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Poison resistance is considered one of the most essential intrinsics in the game. This resistance protects against the harmful effects of poison, including instadeath. For example, a dart trap might shoot out a deadly poisoned dart.

Sources[]

Many corpses that offer poison resistance are themselves poisonous (a notable exception is the corpses of shriekers, which can usually be found early). There are, however, many safe ways of acquiring poison resistance. For example, rings and amulets both include one that protects you against poison. Green dragon scale mail also protects against poison.

Barbarians, healers, and orcs have a natural poison resistance. Monks get a natural poison resistance when they reach experience level 3 and tourists at level 20. Poison resistance is also granted when you are crowned.

You can safely obtain poison resistance from a corpse in one of the following ways:

  • Eat a non-poisonous corpse that grants the intrinsic.
  • Use a tinning kit to make a poisonous corpse safe. (Bear in mind that not all poisonous monsters grant poison resistance.)
  • Wear an item that grants poison resistance. This could be a ring of poison resistance, an amulet versus poison, an alchemy smock, or green dragon scale mail or scales.
  • Use a unicorn horn to negate the strength drain caused by eating a poisoned corpse. (This works because unlike poisoned attacks, corpse poison cannot cause instadeath, although it causes some HP loss.)
  • Wear a ring of sustain ability to avoid the strength drain from eating a poisonous corpse.
  • If you know you can pray, get drained 4 strength, pick up junk to be overtaxed, and pray.

Safe Corpses[]

The following corpses provide a chance (given) of gaining poison resistance, and are not dangerous to eat:

Monster Probability
black unicorn 27%
blue jelly 13%
brown mold 3%
cave spider 7%
centipede 13%
flesh golem 12%
golden naga 67%
golden naga hatchling 20%
gray unicorn 27%
guardian naga hatchling 20%
pyrolisk 20%
quasit 20%
quivering blob 33%
red mold 3%
red naga 20%
red naga hatchling 10%
shrieker 20%
white unicorn 27%

Unsafe Corpses[]

The following corpses are among those that provide poison resistance, but are mildly dangerous:

Monster Danger Probability
black naga Acid 53%
black naga hatchling Acid 20%
black pudding Acid 22%
brown pudding Acid 11%
Chromatic Dragon Poison 17%
cobra Poison 40%
giant beetle Poison 33%
giant spider Poison 33%
gray ooze Acid 7%
green dragon Poison 100%
gremlin Poison 33%
guardian naga Poison 80%
homunculus Poison 7%
jellyfish Poison 20%
killer bee Poison 30%
Master Kaen Cannibalism 100%
nurse Cannibalism 73%
pit viper Poison 40%
queen bee Poison 60%
scorpion Poison 50%
Scorpius Poison 100%
snake Poison 27%
soldier ant Poison 20%
tengu Teleportitis 13%
violet fungus Hallucination 20%
water moccasin Poison 27%
Wizard of Yendor Cannibalism 50%
xan Poison 47%
yellow mold Poison + Hallucination 6%

Very unsafe corpses[]

Unless you are polymorphed into a stoning-resistant form, eating any of these corpses will instantly result in YASD. If, however, you are in a stoning-resistant form before getting poison resistance, these corpses can provide it permanently. Note that tinning them does not make them safe to eat.

Monster Danger Probability
chickatrice Stoning when touched or eaten 27%
cockatrice Stoning when touched or eaten 33%
Medusa Stoning when eaten, cannibalism 100%

Messages[]

"You feel healthy"
Upon receiving poison resistance
"You feel especially healthy"
Upon receiving poison resistance while having extrinsic poison resistance (such as a ring or amulet)

See also[]

Eating Corpses For Food And Intrinsics

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