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| − | + | Randomly generated eggs having a chance of being cockatrice eggs, and they may rarely appear in [[cockatrice nest]]s. | |
[[Polymorph]]ing into a female cockatrice and using the #[[sit]] command lays an egg. | [[Polymorph]]ing into a female cockatrice and using the #[[sit]] command lays an egg. | ||
Revision as of 10:08, 29 October 2023
A cockatrice egg is simply an egg laid by a cockatrice, which makes it very dangerous—but also very handy.
Generation
Randomly generated eggs having a chance of being cockatrice eggs, and they may rarely appear in cockatrice nests.
Polymorphing into a female cockatrice and using the #sit command lays an egg.
Effects
As a cockatrice egg, it will induce delayed petrification if you try to eat or are hit with one; cockatrice eggs are the only eggs monsters will throw at you. Throwing an egg at a monster will stone them if it hits and the monster is not resistant to petrification; if wielded, the cockatrice egg will stone whatever monster you hit it with. In either case, the egg will break as normal; hitting a monster with a stack of eggs will break all of them, not just one.
Strategy
Cockatrice eggs can be stockpiled and used as makeshift "grenades" to instantly stone monsters that are particularly troublesome monsters; in a pinch, they may even be a viable wish, similar to a chickatrice corpse. The easiest method by far to obtain them is to lay them while polymorphed into a female cockatrice; it is also possible but tedious to obtain them via polypiling meatballs. Keep in mind that breaking your own laid eggs costs you 1 point of Luck per egg (up to a maximum of 5 at once).
Like real eggs, cockatrice eggs need some special care, as an egg that is just carried will hatch after a short while; stashing the egg in a container (e.g. a sack) until their hatching time passes will ensure that you are not surprised by the hatchling (and possibly stoned). You can test for a rotted cockatrice egg after retrieving it from the container by picking up more than one egg after; if they stack in your inventory, they will not hatch.
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