-A suit of imperial elven armor grants 6 base [[AC]], 6 base [[DR]] and [[Magic cancellation (3.4.3)|MC3]] while [[worn]]. Wearing or [[removing]] a suit of imperial elven armor takes 5 actions. As heavy armor, it does not grant any bonus from [[dexterity]].
+A suit of imperial elven armor grants 6 base [[AC]], 6 base [[DR]] and [[Magic cancellation (3.4.3)|MC3]] while [[worn]]. Wearing or [[removing]] a suit of imperial elven armor takes 5 actions. Suits of imperial elven armor are heavy armor and do not grant any bonus from [[dexterity]], though they can be upgraded to medium armor that grants the standard AC/DR bonus equal to {{sfrac|(dexterity - 11)|4}} (rounded down).
 ===Imperial elven helm===

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 Imperial elven gear comes in two subtypes: upgradeable and non-upgradeable. Upgradeable armor pieces mostly occur in fixed locations in the game, and have story-line reasons why they were damaged and need repairs.
-* For [[Elf (starting race)|elven]] [[Madpeople]] specifically, there is a full set of thoroughly burnt and rotted imperial elven gear in a [[box]] within their quest. This set of armor is always bright green and made of wood, and is located directly on [[Lady Constance]]'s square. The set begins with no upgrades applied.
+* For [[Elf (starting race)|elven]] [[Madpeople]] specifically, there is a full set of thoroughly burnt and rotted imperial elven gear in a [[Large box|box]] within their quest. This set of armor is always bright green and made of wood, and is located directly on [[Lady Constance]]'s square. The set begins with no upgrades applied.
 * There is a full set of thoroughly rotted imperial elven gear on each lower filler level of the Anachrononaut quest and Android quest, with a small chance of extra pieces of gear being generated on the floor of those same levels. Those sets are random colors and have no upgrades already applied, but can be upgraded as normal by any [[Anachrononaut]]s or [[Android]] with the capabilities. The armor can be any material possible with the usual odds, and thus will very often be made of wood.
 * [[Star-emperor]]s and [[Star-empress|empresses]] are found inside [[crystal skull]]s carried by some [[Illithid (monster attribute)|illithids]]. They both generate with a full set of gear, and unlike other sources of upgradeable gear these have some upgrades already applied:

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 | suppress blindness (as with [[The Eye of the Overworld]]), protects vs. attacks to the eyes, enables protection vs. mind flayer attacks, and +1 AC and DR.
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+| [[Crystal helm (dNetHack)|crystal helm]]
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-| [[amulet vs. sickness]]
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 * For [[Elf (starting race)|elven]] [[Madpeople]] specifically, there is a full set of thoroughly burnt and rotted imperial elven gear in a [[box]] within their quest. This armor is always bright green and made of wood, and is located directly on [[Lady Constance]]'s square. This set begins with no upgrades.
 * There is a full set of thoroughly rotted imperial elven gear on each lower filler level of the Anachrononaut quest and Android quest, with a small chance of extra pieces of gear being generated on the floor of those same levels. Those sets are random colors and have no upgrades already applied, but can be upgraded as normal by any [[Anachrononaut]]s or [[Android]] with the capabilities. The armor can be any material possible with the usual odds, and thus will very often be made of wood.
-* [[Star-emperor]]s and [[Star-empress|empresses]] are found inside [[mind flayer]] [[crystal skull]]s. They both generate with a full set of gear, and unlike other sources of upgradeable gear these have some upgrades already applied:
+* [[Star-emperor]]s and [[Star-empress|empresses]] are found inside [[crystal skull]]s carried by some [[Illithid (monster attribute)|illithids]]. They both generate with a full set of gear, and unlike other sources of upgradeable gear these have some upgrades already applied:
 ** The boots have the [[speed]] and [[kicking]] upgrades.
 ** The gloves have the dexterity, strength, increased damage, and grappling upgrades.
-** The body armor has the [[flying]], fast healing, [[immunity to sickness|sickness resistance]], and medium armor upgrades.
+** The body armor has the [[flying]], fast healing, [[sickness resistance]], and medium armor upgrades.
-** The helm has the [[breathless|breathlessness]] and accuracy upgrades.
+** The helm has the [[breathless]] and accuracy upgrades.
 * [[Puppet-emperor Xeleth]] and [[Puppet-empress Xedalli]] each have a set of technically-upgradeable golden gear that already has all possible upgrades applied. However, this set is also self-cursing and infested with byakhee larvae: if the hero were to equip the full set of gear, they would take around 52 points of damage per turn from the biting and stinging larvae, and would likely be unable to quickly remove it due to its self-cursing behavior. These monsters are also exclusively found on the Planes for elven Madpeople, and therefore are out of reach for normal runs anyway.