Shop

A shop is a special room found on some dungeon levels. Each has an attendant shopkeeper and a selection of items to buy. The shopkeepers will also buy items from you, depending on the type of shop. A complete list is below.

Table of shops

Shop	Probability	Stock
general	44%	100% random
used armor dealership	14%	90% armor, 10% weapons
second-hand bookstore	10%	90% scrolls, 10% spellbooks
liquor emporium	10%	100% potions
antique weapons outlet	5%	90% weapons, 10% armor
delicatessen	5%	83% food, 5% fruit juice, 5% water, 4% booze, 3% ice boxes
jewelers	3%	85% rings, 10% gems, 5% amulets
quality apparel and accessories	3%	90% wands, 5% leather gloves, 5% elven cloaks
hardware	3%	100% tools
rare books	3%	90% spellbooks, 10% scrolls
lighting	Minetown only	40% tallow candles, 32% wax candles, 10% oil lamps, 5% brass lanterns, 3% magic lamps

Accessories and rare book shops may not be larger than 20 squares; if they would otherwise be (about half the time), they are converted into general stores instead.

Generation

Shops have a base 3/DL chance of being created between level 2 and Medusa, provided there is a suitable room to put them in (no stairs, only one door), and provided that there are enough rooms on the level to start with (minimum 3, 4 for a branch level). Note that this means that there will always be a shop on each of levels 2 and 3 if the conditions are right (which in practice turns out to only be the case about 45% of the time).

The probability of a shop being of a particular type is given in the second column above.

Minetown is also guaranteed a number of shops, including Izchak's lighting store. Abandoned shops can be found in Orcus-town and occasionally in bones files.

Messages

You can tell there is a shop on the level if you receive any of the following messages.

Message	Reason
"You hear someone cursing shoplifters." "You hear the chime of a cash register."	There is a shop on the level
"You hear Neiman and Marcus arguing!"	There is a shop on the level You are hallucinating
"This shop appears to be deserted."	There is no shopkeeper in this shop

Strategy

Shops are extremely useful. As well as being a source of items, they let you do price identification.

Robbing shops

Main article: Stealing from shops

It's possible to steal from a shop with the help of a pet, or without.

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