Thief/Guide/Equipment

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

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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

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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

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

the goblin slayer

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

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 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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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