Elven spear
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| Name | elven spear |
| Appearance | runed spear |
| Damage vs. small | 1d7 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d8 |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | spear |
| Size | one-handed |
| Base price | 3 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 30 |
| Material | wood |
An elven spear is a type of weapon that appears in NetHack. It is a one-handed weapon that uses the spear skill and is made of wood, and appears as a runed spear when unidentified.
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Generation
Elven characters start the game with knowledge of the elven spear. Any elven character that would start the game with a spear will start with an elven spear instead - currently, there are no applicable roles where this substitution occurs.[1]
Elven spears make up about 1% of randomly generated weapons. In addition to random generation, weapon shops and general stores can stock elven spears.
Non-undead elves have an effective 1⁄6 chance of being generated with an elven spear.[2]
Player monsters, including those generated on the Astral Plane, have a 1⁄116 chance (just below 1%) of being generated with a stack of 1-4 elven spears as their initial weapon before role-based replacements.[3][4]
Strategy
Despite being made of wood, the elven spear has the same weight as a spear or orcish spear, but deals slightly more damage against smaller monsters without being susceptible to rusting - this makes one of the more ideal spear types to use against monsters, unless a character is facing a fiery monster or a brown pudding.
History
The elven spear first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.
References
- ↑ src/u_init.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 205: Race-based substitutions for initial orc inventory
- ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 248
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 155: 1⁄2 to get a random weapon - the designated range of objects covers weapons from the spear to the bullwhip inclusively in objects.c, and uses normal generation odds
- ↑ src/u_init.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 275: stackable weapons for player monsters
