Dented pot
[ dented pot 
| |
|---|---|
| Appearance | dented pot |
| Slot | helm |
| AC | 1 |
| Special | (none) |
| Base price | 8 zm |
| Weight | 10 |
| Material | iron |
A dented pot is a type of helm that appears in NetHack.
Contents
Generation
Dented pots make up 1⁄500 (0.2%) of all helms that are randomly generated on the ground, in general shops or as death drops. Used armor dealerships and antique weapon outlets can also stock dented pots.
Mercenaries have an effective 1⁄6 chance of being generated with a dented pot that counts for 1 point of their target AC.[1]
Description
While worn, a dented pot grants 1 base AC. Wearing or removing a dented pot takes only one action, where most other helms have a wear/remove delay of at least one turn.
Strategy
The dented pot provides the same base AC and protection from falling objects as the standard helmet, but has 1⁄3 of the weight and can be put on or taken off more quickly. Beyond this, it serves much of the same niches as the helmet does, and will usually be replaced with an elven leather helm or any viable magical helm in the long term.
History
The dented pot is introduced in NetHack 3.1.0, where it is a "replacement" of sorts for the randomized appearance of a "rusty pot" used by randomized helms from NetHack 3.0.0 (which first adds randomized appearances) to NetHack 3.0.10.
In NetHack 3.6.1 and earlier versions, including some variants based on those versions, dented pots and other armor that had no turn delay to wear did not have their enchantment revealed when worn as a result of a bugfix to prevent armor enchantment becoming known if the hero is interrupted while putting it on—this is properly fixed in NetHack 3.6.2.[2] NetHack 3.6.2 features a somewhat similar bug, where taking off a helm that had no turn delay (i.e. a fedora or dented pot) will leave it stuck and take off the hero's body armor instead—this is fixed in NetHack 3.6.3.[3]
Origin
The dented pot's default tile is based on cookware pots, which are commonly used as a form of improvised helmet in various types of media.
Variants
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, upgrading a dented pot produces an orcish helm.[4]
dNetHack
dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack remove the dented pot.
SpliceHack
In SpliceHack, a tinfoil hat can be created at a furnace by combining a dunce cap and a dented pot.
EvilHack
In EvilHack, a dented pot can be created at a forge by combining a knife and a war hammer. A dented pot can be combined with a dagger to create a helmet, and can be combined with an orcish dagger to create an orcish helm.
Encyclopedia entry
Here was a sight to beat all: a man in the prime of life rambling
barefoot down the wilderness road, dressed in raggedy pantaloons
sewn out of two meal sacks, a shirt so tattered and scrappish
that its owner had a proud choice of holes to stick his arms
through, and -- the crowning glory -- a hat in the exact
likeness of a tin mush pot, somewhat dented, but snugly fitted,
with the handle turned to one side, as if it were the very
latest and smartest of fashions.
References
- ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 5.0.0, line 654-L654: 1⁄2 chance if not generated with a helmet
- ↑ doc/fixes36.2 in NetHack 3.6.2, line 490
- ↑ doc/fixes36.3 in NetHack 3.6.3, line 323
- ↑ potion.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 2337
