Crystal boots
| [ crystal boots | |
|---|---|
| Appearance | boots |
| Slot | boots |
| Base size | small |
| AC | 2 |
| DR | 4 |
| MC | 0 |
| Magical item? | no |
| Properties |
|
| Base price | 300 zm |
| Default weight | 60 |
| Base material | glass |
The crystal boots are a type of boots that appear in dNetHack, notnotdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. It is a small item that has a default material of glass, and appears as "boots" when unidentified.
Generation
Crystal boots are not randomly generated and cannot be duplicated by any form of smithing, but they can be wished for or found in bones.
A pair of blessed +0 crystal boots is placed within each of the 8 trapped Shiere Eladrin statues on the last level of the Law quest during level creation.
Crystal boots can be generated in the magic item vaults that appear within the Avatar of Lolth's lair during level creation if it appears as the second Abyss level.
Male Gnomish Madpeople will find a crystal skull in their quest box. When trephinated, it contains an uncursed tiny +0 pair of diamond crystal boots.
Some monsters can be generated with crystal boots:
- Tulani Eladrin generated outside of the End Game have a 3⁄4 chance of being generated with a blessed shatterproof pair of crystal boots.
- After the hero obtains 1 insight there is a Insight⁄7 chance of future Tulani Eladrin that generate to be given special holy equipment: in the End Game, they have a 1⁄4 chance of being generated with a shatterproof holy holy-weapon +3 pair of crystal boots. These have a 1⁄5 chance of being made of gemstone (opal, star sapphire or diamond) and a 1⁄5 chance of being made of obsidian instead of glass. Tulani Eladrin generated outside of the End Game, after obtaining insight, instead only have a 1⁄20 chance of receiving this gear.
- Shiere Eladrin are always generated with a pair of blessed shatterproof crystal boots.
- Brighid Eladrin are always generated with a blessed shatterproof obsidian pair of crystal boots.
- Ancients of ice are always generated with a large pair of crystal boots.
- Alrunes is always generated with a pair of crystal boots.
- The false priest lilitu in Lolth's lair is generated with a pair of crystal boots.
- In notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack, Ymir is always generated with a gigantic +7 pair of crystal boots when summoned by an Illithanachronounbinder.
Description
While worn, crystal boots grant 1 base AC and 0 base DR and take 2 turns to put on or remove. Like other crystal gear, the boots gain a doubled bonus to AC and DR from their enchantment, up to 9 AC and 11 DR at +7. They can also be safely enchanted from +5 to reach +7, similar to elven boots. Unless made shatterproof, crystal boots are subject to shattering when thrown, kicked or dropped from a height.
