Silver is a material composing a few items in the Dungeons of Doom. Silver cannot corrode or rust and hinders spellcasting when worn as armor. Striking with a silver object will deal silver damage against certain monster types. Any item made of silver is eligible for dealing damage to shades.

Contents 1 List of silver items 1.1 Notable non-silver items 2 Silver damage 3 References

List of silver items Edit

The following items are made of silver:

• silver sabers (including Grayswandir and Werebane)
• silver arrows
• silver daggers
• silver spears
• wands with the randomized appearance “silver wand”
• rings with the randomized appearance “silver ring”
• shields of reflection
• The Bell of Opening (a silver bell)

Notable non-silver items Edit

Some items have silver in their name but this refers to their color, not their composition. These items (which do not deal silver damage) include:

• silver dragon scales and silver dragon scale mail (both are made of dragon hide)
• spellbooks with the randomized appearance “silver spellbook” (all spellbooks are made of paper)

Silver damage Edit

Creatures vulnerable to silver are called silver-hating creatures. The following creatures are silver-hating:^[1]

• all V vampires
•   shades
• all proper & major demons (i.e. excluding riders, mail daemons, djinn and sandestins)
• all i minor demons, except tengu
• all lycanthropes

When one of these creatures is struck by a silver item, it will suffer an extra d20 damage.^[2][3] Unlike other damage bonuses, this extra damage will not be doubled by artifacts such as Grayswandir or Werebane.

References Edit

1. ↑ hates_silver in mondata.c
2. ↑ uhitm.c, line 558
3. ↑ uhitm.c, line 877