Potion of sickness - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Dipping */ detailing

2026-04-19T22:43:29Z

‎Dipping: detailing

Umbire the Phantom: /* History */ detailing re: dipping

2026-04-18T23:55:06Z

‎History: detailing re: dipping

Umbire the Phantom: tweaks

2026-01-10T18:54:45Z

tweaks

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ [unc

2025-10-13T04:44:05Z

‎Strategy: [unc

Umbire the Phantom: /* Dipping */ healing fallthrough

2025-10-13T04:43:39Z

‎Dipping: healing fallthrough

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ poison blood

2025-10-13T04:29:44Z

‎dNetHack: poison blood

Umbire the Phantom: word choice

2025-10-13T04:11:24Z

word choice

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ correction

2025-10-12T07:36:14Z

‎dNetHack: correction

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ rephrase

2025-07-22T13:52:45Z

‎dNetHack: rephrase

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ copyedit

2025-07-22T13:51:54Z

‎dNetHack: copyedit

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 If the hero [[dip]]s a [[unicorn horn]] into a potion of sickness or [[cancel]]s the potion, it will become a potion of fruit juice.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1817-L1824|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|1080|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} [[Mixing]] one of a potion of {{! of|healing|extra healing|or=1|full healing}} with a potion of sickness will also produce fruit juice.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1806-L1824|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=healing potion cases fall through to unicorn horn cases}}
-If the hero dips [[dart]]s, [[arrow]]s, [[shuriken]], or [[crossbow bolt]]s into a potion of sickness, it will coat the stack of projectiles in [[poison]], using up the potion and prompting the player to type-[[name]] it if the potion is unidentified. Weapons poisoned this way deal +d6 damage against monsters that lack poison resistance, with a {{frac|10}} chance of instantly killing them;{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1137|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} the weapon's poison has a [[weight]]-based chance of 1 in (10 - (weight/10))&ndash;which is always {{frac|10}} in practice&ndash;of wearing off after each hit.{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1117|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+If the hero dips [[dart]]s, [[arrow]]s, [[shuriken]], or [[crossbow bolt]]s into a potion of sickness, it will [[Poisoned weapon|coat the stack of projectiles in poison]], using up the potion and prompting the player to type-[[name]] it if the potion is unidentified. Poisoned weapons deal +d6 damage against targets that lack poison resistance, with a {{frac|10}} chance of instantly killing them;{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1137|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} the weapon's poison has a [[weight]]-based chance of 1 in (10 - (weight/10))&ndash;which is always {{frac|10}} in practice&ndash;of wearing off after each hit.{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1117|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Poisoned weapons that are dipped into a [[potion of healing]], {{! of|extra healing|or=1|full healing}} will immediately lose their poison and use up the potion.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|2125|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ===Throwing and wielding===

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 ==History==
-The potion of sickness first appears in Hack for PDP-11, which is based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]]; Hack 1.21, which is also based on Jay Fenlason's Hack, has the somewhat-similar '''potion of poison'''. It is included in the initial item list for [[Hack 1.0]]. From these versions to [[NetHack 2.3e]], the hero only has strength as an attribute&mdash;the other five attributes are introduced in [[NetHack 3.0.0]].
+The potion of sickness first appears in Hack for PDP-11, which is based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]]; Hack 1.21, which is also based on Jay Fenlason's Hack, has the somewhat-similar '''potion of poison'''. The potion of sickness is included in the initial item list for [[Hack 1.0]], and the ability to poison weapons using the potion is introduced in [[NetHack 1.3d]].
 From [[NetHack 3.4.0]] to [[NetHack 3.6.3]], including some variants based on those versions, the case for alchemy with healing potions falls through to the unicorn horn case due to a missing <tt>break</tt> statement, causing the combination of healing and sickness to alchemize to fruit juice, and the combination of healing and hallucination, blindness, or confusion to alchemize to water.{{refsrc|potion.c|1303|version=NetHack 3.4.0|comment=<tt>mixtype()</tt> function; note the lack of breaks in the cases down to the unicorn horn case}}{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1766-L1798|version=NetHack 3.6.2|comment=<tt>mixtype()</tt> function in 3.6.2 - the highlighting should make the lack of breaks more clear}} This behavior is made explicit and intentional in NetHack 3.6.3 via {{commit|c6b7540712edfde8495bd3a41b018aa0d8a1eecc}}.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1795|version=NetHack 3.6.3|comment=Newly added fall-throughs are marked via comments}}

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 A '''potion of sickness''' is a type of non-magical [[potion]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The default [[randomized appearance]] associated with the potion is a "fizzy potion".{{refsrc|src/objects.c|814|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
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 [[Pestilence]] will always generate with a stack of several potions of sickness.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|1312|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-[[Applying]] a [[charged]] [[horn of plenty]] has a {{frac|3|1000}} chance (0.3%) of generating 1-2 potions of sickness.{{refsrc|src/mkobj.c|2212|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=The code chooses a random potion, discarding magical potions; <code>rnd_class(POT_BOOZE, POT_WATER)</code> chooses the non-magical potions, but the loop around this rejects potions of sickness.{{refsrc|src/objects.c|813-L820|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}}}
+[[Applying]] a charged [[horn of plenty]] has a {{frac|3|1000}} chance (0.3%) of generating 1-2 potions of sickness.{{refsrc|src/mkobj.c|2212|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=The code chooses a random potion, discarding magical potions; <tt>rnd_class(POT_BOOZE, POT_WATER)</tt> chooses the non-magical potions, but the loop around this rejects potions of sickness.{{refsrc|src/objects.c|813-L820|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}}}
 ===Alchemy===
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 The potion of sickness first appears in Hack for PDP-11, which is based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]]; Hack 1.21, which is also based on Jay Fenlason's Hack, has the somewhat-similar '''potion of poison'''. It is included in the initial item list for [[Hack 1.0]]. From these versions to [[NetHack 2.3e]], the hero only has strength as an attribute&mdash;the other five attributes are introduced in [[NetHack 3.0.0]].
-From [[NetHack 3.4.0]] to [[NetHack 3.6.3]], including some variants based on those versions, the case for alchemy with healing potions falls through to the unicorn horn case due to a missing <code>break</code> statement, causing the combination of healing and sickness to alchemize to fruit juice, and the combination of healing and hallucination, blindness, or confusion to alchemize to water.{{refsrc|potion.c|1303|version=NetHack 3.4.0|comment=<tt>mixtype()</tt> function; note the lack of breaks in the cases down to the unicorn horn case}}{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1766-L1798|version=NetHack 3.6.2|comment=<tt>mixtype()</tt> function in 3.6.2 - the highlighting should make the lack of breaks more clear}} This behavior is made explicit and intentional in NetHack 3.6.3 via {{commit|c6b7540712edfde8495bd3a41b018aa0d8a1eecc}}.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1795|version=NetHack 3.6.3|comment=Newly added fall-throughs are marked via comments}}
+From [[NetHack 3.4.0]] to [[NetHack 3.6.3]], including some variants based on those versions, the case for alchemy with healing potions falls through to the unicorn horn case due to a missing <tt>break</tt> statement, causing the combination of healing and sickness to alchemize to fruit juice, and the combination of healing and hallucination, blindness, or confusion to alchemize to water.{{refsrc|potion.c|1303|version=NetHack 3.4.0|comment=<tt>mixtype()</tt> function; note the lack of breaks in the cases down to the unicorn horn case}}{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1766-L1798|version=NetHack 3.6.2|comment=<tt>mixtype()</tt> function in 3.6.2 - the highlighting should make the lack of breaks more clear}} This behavior is made explicit and intentional in NetHack 3.6.3 via {{commit|c6b7540712edfde8495bd3a41b018aa0d8a1eecc}}.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1795|version=NetHack 3.6.3|comment=Newly added fall-throughs are marked via comments}}
 ==Messages==

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 ===Identification===
-The potion of sickness is one of four 50[[zm]] potions, along with the potions of fruit juice, {{! of|see invisible|and=1|booze}} - incidentally, all of the other potions can be made from fruit juice.
+The potion of sickness is one of four 50[[zm]] potions, along with the potions of fruit juice, {{! of|see invisible|and=1|booze}}&mdash;incidentally, all of the other potions can be made from fruit juice.
 Potions of sickness can be easily identified by dip-testing with a unicorn horn, as discussed above; while cancelling them also turns them into fruit juice, cancelling the potion of see invisible has the same effect. Dipping a non-poisoned [[missile]] weapon into a potion of sickness will form a coating on it, which is reliable for informal identification.

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 ===Dipping===
-If the hero [[dip]]s a [[unicorn horn]] into a potion of sickness or [[cancel]]s the potion, it will become a potion of fruit juice.
+If the hero [[dip]]s a [[unicorn horn]] into a potion of sickness or [[cancel]]s the potion, it will become a potion of fruit juice.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1817-L1824|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/zap.c|1080|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} [[Mixing]] one of a potion of {{! of|healing|extra healing|or=1|full healing}} with a potion of sickness will also produce fruit juice.{{refsrc|src/potion.c|1806-L1824|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=healing potion cases fall through to unicorn horn cases}}
 If the hero dips [[dart]]s, [[arrow]]s, [[shuriken]], or [[crossbow bolt]]s into a potion of sickness, it will coat the stack of projectiles in [[poison]], using up the potion and prompting the player to type-[[name]] it if the potion is unidentified. Weapons poisoned this way deal +d6 damage against monsters that lack poison resistance, with a {{frac|10}} chance of instantly killing them;{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1137|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} the weapon's poison has a [[weight]]-based chance of 1 in (10 - (weight/10))&ndash;which is always {{frac|10}} in practice&ndash;of wearing off after each hit.{{refsrc|src/uhitm.c|1117|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}

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	[[Black signet ring]]s can be dipped into a potion of sickness to make it a '''poison injecting''' ring, which applies the poison when the hero performs an unarmed attack while wearing the ring without [[gloves]].		[[Black signet ring]]s can be dipped into a potion of sickness to make it a '''poison injecting''' ring, which applies the poison when the hero performs an unarmed attack while wearing the ring without [[gloves]].
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		+	The [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)\|blood of a poisonous monster]] functions very similarly to potions of acid for various purposes, such as dipping a black signet ring like described above.

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], slashing and piercing weapons besides the standard eligible projectiles from ''NetHack'' can be poisoned by dipping them into a potion of sickness.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], slashing and piercing weapons (including the standard eligible projectiles from ''NetHack'') can be poisoned by dipping them into a potion of sickness.
 [[Black signet ring]]s can be dipped into a potion of sickness to make it a '''poison injecting''' ring, which applies the poison when the hero performs an unarmed attack while wearing the ring without [[gloves]].
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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], the potion of sickness is given a constant [[randomized appearance]], always appearing as a dark green potion when unidentified. [[Drow (starting race)|Drow]] Rogues start the game with a [[potion of drow poison]] replacing the role's potion of sickness.
+In [[EvilHack]], the potion of sickness will always appear as a dark green potion when unidentified. [[Drow (starting race)|Drow]] Rogues start the game with a [[potion of drow poison]] replacing the role's potion of sickness.
 Slashing and piercing weapons can be poisoned by dipping them into a potion of sickness.

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 In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], slashing and piercing weapons besides the standard eligible projectiles from ''NetHack'' can be poisoned by dipping them into a potion of sickness.
-[[Black signet ring]]s can be dipped into a potion of sickness to make it a '''venom-injecting''' ring, which applies the poison when the hero performs an unarmed attack while wearing the ring without [[gloves]].
+[[Black signet ring]]s can be dipped into a potion of sickness to make it a '''poison injecting''' ring, which applies the poison when the hero performs an unarmed attack while wearing the ring without [[gloves]].
 ===xNetHack===