Randomized appearance

A major part of NetHack is identifying items. To make this more difficult, the appearances of scrolls, potions, rings, wands, spellbooks, and some armor are randomised. This page lists the possible appearances.

Scrolls
ZELGO MER      JUYED AWK YACC  NR 9             XIXAXA XOXAXA XUXAXA PRATYAVAYAH    DAIYEN FOOELS   LEP GEX VEN ZEA  PRIRUTSENIE ELBIB YLOH     VERR YED HORRE  VENZAR BORGAVVE  THARR YUM YUM        KERNOD WEL      ELAM EBOW        DUAM XNAHT ANDOVA BEGARIN KIRJE           VE FORBRYDERNE   HACKEM MUCHE VELOX NEB      FOOBIE BLETCH   TEMOV            GARVEN DEH READ ME

Potions
ruby       pink        orange        yellow          emerald dark green cyan        sky blue      brilliant blue  magenta purple-red puce        milky         swirly          bubbly smoky      cloudy      effervescent  black           golden brown      fizzy       dark          white           murky

Spellbooks
parchment   vellum       ragged       dog eared    mottled stained     cloth        leather      white        pink red         orange       yellow       velvet       light green dark green  turquoise    cyan         light blue   dark blue indigo      magenta      purple       violet       tan plaid       light brown  dark brown   gray         wrinkled dusty       bronze       copper       silver       gold glittering  shining      dull         thin         thick

Rings
pearl      iron        twisted     steel       wire engagement shiny       bronze      brass       copper silver     gold        wooden      granite     opal clay       coral       black onyx  moonstone   tiger eye jade       agate       topaz       sapphire    ruby diamond    ivory       emerald

Wands
glass      balsa       crystal     maple       pine oak        ebony       marble      tin         brass copper     silver      platinum    iridium     zinc aluminum   uranium     iron        steel       hexagonal short      runed       long        curved      forked spiked     jeweled