Rubber hose
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| Name | rubber hose |
| Appearance | rubber hose |
| Damage vs. small | 1d4 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d3 |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | whip |
| Size | one-handed |
| Base price | 3 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 20 |
| Material | plastic |
A rubber hose is a rarely-seen weapon that appears in NetHack. It uses the whip skill.
Generation
Rubber hoses are not randomly generated, and only appear in the starting inventory of Keystone Kops.
Effect
Rubber hoses do more damage than the bullwhip against small and large monsters, and are not rendered ineffective by thick-skinned monsters.
Strategy
Despite the ability to inflict more damage than a bullwhip and get through thick hide, the rubber hose is not particularly useful as a weapon and lacks its other utilities (e.g., disarming monsters). Players that seek it out at all use it for polyfodder, or else some novelty purpose as with most junk.
