Cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor
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| Name | cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor |
| Appearance | Amulet of Yendor |
| Base price | 0 zm |
| Weight | 20 |
A cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor (CPIoAoY), or simply a fake Amulet of Yendor, is a type of non-magical amulet that exists in NetHack. Per its name, it is a copy of the real Amulet of Yendor that is made of plastic, and each individual copy appears as the "Amulet of Yendor" when unidentified.
Contents
Generation
The "bones" pile found on the Rogue level has a 1⁄2 chance of containing an identified cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor.[1]
Clones of the Wizard of Yendor created via Double Trouble while you do not have the real Amulet of Yendor have a 1⁄2 chance of being generated with a fake Amulet.[2] Player monsters on the Astral Plane are all generated with a cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor.[3]
Wishing for the Amulet of Yendor always creates an unidentified cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor[4]—doing so in wizard mode instead has a 1⁄2 chance of producing a fake Amulet. If the real Amulet is left in a bones file, it will always revert to a cursed cheap plastic imitation.[5]
Description
Putting on the cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor has no effect, outside of the standard 1 point of nutrition loss every 20 turns. Every fake Amulet of Yendor minus the one on the Rogue level will appear as "the Amulet of Yendor" until identified as otherwise.[6][7] If the hero attempts to leave the dungeon through the up stair on dungeon level 1 and has only a fake Amulet, they will escape the dungeon and end the game instead of proceeding to the Elemental Planes.
Offering an unknown fake Amulet on a regular altar will act as though you had offered the real Amulet on that altar[8]—doing so with an identified fake will print a message and anger that altar's god.[9] Offering a cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor on a high altar carries a -1 luck penalty unless it was identified as a fake:[10] offering a known fake Amulet results in a -3 luck penalty and a -1 alignment penalty, and that god's anger is incremented by 3.[11]
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that the information below is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate it.
Per commit 7ea7058c, wearing a cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor does not incur amulet hunger.Strategy
Outside of duping players into thinking they have the real Amulet, the cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor is generally a useless item, though not to the extent of the iron chain. The fake Amulet in the Rogue level can potentially be used as polyfodder if you are lacking for viable amulets, though in general you are likely to already have your desired amulet(s) on hand by the time you see a fake of any kind.
Identification
A fake Amulet of Yendor can easily be confused for the real thing unless identified—many players will immediately name the Amulet of Yendor "REAL" or something similar immediately upon claiming it from the high priest of Moloch. Another easy way to distinguish between the two is to place the supposed Amulet into a container, since the real Amulet of Yendor will resist.
If you are on the ascension run and otherwise prepared for your trip to the Planes, you can also use a cursed potion of gain level instead of the up stair on DL 1: if you have a fake Amulet and lack the real deal, the potion will have no effect beyond making you "feel uneasy", while doing so with the real Amulet will take you straight to the Plane of Earth.
History
The cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor first appears in Hack 1.0.3, where it replaces the real Amulet of Yendor if it is left in a bones file. However, NetHack would not introduce the amulet as a class of item until NetHack 3.0.0.
The cheap plastic imitations that clones of the Wizard of Yendor can generate with are a reference to older versions of NetHack from Hack 1.0.3 all the way to NetHack 3.0.10, where the real Amulet is held by the Wizard himself.
Messages
- You hear a nearby thunderclap.
- You are not deaf and either offered an unidentified cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor on a high altar, or offered an identified fake on a normal altar, which results in angering that altar's god.[9]
- You realize you have made a <mistake/boo-boo>.
- This is added if you offered an unidentified cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor on a high altar, with the latter phrasing used if you are hallucinating as well.[10]
- Oh, no.
- You offered an identified cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor on a high altar while deaf.[11]
Variants
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, plastic golems drop 2-4 cheap plastic imitations of the Amulet of Yendor upon death in place of a corpse if the TOURIST compile-time option is not defined.[12]
GruntHack
In GruntHack, cheap plastic imitations of the Amulet of Yendor cannot be placed in containers unless they are identified.
References
- ↑ src/extralev.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 361
- ↑ src/wizard.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 504
- ↑ src/mplayer.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 149: The comment above indicates this is why they are "stuck" in the endgame
- ↑ src/objnam.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 3828
- ↑ src/bones.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 179
- ↑ src/objnam.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 495
- ↑ src/objnam.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 836
- ↑ src/pray.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1501-L1516
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 src/pray.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1573
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 src/pray.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1574
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 src/pray.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1580
- ↑ mon.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 378
