Throw

You can throw just about any object you can pick up into your inventory. To throw press t, followed by the item letter and then a direction. Alternatively, quiver the item using Q, then fire the item with the f command.

Throwing weapons

Throwing weapons at monsters is a good strategy to use, especially when facing monsters with a passive attack. Daggers have a bonus to hit and thus are good throwing weapons. Other ranged weapons with this bonus include darts, shuriken, and spears.

You can also throw arrows and crossbow bolts, but they are more effective when fired from a bow or crossbow. (See to-hit.)

Those of sufficient skill may be able to throw (or fire) multiple weapons in one turn.

A boomerang will circle around and return to you when thrown, which allows it to hit several monsters (and possibly you as well).

The artifact weapon Mjollnir requires a strength of 25 to throw. If thrown by a Valkyrie, it will usually return to her hand.

You can't throw a cursed weapon that has welded itself to your hand.

Throwing potions

Whatever effect the potion has when you drink it will be the effect when a monster is hit by it. For example: throwing a potion of blindness at a monster will cause it to go blind, if the monster can go blind. Thrown potions are generally less effective than quaffed potions.

Monsters can and will throw harmful potions at you, so be careful when leaving potions on the ground or they might be used against you later.

Throwing a potion into an empty space or against a wall will cause it to break. A potion thrown at a monster has a chance to miss, in which case it will break without an effect.

Warning: If you are adjacent to the location where you throw the potion, you may still receive its effect from the fumes.

Throwing gems

Throwing a gem is the same as throwing a rock if you are throwing them at a monster. You can also throw gems at a Unicorn of your alignment to increase your luck. Throwing a gem to a hostile unicorn will pacify it, but has a random effect on luck.

Throwing money

Throwing gold at certain monsters can work as a bribe.

Throwing your money away might keep it out of the greedy hands of a leprechaun, allowing you to retrieve it later.

Throwing food

You can throw a treat to a pet to help train it to fetch items for you. Domestic animals can be tamed with thrown food appropriate to their diet.

Throwing a cream pie at a monster can blind it. The Keystone Kops like to throw these pies at you.

Throwing an egg will cause it to break. A thrown cockatrice egg can turn a creature to stone if the target is vulnerable to petrification. There is a luck penalty for breaking eggs that you have laid with the #sit command.

Throwing a clove of garlic at an undead creature might scare it.

Throwing everything else

Throwing the iron ball from punishment while it is still chained to you will pull you along in that direction for up to 4 squares, but beware using this method to cross water - the ball will travel 5 squares, and if it lands in water, you will be pulled down into the water with it. If you have an iron ball it is worth throwing at enemies for its considerable damage and bonus to hit.

Giants can throw boulders, therefore you can throw boulders if polymorphed into a giant.

Throwing anything straight up in the air will cause it to hit you on the head, potentially fatally. This is especially true at staircases. Wear protective headgear, or just don't do this.

Throwing while levitating will propel you in the opposite direction.

Throwing other objects might have special effects. Give it a try!

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