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Some equipment that you could come across will be '''cursed''', rendering it impossible to unequip until you find a way to break the curse. These items will look just like any other item until you equip, identify them, or followed [[Ashenzari]]. Depending on the nature of the specific item, this can be a minor irritant or a major hazard. Although useful cursed items appear occasionally, most cursed weapons and armour would have negative enchantment penalties, while cursed jewelry is usually designed to harm the wearer. Because of this, it is wise to careful about equipping unidentified items. Curses could be removed with a [[scroll of remove curse]], or the [[brand]] enchantments of [[Kikubaaqudgha]], [[Lugonu]], [[The Shining One]].
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'''Cursed''' items are impossible to unequip until the curse is broken (which destroys the item). Followers of [[Ashenzari]] are given the ability to curse their gear, granting them [[piety]] and [[skill]] bonuses -- see [[Ashenzari#Curses|Ashenzari's]] page for more details.
 
 
While curses were removed from all items found in the dungeon, followers of [[Ashenzari]] are given the ability to curse their gear for special bonuses. See that page for more details.
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
*Cursed items stopped generating in [[0.27]].
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*Prior to [[0.27]], curses were not exclusive to [[Ashenzari]]. Any piece of equipment could potentially be cursed, items that generated with negative enchantments were likely to be cursed, and certain detrimental items were ''always'' cursed. Some [[artefact]]s could also curse themselves when equipped. Curses could be removed by reading a [[scroll of remove curse]] or getting your [[god]] to bless an item; items that were uncursed were not destroyed.
 
*Prior to [[0.24]], weapons of [[holy wrath]] could never be cursed under any circumstances.
 
*Prior to [[0.24]], weapons of [[holy wrath]] could never be cursed under any circumstances.
 
*Prior to [[0.20]], [[miscast effects]] from the [[Charms]] and [[Hexes]] schools of magic could sometimes curse your items.
 
*Prior to [[0.20]], [[miscast effects]] from the [[Charms]] and [[Hexes]] schools of magic could sometimes curse your items.

Revision as of 22:59, 9 August 2021

Version 0.27: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
It has a curse placed upon it.

Cursed items are impossible to unequip until the curse is broken (which destroys the item). Followers of Ashenzari are given the ability to curse their gear, granting them piety and skill bonuses -- see Ashenzari's page for more details.

History

  • Prior to 0.27, curses were not exclusive to Ashenzari. Any piece of equipment could potentially be cursed, items that generated with negative enchantments were likely to be cursed, and certain detrimental items were always cursed. Some artefacts could also curse themselves when equipped. Curses could be removed by reading a scroll of remove curse or getting your god to bless an item; items that were uncursed were not destroyed.
  • Prior to 0.24, weapons of holy wrath could never be cursed under any circumstances.
  • Prior to 0.20, miscast effects from the Charms and Hexes schools of magic could sometimes curse your items.
  • Prior to 0.19, the Curse card could curse one or more items in your inventory.
  • Prior to 0.18, scrolls of enchant armour and enchant weapon would also remove the item's curse.
  • Prior to 0.17, regular mummies and Menkaure had death curses that could curse your equipment.
  • Prior to 0.14, curse scrolls would randomly generate throughout the dungeon. Also, cursed gloves and cloaks would prevent you from changing your rings and body armour, respectively.
  • Prior to 0.12, the player character was unable to butcher corpses with cursed blunt weapons.
  • Prior to 0.11, you could read a scroll of detect curse to examine your inventory for cursed items, just like the obsolete spell.
  • Prior to 0.6, (and the removal of the Divinations school of magic), the Detect Curse spell allowed you to determine the cursed or uncursed status of all items in your inventory without any personal risk. This update also removed the Remove Curse spell, which uncursed any equipped items.