Artifact
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Artifacts are wizardly magical items that can be identified, recharged and used to obtain various effects.
See the list of pages about artifacts at Category:Artifact.
Usage
Artifacts can be used to produce a magical effect:
- A magic ring is used by wearing it and using twist with magic.items.worn.ring.
- A magic staff is used by holding it and using invoke with magic.items.held.staff.
- A magic wand is used by holding it and using zap at an appropriate target with magic.items.held.wand.
Artifacts can of course also be used in mundane ways, as weapons.
Arcane properties
Previous research by Mythica Demonwright and Bremen Demonwright provided the initial recharging and damage data. It might have been updated since then.
When an artifact explodes when recharging it deals backfire damage and it also releases thaums that seems to be the same amount as the hp lost.
| Item | Identified | Level | Octarine level in the npc shop | Weight | GP | Single Charge (pinch of pmp) |
Approximate backfire damage (hp) |
Type | Source | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| blue crystal ring | ring of recall | 30 | 6 intense | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 190 | &&&&+18000 20 | 3600 | Ring | [1] | Teleports user to a random location |
| pink crystal ring | ring of power | 75 | 10 pure brilliance | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 180 | &&&&+27000 30 | 3500 | Ring | [2] | Restores 250 GP |
| pink crystal ring | ring of vigour | 50 | 8 brightly pulses | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 180 | &&&&+18000 20 | 3000 | Ring | [3] | Restores 150 GP |
| pink crystal ring | ring of energy | 25 | 6 intense | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 180 | &&&&&+9000 10 | 2500 | Ring | [4] | Restores 50 GP |
| silver rat ring | piper's ring | 50 | 1 slight | &&&&&&&+20 10 g | 0 | ? | ? | Ring | Rat King | Summons a rat minion to protect user |
| gold and mahogany ring | ring of treasure | 50 | 0 | &&&&&&&+10 5 g | ? | ? | ? | Ring | Niknax | Summons a communal storage chest |
| red staff | Frottjor's staff | 40 | 6 intense | &&&&&+3000 3 3/9 | 210 | &&&&&+1800 2 | 600 | Staff | [5] | Casts KOF on everyone in the room except user |
| balsa wand | wand of eternal light | 100 | 6 intense | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 240 | &&&&+54000 60 | 4200 | Wand | [6] | Makes an item a permalight |
| black fluted wand | wand of cancellation | 60 | 5 steady | &&&&&+1500 1 6/9 | 220 | &&&&&+9000 10 | 2100 | Wand | [7] | Removes charges from an artifact |
| charred wand | wand of infestation cleansing | 40 | 4 steady but dull | &&&&&&+300 3/9 | 200 | &&&&&+2700 3 | 1100 | Wand | [8] | Cures target of fleas |
| copper wand | wand of sparkles | 1 | 2 slight | &&&&&+1000 1 1/9 | 10? | ? | ? | Wand | Shoots harmless sparkles at target. No mechanical function | |
| grey wand | wand of anima gauging | 30 | 8 brightly pulses | &&&&&&+300 3/9 | 180 | &&&&&+9000 10 | 3500 | Wand | [9] | Shows the highest attribute of target |
| long white wand | Skjodor's wand | 60 | 5 steady | &&&&&+1500 1 6/9 | 220 | &&&&&+3600 4 | 1500 | Wand | [10] | Deals moderate elemental damage to target |
| oak wand | wand of healing | 50 | 4 steady but dull | &&&&&&+200 2/9 | 55 | &&&&&&+180 1/5 | 50-100 | Wand | [11] | Heals target |
| paint-stained wand | wand of colouring | 50 | 2 slight | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | ? | ? | ? | Wand | [12] | Adds description line to target: <pronoun> appears to be covered in <colour> paint. |
| pine wand | wand of striking | 40 | 4 steady but dull | &&&&&&+400 4/9 | 165 | &&&&&&+360 2/5 | 200 | Wand | [13] | Deals minor damage to target |
| short wand | wand of magic detection | 20 | 2 slight | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 155 | &&&&&+1800 2 | 500-900 | Wand | [14] | Shows the octarine level level of an item |
| small stick | wand of pickling | 5 | 2 slight | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 55 | &&&&&&+180 1/5 | 100 | Wand | [15] | Pickles an item to prevent decay |
| thin stick | wand of artifact probing | 25 | 4 steady but dull | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 180 | &&&&&+7200 8 | 2700 | Wand | [16] | Shows how many charges an artifact has |
| yellow wand | wand of garlic breath | 2 | 2 slight | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 25 | &&&&&+1080 1 1/5 | 800 | Wand | [17] | Afflicts target with garlic breath |
- Recharging some artifacts is not worth it. For example, you can cast Collatrap's Instant Pickling Stick to get more wands of pickling. Most artifacts are also sold rather cheaply, whereas purple mineral powder can be difficult and expensive to procure.
Mundane properties
Wands and staves are also weapons. For judge information at other strengths, see the weapon type page.
- Melee ~ Axes | Daggers | Flails | Heavy-swords | Misc weapons | Polearms | Swords | Maces ~ Unarmed
- Ranged ~ Fired | Thrown - Info: Weapons wanted example - Protection: < Shields wanted example > < Armours wanted example > < Scabbards >
| Weapon | Weight (lb) | Hands | Judge overall 16 str | Judge attack 16 str | Judge parry 16 str | Judge speed | Judge maximum damage | Judge average damage | Commands | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| red staff | &&&&&+3000 3 3/9 | 2 | &&+8  8 quite good |
&+11  11 rather easy |
&+14  14 incredibly easy |
&&+6  6 Quick |
&&+4  4 Low |
&&+1  1 Extremely low |
bash invoke Wildswing | Polearm |
| balsa wand | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 1 | &&+7  7 reasonable |
&+13  13 extremely easy |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+10  10 Extremely fast |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
zap | Mace |
| black fluted wand | &&&&&+1500 1 6/9 | 1 | &&+8 8 quite good |
&+12  12 very easy |
&+14 14 incredibly easy |
&+10 10 Extremely fast |
&&+2  2 Very low |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
zap | Mace |
| charred wand | &&&&&&+300 3/9 | 1 | &&+7 7 reasonable |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+14 14 incredibly easy |
&+10 10 Extremely fast |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
Zap | Mace |
| copper wand | &&&&&+1000 1 1/9 | 1 | &&+8 8 quite good |
&+12 12 very easy |
&+14 14 incredibly easy |
&+10 10 extremely fast |
&&+1 1 extremely low |
&&+1 1 extremely low |
Zap | Mace |
| grey wand | &&&&&&+300 3/9 | 1 | &&+7 7 reasonable |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+14 14 incredibly easy |
&+10 10 Extremely fast |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
zap | Mace |
| long white wand | &&&&&+1500 1 6/9 | 1 | &&+8 8 quite good |
&+12 12 very easy |
&+14 14 incredibly easy |
&+10 10 Extremely fast |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
zap | Mace |
| oak wand | &&&&&&+200 2/9 | 1 | &&+8 8 quite good |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+10 10 Extremely fast |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
Zap | Mace |
| paint-stained wand | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 1 | &&+7 7 reasonable |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+10 10 Extremely fast |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
Zap | Mace |
| pine wand | &&&&&&+500 5/9 | 1 | &&+7 7 reasonable |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+14 14 incredibly easy |
&+10 10 Extremely fast |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
zap | Mace |
| short wand | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 1 | &&+7 7 reasonable |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+10 10 Extremely fast |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
zap | Mace |
| small stick | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 1 | &&+7 7 reasonable |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+10 10 Extremely fast |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
zap | Mace |
| thin stick | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 1 | &&+7 7 reasonable |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+10 10 Extremely fast |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
Zap | Mace |
| yellow wand | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | 1 | &&+7 7 reasonable |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+13 13 extremely easy |
&+10 10 Extremely fast |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
&&+1 1 Extremely low |
zap | Mace |
| Weapon | Weight (lb) | Hands | Judge overall 16 str | Judge attack 16 str | Judge parry 16 str | Judge speed | Judge maximum damage | Judge average damage | Commands | Type |
See also
External links
- Mistress Demonwright (How did Ms. Demonwright get those damage numbers?!)
- Sined's recharge page
- Elanor's artifact page
- Archive of Sekiri's site
- Another archive of Sekiri's site
