rust trap

[Yosemite Sam]

Rust traps are one of my fears. It won't do to descend with a very corroded
long sword. There was a rust trap in my starting room. I tried to destroy it
by running it out of water. No rust traps in my foyer. The effort was futile.
I hit it about 100 times and it still continues to exist much to my dismay.

[Janis Papanagnou]

Post by Yosemite Sam
Rust traps are one of my fears. It won't do to descend with a very corroded
long sword.

Yes, they are a nuisance.[*] Especially early game you need every
point of damage done to monsters and can not afford a rust-malus.

Post by Yosemite Sam
There was a rust trap in my starting room. I tried to destroy it
by running it out of water. No rust traps in my foyer.

(Well, you could have just ignored it once it was identified.)

Post by Yosemite Sam
The effort was futile.
I hit it about 100 times and it still continues to exist much to my dismay.

(Can rust-traps dry out?)

It would probably be wiser to obtain a pick-axe and dig a pit on
that square.

Janis

[*] In EvilHack even worse; at some corrosion level items disappear.
This happened during a fountain dip for Excalibur -> weapon gone.
Also wading through shallow water seems to disintegrate metal boots
after some turns.
Recently I wanted to uncurse The One Ring of Gollum by dipping it
into a fountain; to my surprise this specific "indestructible" item
got rusty and only just before it would have got destroyed I stopped
the dipping.