Ancient arrow
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| Name | ancient arrow |
| Appearance | ancient arrow |
| Damage vs. small | 1d10 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d10 |
| Damage type | piercing |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | bow |
| Primary attribute | strength |
| Magical item? | no |
| Properties | (none) |
| Base size | medium |
| Base price | 10 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Default weight | 1 |
| Base material | metal |
An ancient arrow is a type of projectile that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack, and notnotdNetHack. Ancient arrows are medium-sized piercing weapons and whose base material is metal. The Black Arrow is an artifact ancient arrow.
Generation
Ancient arrows do not randomly generate. However, they may still be generated within dilapidated armories.
2 stacks of 10 +4 cursed ancient arrows with the morgul object property will be randomly placed on the Mordor Ruins Quest.
The Black Arrow is generated in the lake surrounding the Dwarf Knight quest home level.
Hell vaults have a low chance of generating ancient arrows. Ancient arrows generated in this manner have a high chance of having high enchantment and receiving additional object properties.
Monster casting the arrow rain spell have a very low chance of generating up to 16 +0 ancient arrows, which will additionally receive the excoriating object property if being cast by Suzerain or Voice in screams.
Description
Ancient arrows cannot be made either by smithing them yourself or having a smith make them for you.
Encyclopedia entry
I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong
That it can follow the flight of song?
Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.
[ The Arrow and the Song,
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]
