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The '''Discoveries''' page, accessed by pressing the backslash key ('''[\]'''), shows all the items you have identified so far. It can be useful for checking facts about items that are sometimes not immediately apparent, or are hidden by the game through description and identification.
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The '''Discoveries''' page, accessed by pressing the backslash key ({{kbd|\}}), shows all the [[item]]s you have [[identification|identified]] so far. It can be useful for checking facts about items that are sometimes not immediately apparent, or are hidden by the game through description and identification.
  
 
Examples include details of [[randomized appearance]] (of [[potion]]s - useful to determine which [[potion]] is smoky - [[spellbook]]s, scrolls and base armor and weapon items), or what base item type an [[artifact]] is. This can be used to pseudo-identify further objects through the process of elimination.
 
Examples include details of [[randomized appearance]] (of [[potion]]s - useful to determine which [[potion]] is smoky - [[spellbook]]s, scrolls and base armor and weapon items), or what base item type an [[artifact]] is. This can be used to pseudo-identify further objects through the process of elimination.

Revision as of 20:51, 11 January 2011

The Discoveries page, accessed by pressing the backslash key (\), shows all the items you have identified so far. It can be useful for checking facts about items that are sometimes not immediately apparent, or are hidden by the game through description and identification.

Examples include details of randomized appearance (of potions - useful to determine which potion is smoky - spellbooks, scrolls and base armor and weapon items), or what base item type an artifact is. This can be used to pseudo-identify further objects through the process of elimination.

Automatic knowledge

Some items are automatically identified by the game without any message once certain conditions are met. Items that you know of automatically, but have yet to encounter, are listed on the Discoveries page by a leading * before the description.

  • Starting equipment: All characters start with full knowledge of all their starting equipment
  • Racial armor and weapons: All characters start with full knowledge of their racial armor and weapons if their role is
  • Potion groupings: When you have identified a single member of the following potions, you are automatically provided with knowledge of the remaining potions: