There are 22 equipment slots in GnollHack. Every equipment slot has an icon, which is visible in the inventory on the right-hand side of every item row, when the item is equipped. You can also find the icons in the Equipment Screen.

Equipment Slot Icon Description
Right Hand1, 2 inventory-icon-weapon-right Primary main-hand weapon, any item4
Left Hand1, 2 inventory-icon-weapon-left Primary off-hand weapon, shield, any item4
Right Swap Weapon1, 3 inventory-icon-swapweapon-right Secondary main-hand weapon, any item4
Left Swap Weapon1, 3 inventory-icon-swapweapon-left Secondary off-hand weapon, shield, any item4
Quiver inventory-icon-quiver Arrows, bolts, and sling stones
Amulet inventory-icon-amulet  
Suit inventory-icon-suit Worn over a shirt. Its AC and MC don't stack with a robe's.
Cloak inventory-icon-cloak Worn over a shirt, a suit, and a robe.
Robe inventory-icon-robe Worn over a shirt and a suit. Its AC and MC don't stack with a suit's.
Shirt inventory-icon-shirt  
Helmet inventory-icon-helmet  
Gloves inventory-icon-gloves Worn over both rings.
Boots inventory-icon-boots  
Bracers inventory-icon-bracers  
Right Ring inventory-icon-rightring  
Left Ring inventory-icon-leftring  
Blindfold inventory-icon-blindfold  
Miscellaneous (×5) inventory-icon-miscellaneous You can wear at most 5 miscellaneous items, even though there are 10 miscellaneous item slots5. Only one item can be equipped in each miscellaneous item slot.
  • 1 Two-handed weapons require both hand slots to use.
  • 2 Main weapon slots are usually used for melee weapons.
  • 3 Swap weapon slots are usually used for ranged weapons, such as bows.
  • 4 You can wield almost any item. For example, you can wield a potion to smash it onto a monster.
  • 5 Miscellaneous item slots are:
    • Belt
    • Brooch
    • Earrings
    • Eyeglasses
    • Headband
    • Ioun stone
    • Mask
    • Nose ring
    • Watch
    • Wings