Sword of Zonguldrok - Revision history

Ge0ff: obsolete

2025-05-06T09:06:51Z

obsolete

Patrick2011b: +CBA and bump; commit c7ca3d3 replaces it with the Skull of Zonguldrok

2025-01-14T19:32:04Z

+CBA and bump; commit c7ca3d3 replaces it with the Skull of Zonguldrok

Hordes: /* Desirability */

2024-01-25T01:11:24Z

‎Desirability

Hordes: be a bit nicer

2022-10-23T01:46:19Z

be a bit nicer

Hordes at 22:08, 13 August 2022

2022-08-13T22:08:38Z

Hordes at 22:06, 13 August 2022

2022-08-13T22:06:27Z

Angani: Updated to 0.27 page. Removed mention of using it of holding it being enough to reap. I'm not sure if that was ever the case, but it certainly isn't in 0.27. Cleared a whole floor while holding it in wizmode and throwing stones, and no allies.

2021-08-08T03:07:13Z

Updated to 0.27 page. Removed mention of using it of holding it being enough to reap. I'm not sure if that was ever the case, but it certainly isn't in 0.27. Cleared a whole floor while holding it in wizmode and throwing stones, and no allies.

Spudwalt at 11:07, 14 January 2021

2021-01-14T11:07:51Z

Spudwalt at 03:54, 14 January 2021

2021-01-14T03:54:41Z

Rasmus at 17:43, 13 January 2021

2021-01-13T17:43:42Z

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 {{flavour|A blade imbued with the essence of a legendary necromancer. Those slain in its presence are reanimated by its power and forced to fight on.
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 ==History==
-{{CBA|0.33|the Sword of Zonguldrok will be replaced with the [[Skull of Zonguldrok]].}}
+*In [[0.33]], the Sword of Zonguldrok was replaced with the [[Skull of Zonguldrok]].
 *Prior to [[0.28]], reaping did not deny [[death drop]]s.
 *Prior to [[0.26]] and the removal of the food/hunger system, having all slain monsters turned into zombies could create food problems.

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 {{flavour|A blade imbued with the essence of a legendary necromancer. Those slain in its presence are reanimated by its power and forced to fight on.
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 ==Desirability==
-The '''sword of Zonguldrok'''<ref>{{source ref|0.29.0|art-data.txt|325}}</ref> is a good weapon, but not a amazing one. Without a damage-dealing brand, it is less consistent than a well-enchanted/branded [[demon blade]] or [[double sword]]. The friendly zombies can be useful, but if you aren't wearing heavy armour, [[Animate Dead]] can replicate that effect. The lack of corpses also means the lack of [[dragon scales]] or [[troll leather armour]], though you can swap weapons if need be.
+The '''sword of Zonguldrok'''<ref>{{source ref|0.32.1|art-data.txt|322}}</ref> is a good weapon, but not a amazing one. Without a damage-dealing brand, it is less consistent than a well-enchanted/branded [[demon blade]] or [[double sword]]. The friendly zombies can be useful, but if you aren't wearing heavy armour, [[Animate Dead]] can replicate that effect. The lack of corpses also means the lack of [[dragon scales]] or [[troll leather armour]], though you can swap weapons if need be.
 The sword of Zonguldrok can always be found in [[Zonguldrok's Shrine]] if it has not already generated elsewhere.
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 ==History==
 *Prior to [[0.28]], reaping did not deny [[death drop]]s.
 *Prior to [[0.26]] and the removal of the food/hunger system, having all slain monsters turned into zombies could create food problems.

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 ==Desirability==
-The '''sword of Zonguldrok'''<ref>{{source ref|0.29.0|art-data.txt|325}}</ref> is a good weapon, but not a amazing one. Even with its high enchantment level, its lack of a damaging brand makes its damage output worse than a well-enchanted branded [[demon blade]] or [[double sword]]. Friendly zombies can be useful, though for those without heavy armour, [[Animate Dead]] can replicate the effects quite easily. The lack of corpses also means the lack of [[dragon scales]] or [[troll leather armour]], though you can swap weapons if need be.
+The '''sword of Zonguldrok'''<ref>{{source ref|0.29.0|art-data.txt|325}}</ref> is a good weapon, but not a amazing one. Without a damage-dealing brand, it is less consistent than a well-enchanted/branded [[demon blade]] or [[double sword]]. The friendly zombies can be useful, but if you aren't wearing heavy armour, [[Animate Dead]] can replicate that effect. The lack of corpses also means the lack of [[dragon scales]] or [[troll leather armour]], though you can swap weapons if need be.
 The sword of Zonguldrok can always be found in [[Zonguldrok's Shrine]] if it has not already generated elsewhere.

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 {{flavour|A blade imbued with the essence of a legendary necromancer. Those slain in its presence are reanimated by its power and forced to fight on.
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 ==Desirability==
-The '''sword of Zonguldrok'''<ref>{{source ref|0.28.0|art-data.txt|321}}</ref> is a decent weapon, but not a great one. Even with its high enchantment level, its lack of a damaging brand makes its damage output noticeably worse than a well-enchanted branded [[demon blade]] or [[double sword]]. Friendly zombies can be useful, though for those without heavy armour, [[Animate Dead]] or even [[Animate Skeleton]] can replicate the effects quite easily. The lack of corpses also means the lack of [[dragon scales]] or [[troll leather armour]].
+The '''sword of Zonguldrok'''<ref>{{source ref|0.29.0|art-data.txt|325}}</ref> is a good weapon, but not a amazing one. Even with its high enchantment level, its lack of a damaging brand makes its damage output worse than a well-enchanted branded [[demon blade]] or [[double sword]]. Friendly zombies can be useful, though for those without heavy armour, [[Animate Dead]] can replicate the effects quite easily. The lack of corpses also means the lack of [[dragon scales]] or [[troll leather armour]], though you can swap weapons if need be.
-The sword of Zonguldrok can always be found in [[Zonguldrok's Shrine]] if it has not already generated elsewhere, though you'd likely have found a better damage sword by then.
+The sword of Zonguldrok can always be found in [[Zonguldrok's Shrine]] if it has not already generated elsewhere.
 ===Prevents===
 *Due to the fact that it passively uses a [[Necromancy|necromantic]] effect each turn, even wielding it is enough to offend the [[good god]]s.
 *[[Yredelemnul]] already reaps zombies, so the reaping brand is useless.
-*[[Okawaru]] prevents reaping entirely.
+*[[Gozag]] and [[Okawaru]] prevent reaping entirely.
 ==History==
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 *Prior to [[0.19]], the sword created hostile undead in your LOS, was [[cursed]], and would recurse itself when wielded (33.3% chance).
 *Prior to [[0.9]], this artefact was a [[long sword]].
 [[Category:Unrands]]
 [[Category:Long blades]]

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 ==Desirability==
-The '''sword of Zonguldrok'''<ref>{{source ref|0.28.0|art-data.txt|321}}</ref> is a decent weapon, but not a great one. Even with its high enchantment level, its lack of a damaging brand makes its damage output noticeably worse than a well-enchanted branded [[demon blade]] or [[double sword]]. Friendly zombies can be useful, though for those without heavy armour, [[Animate Dead]] or even [[Animate Skeleton]] can replicate the effects quite easily.
+The '''sword of Zonguldrok'''<ref>{{source ref|0.28.0|art-data.txt|321}}</ref> is a decent weapon, but not a great one. Even with its high enchantment level, its lack of a damaging brand makes its damage output noticeably worse than a well-enchanted branded [[demon blade]] or [[double sword]]. Friendly zombies can be useful, though for those without heavy armour, [[Animate Dead]] or even [[Animate Skeleton]] can replicate the effects quite easily. The lack of corpses also means the lack of [[dragon scales]] or [[troll leather armour]].
 The sword of Zonguldrok can always be found in [[Zonguldrok's Shrine]] if it has not already generated elsewhere, though you'd likely have found a better damage sword by then.
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 ==History==
 *Prior to [[0.26]] and the removal of the food/hunger system, having all slain monsters turned into zombies could create food problems.
 *Prior to [[0.19]], the sword created hostile undead in your LOS, was [[cursed]], and would recurse itself when wielded (33.3% chance).

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-{{flavour|A blade imbued with the essence of a legendary necromancer. Those slain in its presence are reanimated by its power and forced to fight on.}}
+{{flavour|A blade imbued with the essence of a legendary necromancer. Those slain in its presence are reanimated by its power and forced to fight on.
 [[File:Sword_of_zonguldrok.png]] '''''the +9 Sword of Zonguldrok'''''<br>
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 ==Desirability==
-The '''sword of Zonguldrok'''<ref>{{source ref|0.26.0|art-data.txt|273}}</ref> is a good weapon, but not a great one. Even with its high enchantment level, its lack of a damaging brand makes its damage output noticeably worse than a well-enchanted branded [[demon blade]] or [[double sword]]. Still, friendly zombies can be useful, particularly if you can clear the majority of a floor before using your army to storm a particularly nasty vault, but the sword doesn't do anything that casting [[Animate Dead]] or even [[Animate Skeleton]] doesn't do. Use this weapon if you have nothing better yet and don't have anything better to use those corpses for, or as a pseudo-spell enhancer to turn your attack spells into ally generators. (Even though the weapon's description reads like you have to kill your foes with it, wielding the sword is enough to trigger its effect on a kill. Using a fireball or other means of destruction works just as well.)
+The '''sword of Zonguldrok'''<ref>{{source ref|0.27.0|art-data.txt|319}}</ref> is a good weapon, but not a great one. Even with its high enchantment level, its lack of a damaging brand makes its damage output noticeably worse than a well-enchanted branded [[demon blade]] or [[double sword]]. Still, friendly zombies can be useful, particularly if you can clear the majority of a floor before using your army to storm a particularly nasty vault, but the sword doesn't do anything that casting [[Animate Dead]] or even [[Animate Skeleton]] doesn't do. Use this weapon if you have nothing better yet and don't have anything better to use those corpses for.
 Due to the fact that it passively uses a [[Necromancy|necromantic]] effect each turn, even wielding it is enough to offend the [[good god]]s.

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 [[Reaping]] brand<br>
 [[Evil]]
 ==Desirability==
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 Due to the fact that it passively uses a [[Necromancy|necromantic]] effect each turn, even wielding it is enough to offend the [[good god]]s.
 == References==