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A '''cockatrice egg''' is simply an [[egg]] laid by a [[cockatrice]], which makes it very dangerous—but also very handy.
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==Generation==
 
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.
 
 
 
==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 [[wield]]ed, 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]] [[meatball]]s. 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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