Smith (dNetHack)

Smithing refers to the service provided by smiths, the humanoid monster and shopkeepers in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack.

Description

When chatted to, a smith may respond with the following:

"I need a forge!" Smith does not have access to a forge/shop. Needs to be taken close to a forge or into a shop to allow choosing services. "I need to rebuild my stock of <resource>!" Smith has access to a forge/shop but does not have enough of the resource to provide services. Contribute to their stock by smelting down items.

Otherwise, a smith will open the following menu:
Services Available:

1. Ask for some armor.
2. Ask for a tool.
3. Ask for a weapon.
4. Ask for a copy of an item.
5. Contribute some <resource>.*

Note: Items smelted down are irretrievably lost. Do not choose an item you wish to keep, only raw material.

All smiths have some basic weapons, armor and tools they can make. The exact item type will vary by smith although similarities between item lists do occur. Some smiths also allow object properties to be imbued on items they make. This will never be an option for items they're copying.

Smiths will only produce items of a material type that they work with for the most part — masks made by human smiths will be made of iron while masks made by a mithril smith will be made of mithril instead. Exceptions to this will be noted below.

The following monsters are smiths. Material accepted is given in parentheses:

• A Dracae eladrin (biomass)
  
• h Dwarf smith (iron and silver)
  
• o Goblin smith (iron)
  
• @ Human smith (iron)
  
• @ Mithril smith (mithril)
  
• A Oona (platinum)
  
• @ Shadowsmith (shadowsteel)
  
• @ Treesinger (wood)
  

Starting stockpile

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Smiths start with the following stockpiles of material when generated:

Name:	Resource:	Aum:
Dracae Eldarin	Biomass	0
Dwarf smith	Iron/Silver	1000/500
Goblin smith	Iron	1000
Human smith	Iron	1000
Mithril smith	Mithril	303
Oona	Platinum	0
Shadowsmith	Shadowsteel	400
Treesinger	Wood	0

Contributing to a smiths stockpile is based on an item's weight. Any item can be smelted down as long as it is of the appropriate material to the smith. Since most weapons are made of iron, sourcing it will be the easiest. For more specific materials such as silver mithril and platinum sourcing them is dependent on either collecting the rare alternative object material death drops or making use of the silver flame (major spoilers!!).
Shadowsmiths only accept chunks of fossil dark as raw material and not shadowsteel items, which is incredibly rare but can be found on rare occasion or wished for.

If an item is sourced from a shop and was stolen or hasn't been paid for yet smiths will refuse to accept it as raw material. Chunks of unrefined mithril are gems which can be found on the goal level of the Dwarf Noble quest. Up to 12 individual pieces will be generated on level creation (10% chance each) in the walls to the left and to the right as well as in the lava. The lower filler levels may also contain up to 3 pieces (10% chance each) as well as a chunk of fossil dark (20% chance) embedded in the pillars.

Special smiths

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Some smiths can circumvent restrictions imposed on copying items and may also offer additional services besides those seen with regular smiths. Listed below are the lists summarizing what normal and special items each smith offers, followed by any special restrictions, additional services and object properties bestowed on smithed items if applicable. Note that even if an item is listed in a smith's special items list it will not be made available when asking for items, only when asking for the copy of said item.

Dracae Eladrin:

Weapons			Armor	Tools
Arrow	Crossbow bolt	Scimitar	Armored boots	Blindfold
Atlatl	Dagger	Scythe	Banded mail	Box
Axe	Flail	Short-sword	Buckler	Lock pick
Battle-axe	Glaive	Sickle	Cloak	Pick axe
Bow	Javelin	Spear	Gauntlets	Sack
Broadsword	Knife	Stilleto	Plain dress	–
Bullwhip	Long sword	Trident	Plate mail	–
Club	Rapier	Two-handed sword	Kite shield	–
Crossbow	Saber	Quarterstaff	Splint mail	–
–	–	–	Waistcloth	–

Special Dracae items

Armor	Tools
Oilskin cloak	Armor salve
–	Oilskin sack
–	Unicorn horn
–	Oil lamp
–	Can of grease
–	Living mask

The Dracae are special primordial high-caste Eladrin that appear as the precursor Eladrin race ¹⁄₈ of the time, determined at the start of the game. You can check whether they are the precursor race in your game with the Oracle by asking for "the location of the primordial ones" in the menu under glimpses of things to come. If they aren't the precursor race in the current game, this smithing service is completely unavailable, unless the character is a tourist and wishes for a figurine of a Dracae Eladrin.

The Dracae will also offer to incarnate a new follower, which will create a loyal pet Eladrin next to you. The creation of pets through this manner decreases the Dracae's available biomass. The type of Eladrin that can be created like this are the following:

Name	Coure Eladrin	Noviere Eladrin	Bralani Eladrin	Fierre Eladrin	Shierre Eladrin	Ghaele Eladrin
	Tulani Eladrin	Gae Eladrin	Brighid Eladrin	Uiscerre Eladrin	Caillea Eladrin	–

Oona

Weapons			Armor	Tools
Arrow	Crossbow bolt	Scimitar	Buckler	Box
Atlatl	Dagger	Scythe	Eilistran armor	Pick axe
Axe	Flail	Short-sword	Harmonium boots	Lock pick
Battle-axe	Glaive	Sickle	Harmonium gauntlets	Skeleton key
Bow	Javelin	Spear	Harmonium helm	–
Broadsword	Knife	Stilleto	Harmonium plate	–
Bullwhip	Long sword	Trident	Harmonium scale mail	–
Club	Rapier	Two-handed sword	Kite shield	–
Crossbow	Saber	Quarterstaff	Water walking boots	–

Special Oona items

Armor
Cornuthaum	Dunce cap
Gauntlets of fumbling	Gauntlets of power
Gauntlets of dexterity	Helm of brilliance
Helm of opposite alignment	Helm of telepathy
Helm of drain resistance	Shield of reflection
Speed boots	Jumping boots
Kicking boots	Fumble boots
Flying boots	–

Oona is the last "boss" of the law quest. She holds the third key of law. She will never generate peaceful, even if the character is lawful. She will not offer her smithing services until either tamed or pacified, which can be a bit difficult due to her high MR score of 77.

Shadow smith:

Weapons	Armor		Tools
Droven crossbow	Armored boots	Droven chain-mail	Mask
–	Droven helm	Droven plate mail	Upgrade kit
–	Gauntlets	Noble's dress	–

Special Shadowsmith items

Weapons	Armor
Pincer staff	Dunce cap	Water walking boots
Diskos	Helm of brilliance	Jumping boots
Mirrorblade	Helm of opposite alignment	Elvenboots
Blade of mercy	Helm of telepathy	Kicking boots
Rakuyo	Helm of drain resistance	Fumble boots
Isamusei	Gauntlets of fumbling	Flying boots
Breaking wheel	Gauntlets of power	–
Bestial claw	Gauntlets of dexterity	–
Carcosan sting	Speed boots	–

Shadowsmiths are special smiths that do not require a forge for their services. However, they can only offer their services while standing in an unlit square, including ones illuminated by a light source, and are the only smiths that can circumvent the restriction imposed on copying insight weapons.

Treesinger

Weapons	Armor	Tools
Elven arrow	Elven helm	Blindfold
Elven spear	Elven toga	Box
Elven dagger	Elven cloak	Flute
Elven sickle	Elven shield	Lock pick
Elven short-sword	Elven boots	Pick axe
Elven broadsword	Gloves	Sack
Elven lance	–	–
Elven mace	–	–
Elven bow	–	–
Boomerang	–	–
Club	–	–
Quarterstaff	–	–

Treesingers are special in that they do not require a forge to create items. Instead, a treesinger needs to be close to a tree to make items. A treesinger also does not have a stockpile of wood they keep track of, instead for as long the treesinger is next to a tree they can create items indefinetely. A non-tame treesinger will still charge for their services. All items made by a treesinger are made of wood, with the exception of flimsy items, which are instead made of cloth (an item made of cloth or flimsier material will still be made of that material when copied).

Other smiths

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Dwarvish smiths have access to both silver and iron works. When chatted to the player will first be prompted if they wish to commision silverwork. Exiting out of this prompt or answering no will bring up the ironworks services. The stockpiles of iron and silver are counted seperately and have different thresholds. They will occasionally generate as prisoners in throne rooms.

Dwarf smith

Ironwork: Weapons Armor Tools Atgeir Chain mail Box Aklys Dwarvish helm Lock pick Axe Dwarvish roundshield Mask Dagger Gauntlets Oil lamp Dart (Hard) Shoes Pick axe Dwarvish mattock – Skeleton key Dwarvish short-sword – – Dwarvish spear – – Javelin – – War hammer – – Special tools: Saddle Silverwork: Weapons Armor Tools Atgeir Dwarvish helm Bugle Dart Kicking boots Drum Dwarvish spear – Flute Javelin – Harp Moon axe – Tooled horn Morning star – – Special armor: shield of reflection

Goblin smith:

Weapons	Armor	Tools
Orcish arrow	Orcish helm	Box
Orcish spear	Orcish chain mail	Lock pick
Orcish dagger	Orcish ring mail	–
Orcish short-sword	Orcish shield	–
Orcish bow	–	–

Goblin smiths are occasionally generated as prisoners in throne rooms. Only throne rooms ruled by Gnome queens or Gnome kings are eligible for this.

Human smith:

Weapons		Armor	Tools
Arrow	Rapier	Armored boots	Box
Axe	Scimitar	Banded mail	Mask
Broadsword	Scythe	Buckler	Lock pick
Crossbow	Short-sword	Chain-mail	Oil lamp
Crossbow bolt	Sickle	Helmet	Pick axe
Dagger	Spear	Kite shield	Skeleton key
Flail	Trident	Gauntlets	–
Glaive	Two-handed sword	Plate-mail	–
Javelin	–	Ring-mail	–
Lance	–	Scale-mail	–
Long sword	–	Splint-mail	–
Mace	–	Tower shield	–

Human smiths will occasionally generate as prisoners in throne rooms. Additionally, all shopkeepers that sell armors and weapons (including general stores and human elsheva shopkeepers) have a ¹⁄₃ chance of also being smiths, which changes their monster type to human smith instead of shopkeeper. They retain all normal interactions from shopkeepers but will also offer smithing services. After chatting with them and exiting their shopkeeper services they will prompt whether you wish to ask about smithing services.

Mithril smith:

Weapons	Armor	Tools
Elven arrow	Elven helm	Box
Elven bow	Elven boots	Lock pick
Elven broadsword	Elven mithril-coat	Mask
Elven dagger	Elven shield	Oil lamp
Elven lance	High-elven helm	Pick axe
Elven mace	High-elven plate	Skeleton key
Elven short-sword	High-elven gauntlets	Bell
Elven sickle	–	Bugle
Elven spear	–	Drum
High-elven warsword	–	Flute
–	–	Harp
–	–	Tooled horn

• Special weapons: athame
• Special armor: dwarvish mithril-coat

Mithril smiths are elven monsters. They will occasionally generate as prisoners in throne rooms.

Cancellation

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Some smiths rely on their magic to create items. These smiths will be unable to offer smithing services if they are cancelled. The following smiths are affected by cancellation:

• Oona
• Treesingers
• Shadowsmiths

All other smiths will still offer their smithing services even if cancelled but otherwise follow normal rules for cancellation.

Copying items

A blacksmith can make a copy of any item that you show them via the copy an item option in smithing services window. The following item types, however cannot be replicated:

• " – amulets
  
• % – comestibles
  
• ? – scrolls
  
• + – spellbooks
  
• ! – potions
  
• - – tiles
  
• = – rings
  
• / – wands
  
• * – gems
  
• _ – chains
  
• x – miscellaneous item
  

The following item types are normally unreplicable:

• ([ - magic items
  
• ) – insight weapons
  
• ( – future tech
  
• ( - firearms
  
• ) – ensouled items
  
• [ – harmonium armors
  
• [ – dragon armors
  

These items are special cased to be unreplicable:

Weapons	Armor		Tools
Clawed hand	Barnacle armor	Dwarvish mithril-coat	Can of grease	Lantern	Purified mirror	Tinning kit
Crystal sword	Crystal boots	Elven mithril-coat	Credit card	Lenses	R'lyehian faceplate	Torch
Fang of apep	Crystal gauntlets	Lantern plate mail	Expensive camera	Living mask	Shadowlander's torch	Universal key
Kamerel vajra	Crystal helm	Living armor	Holy symbol of the black mother	Mirror	Stethoscope	Upgrade kit
Mirrorblade	Crystal plate mail	Oilskin cloak	Hook	Oil lamp	Sunglasses	–
Runesword	Crystal shield	–	Land mine	Oilsking sack	Sunrod	–

Encyclopedia

Dracae Eladrin

The eladrins are the native race of Arborea, just as the devils are associated with the Nine Hells and the demons with the Abyss. They're wild and free beings who exult in their own existence and live a life of song and celebration. The eladrins aid all people of good hearts against the forces of evil, but seek to do so with individual acts of kindness or heroism.

[ Monstrous Manual, Planescape Appendix 2, TSR ]

Dwarf smith:

It looked to Sacharissa that the only tools a dwarf needed were his axe and some means of making fire. That'd eventually get him a forge, and with that he could make simple tools, and with those he could make complex tools, and with complex tools a dwarf could more or less make anything.

[ The Truth, by Terry Pratchett ]

Human smith

These strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit mayhem among the dungeon residents who, naturally, often resent the intrusion of such beasts. They are capable of using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species.

Oona

The Morwel is the queen of the Eladrin.
The Morwel has always been queen.
The Eladrin took no side in the war of Law and Chaos.

Treesinger

I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold,
and leaves of gold there grew:
Of wind I sang, a wind there came
and in the branches blew.
Beyond the Sun, beyond the Moon,
the foam was on the Sea,
And by the strand of Ilmarin
there grew a golden Tree.

[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]