Ring of slow digestion - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Wearing multiple rings */ tweak

2026-04-12T21:14:36Z

‎Wearing multiple rings: tweak

Umbire the Phantom: *dnh

2025-12-14T12:50:57Z

*dnh

Umbire the Phantom: hack'em

2025-12-14T12:26:19Z

hack'em

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ word choice

2025-12-14T12:25:51Z

‎Generation: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: /* EvilHack */ rephrase

2025-12-14T12:25:39Z

‎EvilHack: rephrase

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit pass

2025-12-14T12:15:05Z

copyedit pass

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ slash'em + them

2025-05-16T05:00:44Z

‎Variants: slash'em + them

JASON10668: Add languages template.

2025-05-15T11:07:25Z

Add languages template.

Umbire the Phantom: /* EvilHack */ pothole

2025-03-10T04:27:57Z

‎EvilHack: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit, add slash'em to variants

2025-03-10T04:25:37Z

copyedit, add slash'em to variants

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 Due to a [[bug]], with two rings of slow digestion and good technique the player can go indefinitely long without losing any nutrition. The ring hunger for each hand is calculated on different turns, which is normally counterproductive due to the higher nutrition consumption from multiple rings combined with the inability to stack ring effects; however, ring hunger for your left hand is calculated turn 4 (mod 20), while right hand hunger is calculated on turn 12 (mod 20). The idea is to wear both rings, but removing one of the rings for the turn that its hunger is calculated. There are no known ascensions that have made use of this trick alone to ascend with the foodless conduct intact.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|bf3697c1221dec1a3a4c3f0604bfed1c9a8cc3b9}}, ring hunger is randomized in order to fix this bug. A similar bug that involves using worn white dragon scale mail (post-commit ef1eeed, as described above) and A ring of slow digestion to prevent the hero from ever burning nutrition is fixed via {{commit|e8374b36a1c4825a9e5b20621addc805984412b3}}.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|bf3697c1221dec1a3a4c3f0604bfed1c9a8cc3b9}}, ring hunger is randomized in order to fix this bug. A similar bug that involves using worn white dragon scale mail (post-commit ef1eeed, as described above) and a worn ring of slow digestion to prevent the hero from ever burning nutrition is fixed via {{commit|e8374b36a1c4825a9e5b20621addc805984412b3}}.}}
 ==History==

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the ring of slow digestion has no effect while worn by [[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|clockwork automaton]] or [[Incantifier (starting race)|incantifier]] heroes since neither of them eat food normally like other heroes&mdash;incantifiers can still drain the ring's magic for energy as normal, since this does not involve physically eating the ring.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Pirate/dNetHack|Pirates]] and [[Wizard/dNetHack|Wizards]] may be given a ring of slow digestion as any of the random rings in their starting inventory, as can [[Noble/dNetHack|Nobles]] that are not [[Half-dragon (starting race)|half-dragons]]. [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|vampire]] [[Madpeople]] start each game with a worn and cursed slow ring of digestion.
 ===EvilHack===

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 ===SlashTHEM===
 In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM details, [[Acid Mage]]s, [[Corsair]]s, [[Electric Mage]]s, [[Noble]]s, and [[Pirate/SlashTHEM|Pirates]] may be given a ring of slow digestion as the random ring in their starting inventory.
 ==References==

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 [[Wizard]]s may be given a ring of slow digestion as one of the two random rings in their starting inventory.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|165|nethack=3.6.7}}
-General [[store]]s and jewelers shops can sell rings of slow digestion.
+General [[store]]s and jewelers shops can stock rings of slow digestion.
 ==Description==

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 In [[EvilHack]], monsters will wear the ring of slow digestion, which prevents them from being digested and instantly killed.
-The ring is much more valuable, as [[Dragon (EvilHack)|dragons]] and some [[Shambling horror (EvilHack)|shambling horrors]] are capable of digestion. Some of the stronger monsters in the game, such as [[Kas]], [[Vecna (EvilHack)|Vecna]] and [[Kathryn the Ice Queen]], are generated with a ring of slow digestion; some [[player monster]]s on the [[Astral Plane]] are also given the ring in order to weaken "[[purple rain]]" and other similar strategies for trivializing the level.
+The ring is much more valuable, as [[Dragon (EvilHack)|dragons]] and some [[Shambling horror (EvilHack)|shambling horrors]] are capable of digestion. Some of the stronger monsters in the game are generated with a ring of slow digestion to prevent them being killed easily by a digestion attack&mdash;this includes some [[player monster]]s on the [[Astral Plane]], in order to weaken "[[purple rain]]" and other similar strategies for trivializing the level.
 ===SlashTHEM===

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 A '''ring of slow digestion''' is a type of [[ring]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
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 ==Description==
-[[Putting on]] the ring grants the [[slow digestion]] property, which nullifies the ordinary consumption of one [[nutrition]] point per turn that [[hero]] experiences: nutrition consumption from all other sources is unaffected, including [[ring hunger]] from the ring itself, and wearing two rings does not cause the effect to stack.
+A hero that [[puts on]] the ring of slow digestion gains the [[slow digestion]] property, which nullifies the ordinary consumption of one [[nutrition]] point per turn that [[hero]] experiences: nutrition consumption from all other sources is unaffected, including [[ring hunger]] from the ring itself, and wearing two rings does not cause the effect to stack. Monsters will not wear this ring.
-If a monster [[engulf]]s and tries to [[digest]] a hero wearing this ring, the hero will be expelled immediately (i.e. the ring [[Pun|slows their digestion]]), and putting on the ring while being digested will also cause that monster to spit the hero out. [[Metallivore]]s and [[gelatinous cube]]s (including a hero in the form of either monster) are incapable of [[Eating jewelry|consuming a ring of slow digestion]], as it would similarly "digest slow".{{refsrc|src/mon.c|888|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/dog.c|837|nethack=3.6.7}}
+If a monster [[engulf]]s and tries to [[digest]] a hero wearing this ring, the hero will be expelled immediately (i.e. the ring [[Pun|slows their digestion]]), and putting on the ring while being digested will also cause that monster to spit the hero out.{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|2027|nethack=3.6.7}} [[Metallivore]]s and [[gelatinous cube]]s (including a hero in the form of either monster) are incapable of [[Eating jewelry|consuming a ring of slow digestion]], as it would similarly "digest slow".{{refsrc|src/mon.c|888|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/dog.c|837|nethack=3.6.7}}
-[[Dropping]] the ring onto a [[sink]] will not lose or bury the ring, and will prompt the player to type-[[name]] it.{{refsrc|src/do.c|410|nethack=3.6.7}} Monsters will not wear this ring.
+[[Dropping]] a ring of slow digestion onto a [[sink]] will not lose or bury the ring, and will prompt the player to [[type-name]] it if it is [[Identification|unidentified]].{{refsrc|src/do.c|410|nethack=3.6.7}}
 ==Strategy==
-The ring of slow digestion is highly valued among most players, to the point of being worth a [[wish]] once all other parts of a standard kit are accounted for: A non-spellcasting hero can go without food twenty times longer than normal, while a character that casts regularly can do so without fear of emptying their stomach as quickly. For [[Wizard]]s in particular, the ring of slow digestion is such a major boon that many players consider [[start scumming]] until they begin a game with the ring. Players going for [[pacifist]] [[conduct]] and/or [[food]]-related conducts (such as [[vegan]] or [[foodless]]) will consider the ring a high-priority target, as will players engaging in strategies such as [[credit cloning]] or most forms of [[farming]] to a heavier extent than normal.
+The ring of slow digestion is highly valued among most players, often to the point of being worth a [[wish]] once all other parts of a standard kit are accounted for: A non-spellcasting hero can go without food twenty times longer than normal, while a hero that casts regularly can do so without fear of emptying their stomach nearly as quickly. For Wizards in particular, the ring of slow digestion is such a major boon that many players consider [[start scumming]] until they begin a game with the ring. Players going for [[pacifist]] [[conduct]] and/or [[food]]-related conducts (such as [[vegan]] or [[foodless]]) will consider the ring a high-priority target, as will players engaging in strategies such as [[credit cloning]] or most forms of [[farming]] to a far heavier extent than normal.
-Wearing the ring is also useful to prevent engulfing by [[purple worm]]s and other digesting monsters, though if a digestion attack pulls you off a [[steed]], that [[pet]] will be in danger of [[instadeath]] should the monster attack them next (unless they are too large to be digested).
+Wearing the ring is also useful to prevent engulfing by [[purple worm]]s and other digesting monsters&mdash;if a digestion attack pulls you off a [[steed]], that [[pet]] will be in danger of [[instadeath]] should the monster attack them next (unless they are too large to be digested).
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|[[White dragon scales]] and [[white dragon scale mail]] also provide slow digestion.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|ef1eeed7550e38fa1e4ff0ef608f3c8b55eaa950}}, [[white dragon scales]] and [[white dragon scale mail]] also grant slow digestion while [[worn]].}}
 ===Identification===
 {{main|Price identification}}
-The ring of slow digestion is somewhat difficult to informally identify, as its effects are not obvious like some other 200[[zm]] rings; while you can identify a ring of slow digestion by its nutrition-cancelling property, the process is complicated slightly if you are extensively testing rings. Since dropping the ring into a sink does not consume it and prints a distinct message, you can reliably type-identify such a ring and wear it immediately. The ring can also be formally identified by testing for it while inside a digesting monster, though this is much riskier.
+The ring of slow digestion is somewhat difficult to informally identify: while you can identify a ring of slow digestion by its nutrition-cancelling property, its effects are not obvious like some other 200[[zm]] rings, and the process is further complicated if you are extensively testing several rings at once.
-One method to test a non-cursed ring for slow digestion involves watching your [[nutrition]] level cross a visible threshold, i.e. the screen no longer shows you as satiated or you become hungry&mdash;once it does so, put on the ring being tested and [[eat]] or [[quaff]] something that provides low nutrition, such as a [[fortune cookie]] or [[potion of fruit juice]]. If you go a long time (e.g., as many as 800 turns for a fortune cookie) before crossing that threshold again, the ring is probably slow digestion.
+Since dropping the ring into a sink does not consume it and prints a distinct message, you can reliably type-identify such a ring and wear it immediately. The ring can also be formally identified by testing for it while inside a digesting monster, though this is much riskier. One method to test a non-cursed ring for slow digestion involves watching your [[nutrition]] level cross a visible threshold, i.e. the screen no longer shows you as satiated or you become hungry&mdash;once it does so, put on the ring being tested and [[eat]] or [[quaff]] something that provides low nutrition, such as a [[fortune cookie]] or [[potion of fruit juice]]. If you go a long time (e.g., as many as 800 turns for a fortune cookie) before crossing that threshold again, the ring is probably slow digestion.
 ===Wearing multiple rings===
-Due to a bug, with two rings of slow digestion and good technique the player can go indefinitely long without losing any nutrition. The ring hunger for each hand is calculated on different turns, which is normally counterproductive due to the higher nutrition consumption from multiple rings combined with the inability to stack ring effects; however, ring hunger for your left hand is calculated turn 4 (mod 20), while right hand hunger is calculated on turn 12 (mod 20). The idea is to wear both rings, but removing one of the rings for the turn that its hunger is calculated. There are no known ascensions that have made use of this trick alone to ascend with the foodless conduct intact.
+Due to a [[bug]], with two rings of slow digestion and good technique the player can go indefinitely long without losing any nutrition. The ring hunger for each hand is calculated on different turns, which is normally counterproductive due to the higher nutrition consumption from multiple rings combined with the inability to stack ring effects; however, ring hunger for your left hand is calculated turn 4 (mod 20), while right hand hunger is calculated on turn 12 (mod 20). The idea is to wear both rings, but removing one of the rings for the turn that its hunger is calculated. There are no known ascensions that have made use of this trick alone to ascend with the foodless conduct intact.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The dual ring of slow digestion trick no longer works, as ring hunger is now random.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|bf3697c1221dec1a3a4c3f0604bfed1c9a8cc3b9}}, ring hunger is randomized in order to fix this bug. A similar bug that involves using worn white dragon scale mail (post-commit ef1eeed, as described above) and A ring of slow digestion to prevent the hero from ever burning nutrition is fixed via {{commit|e8374b36a1c4825a9e5b20621addc805984412b3}}.}}
 ==History==
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 {{message|You get regurgitated!}}
 {{message|Obviously <the monster> didn't like your taste.|You were engulfed by a digesting monster, and got spit out due to a worn ring of slow digestion.}}
-{{message|The ring is regurgitated!|You dropped a ring of slow digestion down a sink. If unidentified, this will prompt you to [[name]] it.}}
+{{message|The ring is regurgitated!|You dropped a ring of slow digestion down a sink. If unidentified, this will prompt you to type-name it.}}
 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], [[Flame Mage]]s, [[Ice Mage]]s, [[Necromancer]]s, and [[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizards]] may be given a ring of slow digestion 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}}
+In [[SLASH'EM]], [[Flame Mage]]s, [[Ice Mage]]s, [[Necromancer]]s, and [[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizards]] may be given a ring of slow digestion as any of the random rings 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}}
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the ring of slow digestion has no effect while worn by [[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|clockwork automaton]] or [[Incantifier (starting race)|incantifier]] heroes since both do not eat food normally like other heroes, though the latter can still drain the ring for energy as normal.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the ring of slow digestion has no effect while worn by [[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|clockwork automaton]] or [[Incantifier (starting race)|incantifier]] heroes since neither of them eat food normally like other heroes&mdash;incantifiers can still drain the ring's magic for energy as normal, since this does not involve physically eating the ring.
 ===EvilHack===
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 ===SlashTHEM===
-In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM details, [[Acid Mage]]s, [[Corsair]]s, [[Electric Mage]]s, [[Noble]]s, and [[Pirate]]s may be given a ring of slow digestion as the random ring in their starting inventory.
+In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM details, [[Acid Mage]]s, [[Corsair]]s, [[Electric Mage]]s, [[Noble]]s, and [[Pirate/SlashTHEM|Pirates]] may be given a ring of slow digestion as the random ring in their starting inventory.
 ==References==

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