Ring of shock resistance
A ring of shock resistance is a type of ring that appears in NetHack.
Contents
Generation
In addition to random generation, the ring of shock resistance can be sold in general shops and jewelers' shops.
Description
While worn, the ring confers shock resistance - this prevents you from taking any shock damage, though it can still affect your open inventory and destroy other wands and rings. The ring of shock resistance is also immune to destruction from shock damage.[1][2]
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.
Per commit 9942b65d, extrinsic sources of an elemental resistance now has a 99⁄100 chance of protecting your inventory from that type of damage.Strategy
An identified ring of shock resistance is a somewhat common choice of ring in the early and mid-game when dealing with monsters that pick up a wand of lightning, as well as troublesome shocking spheres and energy vortices - thankfully, all but the energy vortex can be handled with relative ease once a character obtains the intrinsic. After this point, or once a character obtains reflection, it is best kept as an emergency measure for energy vortices: either source of the property blocks shock damage from exploding spheres, and reflection stops all damage from rays of lightning.
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.
The ring protecting inventory from shock damage 99% of the time makes it much more useful against energy vortices and shocking spheres: the latter in particular explode in a 3x3 range rather than directly at their target as of commit 6b60618e, making the ring and other extrinsic sources of shock resistance an ideal defense, especially with the shocking sphere's destructive effects.History
The ring of shock resistance first appears in NetHack 2.3e.
Messages
- Static electricity surrounds the sink.
- You dropped a ring of shock resistance into a sink - this will prompt you to type-name the ring.
Variants
SporkHack
In SporkHack, many intrinsics are gradual rather than binary, allowing the ring of cold resistance and similar items to remain useful for much longer.
dNetHack
In dNetHack, the ring of shock resistance gives a message when worn, and like all extrinsic sources of shock resistance it also protects your inventory from shock damage. In addition, extrinsic sources of resistance properties are much more desirable, since many intrinsics in dNetHack time out depending on their source.
Message
- Your finger feels numb!
- You put on a ring of shock resistance.
xNetHack
In xNetHack, extrinsic sources of shock resistance and other elemental properties completely protect inventory from that element of damage for both the player and monsters.
EvilHack
In EvilHack, some intrinsics are gradual as in SporkHack rather than binary, including shock resistance, and reflection no longer completely protects you from the effects of elemental rays - this makes the ring more useful in the short and long term. The ring of shock resistance is particularly desirable once you start encountering energy vortices and shocking spheres.
