ZAPM items

List of Items in ZAPM

This page gives a list of items found in ZAPM and some minimal information about them, including base prices.

In ZAPM, price offered is not influenced by charisma - you can't charm a robot, after all. Selling prices are always 1/10 of base prices, and buying prices are always base prices.

One convenient feature is that unlike nethack, any type of shop will buy any item. So you can price ID your canisters in a computer shop, for instance.

Caveat: the ZAPM items do not necessarily behave exactly like the "Nethack Analogs" given below.

Table of floppy disks

Floppy disks in ZAPM appear as ? and are roughly analogous to nethack scrolls. They are unusable without a computer. If the computer is buggy, it may eat the disks. Like nethack, some floppy disks have different effects according to "BUC" status and if the hero is confused.

Floppy disks may be reused; under normal circumstances there is a chance of the "license expiring" and the disk disappearing, otherwise it stays in inventory and may be reused.

Floppy Disk	Cost	Nethack analog	Effects	While confused
Bug Detection	25	n/a	buggy: reveals itself to be buggy; debugged: reveals items in inventory which are buggy; optimized: reveals bugginess status of every item in inventory	reveals insects on the level
Spam	25	n/a	scams you out of up to thousand buckazoids if you have at least fifty. Unless it's buggy it prompts first and you can deny.	n/a
Identify	25	Scroll of identify	identifies objects in inventory (1-5 if optimized)	n/a
Blank Floppy Disk	50	Scroll of blank paper	requires programming skill to "write"	successfully creates a random disk (no programming skill needed)
Object Detection	50	Potion of object detection	detects objects on the level	n/a
Lifeform Detection	50	Potion of monster detection	buggy: detects yourself; nonbuggy: detects lifeforms on the level	buggy: gives YAFM; nonbuggy: detects droids on the level
Mapping	50	Scroll of magic mapping	Maps the level	Reveals traps on the level
Diagnostics	50	Potion of enlightenment	gives status info on the hero	n/a
Debugging	100	Scroll of remove curse	any: if your computer is buggy it is debugged, no other action this run; buggy/debugged: debugs weapon and worn items, optimized: pick an item to debug if bugged, or optimize if debugged	debugs the floppy disk itself if buggy, or optimizes if debugged, debugs every buggy item in pack when optimized
Enhance Armor	100	Scroll of enchant armor	buggy: "enhances" worn armor by -1 without bottom; debugged: enhances worn armor by +1 up to +3 and debugs armor if buggy; optimized: enhances worn armor up to +5, may do so by several points and also optimizes armor	fooproofs worn armor, repairs damage
Enhance Weapon	100	Scroll of enchant weapon	buggy: "enhances" wielded weapon by -1 without bottom; debugged: enhances wielded weapon by +1 up to +3 and debugs weapon if buggy; optimized: enhances wielded weapon up to +5, may do so by several points and also optimizes weapon	fooproofs wielded weapon, repairs damage
Enhance Implant	100	n/a	buggy: "enhances" installed implant by -1 without bottom; debugged: enhances installed implant by +1 up to +3; optimized: enhances installed implant up to +5, may do so by several points	n/a
Transportation	100	Scroll of teleportation	buggy: teleport unsafely, possibly resulting in instant death debugged: teleport relatively safely, optimized: controlled teleport	will never give a controlled teleport
Hypnosis	100	Potion of sleep	puts hero to sleep for a while not blind with duration dependent on status. buggy: 10d12 turns; debugged: 6d10 turns; optimized: 4d6 turns	n/a
Hacking	300	n/a	attempts to "crack" a floppy disk, which if successful gives unlimited usage. Cracking hacking requires excessive leveling (25+), programming skill and intelligence.	n/a

Table of Canisters

Canisters appear as ! and are roughly equivalent to nethack potions. However, ZAPM canisters cannot be thrown. Some may be applied as well as quaffed. If you have a canister of superglue stuck to your tongue you are unable to quaff anything.

A useful observation is that all canisters worth 50 buckazoids have positive effects. Also, any canister costing 75 buckazoids will help you with alien impregnation.

Canister	Cost	Nethack analog	Effects
Beer	5	Potion of booze	confusion for 2d50 turns; cures fright and grants fear immunity while character stays confused
Super Glue	5	n/a	Sticks to your tongue and makes you look ridiculous (-4 charisma). If this gets you cha stat to zero or worse you die by embarrassment. Eventually falls off. Apply to repair items or robots.
Nano-Cola	5	Potion of gain energy	Temporarily boosts charisma by 1d6 points (used for mutant powers)
Water	5	uncursed Potion of water	Contains water, essentially does nothing. (no equivalent of holy/unholy water)
Rad-Away	50	n/a	reduces hero's radiation contamination by 100-300 rads
Restoration	50	Potion of restore ability	restores hero's lost abilities, maybe partially. Note that there is no unicorn horn equivalent in ZAPM
Healing	50	Potion of healing	Restores up to 4d8 hit points. If this would bring health over maximum grants 1d3 maximum hit points. Cures sickening, stunning, confusion and soreness. Closes brain incision.
Liquid Nitrogen	75	n/a	Causes 4d6 freezing damage to hero. Is not destroyed by freezing damage. Abortifacient
Napalm	75	Scroll of fire	Causes 4d6 burning damage to hero. Abortifacient
Universal Solvent	100	Potion of acid	Causes 2d6 corrosive damage to hero. Can be applied to dissolve a glued canister. Abortifacient
Speed	100	Potion of speed	Speeds up hero for 12d20 turns (4d20 if buggy, 20d20 if optimised.) Cures hosing
Poison	100	Potion of sickness	Causes 1d3 poison damage to hero. Abortifacient
Plasma	100	n/a	Causes 4d6 electrical damage to hero. Abortifacient
Mutagen	200	n/a	Exposure to a great deal of radiation. Gain random mutant power
Full Healing	200	Potion of full healing	Restores up to 4d8 hit points. If this would bring health over maximum grants 2d6 maximum hit points. Cures sickening, stunning, confusion and soreness. Closes brain incision.
Gain Ability	200	Potion of gain ability	+1 to one random ability if debugged, +1 to all if optimized
Spice	200	n/a	You fold space, transporting immediately. Chances for transportation death are equal to debugged transportation floppy disk.
Brain Cylinder	1000	mind flayer corpse	Gain +1 Intelligence if it is below 25.
Antimatter	1000	n/a	total annihilation

Table of Armor

Types of armor in ZAPM are: jumpsuit, body armor, helmet, belt, goggles.

Armor class works differently than nethack. 10 is naked and worn armor increases this number, so equipping something with armor class 1 results in character AC of 11. As in nethack, armor can be enhanced (enchanted), and enhancement may be negative.

Powered armor carries its own weight, and is effectively weightless when worn (but not when carried.)

Although belts have randomized appearance, there is currently only one type implemented (shield belt.)

Psionic modifier affects chance of mutant power use. This is analog to NetHack's metal armor spellcasting penalty.

Armor	Cost	Weight	Appearance	Armor Class	Psionic modifier	Effects
Stormtrooper Helmet	50	1000	plastic helmet	1	-5%	air supply; -2 to hit
Space Helmet	100	2000	sealed helmet	1	-5%	air supply
Football Helmet	25	4000	padded helmet	1	0	none
Energy Dome	25	25	flowerpot	1	+20%	unusually high psionic aura modifier
Brain Shield	25	25	tinfoil hat	0	-100%	reflection, brain shield
Sunglasses	50	50	pair of goggles	0	0%	blindness protection
Peril-sensitive Sunglasses	50	50	pair of goggles	0	0%	usually buggy, blinds when peril is nigh (which means monsters or traps in sight)
Blindfold	50	50	blindfold	0	0%	blinding
X-ray Goggles	100	50	pair of goggles	0	0%	X-ray vision
Targeter Goggles	100	50	pair of goggles	0	0%	+2 to hit; +2 damage
Night Vision Goggles	100	50	pair of goggles	0	0%	Night vision
Shield Belt	300	100	{random} belt	0	0%	Energy shield
Ordinary Jumpsuit	25	400	{colour} jumpsuit	1	0%	none
Radiation Suit	100	400	{colour} jumpsuit	1	0%	radiation protection
Janitor Uniform	25	400	{colour} jumpsuit	1	0%	none
Chameleon Suit	500	400	{colour} jumpsuit	1	0%	20% concealment
Elven Jumpsuit	25	400	pink jumpsuit	2	0%	none
Reflec Armor	100	400	shiny armor	1	0%	reflection
Football Pads	100	5000	padded uniform	3	0%	none
Flak Jacket	75	2500	flak jacket	3	-5%	none
Stormtrooper suit	400	10000	plastic armor	4	-10%	none
Aquamarine Power Armor	1500	15000	aqua mechanical armor	7	-10%	powered
Mean Green Power Armor	1500	15000	green mechanical armor	7	-10%	powered
Space Suit	800	18000	space suit	4	-10%	powered
Elven Space Suit	1500	10000	pink space suit	5	0%	powered

Table of ray guns

In ZapM you can apply empty ray gun to fill it with canister and create a ray gun having 2d6 charges (bugginess or type of fuel does not matter). If a canister is not listed here it will ruin a ray gun.

All ray guns except disintegration and empty cost 800 buckazoids. Empty guns cost 200, disintegration cost 2000. All ray gun are {color} ray gun when unidentified.

Ray gun	Loaded with	Zap effect	Comments
empty ray gun	-	nothing	N/A
freeze ray gun	canister of liquid nitrogen	4d8 freezing damage	N/A
heat ray gun	canister of napalm	4d8 burning damage	N/A
gamma ray gun	canister of mutagen	4d8 radiological damage	radioactive item!
gauss ray gun	canister of plasma	4d8 magnetic damage	only effective against robots or programs
healing ray gun	canister of (full) healing	4d8 healing "damage"	angers monsters like everything else, canister of full healing is not any better than regular healing
poison ray gun	canister of poison	1d4 poison damage to hero, twice this amount damage of health to monsters	N/A
restoration ray gun	canister of restoration	4d8 restoring "damage"	damage does not matter - it always triggers regular restoration effect
stasis ray gun	canister of super glue	1d6 paralyzing damage	by far best use for your canister of super glue
transporter ray gun	canister of spice melange	transports everything it hits	N/A
disintegration ray gun	cansiter of antimatter	disintegration ray destroys almost everything on its path	rough equivalent to a black dragon's disintegration breath