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:

a rat shaped medallion
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:

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

a razor-sharp rainbow obsidian knife
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

Level 12

a black rune engraved dagger
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 14

a rune-hilted dagger
weapon
5 to 35magic stab
slow Speed
Requires 15 Strength
  • ◆ +4 hitroll
  • ◆ +4 damroll
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +20 Movement
Account Bound
Requires Level 14 Thief
Keywords: long dagger black hilt rune rune-hilted

Particularly useful against ethereal enemies but be careful not to use them against magical enemies as it can heal them instead of causing damage.


Level 15

the spirit slayer
Artifact weapon
4 to 24nonorm slice
slow Speed
Requires 16 Strength
  • ◆ +4 damroll
  • ◆ +3 hitroll
  • ◆ +14 Mana
  • ◆ +14 HP
  • ◆ +14 Movement
  • ◆ +2 Absorb Magic
Character Bound
Requires Level 15
GLOW FLOATING KEEP
Keywords: sword silver Spirit slayer

The spirit slayer is Nonorm which will fully damage ethereal enemies while not heal magical enemies. It will, however, do less damage to shadow type enemies

Level 17

a dark steel spear
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

Note: While an incredibly powerful backstabber for its level it has a correspondingly high strength requirement. Higher even than some higher level, more powerful stabbers. Don't go out of your way to raise your strength to wield this.

Level 19

sword of lightning
weapon
3 to 36zapping pierce
Normal Speed
Requires 19 Strength
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +4 damroll
  • ◆ +4 hitroll
  • ◆ +5% Zap Save
  • ◆ +1 Constitution
Requires Total Levels 58 19 thief
GLOW ANTI_GOOD
Keywords: lightning sword blade copper bladed

Note: One of the few non-impact zap weapons, very useful for both stabbing and flourishing since the other impact weapons do not synergize well with thief skills

Level 21

a thin magical dagger
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


Level 22

a dirty halberd
Artifact Relic weapon
5 to 40toxic stab
slow Speed
Requires 16 Strength
  • ◆ +5 damroll
  • ◆ +2 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +1 Constitution
Character Bound
Requires Level 22 Thief
Keywords: dirty halberd

Level 28

a crystal dagger
Rare weapon
6 to 48slow, ice stab
Normal Speed
Requires 18 Strength
  • ◆ +3 hitroll
  • ◆ +3 damroll
  • ◆ +4 Absorb Fire
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
Requires Level 28 Thief
CRYSTAL
Keywords: ice dagger crystal

Level 29

Proteus' trident
Artifact Relic weapon
3 to 54slow, stab
Normal Speed
Requires 26 Strength
  • ◆ +9 hitroll
  • ◆ +3 damroll
  • ◆ +2 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
Character Bound
Requires Level 29
Keywords: trident proteus'

Head

Level 0

a red leather cap
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

Level 13

a black leather mask
Rare armor
HEAD
0 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +2 damroll
  • ◆ -1 Cast Ability
Account Bound
Requires Total Levels 30 13 thief
ANTI_GOOD
Keywords: charcoal black mask leather

Neck

Level 8

a skull necklace
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

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

Level 18 (Total 37)

THE Orcish Medal of Honor
Artifact armor
NECK
1 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 hitroll
  • ◆ +1 damroll
  • ◆ +1 Strength
  • ◆ +1 Constitution
  • ◆ +1 Charisma
  • ◆ +10 Movement
Requires Total Levels 37
Keywords: orcish medal honor tarnished bronze gornash

Level 19

a rat shaped medallion
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

Level 21

a black wolf talisman
Rare armor
NECK
1 Armor Class
  • ◆ +2 damroll
  • ◆ +1 hitroll
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
  • ◆ +1 hide
  • ◆ +1 sneak
Character Bound
Requires Level 21 Thief
Keywords: chain black wolf talisman

Level 22

an obsidian serpentine amulet
Artifact armor
NECK
1 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +2 damroll
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
  • ◆ +5% Poison Save
Account Bound
Requires Level 22 Thief
Keywords: obsidian serpentine amulet charm leather

Arms

Level 3

a pair of black leather sleeves
Artifact armor
ARMS
5 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 damroll
  • ◆ +1 Constitution
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
Requires Level 3
Keywords: black leather sleeves pair

Level 11

a pair of sharkskin sleeves
Artifact armor
ARMS
1 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 damroll
  • ◆ +1 hitroll
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
  • ◆ +1 Strength
  • ◆ +1 Constitution
Requires Level 11 Thief
Keywords: sharkskin shark skin sleeves pair dark brown

Wrist

Level 6

a bracer of black bone
Artifact armor
WRISTS
1 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +1 damroll
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
  • ◆ +1 dodge
Character Bound
Requires Total Levels 12 6 thief
Keywords: black bone bracer band

Level 7

a greasy leather bracer
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

Level 17

a pitch black leather wristband
Rare armor
WRISTS
1 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +1 damroll
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
  • ◆ +5 Movement
Account Bound
Requires Level 17 Thief
Keywords: pitch black leather wrist wristband band

Hands

Level 12

a set of Tiger paws
Rare armor
HANDS FEET
2 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 damroll
  • ◆ +1 hitroll
  • ◆ +1 Strength
Requires Level 12
Keywords: set tiger paws

Level 15

a pair of ranger gloves
Artifact armor
HANDS
3 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 damroll
  • ◆ +1 hitroll
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
  • ◆ +1 Strength
  • ◆ +1 Constitution
Character Bound
Requires Level 15
Keywords: ranger gloves pair forest green

Level 17

hand wraps of the assassin
Rare armor
HANDS
0 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 damroll
  • ◆ +1 hitroll
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ -1 HP Regen
Account Bound
Requires Total Levels 46 17 thief
GLOW
Keywords: hand wraps assassin

Finger

Level 11

the mayor's signet ring
Rare armor
FINGERS
1 Armor Class
  • ◆ +2 hitroll
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
  • ◆ +5 Movement
  • ◆ +5 HP
Character Bound
Requires Level 11
Keywords: ring official crest mayor's mayor signet

Level 12

a ring of brown stone
Artifact armor
FINGERS
0 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +1 damroll
  • ◆ +1 hitroll
Account Bound
Requires Level 12 Thief
Keywords: brown stone ring

Level 15

a black marble ring
Artifact armor
FINGERS
0 Armor Class
  • ◆ +2 damroll
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
Account Bound
Requires Level 15 Thief
GLOW
Keywords: black marble ring

On Body

Level 9

black lizard skin armor
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

Level 11

a grey duster
Artifact armor
ABOUT_BODY
1 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +1 damroll
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
  • ◆ +1 Constitution
Character Bound
Requires Level 11 Thief
ANTI_GOOD
Keywords: gray grey duster overcoat

Level 13

a golden mole hide
Artifact armor
ABOUT_BODY
1 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +1 damroll
  • ◆ +1 hitroll
Account Bound
Requires Level 13 Thief
Keywords: golden brown mole hide fur

Waist

Level 10

a gorro bracelet
Artifact treasure
WAIST
  • ◆ +2 damroll
  • ◆ +1 Strength
  • ◆ +1 Constitution
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
Character Bound
Requires Total Levels 10
Keywords: copper hoop bracelet gorros gorro gorro's

Level 16

the belt of the gravekeeper
Rare armor
WAIST
2 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 damroll
  • ◆ +1 hitroll
  • ◆ +1 Strength
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
Account Bound
Requires Level 16
Keywords: belt gravekeeper jet black

Level 17

the black sash of a rogue
Artifact armor
WAIST
1 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +1 hitroll
  • ◆ +1 damroll
Requires Level 17 Thief
Keywords: black sash thief rogue jet

Legs

Level 8

dirty grey overalls
Artifact armor
LEGS
7 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 Constitution
  • ◆ +1 Strength
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
Requires Level 8
Keywords: overalls grey dirty

Level 10 (Total 23)

a pair of nightstalker leggings
Artifact armor
LEGS
1 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 Thief Skill Level
  • ◆ +2 damroll
  • ◆ +1 sneak
Character Bound
Requires Total Levels 23
Requires Level 10 Thief
Keywords: leather pair leggings nightstalker rogue black

Feet

Level 3

a pair of midnight black boots
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

Level 13

a thieves buckler
Artifact armor
SHIELD
3 Armor Class
  • ◆ +1 damroll
  • ◆ +1 hitroll
  • ◆ +1 Dexterity
  • ◆ +1 Constitution
  • ◆ +1 hide
  • ◆ +1 sneak
Requires Level 13 Thief
Keywords: thieves thief black buckler shift
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