Swap chest - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2026-07-20T13:06:05Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: /* Eligible objects */ tweaks

2025-11-06T14:23:42Z

‎Eligible objects: tweaks

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ historical info

2025-11-06T12:36:26Z

‎Generation: historical info

Umbire the Phantom: follow-up

2025-11-06T12:30:12Z

follow-up

Ais523: rm paragraph that's no longer relevant

2025-11-06T12:23:42Z

rm paragraph that's no longer relevant

Joes: 2025 updates: new locations, donor name suppression, eligible items

2025-11-06T12:03:09Z

2025 updates: new locations, donor name suppression, eligible items

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-01-16T18:09:16Z

pothole

Furey: Link directly to new page TNNT (the game).

2024-06-18T11:50:49Z

Link directly to new page TNNT (the game).

Furey: /* Restrictions */ heros -> heroes

2024-06-18T00:57:39Z

‎Restrictions: heros -> heroes

Furey: found the noversion

2024-06-15T16:27:42Z

found the noversion

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 You cannot successfully [[wish]] for a swap chest except in [[wizard mode]]; doing so creates a normal [[chest]] instead.<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/blob/c5d2fa2f4aee18b58c18c827adbd722c2830dea5/src/objnam.c#L3796</ref>
-[[Gelatinous cube]]s and other [[monster]]s cannot eat the swap chest, and will be instantly killed if they attempt it. A hero polymorphed into a gelatinous cube cannot eat a swap chest either, but will not be instakilled.<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/b1a639f83a05688c5c5294f1cb4e8ec7d745dac6</ref> Swap chests cannot be picked up by heroes due to their massive weight, nor can they be picked up by monsters, even [[Nymph (monster class)|nymphs]]. [[Kick]]ing a swap chest before removing an object from it causes it to kick back, dealing 10-14 physical damage to you.<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/blob/af9e0b8d02109c47fc2d20a709e5723fbfe10042/src/dokick.c#L620</ref><ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/5a8e9054e92952b10cfa572fa2363a7f2a83a600</ref>
+[[Gelatinous cube]]s and other [[monster]]s cannot eat the swap chest, and will be instantly killed if they attempt it. A hero polymorphed into a gelatinous cube cannot eat a swap chest either, but will not be instakilled.<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/b1a639f83a05688c5c5294f1cb4e8ec7d745dac6</ref> Swap chests cannot be picked up by heroes due to their massive weight, nor can they be picked up by monsters, even [[Nymph (monster class)|nymphs]]. [[Kick (command)|Kicking]] swap chest before removing an object from it causes it to kick back, dealing 10-14 physical damage to you.<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/blob/af9e0b8d02109c47fc2d20a709e5723fbfe10042/src/dokick.c#L620</ref><ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/5a8e9054e92952b10cfa572fa2363a7f2a83a600</ref>
 An object with special achievement-granting properties loses those special properties when put into a swap chest, and cannot be used to get the achievement in a second game. For example, if one hero puts a candy bar from Sokoban into a swap chest and a second hero in a different game removes the candy bar, the second hero does not earn the Chocoban achievement. The second hero can still use the object normally. As of October 2023, the affected objects are: lich athames, Nazgul rings, and Sokoban candy bars.

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 ** All noncursed non-chargeable rings.
 * [[wand]]s
-** All wands with +1 or higher charge, except a [[wand of nothing]] or [[wand of wishing]].
+** All wands with at least one charge, except a [[wand of nothing]] or [[wand of wishing]].
 * [[amulet]]s
 ** All noncursed amulets, except an [[amulet of strangulation]], an [[amulet of restful sleep]], or a [[fake Amulet of Yendor]].
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 * [[weapon]]s
 ** Noncursed [[silver saber]]s, [[silver spear]]s [[silver dagger]]s and [[lance]]s.
-** Noncursed [[athame]]s with [[enchantment]] no worse than -2.
+** Noncursed [[athame]]s with an [[enchantment]] no worse than -2.
-** All other noncursed weapons with [[enchantment]] +3 or higher.
+** All other noncursed weapons with an enchantment of +3 or higher.
 * [[armor]]
 ** All noncursed [[Magical item|magical]] armor except [[dunce cap]]s, [[fumble boots]], and [[gauntlets of fumbling]].
-** All other noncursed [[Magical item|non-magical]] armor with [[enchantment]] +3 or higher.
+** All other noncursed [[Magical item|non-magical]] armor with an [[enchantment]] of +3 or higher.
 * [[spellbook]]s
 ** All noncursed [[Magical item|magical]] spellbooks that allow at least 2 more readings.
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 * Any [[artifact]].
 * Any cursed [[ring]], [[amulet]], [[weapon]], [[armor]], or [[spellbook]].
-* Any [[container]] that is non-empty.
+* Any [[container]] that is not empty.
 * [[Gold]].
 * Any [[gem]].

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:36, 6 November 2025
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	For the main dungeon, the swapchest will be placed on [[dungeon level]] 10-15 inclusive, but not on a [[special level]] such as the [[Rogue level]] or the [[Big Room]]. If there is a vault, it will be put there.		For the main dungeon, the swapchest will be placed on [[dungeon level]] 10-15 inclusive, but not on a [[special level]] such as the [[Rogue level]] or the [[Big Room]]. If there is a vault, it will be put there.
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−	For [[Mines' End]], the swap chest location depends on the level layout. In Mimic of the Mines, the swap chest is located in a small cave in the lower right. In the Gnome King Wine Cellar, the swap chest is located near the fountain in the lower left. In the Catacombs, the swap chest is located in the small room in the upper right.

	In [[Valley of the Dead]], the swap chest is located in the nook just after the [[temple]].		In [[Valley of the Dead]], the swap chest is located in the nook just after the [[temple]].

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 A '''swap chest''' is a special [[container]] that appears in [[TNNT (the game)]]. It allows players to exchange objects between games.
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 Swap chests are not randomly generated. There is one swap chest in the [[Dungeons of Doom]] and a second swap chest in the [[Valley of the Dead]].
-For the main dungeon, the swapchest will be placed on [[dungeon level]] 10-15 inclusive, but not on a [[special level]] such as the
+For the main dungeon, the swapchest will be placed on [[dungeon level]] 10-15 inclusive, but not on a [[special level]] such as the [[Rogue level]] or the [[Big Room]]. If there is a vault, it will be put there.
 [[Rogue level]] or the [[Big Room]]. If there is a vault, it will be put there.
 In [[Valley of the Dead]], the swap chest is located in the nook just after the [[temple]].
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 ==History==
-Swap chests appeared in the inaugural TNNT of 2018.
+Swap chests appeared in the inaugural TNNT of 2018. For the swap chest in [[Mines' End]], the swap chest location depended on the level layout: In Mimic of the Mines, the swap chest is located in a small cave in the lower right; in the Gnome King Wine Cellar, the swap chest is located near the fountain in the lower left; in the Catacombs, the swap chest is located in the small room in the upper right.
 In 2022, swap chests were changed so that players cannot see or remove their own donated objects from the chest. Also in 2022, donated objects had a random chance of being sent to a different TNNT server. During the 2022 tournament, an exploit was fixed where cancelling a swap chest allowed repeated use of it.
 <ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/103338cf02f5a5c4454ffe88df34667acce1dc83</ref>
-In 2023, the distribution of objects between servers was adjusted so that objects are more likely to stay on their server of origin.
+In 2023, the distribution of objects between servers was adjusted so that objects are more likely to stay on their server of origin.<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/6a1666624d13e02971fd5f388d529a282fb1e637</ref> Adjustments were also made to the eligible object list.
 <ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/ca3b094696930b00f5bf9e2335c53f07926bd433</ref>
-In 2025, the swap chest at Mines’ End was moved to the main dungeon and the one in the Valley to behind the temple.
+In 2025, the swap chest at Mines’ End was moved to the main dungeon, and the one in the Valley was moved to behind the temple.
-<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/9d701345acf236a2c9e20c41ccd20a0acd2a986d</ref>
+<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/9d701345acf236a2c9e20c41ccd20a0acd2a986d</ref> Donor names were also suppressed while looking through items,
-Donor names were also suppressed while looking through items<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/96a9dbc13970df6ac958931b14ca14686c7198be</ref>,
+and the eligible object list was adjusted again.<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/96a9dbc13970df6ac958931b14ca14686c7198be</ref><ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/39609e7d4782a783fd6236f81ae696359b450b47</ref>
 ==Messages==
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 ==References==
 <references/>
 <!-- {{variant-36X}} -->
 [[Category:The November NetHack Tournament]]

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 For the main dungeon, the swapchest will be placed on [[dungeon level]] 10-15 inclusive, but not on a [[special level]] such as the
 [[Rogue level]] or the [[Big Room]]. If there is a vault, it will be put there.
 In [[Valley of the Dead]], the swap chest is located in the nook just after the [[temple]].

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 ==Generation==
-Swap chests are not randomly generated. There is one swap chest in [[Mines' End]] and a second swap chest in the [[Valley of the Dead]].
+Swap chests are not randomly generated. There is one swap chest in the [[Dungeons of Doom]] and a second swap chest in the [[Valley of the Dead]].
 For [[Mines' End]], the swap chest location depends on the level layout. In Mimic of the Mines, the swap chest is located in a small cave in the lower right. In the Gnome King Wine Cellar, the swap chest is located near the fountain in the lower left. In the Catacombs, the swap chest is located in the small room in the upper right.
-In [[Valley of the Dead]], the swap chest is located in a nook in the upper right.
+In [[Valley of the Dead]], the swap chest is located in the nook just after the [[temple]].
 ==Description==
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 Your first action with a swap chest must be a PUT. After your first PUT, you can do LOOK actions (an unlimited number) and more PUT actions (up to three total per swap chest). Eventually, you may choose to TAKE one object. After your TAKE, that swap chest is done with you, and you may not do any more actions with that swap chest: no more PUTs, no more LOOKs, and no more TAKEs.
-As usual, an object is one or more identical objects that occupy one inventory slot. For example, a group of three blessed identify scrolls is one object (sometimes known as an "object stack"). There is no limit to the number of objects that can be together in one stack.
+As usual, an object is one or more identical objects that occupy one inventory slot. For example, a group of three blessed identify scrolls is one object (sometimes known as an "object stack"). The stack size is limited to 3, or 10 for ammunition.
 In TNNT, there are two swap chests per game, so a hero can do up to 6 PUT actions per game and up to 2 TAKE actions per game.
-Objects inside a swap chest are fully identified and have [[name]]s that acknowledge the object donors.
+Objects inside a swap chest are fully identified. After being taken out, they have [[name]]s that acknowledge the object donors.
 To prevent abuse, the LOOK action does not show objects that the hero themself has donated.
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 ** Potions of [[holy water]] and [[unholy water]].
 * [[tool]]s
-** [[Stethoscope]]s, empty [[oilskin sack]]s, [[bugle]]s, [[tooled horn]]s, and [[leather drum]]s.
+** [[Stethoscope]]s, empty [[oilskin sack]]s, [[bugle]]s, [[tooled horn]]s, [[leather drum]]s and [[saddle]]s.
 ** [[Expensive camera]]s, [[tinning kit]]s and [[magic marker]]s with at least 10 charges.
 ** Empty [[fire horn]]s, [[frost horn]]s, and [[drum of earthquake|drums of earthquake]].
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 ** All other non-chargeable [[Magical item|magical]] tools except [[magic lamp]]s.
 * [[weapon]]s
-** Noncursed [[silver saber]]s, [[silver spear]]s, and [[silver dagger]]s.
+** Noncursed [[silver saber]]s, [[silver spear]]s [[silver dagger]]s and [[lance]]s.
 ** Noncursed [[athame]]s with [[enchantment]] no worse than -2.
 ** All other noncursed weapons with [[enchantment]] +3 or higher.
 * [[armor]]
 ** All noncursed [[Magical item|magical]] armor except [[dunce cap]]s, [[fumble boots]], and [[gauntlets of fumbling]].
 ** All other noncursed [[Magical item|non-magical]] armor with [[enchantment]] +3 or higher.
 * [[spellbook]]s
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 Also in 2023, there were adjustments to the eligible object list.
 <ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/ca3b094696930b00f5bf9e2335c53f07926bd433</ref>
 ==Messages==

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 You cannot successfully [[wish]] for a swap chest except in [[wizard mode]]; doing so creates a normal [[chest]] instead.<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/blob/c5d2fa2f4aee18b58c18c827adbd722c2830dea5/src/objnam.c#L3796</ref>
-[[Gelatinous cube]]s and other [[monster]]s cannot eat the swap chest, and will be instantly killed if they attempt it. A hero polymorphed into a gelatinous cube cannot eat a swap chest either, but will not be instakilled.<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/b1a639f83a05688c5c5294f1cb4e8ec7d745dac6</ref> Swap chests cannot be picked up by heros due to their massive weight, nor can they be picked up by monsters, even [[nymph]]s. [[Kick]]ing a swap chest before removing an object from it causes it to kick back, dealing 10-14 physical damage to you.<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/blob/af9e0b8d02109c47fc2d20a709e5723fbfe10042/src/dokick.c#L620</ref><ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/5a8e9054e92952b10cfa572fa2363a7f2a83a600</ref>
+[[Gelatinous cube]]s and other [[monster]]s cannot eat the swap chest, and will be instantly killed if they attempt it. A hero polymorphed into a gelatinous cube cannot eat a swap chest either, but will not be instakilled.<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/b1a639f83a05688c5c5294f1cb4e8ec7d745dac6</ref> Swap chests cannot be picked up by heroes due to their massive weight, nor can they be picked up by monsters, even [[nymph]]s. [[Kick]]ing a swap chest before removing an object from it causes it to kick back, dealing 10-14 physical damage to you.<ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/blob/af9e0b8d02109c47fc2d20a709e5723fbfe10042/src/dokick.c#L620</ref><ref>https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/5a8e9054e92952b10cfa572fa2363a7f2a83a600</ref>
 An object with special achievement-granting properties loses those special properties when put into a swap chest, and cannot be used to get the achievement in a second game. For example, if one hero puts a candy bar from Sokoban into a swap chest and a second hero in a different game removes the candy bar, the second hero does not earn the Chocoban achievement. The second hero can still use the object normally. As of October 2023, the affected objects are: lich athames, Nazgul rings, and Sokoban candy bars.