Death drop

When the player kills a monster, sometimes it may leave items with its corpse; these items are known as death drops. If a monster leaves a corpse and is not a Kop, it has a 17% chance of leaving a random item on it. The type of item is dependent on what portion of the dungeon you are in. There is also a penalty against small monsters, who can only leave food rations, leashes, figurines, or items that weigh less than three.

Normal dungeon

This table applies to anything except Gehennom, the Rogue Level, contents of containers.

Item class	Probability
Food	20%
Potions	16%
Weapons	10%
Armor	10%
Tools	8%
Gems	8%
Scrolls	4%
Spellbooks	4%
Wands	4%
Rings	3%
Amulets	1%

Rogue Level

Item class	Probability
Food	22%
Potions	22%
Scrolls	22%
Weapons	12%
Armor	12%
Wands	5%
Rings	5%

Gehennom

Item class	Probability
Weapons	20%
Armor	20%
Food	16%
Tools	12%
Wands	8%
Rings	8%
Amulets	4%
Potions	1%
Scrolls	1%

See also

• Container#Generation for items inside chests and large boxes
• Monster starting inventory
• offensive item
• defensive item
• miscellaneous item

References

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