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Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2026-07-20T06:54:31Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: further copyedit

2025-02-25T06:33:59Z

further copyedit

Umbire the Phantom: not sure where I misremembered that from, then...

2025-02-25T06:05:02Z

not sure where I misremembered that from, then...

YourAdHereCZ: /* Description */ you can't tip into a container that is on the ground, I just tested it in wizard mode a version freshly compiled from source

2025-02-24T16:35:52Z

‎Description: you can't tip into a container that is on the ground, I just tested it in wizard mode a version freshly compiled from source

Umbire the Phantom: formatting, copyedit, etc.

2025-02-24T16:06:00Z

formatting, copyedit, etc.

YourAdHereCZ: add upcoming, add commit to upcoming

2025-02-24T15:10:19Z

add upcoming, add commit to upcoming

YourAdHereCZ: "Tipping over an ice box will render all the corpses within unfit for sacrifice.": could not find in code or reproduce, removing; strategy: may want to tip scrolls until scare is known; traps activate on tipping; added refs

2025-02-17T21:30:33Z

"Tipping over an ice box will render all the corpses within unfit for sacrifice.": could not find in code or reproduce, removing; strategy: may want to tip scrolls until scare is known; traps activate on tipping; added refs

Furey: /* Strategy */ you can tip a cursed boh from bones

2024-03-27T16:23:27Z

‎Strategy: you can tip a cursed boh from bones

Furey: /* Strategy */ linkify gray stone

2024-03-27T16:18:55Z

‎Strategy: linkify gray stone

Furey: /* Strategy */ add a strat: tip container with unidentified gray stone so you can kick-test it

2024-03-27T16:18:06Z

‎Strategy: add a strat: tip container with unidentified gray stone so you can kick-test it

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 Tipping is especially useful when you have no hands free, e.g. from a cursed two-handed weapon, and you need to retrieve some [[curse removal]] item from your bag. Some players carry a second container (ideally an [[oilskin sack]] or a [[greased]] sack) with one [[scroll of scare monster]] and a few other objects such as a [[potion of holy water]] or [[scroll of remove curse]]. In an emergency, tipping the secondary bag puts the scroll of scare monster onto the ground in one action, without putting all the contents of the primary bag on the ground along with it. The uncurse item can then be picked up and used to free one's hands if necessary.
-You may want to use tip on any scrolls found in containers instead of looting them into your main inventory until you have identified the [[scroll of scare monster]]. Being tipped out of a container will never make a scroll of scare monster crumble into dust, allowing you to test for it with pets or other nearby creatures and potentially giving you a scare scroll on the floor where it would otherwise have been lost. You can then use [[pet]]s and [[kicking]] to move it around.
+You may want to use tip on any scrolls found in containers instead of looting them into your main inventory until you have identified the [[scroll of scare monster]]. Being tipped out of a container will never make a scroll of scare monster crumble into dust, allowing you to test for it with pets or other nearby creatures and potentially giving you a scare scroll on the floor where it would otherwise have been lost. You can then use [[pet]]s and [[Kick (command)|kicking]] to move it around.
 Containers with an unidentified [[gray stone]] can be tipped to place the stone on the floor for pet testing and kick-testing, while cursed bags of holding in a bones pile that a hero has no other way to uncurse or liberate the contents of can be tipped as something of a last resort, at the cost of {{frac|13}} of its contents.

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 ==Description==
-Using #tip will prompt the player for a container in the hero's inventory, or on the hero's square if they are not levitating. Selecting an appropriate container will deposit its contents onto the ground at the hero's feet:{{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3114|nethack=3.6.7|comment=tipcontainer function}} containers that are [[Container trap|trapped]] will have that trap activate, and if done while [[levitating]], any [[fragile]] objects will shatter upon impact with the ground. {{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3151|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Using #tip will prompt the player for a container in the hero's inventory, or on the hero's square if they are not levitating. Selecting an appropriate container will deposit its contents onto the ground at the hero's feet:{{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3114|nethack=3.6.7|comment=tipcontainer function}} containers that are [[Container trap|trapped]] will have that trap activate, and if done while [[levitating]], any [[fragile]] objects will shatter upon impact with the ground. {{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3151|nethack=3.6.7}} Tipping a cursed [[bag of holding]] is treated as though the hero attempted to [[loot]] the bag, causing items inside to be lost.{{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3230|nethack=3.6.7}} Tipping a container with contents that the hero owns in a [[shop]] will automatically sell them to the [[shopkeeper]].
 Tipping a [[bag of tricks]] or [[horn of plenty]] will use up all the object's charges in one turn, producing multiple monsters or comestibles as appropriate.{{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3159|nethack=3.6.7}}
 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|814adb41b8a80a29702620ed321ec89272a381d9}}, a hero tipping their worn [[helm]] while next to a monster may elicit different responses depending on if they are hostile or not.
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 Tipping is especially useful when you have no hands free, e.g. from a cursed two-handed weapon, and you need to retrieve some [[curse removal]] item from your bag. Some players carry a second container (ideally an [[oilskin sack]] or a [[greased]] sack) with one [[scroll of scare monster]] and a few other objects such as a [[potion of holy water]] or [[scroll of remove curse]]. In an emergency, tipping the secondary bag puts the scroll of scare monster onto the ground in one action, without putting all the contents of the primary bag on the ground along with it. The uncurse item can then be picked up and used to free one's hands if necessary.
-You may want to use tip on any scrolls found in containers instead of looting them into your main inventory until you have identified the [[scroll of scare monster]]. Being tipped out of a container will never make a scroll of scare monster crumble into dust, allowing you to test for it with pets or other nearby creatures and potentially giving you a scare scroll on the floor where it would otherwise have been lost. You can then use [[pets]] and [[kicking]] to move it around.
+You may want to use tip on any scrolls found in containers instead of looting them into your main inventory until you have identified the [[scroll of scare monster]]. Being tipped out of a container will never make a scroll of scare monster crumble into dust, allowing you to test for it with pets or other nearby creatures and potentially giving you a scare scroll on the floor where it would otherwise have been lost. You can then use [[pet]]s and [[kicking]] to move it around.
-If you encounter a cursed [[bag of holding]] in a [[bones]] pile, and you are unable to uncurse the bag, then you can tip the bag to obtain {{frac|12|13}} of the objects inside, while the remainder will be lost.{{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3230|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Containers with an unidentified [[gray stone]] can be tipped to place the stone on the floor for pet testing and kick-testing, while cursed bags of holding in a bones pile that a hero has no other way to uncurse or liberate the contents of can be tipped as something of a last resort, at the cost of {{frac|13}} of its contents.
 If you are in a hurry and/or using a (preferably spare) container, tipping can be used to sell off junk and other items quickly in shops, or else mass-identify their [[beatitude]]s on an [[altar]].

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 Tipping a container with contents that the hero owns in a [[shop]] will automatically sell them to the [[shopkeeper]].
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|814adb41b8a80a29702620ed321ec89272a381d9}}, a hero tipping their worn [[helmet]] while next to a monster may elicit different responses depending on if they are hostile or not.
+{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|814adb41b8a80a29702620ed321ec89272a381d9}}, a hero tipping their worn [[helm]] while next to a monster may elicit different responses depending on if they are hostile or not.
 Per {{commit|0f132470c7eaaabce0c9ff8eb53b5e9685f9d57e}}, the hero can now tip the contents of a container directly into another container in their open inventory.}}
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 ==History==
 The #tip extended command first appears in [[NetHack 3.6.0]].
 ==References==

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 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|814adb41b8a80a29702620ed321ec89272a381d9}}, a hero tipping their worn [[helmet]] while next to a monster may elicit different responses depending on if they are hostile or not.
-Per {{commit|0f132470c7eaaabce0c9ff8eb53b5e9685f9d57e}}, the hero can now tip the contents of a container directly into another container, either in their open inventory or on the ground.}}
+Per {{commit|0f132470c7eaaabce0c9ff8eb53b5e9685f9d57e}}, the hero can now tip the contents of a container directly into another container in their open inventory.}}
 ==Strategy==

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 {{languages}}
-'''#tip''' is an [[extended command]] introduced in [[NetHack 3.6.0]] that allows you to empty the contents of a [[container]], either in your [[inventory]] or on the floor.
+'''#tip''' is an [[extended command]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]'', and allows a [[hero]] to empty the contents of a [[container]] that is in their open [[inventory]] or on their square.
 ==Description==
-Using #tip and then selecting an appropriate container will deposit that container's contents onto the ground.{{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3114|nethack=3.6.7|comment=tipcontainer function}} Bear in mind that this acts exactly as if you had dropped all items in the selected container onto the floor - if you are [[levitating]], any [[fragile]] objects you drop will shatter upon impact. This also means you are opening and handling the container, so if it is a trapped chest, the trap is activated.{{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3151|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Using #tip will prompt the player for a container in the hero's inventory, or on the hero's square if they are not levitating. Selecting an appropriate container will deposit its contents onto the ground at the hero's feet:{{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3114|nethack=3.6.7|comment=tipcontainer function}} containers that are [[Container trap|trapped]] will have that trap activate, and if done while [[levitating]], any [[fragile]] objects will shatter upon impact with the ground. {{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3151|nethack=3.6.7}}
-Tipping a [[bag of tricks]] or [[horn of plenty]] will use up all its charges in one turn, producing multiple monsters or comestibles as appropriate.{{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3159|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Tipping a [[bag of tricks]] or [[horn of plenty]] will use up all the object's charges in one turn, producing multiple monsters or comestibles as appropriate.{{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3159|nethack=3.6.7}}
-Tipping a container you own in a [[shop]] will automatically sell the contents to its shopkeeper.
+Tipping a container with contents that the hero owns in a [[shop]] will automatically sell them to the [[shopkeeper]].
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|814adb41b8a80a29702620ed321ec89272a381d9}}, tipping your worn helmet while next to a monster acts in a similar way to #chat, but may elicit different responses.
+{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|814adb41b8a80a29702620ed321ec89272a381d9}}, a hero tipping their worn [[helmet]] while next to a monster may elicit different responses depending on if they are hostile or not.
-Per {{commit|0f132470c7eaaabce0c9ff8eb53b5e9685f9d57e}}, tipping a container directly into another container in the player's inventory is now possible.}}
 ==Strategy==
-Tipping is especially useful when you have [[Two-handed#Wielding cursed two-handers|no hands free]], and you need to retrieve some [[curse removal]] item from your bag.
+Tipping is especially useful when you have no hands free, e.g. from a cursed two-handed weapon, and you need to retrieve some [[curse removal]] item from your bag. Some players carry a second container (ideally an [[oilskin sack]] or a [[greased]] sack) with one [[scroll of scare monster]] and a few other objects such as a [[potion of holy water]] or [[scroll of remove curse]]. In an emergency, tipping the secondary bag puts the scroll of scare monster onto the ground in one action, without putting all the contents of the primary bag on the ground along with it. The uncurse item can then be picked up and used to free one's hands if necessary.
 You may want to use tip on any scrolls found in containers instead of looting them into your main inventory until you have identified the [[scroll of scare monster]]. Being tipped out of a container will never make a scroll of scare monster crumble into dust, allowing you to test for it with pets or other nearby creatures and potentially giving you a scare scroll on the floor where it would otherwise have been lost. You can then use [[pets]] and [[kicking]] to move it around.
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 If you encounter a [[container]] with an unidentified [[gray stone]], you can tip the container to put the stone on the floor so that you can kick-test it.
-If you encounter a cursed [[bag of holding]] in a [[bones]] pile, and you are unable to uncurse the bag, then you can tip the bag to obtain most of the objects inside. 12/13 of the objects will go onto the floor and 1/13 of the objects will be lost.{{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3230|nethack=3.6.7}}
+If you encounter a cursed [[bag of holding]] in a [[bones]] pile, and you are unable to uncurse the bag, then you can tip the bag to obtain {{frac|12|13}} of the objects inside, while the remainder will be lost.{{refsrc|src/pickup.c|3230|nethack=3.6.7}}
-If you are in a hurry and/or using a (preferably spare) container, tipping can be used to sell off junk and other items quickly in shops, or else mass-identify their beatitudes on an [[altar]].
+==History==
 ==References==

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 Some players carry a second bag with one [[scroll of scare monster]] and a few other objects such as a [[potion of holy water]]. In an emergency, the player can tip the secondary bag, putting the scroll of scare monster onto the ground in one action, without putting all the contents of their primary bag on the ground along with it.
-If you encounter a [[container]] with an unidentified gray stone, you can tip the container to put the stone on the floor so that you can kick-test it.
+If you encounter a [[container]] with an unidentified [[gray stone]], you can tip the container to put the stone on the floor so that you can kick-test it.
 If you are in a hurry and/or using a (preferably spare) container, tipping can be used to sell off junk and other items quickly in shops, or else mass-identify their beatitudes on an [[altar]].

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	Some players carry a second bag with one [[scroll of scare monster]] and a few other objects such as a [[potion of holy water]]. In an emergency, the player can tip the secondary bag, putting the scroll of scare monster onto the ground in one action, without putting all the contents of their primary bag on the ground along with it.		Some players carry a second bag with one [[scroll of scare monster]] and a few other objects such as a [[potion of holy water]]. In an emergency, the player can tip the secondary bag, putting the scroll of scare monster onto the ground in one action, without putting all the contents of their primary bag on the ground along with it.
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		+	If you encounter a [[container]] with an unidentified gray stone, you can tip the container to put the stone on the floor so that you can kick-test it.

	If you are in a hurry and/or using a (preferably spare) container, tipping can be used to sell off junk and other items quickly in shops, or else mass-identify their beatitudes on an [[altar]].		If you are in a hurry and/or using a (preferably spare) container, tipping can be used to sell off junk and other items quickly in shops, or else mass-identify their beatitudes on an [[altar]].