Potion of mutation - Revision history

Hordes at 13:09, 26 March 2026

2026-03-26T13:09:49Z

Hordes: /* Strategy */

2026-03-22T01:26:55Z

‎Strategy

Hordes at 01:22, 22 March 2026

2026-03-22T01:22:58Z

Hordes: /* Strategy */

2026-03-22T01:18:10Z

‎Strategy

Hordes: the worst muts aren't nearly as bad as they were pre-0.34

2026-03-22T01:17:50Z

the worst muts aren't nearly as bad as they were pre-0.34

Patrick2011b: update to 0.34

2026-03-21T20:08:14Z

update to 0.34

Hordes at 17:00, 22 October 2025

2025-10-22T17:00:02Z

Patrick2011b: -CBA

2024-10-21T01:24:15Z

-CBA

Patrick2011b: +CBA per commit 9405a8f

2024-08-17T22:54:25Z

+CBA per commit 9405a8f

NormalPerson7: You would never believe this without looking at the code. Double potion healing has an effect on potions of mutation. See potion.cc line 792.

2024-02-22T13:54:37Z

You would never believe this without looking at the code. Double potion healing has an effect on potions of mutation. See potion.cc line 792.

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-A surprise in every bottle! When drunk, a '''potion of mutation''' first removes 2-3 [[mutation]]s, then adds 1-3 random mutations (each with a 60% chance of being "[[good mutations|good]]"), then has a 50% chance to add one good mutation. This potion is affected by [[mutation resistance]]. In addition, characters who are already mutated are less likely to gain further mutations.
+A surprise in every bottle! When drunk, a '''potion of mutation''' first removes 2-3 [[mutation]]s, then adds 1-3 random mutations (each with a 60% chance of being "[[good mutations|good]]" and 40% to be random), then has a 50% chance to add one good mutation. This potion is affected by [[mutation resistance]]. In addition, characters who are already mutated are less likely to gain further mutations.
 Followers of [[Zin]] incur [[penance]] if they knowingly drink this potion at less than ****** (160) piety. Once that piety threshold has been reached, however, Zin suppresses the mutation-adding effects of the potion, so followers can drink it to only remove mutations.

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 ==Strategy==
-Potions of mutation should generally be saved for removing bad mutations, not getting good ones, since these potions are the only source of mutation removal for most characters. There is no guarantee that a potion of mutation actually removes a desired mutation; it can take many, many potions just to get an "alright" mutation set. Plus, the most detrimental mutations like [[Initally attractive]] and [[teleporitis]] are more harmful than the best good mutations are helpful.
+Potions of mutation should generally be saved for removing bad mutations, not getting good ones, since these potions are the only source of mutation removal for most characters. There is no guarantee that a potion of mutation actually removes a desired mutation; it can take many, many potions just to get an "alright" mutation set. Plus, the most detrimental mutations like [[Initally attractive]] and [[teleportitis]] are more harmful than the best good mutations are helpful.
 Still, prevention is better than the cure, since potions of mutation are reliant on [[RNG]]. You might quaff all your potions just to end up back where you started. See the [[Malmutate#Strategy|Malmutate]] article for ways to avoid getting mutated in the first place. However, there are some cases where malmutation is practically unavoidable, so these potions are obviously helpful.

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 ==Strategy==
-Potions of mutation should generally be saved for removing bad mutations, not getting good ones, since these potions are the only source of mutation removal for most characters. There is no guarantee that a potion of mutation actually removes a desired mutation; it can take many, many potions just to get an "alright" mutation set. Plus, the most detrimental mutations like [[Initally attractive]] are more harmful than the best good mutations are helpful.
+Potions of mutation should generally be saved for removing bad mutations, not getting good ones, since these potions are the only source of mutation removal for most characters. There is no guarantee that a potion of mutation actually removes a desired mutation; it can take many, many potions just to get an "alright" mutation set. Plus, the most detrimental mutations like [[Initally attractive]] and [[teleporitis]] are more harmful than the best good mutations are helpful.
 Still, prevention is better than the cure, since potions of mutation are reliant on [[RNG]]. You might quaff all your potions just to end up back where you started. See the [[Malmutate#Strategy|Malmutate]] article for ways to avoid getting mutated in the first place. However, there are some cases where malmutation is practically unavoidable, so these potions are obviously helpful.

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 ==Strategy==
-Potions of mutation should generally be saved for removing bad mutations, not getting good ones, since these potions are the only source of mutation removal for most characters. There is no guarantee that a potion of mutation actually removes a desired mutation; it can take many, many potions just to get an "alright" mutation set. Plus, the most detrimental mutations like [[Initally attratctive]] are more harmful than the best good mutations are helpful.
+Potions of mutation should generally be saved for removing bad mutations, not getting good ones, since these potions are the only source of mutation removal for most characters. There is no guarantee that a potion of mutation actually removes a desired mutation; it can take many, many potions just to get an "alright" mutation set. Plus, the most detrimental mutations like [[Initally attractive]] are more harmful than the best good mutations are helpful.
 Still, prevention is better than the cure, since potions of mutation are reliant on [[RNG]]. You might quaff all your potions just to end up back where you started. See the [[Malmutate#Strategy|Malmutate]] article for ways to avoid getting mutated in the first place. However, there are some cases where malmutation is practically unavoidable, so these potions are obviously helpful.

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 Followers of [[Zin]] incur [[penance]] if they knowingly drink this potion at less than ****** (160) piety. Once that piety threshold has been reached, however, Zin suppresses the mutation-adding effects of the potion, so followers can drink it to only remove mutations.
-[[Poltergeist]]s and [[Revenant]]s cannot use this potion, but drinking an unidentified potion of mutation will cause them to suffer [[drain]].
+[[Poltergeist]]s and [[Revenant]]s cannot use this potion intentionally, but drinking an unidentified potion of mutation will cause them to suffer [[drain]].
 ==Strategy==
-Potions of mutation should generally be saved for removing bad mutations, not getting good ones, since these potions are the only source of mutation removal for most characters. There is no guarantee that a potion of mutation actually removes a desired mutation; it can take many, many potions just to get an "alright" mutation set. Plus, in ''Crawl'', the worst mutations are much more harmful than good mutations are helpful. Certain bad mutations, such as [[teleportitis]] and [[No Unsafe Scrolls]], can easily end your run.
+Potions of mutation should generally be saved for removing bad mutations, not getting good ones, since these potions are the only source of mutation removal for most characters. There is no guarantee that a potion of mutation actually removes a desired mutation; it can take many, many potions just to get an "alright" mutation set. Plus, the most detrimental mutations like [[Initally attratctive]] are more harmful than the best good mutations are helpful.
-Still, prevention is better than the cure, since potions of mutation are reliant on [[RNG]]. You might quaff all your potions, just to end up back where you started. See the [[Malmutate#Strategy|Malmutate]] article for ways to avoid getting mutated in the first place. However, there are some cases where malmutation is practically unavoidable, so these potions are obviously helpful.
+Still, prevention is better than the cure, since potions of mutation are reliant on [[RNG]]. You might quaff all your potions just to end up back where you started. See the [[Malmutate#Strategy|Malmutate]] article for ways to avoid getting mutated in the first place. However, there are some cases where malmutation is practically unavoidable, so these potions are obviously helpful.
 ==History==

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 Followers of [[Zin]] incur [[penance]] if they knowingly drink this potion at less than ****** (160) piety. Once that piety threshold has been reached, however, Zin suppresses the mutation-adding effects of the potion, so followers can drink it to only remove mutations.
-[[Ghoul]]s cannot use this potion, but drinking an unidentified potion of mutation will cause them to suffer [[stat]] drain.
+[[Poltergeist]]s and [[Revenant]]s cannot use this potion, but drinking an unidentified potion of mutation will cause them to suffer [[drain]].
 ==Strategy==

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 ==History==
 *Prior to [[0.27]], potions of mutation removed 2-4 mutations and provided a guaranteed good mutation.
 *Prior to [[0.21]], potions of mutation removed 2-6 random mutations instead of 2-4.