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When [[glass]] objects in a [[bag]], [[large box]] or [[chest]] break, other than fake [[gem]]s, [[you]] might hear a '''muffled shatter'''.  An [[egg]] gives a '''muffled cracking''' when it breaks.  You will lose that object and will not know what it was.
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Though you do get the [[Luck]] penalty for breaking a [[mirror]] even if it is in a box, you need not fear this when [[kick]]ing open locked boxes because [[tool]]s cannot be generated inside them.
 
 
 
==Fake gems don't break==
 
Prior to [[NetHack 3.2.0]], a popular technique for identifying fake gems was dubbed "kickboxing":  one would gather a large pile of gems, name ''all'' of them "fake red" or whatever color, dump them in a box, and then repeatedly kick the box until no more muffled shatters were heard.  One would then retrieve the remaining gems and un-name them.  In this way, the fake gems of all colors could be identified.
 
 
 
Starting with [[NetHack 3.2.0]], fake gems no longer break.  Thus "kickboxing" no longer works.
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 00:03, 8 September 2011