Dragonbane

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)   Dragonbane   Broadsword.png
Base item broadsword
Damage vs. small 2d4 x2
Damage vs. large 1d6+1 x2
To-hit bonus +1d5
Bonus versus dragons
Weapon skill broadsword
Size one-handed
Affiliation

unaligned

When carried

(none)

When wielded

reflection

When invoked

(none)

Base price 500 zm
Weight 70
Material iron

Dragonbane is an artifact broadsword that appears in NetHack. It is unaligned, grants a +1d5 to-hit bonus and reflection when wielded, and does double damage against dragons.

Strategy

Like most Banes, Dragonbane is not considered to be all that useful due to the narrow damage bonus. However, it is much more viable for general use than the others: dragons are fairly valuable and dangerous targets, and the reflection it provides can mitigate the threat of their breath attacks, on top of possibly providing a more convenient source of reflection; Dragonbane is a more spellcasting-friendly source than a shield of reflection and, in some cases, two-weaponing Dragonbane with a good offhand weapon offers better damage than a single weapon and shield. Dragonbane is thus also useful for procuring dragon scales to convert into dragon scale mail, especially used in conjunction with reverse genocide and an engraved Elbereth or scroll of scare monster.

Knights, as well as Cavemen that receive Dragonbane as a sacrifice gift, may possibly want Dragonbane in particular to deal with their respective quest nemeses, Ixoth and the Chromatic Dragon.

History

Dragonbane granting reflection while wielded was added in NetHack 3.6.1.

Variants

SLASH'EM

Like all of the Banes, Dragonbane gains a +5 constant to-hit bonus against dragons, as well as a 15% chance of cancelling them on hit. However, it does not provide reflection. It is otherwise unchanged.

dNetHack

Dragonbane has been replaced with Dragonlance.

EvilHack

In EvilHack, Dragonbane has been switched to a pair of dragonhide gloves - when worn, it provides reflection and acid resistance, as well as warning against dragons. Dragonbane also has a 1 in 3 chance of causing passive damage to any dragon physically attacking the player and landing a successful hit (1d6 + 2). It can also also be forged together with Grayswandir to create The Gauntlets of Purity, an artifact pair of silver gauntlets of power.

UnNetHack and SporkHack

)   Dragonbane   Dwarvish spear.png
Base item dwarvish spear
Damage vs. small 1d8 +1d4
Damage vs. large 1d8 +1d4
To-hit bonus +1d5
Bonus versus (any)
Weapon skill dwarvish spear
Size one-handed
Affiliation
When carried

(none)

When wielded
When invoked

(none)

Base price 500 zm
Weight 30
Material iron

In SporkHack and UnNetHack Dragonbane is instead a dwarvish spear that confers fire, cold, acid, sleep, disintegration and shock resistance while wielded, and has a 50% chance of instantly slaying dragons (reduced to 20% in UnNetHack[1]). It also gets +d5 to hit and +d4 damage against all enemies. (If you are polymorphed into a dragon, a monster wielding Dragonbane can instantly kill you!)

In UnNetHack, Dragonbane also grants warning of dragons.

FIQHack

)   Dragonbane   Lance.png
Base item lance
Damage vs. small 1d8 +1d20
Damage vs. large 1d8 +1d20
To-hit bonus +1d5
Bonus versus dragons
Weapon skill lance
Size one-handed
Affiliation
When carried

(none)

When wielded
When invoked

(none)

Base price 500 zm
Weight 90
Material iron

In FIQHack, Dragonbane is an artifact lance that confers reflection[2]. Because it is an artifact, it will never break when jousting. The damage bonus is changed from double damage to +1d20. Dragonbane has half the weight of a regular lance. It's the first sacrifice gift for Knights.

If you are granted Dragonbane, you will also receive a free saddle and the riding skill will be unrestricted.

References

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