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Version 0.34: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

Name	Helmet
Size to wear	small, medium
Armour Class	1
Encumbrance rating	+0
Maximum Enchantment	+2
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5

A piece of metal headgear.

Helmets are a kind of head armour that have 1 base AC, and which may be enchanted up to +2. They may only be worn by small- or medium-sized adventurers without horns, antennae, or a beak. All others must resign themselves to wearing hats.

Helmets can have the following egos:

History

Prior to 0.19, you could find hats with cold and fire resistance egos in ice caves and volcanoes.
Prior to 0.14, helmets came in the following descriptive varieties: winged, horned, crested, plumed, spiked, or visored. These descriptions changed the tile used to represent the helmet but had no other in-game effect.

	Tile
Mundane
Magical
Artefact

Armour
Body Armour	Leather armour • Ring mail • Scale mail • Chain mail • Plate armour • Crystal plate armour Robe • Animal skin • Troll leather armour • Steam dragon scales • Acid dragon scales • Swamp dragon scales • Quicksilver dragon scales • Fire dragon scales • Ice dragon scales Pearl dragon scales • Shadow dragon scales • Storm dragon scales • Golden dragon scales
Miscellaneous	Hat • Helmet • Cloak • Scarf • Gloves • Boots • Barding
Shields	Buckler • Kite shield • Tower shield • Orb

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 {{flavour|A piece of metal headgear.}}
-'''Helmets''' are a kind of head [[armour]] that grant +1 to [[AC]] and enhance your auxiliary [[Unarmed Combat]] headbutt attacks in melee. They may only be worn by small- or medium-[[size]] adventurers without [[Bad_mutations#Beak|beaks]], [[Bad_mutations#Horns|horns]], or [[Bad_mutations#Antennae|antennae]].
+'''Helmets''' are a kind of head [[armour]] that have 1 base [[AC]], and which may be [[scroll of enchant armour|enchanted]] up to +2. They may only be worn by small- or medium-[[size]]d adventurers without [[horns]], [[antennae]], or a [[beak]]. All others must resign themselves to wearing [[hat]]s.
-Helmets may be decorated as winged, horned, crested, plumed, spiked, or visored. Most helmets add +2 to headbutt damage, but spiked or horned helmets add +5.
+Helmets can have the following [[ego]]s:
+*[[Intelligence]] (+3)
+*[[See invisible]]
+*[[Ice (ego)|Ice]]
+*[[Light]]
-Dwarven or orcish helmets exist, offering their corresponding [[Armour#Racial armour|bonuses]]. Rare [[ego]] helmets boost [[intelligence]] or [[magic resistance]], or grant the ability to [[see invisible]]. Non-artifact helmets may be [[scroll of enchant armour|enchanted]] up to +2.
+==History==
+*Prior to [[0.19]], you could find hats with [[cold resistance|cold]] and [[fire resistance]] egos in [[ice cave]]s and [[volcano]]es.
+*Prior to [[0.14]], helmets came in the following descriptive varieties: winged, horned, crested, plumed, spiked, or visored. These descriptions changed the tile used to represent the helmet but had no other in-game effect.
 {| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
-! Mundane || Magical || Winged || Horned || Crested || Plumed || Spiked || Visored
+!  || Tile
+|-
+| '''Mundane''' || [[File:Helmet 1.png]] [[File:Helmet 2.png]] [[File:Helmet 3.png]] [[File:Helmet 4.png]] [[File:Helmet 5.png]]
+|-
+| '''Magical''' || [[File:Helmet ego 1.png]] [[File:Helmet ego 2.png]] [[File:Helmet ego 3.png]] [[File:Helmet ego 4.png]]
 |-
-| [[File:Helmet 1.png]] || [[File:Helmet 2.png]] || [[File:Winged helmet.png]] || [[File:Horned helmet.png]] || [[File:Crested helmet.png]] || [[File:Plumed helmet.png]] || [[File:Spiked helmet.png]] || [[File: Visored helmet.png]]
+| '''Artefact''' || [[File:Helmet art 1.png]] [[File:Helmet art 2.png]] [[File:Helmet art 3.png]]
 |}
+{{armours}}
 [[Category:Headgear]]