Dagger (skill)
The dagger is a weapon skill that appears in NetHack.[1]
Available roles
The following roles can reach the listed skill levels in daggers:
| Dagger | |
|---|---|
| Max | Role |
| Basic | |
| Skilled | |
| Expert | |
List of weapons
The following weapons use the dagger skill:
There are three artifacts that use the dagger skill:
Description
Dagger-type weapons may be automatically quivered if the hero uses the firing command without any projectiles or ammo quivered.[2]
Rangers throwing any projectile except for dagger-type weapons gain a +1 multishot bonus.[3] Rogues throwing dagger-type weapons gain a +1 multishot bonus.[4]
A hero that wields a dagger-type weapon while eating a non-blessed tin will open the tin in 3 turns at most.[5]
History
The dagger skill is introduced with many other weapon skills in NetHack 3.2.0.
Variants
SLASH'EM
SLASH'EM adds the dark elven dagger, the great dagger and the wooden stake as weapons that use the dagger skill. There are also some artifact weapons that use the dagger skill:
- The Great Dagger of Glaurgnaa is an artifact great dagger that acts as the Necromancer quest artifact.
- Serpent's Tongue is a chaotic artifact dagger that is the guaranteed first sacrifice gift for Necromancers.
- Deep Freeze is an artifact athame that is the guaranteed first sacrifice gift for Ice Mages.
- Firewall is an artifact athame that is the guaranteed first sacrifice gift for Flame Mages.
- The Stake of Van Helsing is an artifact wooden stake that acts as the Undead Slayer quest artifact.
The dagger skill has also been adjusted:
| Dagger | |
|---|---|
| Max | Role |
| Basic | |
| Skilled | |
| Expert | |
All new roles can reach Expert in dagger except the Yeoman, who can reach Skilled.
dNetHack
dNetHack adds several weapons that use the dagger skill:
Any weapon that uses the dagger skill can be used to carve staves into wooden weapons.
Two Crystal artifacts, The Fire Crystal and The Air Crystal, each increase a hero's skill cap for daggers by one level while carried.
Andromalius is a spirit that grants skill in daggers while bound.
SpliceHack
SpliceHack adds the parazonium as a weapon that uses the dagger skill, and also imports the dark elven dagger from SLASH'EM.
EvilHack
EvilHack adds the dark elven dagger as a weapon that uses the dagger skill, and adds Shadowblade as an artifact that uses the dagger skill.
As of version 0.8.3, EvilHack merges the knife skill into the dagger skill.
SlashTHEM
In addition to SLASH'EM details, SlashTHEM adds the sharpened pencil as a weapon that uses the dagger skill.
Player vampires, kobolds and doppelgangers can always reach a minimum of Basic skill in daggers.
Hack'EM
Hack'EM adds the great dagger and stake from SLASH'EM as dagger weapons, as well as the parazonium from SpliceHack.
