Belt (dNetHack)

A belt is a type of object that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack, and is represented by the left curly bracket, [.

Description

Introduced in dNetHack version 3.24.0, belts are a form of armor-like accessory that occupy their own slot in the inventory and are worn on the torso of a hero or monster's body, and can be put on via P and removed with R.

All belts have a weight of 15 and have a randomized appearance, and their glyph is colored brown, [, regardless of their actual material. As an object class, belts make up ¹⁄₅₀ (2%) of objects randomly generated on the ground, in random shops or as death drops within the main dungeon, and make up ³⁄₅₀ (6%) of such objects in Gehennom.

List of belts

There are six different belt items that can be encountered:

Name	Cost (zm)	Magical?	Base material	Prob (‰)	Appearance (pre-randomization)	Worn effects
belt of power	50	Yes	iron	~16.67	segmented belt	sets strength to 25
belt of weakness	50	Yes	iron	~16.67	articulated belt	sets strength to 3, or sets it to 14 if strength would be set to 25 from another source
belt of carrying	50	Yes	bone	~16.67	braced belt	affects carrying capacity: +25% if blessed, +12.5% if uncursed, -25% if cursed
utility belt	30	No	leather	~16.67	bumpy belt	protects scrolls, potions and wands from damage by water, fire, cold, and shock
belt of weight	30	Yes	lead	~16.67	lumpy belt	adds 500 aum of weight
kidney belt	1	No	leather	~16.67	wide belt	treated as armor and can be enchanted; grants 1 base AC, 1 base DR and MC1

The probability of a particular belt generating is divided somewhat evenly across the six belt types. The type of base material that a given belt has is tied to its randomized appearance as listed above, e.g. a belt that appears as a braced belt will always be made of bone.

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