The One Ring

[EugeneLesnov]

I killed Sauron. I killed a lot of uniques.

But I swear I won’t get closer to Morgoth by more than 20 squares before I find the One Ring.

I have been playing this game for 4 years..I won several times.
And now I have to find it.

So, my question is how often you see the One Ring during the game?

[mrfy]

Very very rare. I think I've seen it once in many years of playing.

[EugeneLesnov]

Oops..Just killed Morgoth.

Let's leave this Ring for another character

[Monkey Face]

I've been playing for over 20 years and have never found the one ring. I'm happy to find one or two of the 3 elven rings.

[Sky]

i think i found it like six or seven times. Had just recently two rings between 3 characters.
i normally dont wear it though.

[Bill Peterson]

Twice, a 3.0.6 Priest and a 3.0.9b Mage. Both winners. It helps if you don't dive fast.

[Ed_47569]

I killed Sauron. I killed a lot of uniques.

So, my question is how often you see the One Ring during the game?

I've probably found it about 8 or 9 times in 200-odd winning games. First time was in 3.0.6 in a small cross-shaped lesser vault at 4900'.

Most memorable time was in the previous version last year (4.1.3) when it popped up in a lesser vault at 2300 feet or so - level feeling was only GOOD! Put it on straight away and promptly dived to finish off Sauron and Morgoth successfully. The character was lucky enough to be wearing Luthien which activated for RLL every time the exp drain kicked in.

[Ancient Yeek]

I found it yesterday funnily enough. If you just hang around Lv99 and 100 and keep looking it tends to turn up eventually. I've never found the really good Artifact speed boots though >:[

[Ingwe Ingweron]

My greatest find of The One Ring, was way back in the late '80s, early '90s. It was buried under a pile of rubble. When I came back to playing the game many years later, I used to dig out every pile of rubble with great hopes. After a long while, I learned that the game had changed so that wouldn't happen anymore. At least I could stop scrabbling in the rocks.

[Sky]

the game had changed so that wouldn't happen anymore.

it did??
i still find drops under rubble though.

[Ingwe Ingweron]

it did??
i still find drops under rubble though.

Yes, but no artifacts

[Hounded]

Ahdunno, a One Ring drop from under rubble. That's pretty well how Bilbo found it. Actually lends itself to the perversity of the One Ring.

Not sure how it's calculated but thinkin' about it a real wild-card distribution would be in character. Ridiculously low chance of dropping but could appear anywhere.

Like under rubble, in a river bottom etc.

[Sphara]

I've found it once and I've played 3 1/2 years now. Never saw it back in the 90's. The ring was dropped by a Greater Maia.

Consequently, I found my first and only Power Dragon Scale Mail to this day, in that same game.

[Bill Peterson]

My greatest find of The One Ring, was way back in the late '80s, early '90s. It was buried under a pile of rubble. When I came back to playing the game many years later, I used to dig out every pile of rubble with great hopes. After a long while, I learned that the game had changed so that wouldn't happen anymore. At least I could stop scrabbling in the rocks.

I found Thorin under rubble once, years ago. Still can't resist digging rubble, I think of it as the poor mans scroll of acquirement

[Werbaer]

So, my question is how often you see the One Ring during the game?

It used to be (*) very rare; i'd estimate about once per 100 winners.

In new versions (**), it's much more common. I's say about once per 10 or 15 winners.

Most memorable was getting it from a Blue Ooze in 2001 on my birthday. I think it was around 3300'. I don't find my post in the Angband newsgroup anymore.

(*) PcAngband 1.4, and Angband 2.7.9v6 to 3.0.5
(**) Angband 4.0 and up. Don't know if it was made more common in 3.5 or 4.0