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Iron damage
In dnethack, iron weapons deal extra damage against certain creatures, listed bellow:
- f displacer beasts
- l leprechauns
- s:demonic black widow
- E:dream quasielemental
- v:stinking cloud
- Z:hedrow zombie
- all u unicorns
- &: yochlol, Kostchtchie,Avatar of Lolth
- C: sprow,drider,priestess of Ghaunadaur, parasitized embraced alider, alider
- M: M elf mummy,drow mummy,M giant mummy,Alabaster mummy
- n: n quickling,dryad,naiad,oread,swamp nymph,yuki-onna,Nimune
- H:H giant,H stone giant,H hill giant,H fire giant,H frost giant,H ettin,H storm giant,H cyclops,H Lord Surtur
Note that with the exception of lycanthropes, all of these are also classified as undead or demonic, and will also take an additional 1d4 from blessed weapons.
When one of these creatures is struck by a silver item, it will suffer an extra 1d(xl) damage.[1][2] This includes wielded non-weapons, or a silver ring worn while using hand to hand combat or martial arts without gloves.
Unlike other damage bonuses, silver damage is not doubled by Grayswandir or Werebane.
You
You are vulnerable to silver if you're polymorphed into one of the monsters listed above or affected by lycanthropy.[3] In addition to receiving extra damage from silver weapons, this makes you unable to wear or wield silver items, and interacting with them will deal 1d10 damage, similarly to an artifact blast.[4]
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