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{{flavour|The scales of a gold dragon. It is much heavier than most dragon scale armours, and grants its wearer resistance to poison, fire and cold.}}
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{{flavour|The scales of a golden dragon. It is much heavier than most dragon scale armours, and grants its wearer resistance to poison, fire and cold.}}
  
'''Gold dragon scales''' are one of the heaviest body armours in the game (tied with [[crystal plate armour]]), providing excellent physical defense as well as resistance to [[fire]], [[cold]], and [[poison]]. Unfortunately, they require very high [[strength]] to wear effectively, and the armour's [[encumbrance rating]] is massive enough to make casting spells, [[dodging]], and [[stealth]] very difficult, if not outright impossible.  
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'''Golden dragon scales''' are one of the heaviest body armours in the game, tied with [[crystal plate armour]]. While these scales offer less AC than crystal plate, it offers a resistance to [[fire]], [[cold]], and [[poison]]. Since the [[encumbrance]] is so high, casting, dodging, and stealth are very difficult.
  
This item may randomly generate when you slay a [[golden dragon]].
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This item has a 33% chance to generate when you slay a [[golden dragon]]. The [[unique]] troll [[Parghit]] always wears a highly enchanted set of golden dragon scales.
  
 
==Desirability==
 
==Desirability==
Although three guaranteed resistances and excellent [[AC]] and [[GDR]] may sound tempting, realize that few [[species]] can naturally have enough strength to wear this armour comfortably, and that ruining your [[ev]]asion and spellcasting often isn't worth the tradeoff. These armours are however well-suited to [[troll]]s and [[ogre]]s, who have the natural strength to wear gold dragon armour, already have evasion penalties due to their large size, and enjoy finding multiple resistances on a single piece of equipment. Others can frequently find better performance elsewhere, though high-strength races such as [[hill orc]]s and [[minotaur]]s might still consider it.
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With 3 resistances and excellent AC, a set of golden dragon scales is a strong choice for any high-[[strength]] melee brute. However, the chances of finding one before [[Depths]] or [[Zot]] are very low. You can get +10 [[plate armour]] or so well before then, which will generally outperform a +0 GDS. You could wait to enchant your gear, but the time spent waiting for GDS is time that your [[scrolls of enchant armour]] are doing nothing.
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If you do get one in a timely manner, though, or get one that is already well-enchanted, it's very good for heavy melee characters. Parghit's scales, for instance, are often well worth using. Dodgers, casters, and ranged weapon users will find these too heavy to effectively use, at least for a 3 rune game.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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*Prior to [[0.32]], this armour was named gold dragon scales.
 
*Prior to [[0.19]], this armour was named golden dragon armour and was crafted by using a [[scroll of enchant armour]] on a [[gold dragon hide]].
 
*Prior to [[0.19]], this armour was named golden dragon armour and was crafted by using a [[scroll of enchant armour]] on a [[gold dragon hide]].
 
*Prior to [[0.16]], this armour's encumbrance rating was 25.
 
*Prior to [[0.16]], this armour's encumbrance rating was 25.
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Latest revision as of 12:30, 25 October 2024

Version 0.32: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.
Name Golden dragon scales
Size to wear All
Armour Class 12
Encumbrance rating 23
Maximum Enchantment +12
Grants rF+, rC+, rPois
Time to Wear 5


The scales of a golden dragon. It is much heavier than most dragon scale armours, and grants its wearer resistance to poison, fire and cold.

Golden dragon scales are one of the heaviest body armours in the game, tied with crystal plate armour. While these scales offer less AC than crystal plate, it offers a resistance to fire, cold, and poison. Since the encumbrance is so high, casting, dodging, and stealth are very difficult.

This item has a 33% chance to generate when you slay a golden dragon. The unique troll Parghit always wears a highly enchanted set of golden dragon scales.

Desirability

With 3 resistances and excellent AC, a set of golden dragon scales is a strong choice for any high-strength melee brute. However, the chances of finding one before Depths or Zot are very low. You can get +10 plate armour or so well before then, which will generally outperform a +0 GDS. You could wait to enchant your gear, but the time spent waiting for GDS is time that your scrolls of enchant armour are doing nothing.

If you do get one in a timely manner, though, or get one that is already well-enchanted, it's very good for heavy melee characters. Parghit's scales, for instance, are often well worth using. Dodgers, casters, and ranged weapon users will find these too heavy to effectively use, at least for a 3 rune game.

History

  • Prior to 0.32, this armour was named gold dragon scales.
  • Prior to 0.19, this armour was named golden dragon armour and was crafted by using a scroll of enchant armour on a gold dragon hide.
  • Prior to 0.16, this armour's encumbrance rating was 25.
  • Prior to 0.14, this armour's encumbrance rating was 27.
Golden dragon scales Image
Mundane Gold dragon armour.png
Artefact Gold dragon armour artefact.png
Scales of the Dragon King Armour of the dragon king.png
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