Ranged weapon

A ranged weapon is any weapon which can attack a monster not adjacent to you. Technically, any item in the game could be a ranged weapon, if thrown. However, the source code officially designates some weapons as ranged :


 * dwarvish spear
 * silver spear
 * elven spear
 * spear
 * orcish spear
 * javelin
 * shuriken
 * ya
 * silver arrow
 * elven arrow
 * arrow
 * orcish arrow
 * crossbow bolt
 * silver dagger
 * elven dagger
 * dagger
 * orcish dagger
 * knife
 * flint stone
 * rock
 * loadstone
 * luckstone
 * dart
 * boomerang
 * cream pie

This is the order in which monsters will try to use a ranged weapon, unless a polearm is available, in which case it will try to apply that first.

Colloquially, any item which can be used to damage a monster at a distance could be considered a ranged weapon. This includes items like attack wands, hurled potions and spells.