Cold resistance
Cold resistance is a fairly important resistance to have. It will protect against most cold attacks and reduce slipping on ice. However, most cold attacks will still freeze potions, destroying them.
Cold resistance is fairly easy to obtain through eating corpses. White dragons provide cold resistance, as do most "cold" monsters, like blue jellies and winter wolves. The Valkyrie starts out with intrinsic cold resistance, being from the frigid Northlands. Monks get Cold Resistance at XL 13.
Obtaining
Different monsters have the ability to confer this instrinsic upon eating. The full list is below. The percent chance refers to the chance of gaining this instrinsic upon completely eating the corpse. Nutrition values with a 'V' are suitable for vegetarians and those marked with a '!' are suitable for vegans. See eat.c#line640 and monst.c for further information.
Monster | Nutrition | Percent chance |
---|---|---|
black pudding | 250 | ~22% |
blue jelly | 20 V! | ~13% |
brown mold | 30 V! | ~3% |
brown pudding | 250 V | ~11% |
Chromatic Dragon | 1700 | ~17% |
flesh golem | 600 | 12% |
frost giant | 750 | ~67% |
gelatinous cube | 150 V! | 10% |
gray ooze | 250 V | ~7% |
ice troll | 300 | 60% |
white dragon | 1500 | 100% |
winter wolf | 300 | ~47% |
winter wolf cub | 200 | ~33% |
yeti | 700 | ~33% |
Messages
The following messages are associated with cold resistance:
- "You feel full of hot air.": you gained intrinsic cold resistance by eating a corpse or tin.
- "You feel warm!": you gained intrinsic cold resistance by gaining a level.
- "You feel cooler!": you lost intrinsic cold resistance (level drain, gremlin attack).
- "You feel mildly chilly.": you were frozen, but suffered no damage due to cold resistance.
External Links
- Eating Corpses For Food And Intrinsics - Data for this table came from this link. (linked page gone as of Oct. 3 2010)