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Helmet

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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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