Thief/Guide/Equipment

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Thief equipment is easy to spot as it frequently (though not necessarily) has Damroll, Dexterity, and Thief Skill Level all at once. Occasionally a thief item will also increase Hitroll, Charisma, Strength, or Constitution. An example of a Thief item would be the following lowbie neck item:

Artifact armor
NECK
1 Armor Class
  • +1 Thief Skill Level
  • +1 hitroll
  • +1 damroll
  • +1 Dexterity
Requires Level 19 Thief
Keywords: rat black medallion chain metal



Backstab Weapons

When using the Backstab skill picking the right weapon is critical. It must be a pointed weapon meaning one of: pierce, stab, sting, gore, or bite. A weapon meant for backstabbing is generally spotted by its stats which will be one of the aforementioned damage types, it will have high Damroll with little or no Hitroll, and usually includes Thief Skill Level. The weapon (perhaps obviously) also cannot have the NO_BACKSTAB flag which means the weapon cannot be used for backstab, though this flag is usually found on Warrior weapons with pointed damage types rather than Thief weapons. Note: a good backstabbing weapon generally also makes for a good Crippling Strike weapon due to both skills ignoring the target's Armor.

One of the most iconic backstabbing weapons is The Lost Spear of the Ancients:

Artifact Relic
6 to 66stab
very slow Speed
  • +10 damroll
  • +2 Thief Skill Level
  • +1 Dexterity
Account Bound
Requires Level 29
NO_SAC

List of Thief Equipment

The Thief Equipment Category lists equipment which is either explicitly THIEF flagged or is designed to be used for Thieves

Leveling Gear

This section will cover important pieces of gear you should do your best to acquire while leveling. Not every piece of equipment is required nor will everyone have the exactly the same equipment due to Alter Aeon being a multi-class MUD. As with most newbie island gear it is focused primarily towards dealing as much damage as possible even if there is slightly less armor due to the theory that they can't hit you if they're dead.

The item page for each embedded item should have the location of where it can be found.

Weapon

Your starting weapon will carry you all the way to level 10

Level 10

Artifact weapon
WIELD
3 to 33stab
slow Speed
Requires 14 Strength
  • +7 damroll
  • +2 hitroll
  • +10 Movement Regen
  • +2 dexterity
  • +2 dodge
Character Bound
Requires Total Levels 14
Keywords: knife rainbow blade obsidian razor knife

If you have enough strength to wield it, you should use The goblin slayer against ethereal enemies

Rare weapon
6 to 30average, slice
Normal Speed
Requires 18 Strength
  • +3 damroll
  • +2 hitroll
  • +1 Dexterity
  • +1 Strength
  • +1 Constitution
  • +20 HP
Special Qualities:
Extra damage against the goblin race
Requires Level 10
GLOW
Keywords: goblin slayer sword

Level 12

Rare weapon
4 to 40stab
slow Speed
Requires 11 Strength
  • +5 damroll
  • +1 Thief Skill Level
  • +1 Dexterity
  • +1 sneak
Applies Spells:
Spell 'infravision'
Character Bound
Requires Level 12 Thief
ANTI_GOOD
Keywords: black rune engraved dagger

Level 17

weapon
5 to 50stab
very slow Speed
Requires 18 Strength
  • +5 damroll
  • +1 Dexterity
  • +1 Thief Skill Level
  • +10 Movement
Requires Level 17 Thief
ANTI_GOOD
Keywords: dark steel spear

Level 21

Artifact Relic weapon
4 to 36ice stab
normal Speed
Requires 14 Strength
  • +5 damroll
  • +2 Thief Skill Level
  • +1 Dexterity
  • +1 sneak
  • +1 hide
Account Bound
Requires Level 21 Thief
Keywords: thin dagger magical rogue's

Head

Level 0

Artifact armor
HEAD
4 Armor Class
  • +8 HP
  • +5% Fire Save
  • +13 Movement
  • +1 Strength
  • +1 Constitution
  • +5% Spell Save
Character Bound
Requires Level 0
Keywords: cap leather red

Neck

Level 8

Artifact armor
NECK
4 Armor Class
  • +1 damroll
  • +1 hitroll
  • +1 Constitution
  • +1 Charisma
  • +12 HP
Requires Level 8
Keywords: necklace skull skulls gross

Level 11

Artifact armor
NECK
1 Armor Class
  • +1 Thief Skill Level
  • +2 damroll
Account Bound
Requires Level 11 Thief
Keywords: pendant spider charm

Arms

Wrist

Level 7

Rare armor
WRISTS
4 Armor Class
  • +1 hitroll
  • +1 damroll
Character Bound
Requires Level 7
Keywords: greasy leather bracer

Note: There is also a black lizard skin bracer (Item) which has 2 damroll, 4 mov instead of 1 hit/1 dam but at this level hitroll is scarce so the little you can get on thief gear is more useful that the 1 extra damroll

Hands

Finger

On Body

Level 9

Artifact armor
ON_BODY
1 Armor Class
  • +1 Thief Skill Level
  • +1 damroll
  • +1 Dexterity
Requires Level 9 Thief
Keywords: black lizard skin armor hide

About Body

Waist

Legs

Feet

Level 3

Artifact armor
FEET
3 Armor Class
  • +1 damroll
  • +1 hitroll
  • +1 Strength
  • +1 Dexterity
Character Bound
Requires Level 3
Keywords: midnight black boots pair

Shield/Held