Potion of confusion
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| Name | confusion |
| Appearance | random |
| Base price | 100 zm |
| Weight | 20 |
| Monster use | May be used offensively by monsters. |
A potion of confusion is a type of potion that appears in NetHack.
Contents
Description
Quaffing the potion will, unsurprisingly, leave you confused for several turns. The duration of the confusion depends on the beatitude of the potion:[1]
- blessed: 8-16 turns
- uncursed: 16-24 turns
- cursed: 24-30 turns
Dipping a unicorn horn into the potion turns it into uncursed water, and dipping it into a potion of gain energy or potion of gain level turns the potion into either a potion of booze or a potion of enlightenment.
Monsters can throw this potion at you, and being hit by a thrown potion confuses you for 1 to 5 turns.
Strategy
While the potion can be occasionally useful for reading scrolls while confused, there are many other sources of confusion that weigh less. As such, this potion tends to be thrown at monsters or, more frequently, polypiled or made into water.
Messages
- Huh, What? Where am I?
- You quaffed a potion of confusion.
- What a trippy feeling!
- As above while hallucinating.
- You feel somewhat dizzy
- You were hit by a thrown potion.
References
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