Ring of poison resistance
A ring of poison resistance is a type of ring that appears in NetHack.
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Generation
Wizards that are not orcish may be given a ring of poison resistance as one of the two random rings in their starting inventory.[1][2]
General stores and jewelers shops can sell rings of poison resistance.
Description
While worn, the ring of poison resistance grants extrinsic poison resistance.
A hero eating the ring has a 1⁄3 chance of successfully absorbing its magic and gaining intrinsic poison resistance. Monsters will not wear this ring.
Strategy
The ring of poison resistance is an excellent boon to any early hero that is not a Barbarian, Healer, Monk, or an orc in any role. A hero that can identify one early can use it to obtain intrinsic poison resistance safely from appropriate raw corpses, and may elect to hang on to the ring and/or similar extrinsic sources such as an amulet versus poison in case they lose the property to intrinsic theft in the future.
Identification
Identifying the ring of poison resistance can be tricky, especially with price identification: while most rings with a base cost of 150zm are harmless, with only the ring of aggravate monster being potentially undesirable to wear, there are very few reliable methods to test for the resistance that do not endanger the hero outside of enlightenment. As with most rings, dropping a ring of poison resistance into a sink produces a distinct message, making it useful for testing with duplicate rings.
History
The ring of poison resistance appears in Hack 1.21 and Hack for PDP-11, which are both based on Jay Fenlason's Hack, and is included in the initial item list for Hack 1.0.
Messages
Variants
notdNetHack
In notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack, Kroo's Ring is an artifact ring of poison resistance that grants very fast speed, and is the reward for completing the Dismal Swamp adventure branch.
References
- Jump up ↑ src/u_init.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 165
- Jump up ↑ src/u_init.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1012: orcs start with poison resistance so the ring is redundant
