Ring of regeneration - Revision history

Josinalvo: /* Strategy */ -- Resting with or without the ring

2025-07-19T04:09:45Z

‎Strategy: -- Resting with or without the ring

Umbire the Phantom: /* SLASH'EM */ mention wizard

2025-05-13T23:54:46Z

‎SLASH'EM: mention wizard

JASON10668: Add languages template.

2025-05-13T11:15:41Z

Add languages template.

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants / slash'em, dnh, them

2025-03-29T06:57:30Z

‎Variants: slash'em, *dnh, them

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ add FIQ + xnh

2025-03-29T06:55:05Z

‎Variants: add FIQ + xnh

Umbire the Phantom: start variants before I restart

2025-03-29T03:24:01Z

start variants before I restart

Umbire the Phantom: formatting, copyedit, updating, etc.

2025-03-28T22:16:31Z

formatting, copyedit, updating, etc.

Darth l33t at 21:05, 2 November 2021

2021-11-02T21:05:44Z

Aximili: Changes to sectioning

2020-02-09T05:18:48Z

Changes to sectioning

ChasonBot at 01:38, 21 December 2015

2015-12-21T01:38:46Z

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	A late-game hero with a high [[constitution]] and [[experience level]] will often have enough innate hit point regeneration to the point where the ring will be of little use to put on, except as a means of burning off excess nutrition to avoid becoming satiatied or to supplement natural healing in combat-heavy scenarios.		A late-game hero with a high [[constitution]] and [[experience level]] will often have enough innate hit point regeneration to the point where the ring will be of little use to put on, except as a means of burning off excess nutrition to avoid becoming satiatied or to supplement natural healing in combat-heavy scenarios.
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		+	If you have to stop to gain HP back, it is usually cheaper in terms of nutrition to do it with the ring of regeneration (average of 1 point of nutrition per 2 hp) than without (average of 4 points of nutrition per hp if your character is level 9, more if below that level -- check https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Hit_points#Hit_point_recovery for details)

	{{upcoming\|NetHack 3.7.0\|The above changes to healing rate and regeneration make the ring much more useful in the late game, where a hero is not remotely guaranteed to walk through several consecutive combat encounters without taking significant damage.}}		{{upcoming\|NetHack 3.7.0\|The above changes to healing rate and regeneration make the ring much more useful in the late game, where a hero is not remotely guaranteed to walk through several consecutive combat encounters without taking significant damage.}}

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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], [[Flame Mage]]s, [[Ice Mage]]s and [[Necromancer]]s may be given a ring of regeneration as the random ring in their starting inventory.{{refsrc|u_init.c|69|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|u_init.c|99|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|u_init.c|136|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+In [[SLASH'EM]], [[Flame Mage]]s, [[Ice Mage]]s, [[Necromancer]]s, and [[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizards]] may be given a ring of regeneration as the random ring in their starting inventory.{{refsrc|u_init.c|69|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|u_init.c|99|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|u_init.c|136|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|u_init.c|245|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 ===UnNetHack===

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 ==Variants==
 ===UnNetHack===
 In [[UnNetHack]], the regeneration property from a ring of regeneration only drains nutrition when restoring the hero's HP, and and the ring will auto-identify when they take damage.
 ===FIQHack===
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 {{message|You feel invigorated!|You put on a ring of regeneration.}}
 {{message|You feel ennervated!|You removed a ring of regeneration.}}
 ==References==

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 ===UnNetHack===
 In [[UnNetHack]], the regeneration property from a ring of regeneration only drains nutrition when restoring the hero's HP, and and the ring will auto-identify when they take damage.
 ==References==

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 ==Messages==
 {{message|The sink looks as good as new.|You dropped a ring of regeneration down a sink. This prompts you to type-[[name]] it.}}
 ==References==

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 }}
-The '''ring of regeneration''' is an [[item]] in [[NetHack]]. While wearing it, a character heals more quickly but also becomes more hungry.
+A '''ring of regeneration''' is a type of [[ring]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
-== Identification ==
+==Generation==
-It is possible for a player to identify this ring by putting on the ([[noncursed]]) ring, throwing an object upwards {{kbd|<}}, and examining their healing rate. The normal healing rate without regeneration is some HP every few turns.
+General [[store]]s and jewelers shops can sell rings of regeneration.
-Dropping a ring of regeneration into a [[sink]] produces the message, "The sink looks as good as new."
+==Description==
-== Effects ==
+A hero [[Eating jewelry|eating the ring]] has a {{frac|3}} chance of successfully absorbing its magic and gaining intrinsic regeneration, which functions as described above and still drains nutrition (minus ring hunger).{{refsrc|src/eat.c|1959|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-The ring grants [[extrinsic]] [[regeneration]]. Regeneration causes you to heal one [[HP]] on any [[turn]] you would otherwise heal none. Regeneration is not cumulative, so wearing two such rings, or a ring along with another regeneration source, grants no further benefit.
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|f3408b87badd91b8dd784dbc9f21f5467ed80d89}}, the HP recovery formula is now simply a (xlevel + Con)% chance of recovering 1 HP each turn, and the regeneration property heals 1 HP unconditionally on all turns, rather than any turn where a hero did not recover HP.}}
-Unfortunately, regeneration burns [[nutrition]] very quickly: every odd-numbered turn your nutrition is decremented. This is in addition to the standard nutrition cost of wearing the ring itself.
+==Strategy==
-== Strategy ==
+A late-game hero with a high [[constitution]] and [[experience level]] will often have enough innate hit point regeneration to the point where the ring will be of little use to put on, except as a means of burning off excess nutrition to avoid becoming satiatied or to supplement natural healing in combat-heavy scenarios.
-Especially at very low levels, this ring is valuable because it makes much faster game play possible. The same thing goes for players who spend most of their time [[polymorph]]ed, e.g. [[speed run]]ners, because they naturally heal only one point per 20 turns. However, late-game characters with high [[experience level]]s and [[constitution]] have enough natural healing that regeneration becomes a minor benefit, making the ring a poor choice for the [[ascension kit]].
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The above changes to healing rate and regeneration make the ring much more useful in the late game, where a hero is not remotely guaranteed to walk through several consecutive combat encounters without taking significant damage.}}
-Because of the increased hunger, a player should only wear one if he's hurt, or about to become so, or if he is satiated and wishes to become less satiated quickly to eat corpses for intrinsics.
+===Identification===
 [[Category:Rings|Regeneration]]

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	Dropping a ring of regeneration into a [[sink]] produces the message, "The sink looks as good as new."		Dropping a ring of regeneration into a [[sink]] produces the message, "The sink looks as good as new."
	[[Category:Rings\|Regeneration]]		[[Category:Rings\|Regeneration]]
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