Golden arrow
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| Name | golden arrow |
| Appearance | golden arrow |
| Damage vs. small | 1d13 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d13 |
| Damage type | piercing |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | bow |
| Primary attribute | strength |
| Magical item? | no |
| Properties | (none) |
| Base size | medium |
| Base price | 10 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Default weight | 2 |
| Base material | gold |
A golden arrow is a type of projectile that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack, and notnotdNetHack. Golden arrows are medium-sized piercing weapons and have a base material of gold. Sunbeam is a stack of 20 +7 poisoned golden arrows.
Generation
Golden arrows make up 9⁄1000 of all randomly generated items.
One golden arrow will be randomly placed on the second version of the Grue's Cavern level.
Captains and watch captains that are generated with a long sword have a 1⁄4 of receiving 48 golden arrows as part of their starting inventory.
Neferet the Green will be generated with 20 blessed +7 golden arrows, and an accompanying +7 elven bow.
Monster casting the arrow rain spell have a very low chance of generating up to 16 +0 golden arrows, which will additionally receive the excoriating object property if being cast by Suzerain or Voice in screams.
Hell vaults have a low chance of generating golden arrows. Golden arrows generated in this manner have a high chance of being generated with high enchantment receiving additional object properties.
Description
Golden arrows cannot be made either by smithing them yourself or having a smith make them for you. A stack of arrows or silver arrows that is dipped into a midas potion will be converted into golden arrows, maintaining previous properties such as enchantment and beautitude. Arrows of any other type will not have their base item changed.
Encyclopedia entry
I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong
That it can follow the flight of song?
Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.
[ The Arrow and the Song,
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]
