Dwarvish cloak
[ dwarvish cloak 
| |
|---|---|
| Appearance | hooded cloak |
| Slot | cloak |
| AC | 0 |
| Special | |
| Base price | 50 zm |
| Weight | 10 |
| Material | cloth |
A dwarvish cloak is a type of cloak that appears in NetHack. It is made of cloth, and appears as a hooded cloak when unidentified.
The orcish cloak is a similar type of cloak.
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Generation
Player dwarves start the game with knowledge of the dwarvish cloak.
In addition to random generation, armor shops and general stores can stock dwarvish cloaks.
Hobbits have a 1⁄10 chance of being generated with a dwarvish cloak.[1] Live dwarves have a 6⁄7 chance of being generated with a dwarvish cloak.[2]
Description
When worn, a dwarvish cloak provides no base AC and MC1.
Selling or buying a dwarvish cloak will auto-identify it.
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.
As of commit b98a70e3, dwarvish cloaks provide 90% protection against inventory damage from fire and cold.Strategy
While any cloak is better than a dwarvish cloak, this cloak is still enough to protect armor underneath from damage, and the scroll of destroy armor and the destroy armor monster spell will always target the outermost layer of armor first. If you test unknown scrolls by reading them, a dwarvish cloak can be useful as a throwaway cloak to catch destroy armor, after which you can put your regular cloak back on.
Collecting and selling dwarvish cloaks provide some easy money relatively early in the game. Characters that are not lawful are much more likely to run across dozens of these cloaks while exploring the Gnomish Mines; lawful characters can also collect them from peaceful dwarves killed by their pet (or by their own hand if they are willing to risk alignment record penalties). The sample autopickup exception below is set so that Since it will turn itself off automatically after you cash in:
# #raise cash for speed runners, on the way down to mine town AUTOPICKUP_EXCEPTION="<*hooded cloak"
History
The dwarvish cloak first appears in NetHack 3.0.0. From this version to NetHack 3.4.3, including some variants based on these versions, the dwarvish cloak grants MC2 while worn.
Variants
Some variants may give dwarves (including the player) an AC bonus for wearing a dwarvish cloak.
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, the dwarvish cloak grants MC2 when worn.
Upgrading a dwarvish cloak will produce either an oilskin cloak or an elven cloak.
UnNetHack
In UnNetHack, the dwarvish cloak grants a +1 AC bonus to dwarves that wear them, including player dwarves.
dNetHack
In dNetHack, a dwarvish cloak grants 0 AC, 1 DR and MC2 while worn. Dwarven Nobles start each game with a +1 dwarvish cloak, while dwarven Binders start each game with a +0 burnt dwarvish cloak.
Live dwarves and wizard driver Amm Kamerel may generate with dwarvish cloaks.
EvilHack
In EvilHack, the dwarvish cloak grants a +1 AC bonus to dwarves that wear them, including player dwarves.
Hack'EM
In Hack'EM, the dwarvish cloak grants a +1 AC bonus to dwarves that wear them, including player dwarves.
Upgrading an orcish cloak will produce a dwarvish cloak, and upgrading a dwarvish cloak will produce an elven cloak.
