Dagger of Chilly Death

Version 0.15: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

A dagger made of one huge piece of sapphire.

the +9 dagger of Chilly Death

+9 dagger

Frost brand
May freeze the target on a successful hit
rF-
rC++
rPois
+40 MR

Desirability

The dagger of Chilly Death's biggest failing is its fire vulnerability, which can render it very dangerous to wield in certain situations. If you can overcome that, however, you wind up with a curious weapon. Its base weapon is not very effective for straight combat, and although its enchantment level is very high, you'll likely get better damage with a well-enchanted cutlass or quickblade with a pain or electrocution brand, particularly at higher skill and slaying levels. You may wish to occasionally swap it in for its resistances (cold, poison, and magic resistance), especially for combat casters. As a stabbing tool, it's effective, but not that much more than any other dagger.

Its flash-freeze effect is less useful than it might be on a ranged weapon, simply because it's very short lived and because by the time you can strike the enemy, you're already in melee range and the enemy won't be moving anyway. It is very effective for creating an escape opportunity, however; once the target's frozen, you can use that brief slow effect to create a gap and race up a stairway to someplace safe.

History

Prior to 0.15, it had a +5, +7 enchantment bonus and could not freeze targets.