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Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2026-07-20T22:21:47Z

pothole

JodiJodington: fixed a typo (mote -> more)

2026-06-19T18:43:27Z

fixed a typo (mote -> more)

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ elshava

2026-03-10T18:04:31Z

‎dNetHack: elshava

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ copyedit

2025-07-13T00:03:06Z

‎Generation: copyedit

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ copyedit

2025-07-12T23:41:43Z

‎Strategy: copyedit

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ expand, rewrite

2025-04-18T17:55:51Z

‎dNetHack: expand, rewrite

Umbire the Phantom: tweak todo

2025-04-18T17:27:05Z

tweak todo

Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ move paren

2025-04-12T18:29:50Z

‎Description: move paren

Umbire the Phantom: /* Hack'EM */ todo

2025-04-11T13:37:56Z

‎Hack'EM: todo

Umbire the Phantom: /* EvilHack */ more sensible pothole

2025-04-11T13:36:52Z

‎EvilHack: more sensible pothole

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    |material=glass
 }}
 A '''mirror''' is a type of [[tool]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is made of [[glass]], and appears as a '''looking glass''' when [[Identification|unidentified]].
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 A hero applying a mirror at themselves will usually print [[YAFM]] dependent on their [[charisma]] unless they are polymorphed into any of the monsters listed above&mdash;see the {{sa|Vanity|"vanity" subsection of messages}} for further details.
-Mirrors are [[fragile]] and will break when hit by a [[force bolt]] or [[wand of striking]], and will also break if they are [[kick]]ed, [[thrown]], dropped down a flight of down [[stairs]], dropped while [[levitating]], or else are in a non-magical [[container]] that is subjected to any of the above.{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|425|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|1583|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/dothrow.c|2091|nethack=3.6.7}} A hero that actively breaks a mirror by any means takes a &minus;2 [[luck]] penalty.{{refsrc|src/dothrow.c|1974|nethack=3.6.7}} A hero hitting a monster with a [[wielded]] mirror will break that mirror and deal one point of damage to the monster{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|880|nethack=3.6.7}}&mdash;this damage also applies to [[shade]]s due to the [[silver]] in the reflective surface, though it will still break despite them being [[noncorporeal]].{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1353|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<tt>shade_aware</tt> function}}
+Mirrors are [[fragile]] and will break when hit by a [[force bolt]] or [[wand of striking]], and will also break if they are [[Kick (command)|kicked]], [[thrown]], dropped down a flight of down [[stairs]], dropped while [[levitating]], or else are in a non-magical [[container]] that is subjected to any of the above.{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|425|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/dokick.c|1583|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/dothrow.c|2091|nethack=3.6.7}} A hero that actively breaks a mirror by any means takes a &minus;2 [[luck]] penalty.{{refsrc|src/dothrow.c|1974|nethack=3.6.7}} A hero hitting a monster with a [[wielded]] mirror will break that mirror and deal one point of damage to the monster{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|880|nethack=3.6.7}}&mdash;this damage also applies to [[shade]]s due to the [[silver]] in the reflective surface, though it will still break despite them being [[noncorporeal]].{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1353|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<tt>shade_aware</tt> function}}
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|c2802dba2de05b478c95656b22abb9912e9704f0}}, [[major demon]]s other than foocubi are no longer scared of their reflections.}}

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 Common uses of a mirror include applying it to monsters with [[gaze]] attacks, such as [[floating eye]]s, [[umber hulk]]s and [[Medusa]], in order to reflect them. However, it will not reflect the gaze of [[Archon]]s, [[pyrolisk]]s or [[Baalzebub]]. Mirrors can also be used against nymphs and foocubi to prevent the theft of more desirable (and possibly dangerous) items, as well as unwanted removal of [[armor]].
-As nymphs are often generated with mirrors, it is a bad idea to attack them with {{spell of|force bolt}} spells or a [[wand of striking]] and risk your luck. However, there are some situations where the loss of luck is preferable to the loss of one or mote items, including any that the nymph can then use against you. The luck penalty from breaking a mirror can also be used to intentionally avoid being [[crowned]] while praying and/or [[altar farming]].
+As nymphs are often generated with mirrors, it is a bad idea to attack them with {{spell of|force bolt}} spells or a [[wand of striking]] and risk your luck. However, there are some situations where the loss of luck is preferable to the loss of one or more items, including any that the nymph can then use against you. The luck penalty from breaking a mirror can also be used to intentionally avoid being [[crowned]] while praying and/or [[altar farming]].
 ==History==

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 ==Variants==
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the mirror has various uses outside of the ones available from ''NetHack'':
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the mirror has various additional applications:
 * A hero applying a mirror at themselves with more than 20 [[insight]] will learn the location of a "silver light", which can be used to become a follower of [[The Silver Flame]]. Upon The Silver Flame taking up residence in an appropriate [[weapon]] or pair of [[gloves]], a mirror in the open inventory will be converted to a purified mirror, which appears as a silver disk when unidentified and can be used to consult The Silver Flame.
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 * [[Nudzirath]] is a spirit whose binding ritual requires its seal to be drawn on a square containing a non-artifact mirror, which is destroyed as part of the binding ritual&mdash;several of his powers also revolve around mirrors in some form.
-[[Kamerel]] can counteract the increases in spell failure rates induced by [[User:Chris/dNetHack/dNethack Outlands|the Outlands and Outlands Rings]] by carrying mirrors: each type of [[spellcasting]] [[Kamerel]] is [[Monster starting inventory|always generated with]] a mirror of varying [[Object materials (dNetHack)|object materials]] depending on that Kamerel's type.
+Spa shops in [[Elshava]] can stock mirrors.
 [[The Hand-Mirror of Cthylla]] is an unaligned artifact mirror exclusive to [[Binder]]s that is generated in the same circumstances as [[The Silver Key]] for other heroes.

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 ==Generation==
-Mirrors make up {{frac|2|25}} (8%) of all randomly-generated tools, and are always generated uncursed outside of [[bones]] levels and [[trap]] "bones". General [[store]]s and hardware stores can sell mirrors.
+Mirrors make up {{frac|2|25}} (8%) of all tools randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s, and are always generated uncursed outside of [[bones]] levels and [[trap]] "bones". Hardware stores can also stock mirrors.
 [[Nymph (monster class)|Nymphs]] have a {{frac|2}} chance (50%) of [[Monster starting inventory|being generated with]] a mirror.

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 Common uses of a mirror include applying it to monsters with [[gaze]] attacks, such as [[floating eye]]s, [[umber hulk]]s and [[Medusa]], in order to reflect them. However, it will not reflect the gaze of [[Archon]]s, [[pyrolisk]]s or [[Baalzebub]]. Mirrors can also be used against nymphs and foocubi to prevent the theft of more desirable (and possibly dangerous) items, as well as unwanted removal of [[armor]].
-As nymphs are often generated with mirrors, it is a bad idea to attack them with {{spell of|force bolt}} spells or a [[wand of striking]] and risk your luck. However, the luck penalty from breaking a mirror can be used to intentionally avoid being [[crowned]] while praying and/or [[altar farming]].
+As nymphs are often generated with mirrors, it is a bad idea to attack them with {{spell of|force bolt}} spells or a [[wand of striking]] and risk your luck. However, there are some situations where the loss of luck is preferable to the loss of one or mote items, including any that the nymph can then use against you. The luck penalty from breaking a mirror can also be used to intentionally avoid being [[crowned]] while praying and/or [[altar farming]].
 ==History==

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 * A hero applying a mirror at themselves with more than 20 [[insight]] will learn the location of a "silver light", which can be used to become a follower of [[The Silver Flame]]. Upon The Silver Flame taking up residence in an appropriate [[weapon]] or pair of [[gloves]], a mirror in the open inventory will be converted to a purified mirror, which appears as a silver disk when unidentified and can be used to consult The Silver Flame.
 * [[Andromalius]] is a [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirit]] whose binding ritual can use a mirror as one of the two items placed in his seal, and using two non-mirror items in the binding ritual may generate a mirror as the third item the hero receives if they successfully bind him.
-* The "argent sheen" [[madness]] obtained from seeing [[Graz'zt (dNetHack)|Graz'zt]] directly causes a hero to intermittently lose turns by stopping to admire themselves in a mirror, among other detrimental effects&mdash;a hero with the madness that applies a mirror at themselves can trigger this effect.
+* [[Iris]] is a spirit whose taboo prevents a hero that binds her from looking at their reflection in a mirror or any other reflective surface. This may prove annoying for a [[Binder]] who wishes to check for spirit signs that are not visible on the normal [[base attributes]] screen, which is normally done by applying a mirror at themselves.
 [[The Hand-Mirror of Cthylla]] is an unaligned artifact mirror exclusive to [[Binder]]s that is generated in the same circumstances as [[The Silver Key]] for other heroes.
-Binders may wish to apply a mirror at themselves and check for spirit signs that are not visible on the normal [[base attributes]] screen.
+The "argent sheen" [[madness]] obtained from seeing [[Graz'zt (dNetHack)|Graz'zt]] directly causes a hero to intermittently lose turns by stopping to admire themselves in a mirror, among other detrimental effects&mdash;a hero with the madness that applies a mirror at themselves can trigger this effect.
 ===EvilHack===

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 [[Silver dragon scales|Silver]] [[dragon-scaled armor]] can scare monsters adjacent to the wearer as an applied mirror.
-{{todo|Cross reference with Evil above to see what does and doesn't still apply.}}
+{{todo|Cross reference Hack'EM with Evil above to see what does and doesn't still apply.}}
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 [[Applying]] a mirror will prompt the player for a direction to display it in, and selecting a direction uses up a turn and has various effects (including simply printing messages) depending on who or what the mirror is applied towards, where the hero is located, and whether or not the hero is [[hallucinating]].{{refsrc|src/apply.c|838|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<tt>use_mirror</tt> function}}{{refsrc|src/apply.c|3680|nethack=3.6.7|comment=called by <tt>doapply</tt> function}} A [[cursed]] mirror only reflects what it is directed at half of the time, having no effect otherwise.{{refsrc|src/apply.c|853|nethack=3.6.7}} A hero applying a mirror anywhere other than at themselves while underwater will have no effect.{{refsrc|src/apply.c|898|nethack=3.6.7}}
-A hero applying a mirror towards a close-enough [[monster]] that is not [[humanoid]] or a [[unicorn]] and can see the hero (including being able to [[see invisible]] if the hero is [[invisible]]){{refsrc|src/apply.c|933|nethack=3.6.7}} has a {{frac|4|5}} chance of [[scaring]] that monster for 2-8 turns, assuming it does not fall into one of the special cases listed below.{{refsrc|src/apply.c|980|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/apply.c|992|nethack=3.6.7}} The mirror will have no effect if the monster is [[asleep]], [[blind]], [[eyeless]], or [[paralyzed]].{{refsrc|src/apply.c|926|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/apply.c|930|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/apply.c|984|nethack=3.6.7}} Applying a mirror has no effect on a monster [[engulfing]] the hero.{{refsrc|src/apply.c|892|nethack=3.6.7}}
+A hero applying a mirror towards a close-enough [[monster]] that is not [[humanoid]] or a [[unicorn]] and can see the hero (including being able to [[see invisible]] if the hero is [[invisible]]{{refsrc|src/apply.c|933|nethack=3.6.7}}) has a {{frac|4|5}} chance of [[scaring]] that monster for 2-8 turns, assuming it does not fall into one of the special cases listed below.{{refsrc|src/apply.c|980|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/apply.c|992|nethack=3.6.7}} The mirror will have no effect if the monster is [[asleep]], [[blind]], [[eyeless]], or [[paralyzed]].{{refsrc|src/apply.c|926|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/apply.c|930|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/apply.c|984|nethack=3.6.7}} Applying a mirror has no effect on a monster [[engulfing]] the hero.{{refsrc|src/apply.c|892|nethack=3.6.7}}
 The following reactions occur when applying a mirror towards specific monsters:

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	[[Silver dragon scales\|Silver]] [[dragon-scaled armor]] can scare monsters adjacent to the wearer as an applied mirror.		[[Silver dragon scales\|Silver]] [[dragon-scaled armor]] can scare monsters adjacent to the wearer as an applied mirror.
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		+	{{todo\|Cross reference with Evil above to see what does and doesn't still apply.}}

	==Encyclopedia entry==		==Encyclopedia entry==

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 In [[EvilHack]], mirrors have additional special and general interactions:
-* A [[Racial monster|racial]] [[shopkeeper]] that is a [[Nymph (monster attribute)|nymph]] will not be tempted into stealing a mirror applied at her.
+* A [[Racial monster|racial]] [[shopkeeper]] that is a [[Nymph (EvilHack)|nymph]] will not be tempted into stealing a mirror applied at her.
 * A monster with [[ultravision]] can see their reflection in a mirror applied at them.
 * Applying a mirror at a [[magical eye]] can scare and [[cancel]] it.