Metal boots (base item)

Metal boots ([)
Item Type	Boots
Sprite
Weight	120s		96s		89s
Danger Level	1		6		11
Material	Iron		Mithril		Adamantium
Sprite
Weight				55s		24s
Danger Level				16		?
Material				Eternium		Truesilver

Metal boots are basic boots in ADOM that provide bonus to PV (and possibly a penalty to DV), while not having any special properties.

Desirability

They are useful for their PV bonus. Non-iron boots are resistant to fire and thus can be taken into Tower of Eternal Flames without extra protection.

Iron boots add their PV to kick to-hit, and their PV+1 to kick damage.

Since 1 point of PV can be very valuable in the early game, iron boots can be rather valuable. Later on due to weight and potential destruction they should be replaced by better footwear.

Non-iron boots can also be used in item polymorphing in the hope of generating seven league boots.

Guaranteed/Common Sources

Generic loot. Eternium boots are dropped by chaos warriors and chaos knights.

Greater Identify information

---------------------------- iron boots [-1, +1]--------------------------

When worn they modify DV by -1 and PV by +1.
When used in melee combat it grants a +0 bonus to hit and causes 1d4 points of
damage. When used as a missile it grants a +0 bonus to hit and causes 1d4
points of damage.

---------------------------- mithril boots [-1, +2]--------------------------

When worn they modify DV by -1 and PV by +2.
When used in melee combat it grants a +0 bonus to hit and causes 1d4 points of
damage. When used as a missile it grants a +0 bonus to hit and causes 1d4
points of damage.

---------------------------- adamantium boots [+0, +3] --------------------------

When worn they modify DV by +0 and PV by +3.
When used in melee combat it grants a +0 bonus to hit and causes 1d4 points of
damage. When used as a missile it grants a +0 bonus to hit and causes 1d4
points of damage.

----------------------------eternium boots [+0, +5] --------------------------

When worn they modify DV by +0 and PV by +5.
When used in melee combat it grants a +0 bonus to hit and causes 1d4 points of
damage. When used as a missile it grants a +0 bonus to hit and causes 1d4
points of damage.

---------------------------- truesilver boots [+0, +2]--------------------------

When worn they modify DV by +0 and PV by +2.
When used in melee combat it grants a +0 bonus to hit and causes 1d4 points of
damage. When used as a missile it grants a +0 bonus to hit and causes 1d4
points of damage.

Material	Danger Level	Weight	Typical stats	Notes
Iron	1	120	[-1, +1]	Add kicking damage
Mithril	6	98	[-1, +2]
Adamantium	11	89	[+0, +3]
Eternium	16	55	[+0, +5]	Immune to corrosion
Truesilver	?	24	[+0, +2]	Not smithable

Some item DLs and/or stat modifier distribution taken from Anilatx's research.