Silverknight armor
| [ silverknight armor | |
|---|---|
| Appearance | filigreed armor |
| Slot | body armor |
| Base size | huge |
| Body armor type | heavy |
| AC | 5 |
| DR | 6 |
| MC | 3 |
| Magical item? | no |
| Properties |
|
| Base price | 3000 zm |
| Default weight | 225 |
| Base material | silver |
Silverknight armor is a type of body armor that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. It is a huge-sized piece of armor that has a base material of silver and appears as filigreed armor when unidentified.
Generation
Silverknight armor does not randomly generate, though it may be wished for or found in bones.
For Silverknights, blessed +1 silverknight armor is buried under the mire at the up stairs of the first dungeon level.
Player monster Silverknights are always generated with blessed +3 silverknight armor.
A hero with skill in smithing cannot make silverknight armor, and smith monsters cannot make or create copies of existing silverknight armor.
Description
While worn, silverknight armor grants 5 base AC, 6 DR, and MC3. Wearing or removing silverknight armor takes 5 actions. As silverknight equipment, silverknight armor gains 3 AC against attacks made by holy hating monsters, but only if the armor is blessed, and always gains +3 DR. It also gain 1 AC and +2 DR against impure monsters, and 2 AC and DR against rot kin. Silverknight armor increase the duration of sickness effects by 20%.
After chatting to King Arthur while carrying the Magic Mirror of Merlin, formally completing their quest, Silverknights can apply an upgrade kit to merge the silverknight armor with another magical body armor. Merging both armors will destroy the used armor and convey its properties to the silverknight armor. These properties are not cumulative, and silverknight armor that has already been merged with another piece of armor before can only have its current property replaced with another. The sole exception to this is object properties, which are carried over between merges. The following items can be used to obtain properties:
- Silverknight armor can be merged with dragon scales of any color to confer their corresponding properties
- Silverknight armor can be merged with dragon scale mail of any color to confer their corresponding properties
- Silverknight armor can be merged with eilistran armor to confer flying
- Silverknight armor can be merged with a healer uniform to confer sickness resistance
- Silverknight armor can be merged with jumpsuits to confer reflection
- Silverknight armor can be merged with any armor that has an object property to obtain it
Origins
The silverknight armor is inspired by a set of armor worn by the Cleanrot Knights from the 2022 video game Elden Ring, who are tall, gold-clad fighters that can be seen wearing the Cleanrot Armor. Cleanrot Knights are loyal servants of Malenia and are prominently encountered in the scarlet rot infested mires of the Swamp of Aeonia. While they are never seen without their armor, its item description reads: "Armor of the Cleanrot Knights, celebrated for their undefeated campaign in the Shattering. The Cleanrot Knights vowed to fight alongside Malenia, despite the inevitable, if gradual, putrefaction of their flesh. Their acceptance of their fate made these battles the fiercest of all.", implying that Cleanrot Knights are severely ailed from exposure to the scarlet rot. The item's material is tied to the Silverknights, which are a type of humanoid silverfish that take after the Kindred of Rot and their stark white coloration.
Encyclopedia entry
The delicately-filigreed armor of the holy knights that
fight on despite the inevitable, if gradual, putrefaction
of their flesh. Their acceptance of their fate makes these
battles fiercest of all.
[ Adapted from Elden Ring, by FromSoftware ]
