Hat of the Alchemist

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A dirty hat. It bears signs of surviving many weird explosions, which suggests it may have means of protecting the head inside from the risks involved in alchemy experiments. And with the kind of protections granted by this hat, it's certain some prior head damage was a prerequisite for even thinking about such experiments.

the -2 hat of the Alchemist

-2 hat

rF+
rC+
rElec
rPois
rN+
MR+
rMut
rCorr

Desirability

The hat of the Alchemist is a very desirable artefact for a character with solid AC, providing many useful resistances. The decision is not so clear for low-AC characters, but they will likely want to at least keep it around for certain situations.

History

In 0.18, the amulet of resist mutation was removed, leaving this artifact as one of the few remaining sources of mutation resistance.

Prior to 0.16, it provided only rF+, rC+, rElec, and MR+, but had a +2 enchantment.