Fountains

Overview

There are six types of fountains in GnollHack:

1. Magic fountain — The fountain from NetHack
2. Fountain of healing
3. Fountain of mana
4. Fountain of power
5. Fountain of poison
6. Fountain of spring water

You can identify a fountain by dipping a potion into it. A fountain of healing, mana, power, and poison will auto-identify. If the potion dilutes, it can be either a magic fountain or a fountain of spring water.

Magic Fountain

This the same fountain as in NetHack. However, some of the worse effects can happen only on lower dungeon levels.

Fountain of Healing

Drinking

1. If wounded, cures 30–50% of max hit points.
2. If at max health, increases maximum hit points by 1d2.

Potion Alchemy

When dipped into the fountain:

1. A potion of gain energy becomes a potion of extra-healing.
2. A potion of extra energy becomes a potion of greater healing.
3. A potion of greater energy becomes a potion of full healing.
4. A potion of full energy becomes a potion of full healing.
5. Any potion of healing — No change.
6. A potion of speed becomes a potion of extra-healing.
7. A potion of greater speed becomes a potion of greater healing.
8. A potion of lightning speed becomes a potion of full healing.
9. A potion of lesser rejuvenation becomes a potion of extra-healing.
10. A potion of rejuvenation becomes a potion of greater healing.
11. A potion of greater rejuvenation becomes a potion of full healing.
12. Any other potion becomes a potion of healing.

Dipping Other Items

No effect

Fountain of Mana

Drinking

1. If at less than max mana, restores mana equal to 30–50% of max mana.
2. If at max mana, increases maximum mana by 1d2.

Potion Alchemy

1. A potion of healing becomes a potion of extra energy.
2. A potion of extra-healing becomes a potion of greater energy.
3. A potion of greater healing becomes a potion of full energy.
4. A potion of full healing becomes a potion of full energy.
5. Any potion of energy — No change.
6. A potion of speed becomes a potion of extra energy.
7. A potion of greater speed becomes a potion of greater energy.
8. A potion of lightning speed becomes a potion of full energy.
9. A potion of lesser rejuvenation becomes a potion of greater energy.
10. A potion of rejuvenation becomes a potion of greater energy.
11. A potion of greater rejuvenation becomes a potion of full energy.
12. Any other potion becomes a potion of gain energy.

Dipping Other Items

No effect

Fountain of Power

Drinking

1. If wounded, cures 30–50% of max hit points.
2. If at max health, increases maximum hit points by 1d3.
3. If at less than max mana, restores mana equal to 30–50% of max mana.
4. If at max mana, increases maximum mana by 1d3.

Potion Alchemy

Usually, dipping a potion into a fountain of power improves the power of the potion by one level. The effects are as below:

1. A potion of healing becomes a potion of extra-healing.
2. A potion of extra-healing becomes a potion of greater healing.
3. A potion of greater healing becomes a potion of full healing.
4. A potion of full healing — No effect.
5. A potion of gain energy becomes a potion of extra energy.
6. A potion of extra energy becomes a potion of greater energy.
7. A potion of greater energy becomes a potion of full energy.
8. A potion of full energy — No effect.
9. A potion of lesser rejuvenation becomes a potion of rejuvenation.
10. A potion of rejuvenation becomes a potion of greater rejuvenation.
11. A potion of greater rejuvenation — No effect.
12. A potion of lesser regeneration becomes a potion of regeneration.
13. A potion of regeneration becomes a potion of greater regeneration.
14. A potion of greater regeneration — No effect.
15. A potion of restore ability becomes a potion of gain ability.
16. A potion of gain ability— No effect.
17. A potion of speed becomes a potion of greater speed.
18. A potion of greater speed becomes a potion of lightning speed.
19. A potion of lightning speed — No effect.
20. Any other potion becomes a potion of lesser rejuvenation.

Dipping Other Items

Charges the dipped item.

Fountain of Poison

Drinking

You get poisoned.

Potion Alchemy

A dipped potion becomes a potion of poison.

Dipping Other Items

A dipped weapon becomes poisoned.

Fountain of Spring Water

Drinking

No effect.

Potion Alchemy and Dipping Other Items

Dilutes a dipped potion. No special effect.

Dipping for Excalibur

You can dip a long sword into a magic fountain, and there's a 1/4 chance that the sword is converted into Excalibur. This requires, however, that you are lawful and at least experience level 5.

Diluting Potions

Because of the different types of fountains, it is not as easy to dilute potions in GnollHack as it is in NetHack. However, you can utilize the following methods to dilute your potions:

• Use the sink. You can now dip potions into it to dilute them.
• If you find the fountain of spring water, it has abundance of water to dilute potions and blanking scrolls.

Also, you can buy item blessing from a priest, and therefore you do not need to produce as many potions of holy water as you need in NetHack.