DNetHack artifacts

Artifacts in dNetHack can be divided into two broad categories: Wishable and Non-wishable. Wishable artifacts include those artifacts that can be given as divine gifts, including the generic crowning artifacts. Non-wishable artifacts include any artifacts found on Quests, as well as artifacts belonging to late-game enemies. Racial artifacts (for non-human Nobles & Dwarf Knight) are also Non-wishable.

Wishable Artifacts

Crowning Gifts

Excalibur

• lawful intelligent knight-favoring long sword
• Automatic searching
• Adds enhancement bonus to search attempts
• +1d5 to hit
• +1d10 damage
• If blessed
  • Gains +7 to-hit vs demons and undead
  • Gains +3d7 damage vs demons and undead
• Resists drain life attacks

Clarent

• lawful Knight-favoring long sword
• Given to knights as a crowning gift
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts by Knights
  • However, in practice is is too heavy to use in the off-hand without suffering -20 to-hit.
• Against Think-skinned targets it does +1d4 to hit and +1d8 damage
• Can cut through stone
• Can be invoked to pinpoint the location of pets and increase their tameness
• When wielded or kept in the secondary weapon slot, it doubles the bonus pets receive from the Beast Mastery skill.

Stormbringer

• chaotic intelligent runesword
• Bloodthirsty (attacks peaceful monsters without prompting for confirmation)
• +1d5 to hit
• +1d2 damage
• Drains target's levels
  • Gains +1d8 damage vs non-life-drain-resistant targets
  • Reduces maximum HP by an amount equal to the extra d8's damage
  • Heals you by 1/2 the extra d8's damage
• Protects against life drain attacks

Vorpal Blade

• neutral long sword
• Randomly beheads targets (5%)
• +1d5 to hit
• +1 damage
• Rolls 2d8 or 2d12 exploding dice for damage

The Bow of Skadi

• lawful Valkyrie-favoring bow
• Crowning gift for Valkyries
• +1 to-hit
• +1d24 cold damage
• 5d6 cold elemental explosion on impact
• Read to learn the spell Cone of Cold

The Crown of the Saint King

• lawful Noble-favoring intelligent gold circlet (random magic helm)
• Crowing gift for lawful and neutral (non-vampire) nobles
• Causes all pets on the level to follow you between levels
• Can be invoked to pinpoint the location of pets and increase their tameness
• Can be enchanted to +7

The Helm of the Dark Lord

• chaotic Noble-favoring intelligent visored helmet (random magic helm)
• Crowing gift for chaotic and vampire nobles
• Causes all pets on the level to follow you between levels
• Can be invoked to pinpoint the location of pets and increase their tameness
• Can be enchanted to +7

Reaver

• chaotic Pirate-favoring intelligent scimitar (cutlass)
• Crowing gift for Pirates
• +1d5 to hit
• +1d8 damage
• Steals one item per hit from target.
  • You will be asked whether you want to keep the item. Should you decline, you may throw the item in any direction.

Sunbeam

• lawful Ranger-favoring intelligent golden arrow(s)
• Crowning gift for lawful human, incantifier and half-dragon Rangers. 20 Sunbeams are given to crowned characters.
• +1d10 to hit
• 2x damage
• Permanently covered in poison and filth
• Is never lost
• Petrifies trolls and dusts gremlins
• Grants life drain resistance when carried

Veil of Latona

• neutral Ranger-favoring intelligent cloak of invisibility
• Crowning gift for neutral human, incantifier and half-dragon Rangers.
• Grants life drain resistance when carried
• Grants magic resistance and reflection alongside invisibility when worn

Moonbeam

• chaotic Ranger-favoring intelligent silver arrow(s)
• Crowning gift for chaotic human, incantifier and half-dragon Rangers. 20 Moonbeams are given to crowned characters.
• +1d10 to hit
• 2x damage
• Permanently covered in sleeping poison
• Is never lost
• Petrifies trolls and dusts gremlins
• Grants life drain resistance when carried

Yoichi no yumi

• lawful yumi
• Crowning gift for Samurais
• Grants +1d20 to hit and 2x damage to ya fired from it
• Invoke to create ya

Namable Artifacts

Orcrist

• chaotic elf-favoring elven broadsword
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts
  • However, it is too heavy to use in the offhand without suffering a -20 penalty to hit.
• Against orcs and demons grants 1d5 to hit, 2x damage, and warning.

Sting

• chaotic elf-favoring elven dagger
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts
• Against orcs and spiders grants +1d5 to hit and 2x damage.
• Grants warning vs orcs

Grimtooth

• chaotic orc-favoring orcish dagger
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts
• Grants +1d5 to hit, 2x damage, and warning against elves, humans, and minions.

Carnwennan

• lawful knight-favoring dagger
• Can be named by knights only
• Grants +1d5 to hit, +1d10 damage, and warning vs magic-hording monsters
• Grants stealth when wielded
• Invoke to toggle invisibility

Slave to Armok

• lawful dwarf-favoring dwarvish mattock
• Bloodthirsty (attacks peaceful monsters without prompting for confirmation)
• Grants +1d5 to hit and 2x damage against elves, orcs, always-peaceful monsters, and monster lords.

Claideamh

• unaligned long sword
• Grants +1d5 to hit and 2x damage against elves, fey, giants, elementals, and primordials.
• While wielded, grants warning against the same.

The Banes

Dragonlance

• lawful lance
• Grants reflection, including against dragonbreath
• Can't break when used to joust
• Against dragons and reptilians it grants slotless warning, +1d10 to hit, and +1d20 to damage.

Nodensfork

• unaligned silvered trident
• Against primordials, aliens, and telepathic monsters it grants slotless warning, +1d10 to hit, and +1d20 to damage.

Gaia's Fate

• unaligned sickle
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts
  • However, the character must be skilled enough in Two-weapon fighting to use it in the off-hand without suffering -20 to-hit.
• Against plants, insects, arachnids, avians, reptilians, animals, fey, elves, and elementals it grants slotless warning, +1d10 to hit, and +1d20 to damage.

Demonbane

• lawful silver saber
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts
  • However, the character must be Expert in two-weapon fighting to use it in the off-hand without suffering -20 to-hit.
• Against demons it grants slotless warning, +1d10 to hit, +1d20 damage.
• Blocks demons' passive summoning abilities

Werebane

• unaligned silver saber
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts
  • However, the character must be Expert in two-weapon fighting to use it in the off-hand without suffering -20 to-hit.
• Against lycanthropes and demihumans it grants slotless warning, +1d10 to hit, and +1d20 damage
• Protects against lycathropy.
  • Demihumans: Minotaurs, Gnolls, Nagas, Mind Flayers, Deep Ones, Medusa, Centaurs

Giantslayer

• unaligned axe
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts
  • However, the character must be a Grand Master in two-weapon fighting to use it in the off-hand without suffering -20 to-hit. In practice, only Monks can do this.
• Does +1d4 vs small
• Against large monsters, +1d10 to-hit, +2d4+1d20 damage
• Against giants and boulder-throwing enemies, deducts movement points if used in combat
• Grants slotless detection of giants and boulder-throwers.

Vampire Killer

• lawful bullwhip
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts
• +10 damage vs small creatures
• +1d10 damage vs large creatures
• Protects against life draining.
• Against Undead, Demons, and Werecreatures it grants slotless warning, +1d10 to hit, and +1d20 damage
• Invoke to bless, repair erosion, set erodeproof, and raise enchantment to +3 if 2 or lower.

Kingslayer

• chaotic stiletto
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts
• Against monster lords and princes it grants slotless warning, +1d10 to hit, and +1d20 damage
• Permanently poisoned

Peace Keeper

• lawful athame
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts
• Against always hostile creatures it grants +1d5 to hit, +1d10 damage, and slotless warning.

Ogresmasher

• unaligned war hammer
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts
  • However, the character must be a Master in two-weapon fighting to use it in the off-hand without suffering -20 to-hit. In practice, only Monks can do this.
• Grants slotless warning against ogres
• Smashes Ogres, killing them instantly
  • Smashing ogres exercises strength and wisdom
• Sets strength and constitution to 25 when wielded or in unused secondary weapon slot (even if your role can't twoweapon)

Trollsbane

• unaligned silvered morning star
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts
  • However, it is too heavy to use it in the off-hand without suffering -20 to-hit.
• Grants slotless warning against trolls
• Petrifies trolls
• Turns gremlins to dust
• Grants +1d10 to hit and +1d20 damage vs regenerating monsters
• Grants +1d10 to hit, +2d20 damage plus doubled enchantment again vs covetous monsters

First Gifts

Cleaver

• neutral Barbarian-favoring battle axe
• First gift given to Barbarians
• +1d3 to hit, 2x damage
• will automatically shatter the weapons of weapon wielding targets

The Pen of the Void

• neutral Binder-favoring athame
• First gift given to Binders
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts
• +1d5 to-hit
  • Post Binder quest 1d5 to-hit, 2x damage
• Can hold a summoned spirit, granting various special powers
  • An explanation of this mechanic can be found here.
• Resists being placed in containers
• Can't be destroyed

Luck Blade

• chaotic Convict-favoring intelligent short sword
• First gift given to Convicts
• +1 to hit, +1d4 damage, uses luck-biased damage dice.

Rhongomyniad

• lawful knight-favoring lance
• First gift given to Knights
• Grants +1d3 to hit, 2x damage
• Does not break when used to joust
• If gifted, also unrestricts riding and martial arts skill (along with lance skill). A saddle is also gifted.

The Rod of Lordly Might

• lawful Noble-favoring mace/axe/lance/rapier/spear (variable)
• First gift given to Nobles
• Grants +1d3 to-hit, 2x damage
• Fast engraving: the Rod engraves as an athame while in rapier form.
• Invoke for a variety of effects
  • At will: The Rod can be ordered to assume a different form as often as desired.
    • Become Mace
    • Become Axe
    • Become Rapier
    • Become Spear
    • Become Lance
  • Limited: these powers are limited by the artifact's invoke cooldown. Once you invoke one of them, you can't invoke any of these powers for rnz(100) turns.
    • Become Ladder (Rod must be a mace):
      • Prior to gaining the amulet: Similar to quaffing a cursed potion of gain level, allows you to escape through the ceiling to the level above.
      • After gaining the amulet: Similar to zapping a wand of digging downward, allows you to escape through the floor to the level below.
      • While swallowed: Similar to zapping a wand of digging, the extending ladder seriously injures physical monsters engulfing you.
    • Show me my surroundings: Maps local area using clairvoyance.
    • Inspire Fear: Scares nearby monsters that can see you.
    • Give me your life (Rod must be a spear): Drains two levels from one adjacent monster, healing you for 4d8 hp.
    • Kneel: Paralyzes one adjacent monster.

The Marauder's Map

• chaotic Pirate-favoring scroll of magic mapping
• Invoke for object and artifact detection
• Read to map local area of the dungeon (as clairvoyance)
  • Is not consumed by being read.

Kiku-ichimonji

• lawful Samurai-favoring katana
• First gift given to Samurai
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts by Samurai
  • However, the character must be Expert in two-weapon fighting to use it in the off-hand without suffering -20 to-hit.
• +1d4 to hit, +1d12 damage

Mjollnir

• neutral Valkyrie-favoring war hammer
• First gift given to Valkyries
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts by Valkyries
  • However, it is too heavy to use it in the off-hand without suffering -20 to-hit.
• +1d5 to hit, +1d24 electricity damage
• Randomly fires 6d6 lightning bolts when swung (as wand of lightning).
• Can be thrown by a Valkyrie wearing Gauntlets of Power. It will return to the hand of the wielder when thrown.
• As long as the Valkyrie is not confused, stunned, etc and Mjollnir is not cursed it will always be successfully caught.
• When thrown it will randomly cause explosions of lightning upon striking a target.

Magicbane

• neutral Wizard-favoring silvered athame
• First gift given to Wizards
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts by Wizards
• +1d3 to hit, +1d4 damage
• grants magic resistance
• guards against curses
• Additional magic effects based on enchantment
  • Magicbane's magic fanfare effects deal increased damage to magic-resistant creatures (+5d6 vs +1d4)
    • +0-+2 enchantment maximizes damage against magic-resistant foes (Average damage is the same for +0, +1, and +2)
    • +7 enchantment is least-bad vs magic sensitive foes.

Double-damage Artifacts

Grayswandir

• lawful silver saber
• +1 to hit, 2x damage
• Warning vs all
• Grants hallucination resistance while wielded

Frost Brand

• unaligned long sword
• +1 to hit, 2x cold damage
• Grants cold resistance while wielded

Fire Brand

• unaligned long sword
• +1 to hit, 2x fire damage
• Grants fire resistance while wielded

Gilded Sword of Y'ha-Talla

• unaligned scimitar or bullwhip
• +1d5 to hit, 2x poison damage
  • Permanently poisoned
• Grants poison resistance while wielded
• Invoke for a variety of effects
  • At will: The Sword can be ordered to assume a different form as often as desired.
    • Become Sword
    • Become Scorpion Whip
  • Limited: this power is limited by the artifact's invoke cooldown. Once you invoke it, you can't use it again for rnz(100) turns.
    • Strike: Deal 5d6 poison damage to single chosen adjacent monster's HP and max HP.

Mirror Brand

• neutral silvered long sword
• Vs non-neutral targets it grants +1 to hit, 2x damage, as well as additional magic effects
• Grants reflection.

Sunsword

• lawful silvered long sword
  • If you are more skilled in shortswords than in longswords, uses the shortsword skill
• +1 to hit
  • Ignores equipped armor
• 2x damage vs Undead and Demons
• Petrifies trolls
• Dusts gremlins
• May blind targets
• Serves as a light source
• Grants resistance to blindness

Axe of the Dwarvish Lords

• lawful battle axe
• +1 to hit
• 2x damage
• Can be thrown by dwarves, and returns to their hands
• Grants X-Ray vision to dwarves
• Grants teleport control
• Can be used to dig with

Windrider

• unaligned boomerang
• +1 to hit
• 2x damage
• Returns to the quiver when thrown
• Can be multishot
• Does not shatter if wielded in melee

Rod of the Ram

• neutral mace
• +1 to hit
• 2x damage
• Knocks back struck creatures

Atma Weapon

• unaligned beamsword (uses broadsword skill)
  • Base damage is 3d10+3x enchantment to both large and small creatures.
  • 'a'pply the Atma Weapon to turn it on and off.
  • If used to attack with while off, damage drops to 1d2.
• +1d6 to hit and +3d6 damage vs nasty monsters
• If you are not life-drain resistant:
  • Atma weapon adds 1d(current level) to damage, then scales its damage by your current HP percentage.
  • While active, Atma Weapon severely reduces your natural healing rate.
  • If you are wielding a cursed activated Atma Weapon, or attempt to turn on a cursed Atma Weapon, it drains a level from you but uncurses itself.
  • If you attempt to activate an uncharged Atma Weapon, it drains a level from you but charges itself.
• otherwise follows lightsaber rules.

Limited Moon

• chaotic silver two-handed moon axe
• +1 to hit
• 2x damage
  • Damage is adjusted by your current energy %

The Black Arrow

• unaligned ancient arrow
• +1000 to hit
• 4x+108 damage
• instantly kills Smaug

Tensa Zangetsu

• neutral tsurugi
• +1 to hit
• 2x damage
• Halves spell damage
• grants basic armor if torso armor or a cloak is not worn
• Can be invoked to fire powerful energy blasts
• +1 move per turn
• Allows moving 12x as fast for multi-tile movements
• Drains 10 nutrition per turn
• If overused, deals 5 damage a turn and reduces max HP by 1 a turn
  • Can be used safely for 1 turn per level. One turn of safe use is regained for every 10 turns you do not wield Tensa Zangetsu.

Utility Artifacts

Sode no Shirayuki

• lawful silvered katana
• +1 to hit
• Protects against cold damage
• Allows moving 4x as fast for multi-tile movements
• Can be invoked to activate 3 separate abilities
  • First Dance: Creates a Cold element blast.
  • Second Dance: Fires a Cold element ray.
  • Third Dance: Repairs damage to the sword, and briefly allows 2x cold damage.
  • Each ability is on its own timer

Tobiume

• chaotic long sword
• +1 to hit, +1 fire damage.
  • -2 damage vs small targets, -3 damage vs large.
• Automatically disarms weapon wielding targets.
• Allows moving 3x as fast, stealth, invisibility for multi-tile movements
• Invoke to cast the fireball spell
  • using the higher of your attack magic skill and your longsword skill
• If a target is killed by Tobiume, their body is launched backwards and explodes as a fireball.

Lance of Longinus

• lawful silver spear
• Halves damage, both physical and magical
• Toggles water walking when invoked
• Provides magic resistance when wielded
  • The Lance of Longinus angers demon lords when wielded, following the same rules that Excalibur does.

The Arkenstone

• chaotic diamond
• Acts as a light source
• Invoke to toggle conflict

Release from Care

• unaligned scythe
• +1 to hit
• +1d10 damage
• Can behead target
• Grants level drain resistance while wielded
• Grants cold resistance while carried
• Invoke for healing

The Lifehunt Scythe

• large chaotic scythe
• Against living or undead creatures (ie, not golems and other non-living creatures)
  • +1d4 to hit and 2x damage
  • Target gains studied debuff equal to damage dealt (cumulative).
  • You recover HP equal to 1/2 damage dealt.
  • You gain studied debuff equal to 1/4 damage dealt (cumulative).
  • Can behead target, but only if it doesn't know where you are.
  • Triggers sneak attack against targets that don't know where you are, but only if you HAVE sneak attack (ie, are an unpolymorphed Rogue or have Andromalius bound)
• Grants level drain resistance and stealth while wielded
• Grants cold resistance while carried
• Invoke to toggle invisibility
• Bloodthirsty (attacks neutral targets).

The Silence Glaive

• unaligned glaive
• +1 to hit
• +1 damage
• drains levels from target
• protects against level drain
• Offers a variety of special effects when invoked
  • Invoke and specify direction: Magic Missile attack
  • Invoke and press up: Protection
  • Invoke and press down: Kills all Genocide-susceptible creatures on the current level. Yourself included.

The Garnet Rod

• unaligned silver key
• When wielded:
  • Grants energy regeneration
  • Grants hp regeneration
  • +1 move per turn
  • Drains 10 nutrition per turn
• Offers a variety of special effects when invoked
  • Invoke and specify direction: Magic Missile attack
  • Invoke and press up: Time Stop (10 free moves). Also initiates a 5-turn petrification timer on you (ie, you will turn to stone and die 5 clock-ticks after the time stop ends).
    • A stoning resistance does not prevent this, though the stoning can be cured via a lizard corpse or acid as normal.

Helping Hand

• lawful grappling hook
• Invoke to untrap specified square
• Automatic searching when wielded
• Adds enhancement bonus to search attempts
• Grants stealth when wielded
• Warns of all enemies
• Blocks curses if held in open inventory (as wielded Magicbane)
• Can be used to rapidly engrave (as athame)

Blade Singer's Spear

• unaligned silver spear
• Grants +1d6 to hit and +1d6 damage
• Invoke to create Blade Dancer's Dagger.
• If gifted, unrestricts two-weapon combat
• Deducts 4 move from target

Blade Dancer's Dagger

• unaligned silver dagger
• Grants +1d4 to hit and +1d4 damage
• Invoke to create Blade Singer's Spear
• If gifted, unrestricts two-weapon combat
• Does not count toward artifacts generated
• Deducts 2 move from targets when wielded second to Blade Singer's spear.

Limb of the Black Tree

• chaotic club
• Grants +1d4 to hit and +1 fire damage
• Grants Fire Resistance
• Causes a 6d6 fiery explosion whenever it strikes a target

Hellfire

• chaotic crossbow
• Grants bolts fired from it +1d4 to hit and +1 fire damage
• Causes a 6d6 fiery explosion whenever a bolt fired from it strikes a target

Lash of the Cold Waste

• chaotic bullwhip
• Grants +1d4 to hit and +1 cold damage
• Grants Cold Resistance
• Causes a 6d6 icy explosion whenever it strikes a target

Ramiel

• lawful partisan
• Grants +1d4 to hit and +1 electrical damage
• When applied, it causes a 6d6 shocking explosion whenever it strikes a target
• When used in melee on horseback, fires a 6d6 lightning bolt whenever it strikes a target

Spineseeker

• chaotic short sword
• Grants +1 to hit and +1d6 damage
• Grants stealth while wielded
• Allows wielder to make sneak attacks like a Rogue
  • Does extra sneak attack damage when used to attack a foe from behind

Quicksilver

• unaligned silver flail
• Grants +1d4 to hit and +1d8 damage
• Gains extra attacks based on level - one extra attack at level 11, another at level 21 and another at level 30.
• Invoke to toggle extrinsic (Very Fast) speed.

Sky Render

• lawful katana
• Grants +1d10 to hit and +1d10 damage
• Grants displacement while carried

Fuma-itto no Ken

• chaotic broadsword (Ninja-to)
• Grants +1 to-hit and +1d8 damage
• Invoke to create shuriken
• Permanently poisoned

Fluorite Octet

• 8 unaligned blue fluorite gems
  • The full set is called the Fluorite Octet
  • A single gem is called a Fluorite Octahedron
  • Multiple gems are called Fluorite Octahedra
• The Fluorite Octet is a throwing weapon.
  • Each gem deals 1d8 damage. Throwing the full set therefore deals 8d8 damage.
    • The gems' damage dice are luck-biased and exploding.
  • Fewer gems may be thrown using the same system as for throwing a specified amount of gold (for example, n4t or 4t, depending on control scheme)
  • The gems may also be used as sling ammo.

Artifact Armors

Tie-Dye Shirt of Shambhala

• neutral t-shirt
• Read to cure afflictions (as unicorn horn). Blocked by non-crystal body armor.
• Invoke for enlightenment
• Greatly increases carrying capacity
• Can be enchanted to +7
• Enhances charisma if worn without torso armor
• Enhances wisdom if worn with torso armor
• Can only be picked up by neutral characters with at least a 20 alignment record (eligible for quest) and enough experience to no long be considered a beginner.

Grandmaster's Robe

• neutral robe
• Martial arts attacks use exploding dice and get extra damage (50% chance per hit of an extra 1d4)
• Can be enchanted to +7
• Grants double the normal robe effect
• Can be #named by level 30 characters with Grand Master martial arts
• If gifted, unrestricts martial arts skill

Beastmaster's Duster

• lawful leather jacket
  • Will sometimes blast cross-aligned characters when they are hit in combat (1/10 chance per hit)
• Invoke to pull something out of your pockets (chosen via menu)
  • magic whistle
  • leash
  • saddle
  • tripe ration
  • apple
  • banana
• Can be enchanted to +7
• If gifted, unrestricts beast mastery skill

Mirrorbright

• chaotic bronze roundshield
• Resist hallucinations while worn
• Grants reflection while worn.
• Invoke to toggle conflict
• Can enchant to +7

Shield of the All-Seeing

• unaligned orc-favoring orcish shield
• Automatic searching
• Adds enhancement bonus to search attempts
• Grants warning vs elves when worn
• Grants fire resistance when worn
• Toggles protection from shape changers when invoked
• Can enchant to +7

Shield of Yggdrasil

• unaligned elf-favoring elven shield
• Invoke for healing
• Grants regeneration when worn
• Grants poison resistance when worn
• Can enchant to +7

Whisperfeet

• chaotic boots of speed
• Invoke to toggle invisibility
• Grants stealth when worn
• Can enchant to +7

Water Flowers

• chaotic silvered water walking boots
  • Adds silver damage to kick attacks
• Invoke for hungerless teleport
• Grants displacement when worn
• Can enchant to +7

Hammerfeet

• chaotic kicking boots
• If a target is damaged by a kick, knock back target 10 squares
• Doubles kicking damage
• Can enchant to +7

Shield of the Resolute Heart

• unaligned gauntlets of dexterity
• Halves physical damage when worn
• Invoke to bless, clear erosion, raise enchantment to +3
• Can enchant to +7

Stormhelm

• chaotic helm of brilliance
• Grants Shock resistance while carried
• Grants cold resistance while worn
• Allows casting of the Lightning Bolt spell while worn.
• Can enchant to +7

Gauntlets of Spell Power

• unaligned silvered gauntlets of power
  • Adds silver damage to unarmed attacks
• Grants +1 skill level all spells (does not better failure rates)
• 2x damage for beam and ray spells (as Knight with Magic Mirror of Merlin)
• Halves damage from spells
• Inflicts a spell-casting penalty due to being based on the metal gauntlets of power (this is deliberate)

Premium Heart

• unaligned gauntlets of power
  • Also set Dexterity to 25
  • Can be enchanted to +7
• unarmed attacks deal x2 damage
  • Adds enchantment to unarmed attacks
• unarmed attacks have greatly increased chance of a staggering blow
  • (Skill level/20, rather than Skill level/100)
• damaged multiplier increased by +1x for each status ailment currently afflicting you
  • HP at less than 1/4 maximum
  • HP at less than 1/16 maximum
  • Blindness
  • Confusion
  • Hallucinating
  • Wounded Legs
  • Stunned
  • Sickness
  • Gradual Stoning
  • Strangulation
  • Vomiting
  • Slimed
  • Fumbling
• If gifted, unrestricts martial arts skill

Non-Wishable Artifacts

Racial Artifacts: Female Drow Priest, Ranger, Rogue, and Wizard

Silver Starlight

• Original Quest Object
• Drow-favoring intelligent silvered rapier
• Grants +1d4 to hit and +1d4 damage
  • Pierces equipped armor
  • Grants +2d4 precision damage (vs corporeal, non-amorphous, non-stationary targets).
  • Grants 2d20 silver damage, rather than 1d20
  • Increases the size of your sneak-attack damage die by half again.
• Invoke to bless and generate a small stack of throwing stars
  • Throwing stars count as silver as long as you are wielding Silver Starlight
• Apply to play as a magic flute
  • If invoke cooldown is active, drains a point of enchantment
  • Otherwise, sets invoke cooldown.

Wrathful Spider

• Original Alternate Quest Object
• Chaotic, drow-favoring droven crossbow
• No bonus to attack or damage
  • Fires 1d8 bolts in a single volley (You can tell it to shoot no more than n bolts by nf instead of f)
  • Each bolt gets 1/2 the normal damage bonus
  • Total damage therefore is close to 2x base
    • (crossbows get 3x the normal damage bonus from skill, and at expert get 3x the normal damage dice as well)
• Invoke to generate a small stack of droven bolts
• Grants stealth while wielded

Tentacle Rod

• Traitor's Quest Object
• Drow-favoring intelligent flail
• +1d7 to-hit and +1 to damage
  • Receives no damage bonus from your skill or its enhancement
  • Receives 1/2 normal damage bonus from strength
• Decreases spell failure while wielded
• Absorbs curses while wielded
• Attacks up to 7 times per swing
  • If it hits 3 or more times it blinds, stuns, or confuses the target.
  • If it hits 6 or more times, it also slows, paralyzes, or drives the target insane.
  • If it hits 7 times, it also does an up to an additional 7d7 damage of various types.

Crescent Blade

• Traitor's Alternate Quest Object
• Lawful, drow-favoring intelligent silver saber
• Grants +1d4 to-hit, 2x Fire damage.
• Pierces equipped armor
• Grants reflection while carried
• Can behead targets (as vorpal blade)

The Web of Lolth

• Chaotic crowning gift
• Chaotic, drow-favoring intelligent silvered elven mithril coat
• Grants warning vs elves when worn
• Grants drain resistance while worn
• 2x damage for beam and ray spells (as Knight with Magic Mirror of Merlin)
• Grants magic resistance while worn
• Invoke to refill Energy

The Claws of the Revenancer

• Neutral crowning gift
• Silvered gauntlets of dexterity
• Adds life draining to your unarmed attacks
• Grants life drain resistance when worn
• Invoke for an undead turning effect
• Dig up graves while wearing to recruit undead
• Grants energy regeneration when worn
• Fills your right ring slot

Sickle Moon

• Lawful crowning gift
• Silvered sickle
• +1 to+hit, 2x damage throwing weapon
• Returns to the quiver when thrown
• Can be multishot

Racial Artifacts: Male Drow Priest, Ranger, Rogue, and Wizard

Darkweaver's Cloak

• Drow-favoring intelligent droven cloak
• Original Quest Object
• Grants Magic resistance when worn, and is a droven cloak, so MC3
• Can be enchanted to +7 (and will self-enchant to that level, see below)
• When (a)pplied, releases a patch of darkness if standing in light, or of light if standing in darkness.
  • Releasing darkness reduces the enchantment of the cloak, releasing light increases it.
  • Releasing light will not disintegrate the cloak, nor will releasing darkness.

Spidersilk

• Chaotic, drow-favoring intelligent elven mithril coat
• Original Alternate Quest Object
• 2x damage for beam and ray spells (as Knight with Magic Mirror of Merlin)
• Adds sleep poison to unarmed attacks.

Tentacle Rod

• Traitor's Quest Object
• See above

Webweaver's Crook

• Traitor's Alternate Quest Object
• Lawful, drow-favoring fauchard
• Grants +1 to-hit and 2x damage
  • Adds sleep, blinding, and paralysis poison to strikes
  • Ensnares target in webbing
  • Can be used in melee

Lolth's Fang

• Chaotic/Neutral crowning gift
• Drow-favoring intelligent silvered droven short sword
• Adds +1d5 to-hit and +1d10 acid damage
  • Permanently poisoned
• Grants life-drain resistance while wielded

Racial Artifacts: Female Drow Noble

The Sceptre of Lolth

• First Gift
• Chaotic, Noble-favoring silvered khakkhara/droven greatsword/droven spear/droven lance/eclipse moon axe (variable)
• Grants +1 to-hit, 2x damage
• Fast engraving: the Sceptre engraves as an athame while in greatsword form.
• Invoke for a variety of effects
  • At will: The Sceptre can be ordered to assume a different form as often as desired.
    • Become Silver Khakkhara
    • Become Moon Axe
    • Become Greatsword
    • Become Spear
    • Become Lance
  • Limited: these powers are limited by the artifact's invoke cooldown. Once you invoke one of them, you can't invoke any of these powers for rnz(100) turns.
    • Become Ladder (Sceptre must be a silver khakkhara):
      • Prior to gaining the amulet: Similar to quaffing a cursed potion of gain level, allows you to escape through the ceiling to the level above.
      • After gaining the amulet: Similar to zapping a wand of digging downward, allows you to escape through the floor to the level below.
      • While swallowed: Similar to zapping a wand of digging, the extending ladder seriously injures physical monsters engulfing you.
    • Show me my surroundings: Maps local area using clairvoyance.
    • Inspire Fear: Scares nearby monsters that can see you.
    • Give me your life (Sceptre must be a silver khakkhara or a spear): Drains two levels from one adjacent monster, healing you for 4d8 hp.
    • Kneel: Paralyzes one adjacent monster.

The Web of the Chosen

• Quest Object
• Chaotic, Noble-favoring intelligent silvered droven cloak
• Grants Reflection while worn
• Grants half spell damage while worn
• Grants Acid resistance while worn
• Grants 2x the normal AC bonus from enchantment
• Grants Shock resistance while carried

The Web of Lolth

• Chaotic crowning gift
• See above

The Claws of the Revenancer

• Neutral crowning gift
• See above

Liecleaver

• Lawful crowning gift
• Lawful drow-favoring droven crossbow
• Grants +1d5 to-hit and +1d10 damage
  • In melee combat, does 1d12+1d10 damage and is a 2x damage artifact
• Invoke to generate a small stack of droven bolts
• Grants drain-life resistance when wielded
• Gives automatic searching and improved searching when wielded
• Cuts through webs while wielded
• Grants hallucination resistance when carried

Racial Artifacts: Male Drow Noble

The Cloak of the Consort

• Quest Artifact
• Neutral, noble-drow-favoring intelligent droven cloak
• Grants life-drain resistance when worn
• Grants half-physical damage when worn
• Grants cold resistance when carried

The Ruinous Descent of Stars

• Chaotic crowning gift
• Chaotic, drow-favoring intelligence silvered morning star
• Grants +1 to-hit and 2x damage
• Invoke to cause up to 1d4 (1d(level/10+1)) clusters of fiery explosions and earthquakes at random places on the current level
• Grants magic resistance when carried

Lolth's Fang

• Neutral crowning gift
• See above

Liecleaver

• Lawful crowning gift
• See above

Racial Artifacts: Dwarf Knight

Glamdring

• First Gift
• Lawful, noble-favoring elven broadsword
• Grants +1d5 to-hit and +1d10 damage
  • Grants +1d20 damage vs orcs and demons
• Grants warning of orcs and demons when wielded
• Can't be knocked out of your hands

The Armor of Erebor

• Quest Artifact
• Lawful, dwarf-noble-favoring plate mail
• Grants Magic resistance when worn
• Grants Half physical damage when worn
• Grants +10 AC when worn
• Grants Fire and Cold resistance when worn

The Arkenstone

• Crowning gift
• See above

Racial Artifacts: Dwarf Noble

The Armor of Khazad-dum

• First Gift
• Lawful, dwarf-noble-favoring intelligent dwarvish mithril coat
• Grants Magic resistance when worn
• Grants +4 AC when worn
• Can be enchanted to +7

The War-mask of Durin

• Quest Artifact
• Lawful, dwarf-noble-favoring intelligent mask
• Grants Half spell damage when worn
• Grants +5 to-hit and damage with axes when worn by a dwarf
• Grants Fire, Acid, and Poison resistance when worn

Durin's Axe

• Crowning gift
• Lawful, noble-favoring intelligent silvered axe
• Grants +1d5 to-hit, +1d10 damage
• Grants life-drain resistance when wielded
• Grants automatic searching and improved searching when wielded
• Can be used to dig with

Racial Artifacts: Elf Noble, Priest, Ranger, and Wizard

The Rod of the Elvish Lords

• First Gift for Elvish Nobles
• Lawful, elf-noble-favoring elvish mace/elvish sickle/elvish lance/elvish broadsword/elvish spear (variable)
• Grants +1d3 to-hit, 2x damage
• Fast engraving: the Rod engraves as an athame while in broadsword form.
• Invoke for a variety of effects
  • At will: The Rod can be ordered to assume a different form as often as desired.
    • Become Mace
    • Become Sickle
    • Become Broadsword
    • Become Spear
    • Become Lance
  • Limited: these powers are limited by the artifact's invoke cooldown. Once you invoke one of them, you can't invoke any of these powers for rnz(100) turns.
    • Become Ladder (Rod must be a mace):
      • Prior to gaining the amulet: Similar to quaffing a cursed potion of gain level, allows you to escape through the ceiling to the level above.
      • After gaining the amulet: Similar to zapping a wand of digging downward, allows you to escape through the floor to the level below.
      • While swallowed: Similar to zapping a wand of digging, the extending ladder seriously injures physical monsters engulfing you.
    • Show me my surroundings: Maps local area using clairvoyance.
    • Inspire Fear: Scares nearby monsters that can see you.
    • Give me your life (Rod must be a spear): Drains two levels from one adjacent monster, healing you for 4d8 hp.
    • Kneel: Paralyzes one adjacent monster.

The Palantir of Westernesse

• Chaotic, elf-favoring intelligent crystal ball
• Invoke to tame nearby monsters
• Grants xray vision when carried
• Grants telepathy when carried
• Grants waring when carried
• Grants reflection when carried

Belthronding

• Chaotic, elf-favoring intelligent elven bow
• Grants +1d5 to-hit and 2x damage
• Invoke to create a small stack of elven arrows
• Grants displacement when carried
• Grants stealth when wielded

Arcor Kerym

• Lawful crowning gift
• Lawful, elf-favoring intelligent long sword
• Grants +1d5 to-hit and 2x damage
• Invoke for healing
• Grants life-drain resistance when wielded

Aryfaern Kerym

• Neutral crowning gift
• Neutral, elf-favoring intelligent runesword
• Grants +1d5 to-hit and +1d10 electrical damage
• Grants Shock resistance when wielded
• Grants 2x damage for beam and ray spells (as Knight with Magic Mirror of Merlin)

Aryvelahr Kerym

• Chaotic crowning gift
• Chaotic, elf-favoring intelligent silvered crystal sword
• Grants +1d5 to-hit and 2x damage
• Grants life-drain resistance when wielded
• Grants reflection when wielded

Law Quest Artifacts

The Rod of Seven Parts

• lawful intelligent silver spear
• +1d7 to-hit
• +1d20 damage vs non-lawful creatures
• Can be used to joust, will not break when used to joust.
• Grants immunity to lifedrain when wielded
• Increases in power when used in combat
• Invoke to use a variety of command-word activated effects (spoiler page)
• Read to study writing engraved on weapon (gives clues about command words)
• The Rod of Seven Parts angers demon lords when wielded, following the same rules that Excalibur does.

Field Marshal's Baton

• lawful mace
• Grants warning vs mercenaries
• Invoke for a cannonade attack
• Does not count toward total number of artifacts generated

Chaos Quest Artifacts

Werebuster

• unaligned long sword
• +1d10 to-hit and +1d20 damage vs werebeasts
• does not count toward total number of artifacts generated

Masamune

• unaligned intelligent silvered tsurugi
• Generated with abnormally high enchantment
• Invoke to bless and raise enchantment to +3
• Does not count toward total number of artifacts generated

The Black Crystal

• chaotic crystal ball
• Grants magic resistance when carried
• Invoke to cast an area-effect death spell
• Deals 2x damage when thrown
• Weighs only 40 units (vs 150 units for a regular crystal ball)

The Water Crystal

• unaligned crystal ball
• Grants cold resistance when carried
• Invoke to cast an area-effect ice spell
• Does not count toward total number of artifacts generated
• Weighs only 40 units (vs 150 units for a regular crystal ball)

The Fire Crystal

• unaligned crystal ball
• Grants fire resistance when carried
• Invoke to cast an area-effect fire spell
• Does not count toward total number of artifacts generated
• Weighs only 20 units (vs 150 units for a regular crystal ball)

The Earth Crystal

• unaligned crystal ball
• Halve hp damage from physical attacks when carried
• invoke to cast earthquake spell
• Does not count toward total number of artifacts generated
• Weighs only 80 units (vs 150 units for a regular crystal ball)

The Air Crystal

• unaligned crystal ball
• Grants electricity resistance when carried
• Invoke to cast an area-effect shocking spell
• Does not count toward total number of artifacts generated
• Weighs only 20 units (vs 150 units for a regular crystal ball)

Nighthorn

• chaotic intelligent unicorn horn
• Grants +1d12 to-hit and +1d24 fire
• Causes a fiery explosion when it strikes a target
• Grants fire resistance when wielded
• Invoke to toggle levitation
• Counts as luckstone
• For chaotic players only, acts as scroll of scare monster vs non-chaotic creatures
• Will always blast its user
• Will blast and evade the grasp of lawfuls

Neutral Quest Artifacts

The Necronomicon

• unaligned spellbook of secrets
• Read to find and use a variety of magic formula (spoiler page)

The Book of Lost Names

• unaligned spellbook of secrets
• Read for one of the following effects
  • Try to learn the name of a random spirit.
    • You will always learn a name the first time you try.
    • After this, you may fail to learn a new name, and instead loose a level. Your failure chance is (number names known)/31.
  • Bind your soul to one of the known spirits without any ritual.
    • Non-binders can bind only one spirit at a time.
    • Binders can bind up to their normal limit.

The Book of Infinite Spells

• unaligned spellbook of secrets
• Stores a random spell inside
• Can be read to learn the spell, or to bookcast the spell for free
• Each time you relearn the spell or bookcast, there is a 1/20 chance of the book randomly switching to another spell

The Hand-Mirror of Cthylla

• unaligned mirror
• Replaces The Silver Key for binders, others cannot get it besides bones
• grants automatic searching while carried
• grants teleport control while carried
• if it's invocation timeout is good, a creature (including you) that sees its reflection in the mirror takes 15d15 damage.
• Otherwise, it acts as an ordinary mirror.

The Silver Key

• neutral universal key
• Can be used in the invocation ritual instead of the Bell of Opening (Wield the key while reading from the Book of the Dead with the Candelabrum of Invocation lit).
• Refuses to be placed in bags
• Is indestructible.
• Grants fast energy recovery when carried
• Grants automatic searching when carried
• Grants teleport control when carried
• Grants polymorph control when carried
• Invoke for branchport

Quest Artifacts

Italchiayaque

• lawful Archeologist-favoring intelligent shield of reflection
  • Archeologist quest item (from Archeologist patch)
• Grants fire resistance when equipped.
• Grants magic resistance, ESP, and Half spell damage when carried
• Invoke to cast stinking cloud

The Annulus

• chaotic Anachrononaut-favoring silver chakram
  • Anachrononaut quest item
• can transform without limit into:
  • silver chakram
    • Grants +1d5 to-hit and 2x damage
    • Returns to the hand when thrown, can be thrown multiple times in one attack.
    • While wielded, grants the ability to cast Force Bolt and Magic Missile at 0% spell failure. Force Bolt deals an additional +1/2 level (round up) d12 damage.
  • silver ring
    • Does whatever silver rings do in the current game.
    • Doubles unarmed attack damage and applies 2x its enchantment to unarmed attacks. This effect stacks with other unarmed attack boosting items.
  • khakkhara
    • a silver staff with extra (1-3d20) silver damage.
    • Grants +1d5 to-hit and 2x damage
    • Invoke in this form to duplicate the effects of the Bell of Opening, including the invocation.
  • lightsaber
    • Can ignite two blades, is still one-handed.
    • Grants +1d5 to-hit and +1 damage.
    • As a lightsaber, grants 3x damage.
    • Returns to the hand when thrown.
    • Invoke in this form for charging.
  • BFG
    • A firearm with extremely high multishot. Can shoot any form of ammunition.
    • Grants +1d5 to-hit and 2x damage
    • Invoke in this form for silver bullets or a disintegration beam.
• Secondary invocations (like charging, making bullets etc) in a certain form have a long invoke timeout. Changing the shape of the item itself is unaffected and can be done at will.

The Heart of Ahriman

• neutral Barbarian-favoring intelligent ruby
  • Barbarian quest item
• Grants Half-spell damage, magic resistance, reflection and drain resistance when carried
• Invoke to remove curse
• Grants +1d10 to hit and 2x damage if used as a projectile

The Lyre of Orpheus

• neutral Troubadour-favoring intelligent magic harp
  • Troubadour quest item
• Can play any song
• Grants magic resistance when carried
• Causes all pets on the level to follow you between levels
• Can speak
• Invoke for taming

The Sceptre of Might

• lawful Caveman-favoring intelligent mace
  • Caveman quest item
• Grants +1d5 to-hit and 2x damage
• Grants magic resistance when carried
• Invoke to toggle conflict

The Iron Ball of Levitation

• chaotic Convict-favoring intelligent heavy iron ball
• Given to Convicts by the Quest Leader at the start of the quest
• Grants +1d5 to hit and +1d10 damage
• Grants life-drain resistance and warning vs all while carried
• Grants stealth while wielded.
• Invoke to toggle levitation
• Grants increased carrying capacity equal to its current weight
• Acts as a luckstone.

The Iron Spoon of Liberation

• chaotic Convict-favoring intelligent iron spoon
  • Convict quest item
• Grants +1d5 to hit and 2x damage
  • As a spoon, allows Convicts to make sneak attacks when used as a weapon
• Can be used to dig
• Engraves fast like an athame
• Grants magic resistance when carried
• Grants stealth while wielded
• Automatic searching when carried
• Adds enhancement bonus to search attempts
• Invoke to phase through walls
• Acts as a luckstone.

The Staff of Aesculapius

• neutral Healer-favoring intelligent silver-shod quarterstaff
  • Healer quest item
• Grants +1 to hit and 2x negative-energy damage.
• Grants Magic resistance while carried.
• Invoke for healing

The Magic Mirror of Merlin

• lawful Knight-favoring intelligent mirror
  • Knight quest item
• Grants Magic resistance while carried.
• Grants Telepathy while carried.
• Grants improved spellcasting while carried.

The Eyes of the Overworld

• neutral Monk-favoring intelligent glasses
  • Monk quest item
• Grants Magic resistance while carried.
• Invoke for Enlightenment.
• Wear for xray vision.

The Mantle of Heaven

• lawful Noble-favoring intelligent ornamental cope (randomized cloak)
  • Non-vampire Noble quest item
• Grants Cold resistance while carried.
• Grants Electricity resistance and Cold resistance while worn.
• Provides double the normal AC bonus.
• Allows for the use of the Noble's throne, notably a free wish and a free single-species genocide.

The Vestment of Hell

• chaotic Noble-favoring intelligent opera cloak (randomized cloak)
  • Vampire Noble quest item
• Grants Fire resistance while carried.
• Grants Electricity resistance while worn.
• Provides double the normal AC bonus.
• Allows for the use of the Noble's throne, notably a free wish and a free single-species genocide.

The Mitre of Holiness

• lawful Priest-favoring intelligent helm of brilliance
  • Priest quest item
• Grants Fire resistance while carried.
• Grants warning of undead.
• Invoke to refill Energy.

The Treasury of Proteus

• chaotic Pirate-favoring intelligent chest
  • Pirate quest item
• Grants Magic resistance while carried.
• Grants resistance to curses while carried.
• Polymorphs its contents randomly (poor-man's polypile).
• Is lighter than a normal chest (150 units, the same as a crystal ball).

The Longbow of Diana

• chaotic Ranger-favoring intelligent silvered bow.
  • Ranger quest item
• Grants +1d5 to hit and 2x damage.
• Grants Reflection while wielded.
• Invoke to create ammo.
• Grants a +1 multishot bonus, or +2 to Rangers.
• Arrows have no maximum range.

The Palantir of Westernesse

• chaotic Elf-favoring intelligent crystal ball.
  • Possible Elf-Ranger quest item
• Grants Warning, Telepathy, Reflection, and 3-squares of xray vision while carried.

Belthronding

• chaotic Elf-favoring intelligent elven bow.
  • Possible Elf-Ranger quest item
• Grants +1d5 to hit and 2x damage.
• Grants displacement while carried.
• Grants stealth and displacement while wielded.
• Invoke to create ammo.
• Grants a +1 multishot bonus, or +2 to Elves.

The Rogue Gear-spirits

• neutral Ranger-favoring intelligent crossbow.
  • Gnomish Ranger quest item
• Grants +1d5 to hit and 2x damage (shoots 2 bolts instead of 1). If there's no ammo quivered, will automatically create and fire +0 bolts.
  • In melee combat, does 1d6 vs small, 1d3 vs large damage and is a 2x damage artifact
• Grants warning, ESP and fire resistance while carried.
• Grants automatic searching and adds enhancement bonus to search attempts while wielded.
• Can speak.
• Apply to dig like a pick-axe.
• Invoke to untrap target square.

The Master Key of Thievery

• chaotic Rogue-favoring intelligent skeleton key.
  • Rogue quest item
• Grants warning, teleport control, and Half-physical damage while carried.
• Can speak.
• Invoke to untrap target square.

The Tsurugi of Muramasa

• lawful Samurai-favoring intelligent tsurugi.
  • Samurai quest item
• Grants +1d2 to hit, 2x damage.
• Grants automatic searching and luck.
• Bisects targets (10%).
• Bloodthirsty (attacks neutral targets).

The Platinum Yendorian Express Card

• neutral Tourist-favoring intelligent silvered credit card.
  • Tourist quest item
• Grants telepathy, magic resistance, and half spell damage while carried.
• Invoke for charging.

The Orb of Fate

• neutral Valkyrie-favoring intelligent crystal orb.
  • Valkyrie quest item
• Grants warning, half spell and half physical damage when carried.
• Acts as a luckstone.
• Invoke for levelport.

Sol Valtiva

• chaotic fire giant-favoring two-handed sword.
  • Lord Surtur's weapon
• +1d5 to hit, +1d24 fire damage.
• May cause a 6d6 fiery explosion centered on the target
• Petrifies trolls and dusts gremlins
• May blind targets
• Serves as a light source
• Can be applied like a polearm.

The Eye of the Aethiopica

• neutral Wizard-favoring intelligent amulet of ESP.
  • Wizard quest item
• Grants fast energy regeneration, magic resistance, and half spell damage while carried.
• Invoke for branchport.

High-Level Artifacts

High-level artifacts are artifacts that can be #named by a specific role at a specific level

Staff of the Archmagi

• unaligned Wizard-favoring intelligent quarterstaff
• Can be named at level 30 by Wizards
• Grants +1d20 to-hit and +1d4 damage
• Additional magic effects based on enchantment
• Knocks targets back
• May cause explosions centered on target
• Can be used as a digging instrument
• Grants automatic searching, luck, and displacement when wielded
• Invoke to refill Energy

Robe of the Archmagi

• unaligned Wizard-favoring intelligent robe
• Can be named at level 30 by Wizards
• Grants magic resistance and reflection while worn
• Invoke to refill Energy
• Can be enchanted to +7

Hat of the Archmagi

• unaligned Wizard-favoring intelligent cornuthaum
• Can be named at level 30 by Wizards
• Grants warning and xray vision while worn
• Can speak
• Invoke to refill Energy

The Kusanagi no Tsurugi

• lawful Samurai-favoring intelligent long sword
• Can be named at level 18 by Samurai, but only used as a weapon at level 30
• Grants +1d20 to-hit and +1d12 damage
• May behead targets
• Destroys Elementals
• Grants energy regeneration while wielded
• Grants searching, seeking, and luck while carried

Snickersnee

• unaligned Samurai-favoring intelligent knife
• Can be named at level 18 or once quest is done by Tourists (not samurai)
• Does not resist being held second to other artifacts by Samurai or Tourists
  • However, the character must be Skilled in two-weapon fighting to use it in the off-hand without suffering -20 to-hit.
• Grants +1d3 to-hit and +1d6 damage
• May behead targets

Dragon Lord Armor

Platinum Dragon Plate

• unaligned silver dragon scale mail
• Grants magic resistance and reflection
• Can put targets to sleep (5% chance per attack)
• Can disintegrate struck targets (2.5% chance per attack)
• Grants extra damage
  • +1d10 fire
  • +1d10 electricity
• Half again as heavy as normal dragon scale (making it 225 units vs the normal 150)
• Causes spell penalties as metal armor
• Drops from the Platinum Dragon. The Platinum Dragon's fortress appears above the Law quest in 1/8 of games.

Chromatic Dragon Scales

• unaligned black dragon scales
  • Can be converted to Chromatic Dragon Scale Mail or Chromatic Dragon Scale Shield via the usual methods (A shield would make you lose all the offensive abilities)
• Grants Fire, Cold, Shock, Disintegration, and Poison resistance
• Can disintegrate struck targets (5% chance per attack)
• Grants extra damage
  • +1d3 fire (1d8 if mail)
  • +1d3 electricity (1d8 if mail)
  • +1d3 cold (1d8 if mail)
  • Poison
• Half again as heavy as normal dragon scale (making it 225 units vs the normal 150)
• Drops from the Chromatic Dragon. The Chromatic Dragon is the Caveman quest nemesis, and appears in gehennom in 1/8 of (non-caveman) games.

Artifacts of the Lords of the Nine

Genocide

• lawful intelligent two-handed sword
• Grants +1d10 to-hit, +1d20 fire damage
• May cause a fiery explosion centered on the target
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Rod of Dis

• lawful intelligent mace
• Grants +1d10 to-hit, +1d8 damage
• Invoke for taming
• Knocks targets back
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Avarice

• lawful intelligent short sword
• Grants +1d10 to-hit, +1 damage
• Steals items from struck targets
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Fire of Heaven

• lawful intelligent silvered trident
• Grants +1 to-hit, 2x fire damage
• Causes fiery explosions centered on struck target
• May cause electrical explosions centered on struck target
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Diadem of Amnesia

• lawful intelligent dunce cap
• Invoke to toggle conflict
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Shadowlock

• lawful intelligent rapier
• Grants +1d20 to-hit, 2x damage
  • Ignores equipped armor
  • Also deals 2d6 cold damage
• Can be applied like a polearm
• May behead target
• Deals 4d6 + enchantment damage to the wielded with every hit
• If the wielder is not immune to cold, also deals 2d6 cold damage to the wielder with every hit, which may freeze potions.
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Thunder's Voice

• lawful intelligent silver dagger
• Grants +1d6 to-hit, +1d6 electrical damage
• May cause electrical explosions centered on struck target
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Serpent's Tooth

• lawful intelligent athame
• permanently poisoned
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Unblemished Soul

• lawful intelligent silvered unicorn horn
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Wrath of Heaven

• lawful intelligent silvered long sword
• Grants +1 to-hit, 2x electrical damage
• Causes electrical explosions centered on struck target
• May cause fiery explosions centered on struck target
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

All-seeing Eye of the Fly

• lawful intelligent helm of telepathy
• Invoke to cast an area-effect death spell
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Cold Soul

• lawful ranseur
• May cause fiery, cold, and electrical explosions centered on struck target
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Sceptre of the Frozen Floor of Hell

• lawful intelligent iron bar
• Grants +1 to-hit, 2x cold damage
• Causes cold explosions centered on struck target
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Caress

• lawful intelligent bullwhip
• Grants +1 to-hit, +1d20 electrical damage vs elves, humans, and dwarves
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

The Iconoclast

• lawful intelligent silver saber
• Grants +1d9 to-hit, +1d99 damage vs elves, humans, and dwarves
• Grants magic resistance when wielded
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Artifacts of the Lords of the Abyss

The Three-Headed Flail

• chaotic intelligent flail
• Makes two bonus attacks against a struck target, each doing normal weapon damage (damage dice + enchantment). If both bonus attacks hit, the target is stunned and confused.
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Heartcleaver

• chaotic intelligent halberd
• Grants +1 to-hit and 2x damage
  • Can be used in melee combat
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Wrathful Wind

• chaotic intelligent silvered club
• Grants +1d10 to-hit and 2x damage vs non-cold resistant monsters
  • May cause a 6d6 icy explosion when it strikes a target
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Sting of the Poison Queen

• chaotic intelligent flail
• Grants +1d4 to-hit, +1d12 damage
• Permanently poisoned
• Grants magic resistance when wielded
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Doomscreamer

• chaotic intelligent two-handed sword
• Grants +1 to-hit, 2x damage against non-acid resistant monsters
• Grants acid resistance when wielded
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Wand of Orcus

• chaotic wand of death
• Can be recharged indefinitely
• Cannot be wrested or broken
• Drains enemies when wielded for a melee attack
• If its' invocation timer is good, allow a free zap despite 0 charges left
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Artifacts of the Empyrial Lords

Sword of Erathaol

• lawful intelligent silvered long sword
• Grants +1d7 to-hit, 2x damage
• Grants protection against blinding
• May blind struck targets
• Turns gremlins to dust and trolls to stone
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Saber of Sabaoth

• lawful intelligent silver saber
• Grants +1d7 to-hit, 2x damage
• Grants protection against blinding
• May blind struck targets
• Turns gremlins to dust and trolls to stone
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Sword of Onoel

• lawful intelligent silvered two-handed sword
• Grants +1d7 to-hit, 2x damage
• Grants protection against blinding
• May blind struck targets
• Turns gremlins to dust and trolls to stone
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Glaive of Shamsiel

• lawful intelligent silvered glaive
• Grants +1d7 to-hit, 2x damage
• Grants protection against blinding
• May blind struck targets
• Turns gremlins to dust and trolls to stone
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Lance of Uriel

• lawful intelligent silvered lance
• Grants +1d7 to-hit, 2x damage
• Grants protection against blinding
• May blind struck targets
• Turns gremlins to dust and trolls to stone
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice

Hammer of Barquiel

• lawful intelligent silvered lucern hammer
• Grants +1d7 to-hit, 2x damage
• Grants protection against blinding
• May blind struck targets
• Turns gremlins to dust and trolls to stone
• Does not count against artifacts generated for wishing and sacrifice