# Spellbook of cure sickness

spellbook of  +   cure sickness   

Appearance

random

Abundance

3.25%

Base price

300 zm

Weight

50

Turns to read

6

Ink to write

15–29

Spell type

healing

Level

3

Power cost

15 Pw

Direction

non-directional   

Special for

healer

In NetHack, the spellbook of cure sickness allows you to learn the spell of cure sickness. It is an emergency spell, and is the special spell of the Healer.

Effects
When cast, the spell cures all forms of sickness, including food poisoning and illness, and removes slime. 

Strategy
In most situations, the unicorn horn supercedes the spell for curing sicknesses; unlike the spell, however, even a blessed unicorn horn is not always guaranteed to work. In addition, the spell can also cure sliming, and is one of the safer means of doing so since it does not risk damaging your armor or inventory.
Another noteworthy thing is that high-level Healers with 18 wisdom can cast this spell with 0% failure rates even while wearing metallic armor without a robe.