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A skilled user can throw it in such a way that it will return to its owner.

Weapons with the returning property will return to the user's inventory when thrown unless they mulch.

Boomerangs innately possess the returning property, and may have an additional brand.

History

Prior to 0.27, the Dungeon Sprint exclusive unique, Chuck, had a large rock of returning.
Prior to 0.24, returning was a brand that could be found on javelins and tomahawks, and Throwing skill determined the chance the weapon would return to the thrower. Tomahawks were replaced by boomerangs, which always return.
Prior to 0.15, returning large rocks, stones, arrows, bolts, and sling bullets could be found in a rare ammunition shop.
Prior to 0.14, this brand could also appear on the throwable melee weapons: daggers, clubs, hand axes, and spears.

Brands
Melee weapons	General	Antimagic • Chaos • Distortion • Draining • Electrocution • Flaming • Freezing • Heavy • Holy wrath • Pain • Protection • Reaching • Spectral • Speed • Vampiric • Venom
	Weapon type	Devious • Valour • Concussion • Sundering • Entangling • Rebuke
	Artefact	Curare • Deathbane • Dragon slaying • Reaping • Silver
Launchers		Antimagic • Chaos • Draining • Electrocution • Flaming • Freezing • Heavy • Holy wrath • Penetration • Speed
Throwing weapons		Atropa • Curare • Datura • Disjunction • Poisoned • Silver

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-Weapons with the returning brand will return to the user's pack when thrown or otherwise launched. The chance of returning successfully depends on the wielder's [[Throwing]] skill:
+Weapons with the '''returning''' property will return to the user's [[inventory]] when thrown unless they [[mulch]].
-If Throwing is 0, the weapon never returns; if Throwing is 1, the probability of failing to return is 0.33; if it is 2, the probability is 0.2; otherwise, it is 1/(4 + Throwing). At level 27, the chance of returning successfully is close to 0.97.
+[[Boomerang]]s innately possess the returning property, and may have an additional brand.
-Weapons of Returning wiggle slightly when wielded.
+==History==
+*Prior to [[0.27]], the [[Dungeon Sprint]] exclusive [[unique]], [[Chuck]], had a [[large rock]] of returning.
-Only [[dagger]]s, [[hand axe]]s, [[spear]]s and [[javelin]]s can have the returning brand.
+*Prior to [[0.24]], returning was a brand that could be found on [[javelin]]s and [[tomahawk]]s, and Throwing skill determined the chance the weapon would return to the thrower. Tomahawks were replaced by [[boomerang]]s, which always return.
+*Prior to [[0.15]], returning [[large rock]]s, [[stone]]s, [[arrow]]s, [[bolt]]s, and [[sling bullet]]s could be found in a rare ammunition shop.
-[[shop|Branded ammunition shops]] may offer other missiles with this brand, such as [[arrow]]s, [[bolt]]s and [[large rock]]s.
+*Prior to [[0.14]], this brand could also appear on the throwable melee weapons: [[dagger]]s, [[club]]s, [[hand axe]]s, and [[spear]]s.
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 [[Category:Brands]]