Orb

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This page refers to the type of equipment. For the object of your quest, see Orb of Zot. For the spell, see Orb of Destruction.

Name	Orb
Size to wear	Any
Armour Class	0
Encumbrance rating	+0
Maximum Enchantment	+0
Grants	special
Time to Wear	5

A sphere of crystal, carried in place of a shield. Magic scintillates within its interior.

Orbs are a piece of equipment you can carry in your off-hand. Unlike shields, they provide no defensive value, but come with one of several unique egos:

• Energy - Provides two sources of passive channeling
• Guile - Reduces willpower of both the wielder and their targets
• Light - Surrounds the wielder with a 3-tile halo
• Mayhem - May send enemies into a frenzy
• Wrath - Has a 20% of inducing berserk rage when the wielder attacks

Orbs will always spawn with one of the egos listed above. Randart orbs will always spawn with one of these egos.

History

• In 0.34, new orb egos: Attunement, Glass, Mesmerism, Pyromania, and Stardust will be introduced. Light will be removed from orbs, while Guile and Energy will now scale with Evocations.
• Prior to 0.30, orbs could not appear as randarts. Also, three unrand orbs were introduced in this version (all formely staff unrands).
• Equippable orbs were added in 0.28.

	Image
Regular
Artefact
	Unrandart Orbs
Sphere of Battle
Orb of Dispater
crystal ball of Wucad Mu
Charlatan's Orb