Amulet

An amulet is an item that a character can put on around his or her neck. It usually confers magical powers on the wearer, but amulets such as the amulet of strangulation can also be hazardous. Amulets are represented by a double quotation mark: ". This is also the command to display which amulet you are currently wearing.

Table of amulets

Amulet	Relative probability	Notes
amulet of change	13%	90.5% generated cursed, EAT
amulet of ESP	17.5%	EAT
amulet of life saving	7.5%
amulet of magical breathing	6.5%	EAT
amulet of reflection	7.5%
amulet of restful sleep	13.5%	90.5% generated cursed, EAT
amulet of strangulation	13.5%	90.5% generated cursed
amulet of unchanging	4.5%
amulet versus poison	16.5%	EAT
cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor	0
Amulet of Yendor	0

Amulets marked EAT can be eaten for a 1/5 chance of obtaining their effect permanently (providing you are polymorphed into a metallivore). Eating an amulet of unchanging will return you to your normal form. Other amulets can be eaten (except the fake Amulet which is made of plastic, and the real Amulet which is indestructible), but do not confer their effect.

All amulets increase the rate at which you get hungry.

Generation

Amulets comprise 1% of all randomly-generated items in the main dungeon, 1% in containers, and 4% in Gehennom. The second column above is the relative probability of each subtype.

The ones generated 90.5% cursed are 9% uncursed and 0.5% blessed. All others are generated 5% cursed, 90% uncursed, 5% blessed.

The Amulet of Yendor is a unique item found only in Gehennom. Its fake counterpart is found only on the Rogue level, in the inventories of certain high-level monsters, and in the bones files of people who had a real or fake amulet themselves; the real amulet will be replaced with a fake one.

Identification

All amulets cost 150zm and weigh 20, so they cannot be distinguished using price identification. The appearance of the first 9 types of amulet in the table are randomized from the following descriptions:

   circular    spherical   oval      
   triangular  pyramidal   square
   concave     hexagonal   octagonal

Non-cursed amulets are safe to try on; the effect may become obvious after a while, such as for the amulet of ESP, and you can always remove it if it is strangulation or restful sleep.

In addition, monsters will only put on life saving and reflection.

Strategy

Amulets cannot be destroyed by electric shocks, so they are a 100% reliable method of conferring their effect (barring theft by a nymph).

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