Magic chest (dNetHack)
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| Name | magic chest |
| Appearance | huge chest with 10 keyholes |
| Base price | 7000 zm |
| Weight | 1001 |
| Material | metal |
| Monster use | Will not be used by monsters. |
- For magic chests in other variants, see magic chest.
A magic chest is a type of tool that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. It is a type of container that has a default material of metal, and appears as a huge chest with 10 keyholes when unidentified.
Generation
A magic chest is generated within several locations in the dungeon and its branches:
- The top floor of Sokoban, within one of the closets
- Fort Ludios
- Most Quest branches contain a chest, with the following exceptions:
- Castle
- The top floor of Windowless Tower, in the room with the throne
- The Lost Tomb
- The Wizard's Tower, on the Wizard of Yendor's square
Magic chests always generate locked and uncursed, and start the game empty.
Descriptions
Magic chests are designed for stashing purposes: when unlocked, they will bolt themselves into the floor, rendering them completely immobile and unable to be picked up, and only invoking The Master Key of Thievery can unbolt a magic chest. Looting an unlocked magic chest allows the hero to add and/or remove items, with the chest containing 10 different compartments for optional categorization - all of a magic chest's contents are accessible from any other magic chest encountered in the game, and are treated as completely weightless.
In notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack, a magic chest can be resized with an upgrade kit, which does not affect the contents.
Strategy
Magic chests make stash management straightforward and easy for many characters, with the main caveat being a lack of portability: while magic chests can be picked up and carried around prior to bolting them down, and the contents do not contribute to their weight, the chest's base weight of 1001 ensures that most characters will at least be burdened from doing so. This is done in order to discourage attempts to carry around a magic chest as an infinite-weight container, though it is still possible for a curious or dedicated player with time and resources to do so.
The magic chest in Sokoban is a good place to store the relatively-heavy food rations that a hero can gather from solving each level, especially if the prize is not a bag of holding.
Decreasing a magic chest's weight
The Silver Flame can change a magic chest's material to mithril, which is the lightest of the three available materials. In notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack, an upgrade kit can also be used to make a magic chest tiny.
