Potion of confusion
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| Name | confusion |
| Appearance | random |
| Base price | 100 zm |
| Weight | 20 |
| Monster use | May be used offensively by monsters. |
A potion of confusion is a type of potion that appears in NetHack.
Contents
Generation
Intelligent monsters can generate with the potion as an offensive item.[1]
Mixing a potion of booze with a potion of enlightenment via dipping will alchemize a potion of confusion.
Description
Quaffing the potion will, unsurprisingly, leave you confused for several turns. The duration of the confusion depends on the beatitude of the potion:[2]
- blessed: 8–14 turns
- uncursed: 16–22 turns
- cursed: 24–30 turns
Dipping a unicorn horn into a potion of confusion will turn the potion into an uncursed potion of water. Dipping the potion into a potion of gain energy or potion of gain level will alchemize the potion into either a potion of booze or a potion of enlightenment.
Monsters will throw this potion at you, with similar effects if you are hit; inhaling the potion's vapors confuses you for 1 to 5 turns.[3] Monsters that are hit with a potion are confused, subject to their monster magic resistance.[4]
Strategy
While the potion can be occasionally useful for reading scrolls while confused, there are many other sources of confusion that weigh less. As such, this potion tends to be thrown at monsters, or more frequently polypiled or made into water.
History
The potion of confusion first appears in Hack 1.21 and Hack for PDP-11, which are based on Jay Fenlason's Hack, and is included in the initial item list for Hack 1.0.
Messages
- Huh, What? Where am I?
- You quaffed a potion of confusion.
- What a trippy feeling!
- As above while hallucinating.
- You feel somewhat dizzy
- You were hit by a thrown potion.
Variants
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, the Lawful Quest has a 2⁄5 chance of generating a cursed potion of confusion among the items found in the Chamber of Junk.
