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 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|8fd8d1defae8371a6e9af01adf3799f107d0e8f8}}, since the helm of brilliance is made of glass, The Mitre of Holiness will always be generated as shatterproof if obtained from the Priest quest.
-Per {{commit|a311f4b46748a8aea8f719dc850660732dfee00e}} and {{commit|b44a547153bb358570d2b124150bc6840dae0bdd}}, gaining extrinsics from carrying artifacts in inventory is now properly enabled, and carrying The Mitre of Holiness grants extrinsic fire resistance.}}
+Per {{commit|a311f4b46748a8aea8f719dc850660732dfee00e}} and {{commit|b44a547153bb358570d2b124150bc6840dae0bdd}}, gaining extrinsics from carrying artifacts in inventory is properly enabled, and carrying The Mitre of Holiness grants extrinsic fire resistance.}}
 ==Strategy==

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 '''The Mitre of Holiness''' is the [[Priest]] [[quest artifact]]. It is the prize for completing the [[Priest quest]], and its default alignment is [[lawful]]. Its [[base item]] type is a [[helm of brilliance]].
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 ==Description==
-While worn, The Mitre of Holiness grants extrinsic [[protection]] in addition to the normal effects of a helm of brilliance, augmenting the [[hero]]'s [[magic cancellation]] as with a [[ring of protection]] (i.e. non-cumulative). Priests wearing The Mitre of Holiness take [[half physical damage]] from [[undead]] monsters and [[Demon (monster attribute)|demons]], which does not stack with other sources of the property.{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1707|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+While worn, The Mitre of Holiness grants extrinsic [[protection]] in addition to the normal effects of a helm of brilliance, augmenting the [[hero]]'s [[magic cancellation]] as with a [[ring of protection]] (i.e. non-cumulative). Priests wearing The Mitre of Holiness take [[half physical damage]] from [[undead]] monsters and [[major demon]]s, which does not stack with other sources of the property.{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1707|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 The Mitre of Holiness is defined by the game as dealing double damage to undead, though this is not checked when attacking with non-weapon artifacts: in practice, this means The Mitre cannot be used by a hero polymorphed into an undead monster. Similarly, The Mitre of Holiness is also flagged to grant [[fire resistance]] while carried, but this does not work properly: it is also not flagged to grant the property while worn, since this would be made redundant in theory if it granted the property when carried.
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 [[Invoking]] The Mitre of Holiness restores the hero's [[energy]] by an amount equal to half of the difference between their maximum power and current power, with a minimum of 12 energy and a cap of 120.{{refsrc|src/artifact.c|1480|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=code for ENERGY_BOOST effect}}
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|8fd8d1defae8371a6e9af01adf3799f107d0e8f8}}, since the helm of brilliance is made of glass, The Mitre of Holiness will always be generated as shatterproof if obtained from the Priest quest.
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|8fd8d1defae8371a6e9af01adf3799f107d0e8f8}}, since the helm of brilliance is made of glass, The Mitre of Holiness will always be generated as shatterproof if obtained from the Priest quest.
 Per {{commit|a311f4b46748a8aea8f719dc850660732dfee00e}} and {{commit|b44a547153bb358570d2b124150bc6840dae0bdd}}, gaining extrinsics from carrying artifacts in inventory is now properly enabled, and carrying The Mitre of Holiness grants extrinsic fire resistance.}}
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 The Mitre of Holiness can be used to identify a helm of brilliance with the [[naming artifacts]] trick.
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|The artifact-naming trick is fully patched per {{commit|d886b43107d57235ca0d7d464ab2a9f8660b855b}}.
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The artifact-naming trick is fully patched per {{commit|d886b43107d57235ca0d7d464ab2a9f8660b855b}}.
 Wearing The Mitre of Holiness protects open inventory from fire damage {{frac|99|100}} of the time per {{commit|9942b65df78dd55a7806ec}}, which applies now that its fire resistance functions properly. Per {{commit|0a180c52efb2f1b777a566ad0b01cf1934416cd3}}, this also applies to carrying the artifact.}}

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 ===EvilHack===
 In [[EvilHack]], wearing The Mitre of Holiness allows prayer in Gehennom, including the ability to turn undead. [[Tortle (starting race)|Tortle]] Priests wearing The Mitre of Holiness are not slowed down while retreating into their shell, though a cursed Mitre will block this ability.
 If The Mitre of Holiness is [[wish]]ed for by a non-Priest hero, there is a {{frac|x}} chance (where ''x'' is the amount of previous [[artifact]] wishes) of it being created successfully&mdash;if successful, the [[Arch Priest]] will generate as the hostile owner of the artifact, placed adjacent to the hero with the artifact in his possession.

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 ==Description==
-While worn, The Mitre of Holiness grants extrinsic [[protection]] in addition to the normal effects of a helm of brilliance, augmenting the [[hero]]'s [[magic cancellation]] as with a [[ring of protection]] (i.e. non-cumulative). Priests wearing The Mitre of Holiness take [[half physical damage]] from [[undead]] monsters and [[M2_DEMON|demons]], which does not stack with other sources of the property.{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1707|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+While worn, The Mitre of Holiness grants extrinsic [[protection]] in addition to the normal effects of a helm of brilliance, augmenting the [[hero]]'s [[magic cancellation]] as with a [[ring of protection]] (i.e. non-cumulative). Priests wearing The Mitre of Holiness take [[half physical damage]] from [[undead]] monsters and [[Demon (monster attribute)|demons]], which does not stack with other sources of the property.{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|1707|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-The Mitre of Holiness is defined by the game as dealing double damage to undead, though this is not checked when attacking with non-weapon artifacts: in practice, this means The Mitre cannot be used by a hero polymorphed into an undead monster. Similarly, The Mitre of Holiness is also flagged to grant [[fire resistance]] while carried, but this does not work properly, and it is not flagged grant the property while worn since this would be made redundant (in theory) by granting the property when carried.
+The Mitre of Holiness is defined by the game as dealing double damage to undead, though this is not checked when attacking with non-weapon artifacts: in practice, this means The Mitre cannot be used by a hero polymorphed into an undead monster. Similarly, The Mitre of Holiness is also flagged to grant [[fire resistance]] while carried, but this does not work properly: it is also not flagged to grant the property while worn, since this would be made redundant in theory if it granted the property when carried.
 [[Invoking]] The Mitre of Holiness restores the hero's [[energy]] by an amount equal to half of the difference between their maximum power and current power, with a minimum of 12 energy and a cap of 120.{{refsrc|src/artifact.c|1480|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=code for ENERGY_BOOST effect}}

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 ==Variants==
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], The Mitre of Holiness can be enchanted to +7. Wearing the artifact grants [[drain resistance]] and [[Warned of monster type|warning of undead]] rather than any form of half physical damage, allows [[prayer]] in [[Gehennom]] (including the ability to [[turn undead]]), and grants +1d5 [[to-hit]] and double damage against holy-hating monsters if worn while performing a headbutt attack. For Priests, wearing The Mitre of Holiness also grants an additional reduction of spellcasting failure rates, the same as a robe. Invoking The Mitre of Holiness restores the hero's energy by an amount equal to half of the difference between their maximum power and current power: if this amount is less than {{frac|10}} of their maximum, then it will restore up to 400 energy.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], The Mitre of Holiness can be safely [[Scroll of enchant armor|enchanted]] to +7. Wearing the artifact grants [[drain resistance]] and [[Warned of monster type|warning of undead]] rather than any form of half physical damage, allows [[prayer]] in [[Gehennom]] (including the ability to [[turn undead]]), and grants +1d5 [[to-hit]] and double damage against holy-hating monsters if worn while performing a headbutt attack. For Priests, wearing The Mitre of Holiness also grants an additional reduction of spellcasting failure rates, the same as a robe. Invoking The Mitre of Holiness restores the hero's energy by an amount equal to half of the difference between their maximum power and current power: if this amount is less than {{frac|10}} of their maximum, then it will restore up to 400 energy.
 ===FIQHack===
-In [[FIQHack]], The Mitre of Holiness is buffed to grant [[magic resistance]] while worn and [[Warned of monster type|warn of undead]], and invoking the Mitre restores the hero's energy by up to 400 rather than halfway towards their maximum. In addition, wearing the artifact allows prayer in Gehennom, including the ability to turn undead.
+In [[FIQHack]], The Mitre of Holiness grants [[magic resistance]] while worn and warns of undead, and invoking the Mitre restores the hero's energy by up to 400 rather than halfway towards their maximum. In addition, wearing the artifact allows prayer in Gehennom, including the ability to turn undead.
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 ==Generation==
-For Priests, The Mitre of Holiness always generates blessed on the Priest quest goal level, where it is placed on the square of [[Nalzok]] at level creation. If a Priest loads a [[bones]] level containing the quest artifact, it will always be reverted to a standard helm of brilliance.
+For Priests, The Mitre of Holiness always generates blessed on the Priest quest goal level, where it is placed on the square of [[Nalzok]] at level creation. If a Priest loads a [[bones]] level containing the quest artifact, it will always be reverted to its base item.
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 {{upcoming|3.7.0|The artifact-naming trick is fully patched per {{commit|d886b43107d57235ca0d7d464ab2a9f8660b855b}}.
-Carrying The Mitre of Holiness protects open inventory from fire damage {{frac|99|100}} of the time per {{commit|9942b65df78dd55a7806ec}}, which applies now that its fire resistance functions properly.}}
+Wearing The Mitre of Holiness protects open inventory from fire damage {{frac|99|100}} of the time per {{commit|9942b65df78dd55a7806ec}}, which applies now that its fire resistance functions properly. Per {{commit|0a180c52efb2f1b777a566ad0b01cf1934416cd3}}, this also applies to carrying the artifact.}}
 ==History==