Nightmare Amulet

Nightmare Amulet
Crafting
Recipe	×6 ×4 ×2
Tab
Tier
Effects
	-3.33/min
Properties
Durability	3 min 12 sec
Stacks up to	Does not stack
Perk
Induces insanity effects. Drains Sanity over time.
Sources
Dropped by
Code
"purpleamulet"

“It speaks with the shadow.”

–Maxwell

The Nightmare Amulet is a craftable item found in the Magic Tab. It costs 6 Gold Nuggets, 4 Nightmare Fuel, and 2 Purple Gems to craft and requires a Shadow Manipulator to prototype. It can also be dropped by an Ancient Pseudoscience Station when it is damaged with a Hammer, Gunpowder etc. It can be equipped in the chest slot and lasts for 3 minutes and 12 seconds (2/5th of an in-game day).

While it's equipped, the Nightmare Amulet allows the player to experience the effects of 0 Sanity without actually setting the character's Sanity to 0. The screen will become distorted with the usual low Sanity effects, and Shadow Creatures will spawn. During this time the players Sanity will start dropping by 3.33 per minute.

Unequipping the Nightmare Amulet returns the player to their previous level of Sanity. Note that the "previous level of Sanity" will include any Sanity gains/losses that took place while the amulet was equipped.

Tips

• This item can be useful for collecting items that are only available during low Sanity levels, such as Beard Hair and Nightmare Fuel, while still being able to opt out of the dangers of insanity at will.
• The Nightmare Amulet's induced effect cannot be used to raise or lower Obelisks.
• Players should wear items that provide a Sanity boost, such as Tam o' Shanter, to mitigate the Sanity drain of the Amulet.
• This item can be especially useful when playing as Maxwell, since not only does his Sanity regeneration make it hard to go insane the normal way, but it also mitigates the Sanity loss caused by the Amulet.

Trivia

• The Nightmare Amulet shares the same in-game model with Magiluminescence but its gem is obviously purple instead of yellow.
• Prior to the The Stuff Of Nightmares update, the Nightmare Amulet actually restored 2 Sanity per minute, instead of reducing it.
• This item was previously crafted from the Gemology Tab before the latter was removed from the game.
• The gem in the Nightmare Amulet has eight corners, however the Purple Gems used to craft it only have six.

Bugs

• Sometimes Shadow Creatures don't despawn after the player unequips the Nightmare Amulet.

Gallery

• Wilson wearing a Nightmare Amulet.
• Willow wearing a Nightmare Amulet.
• Wolfgang wearing a Nightmare Amulet.
• Wendy wearing a Nightmare Amulet.
• WX-78 wearing a Nightmare Amulet.
• Wickerbottom wearing a Nightmare Amulet.
• Woodie wearing a Nightmare Amulet.
• Wes wearing a Nightmare Amulet.
• Maxwell wearing a Nightmare Amulet.
• Wigfrid wearing a Nightmare Amulet.
• Webber wearing a Nightmare Amulet.

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