There are 29 rings in NetHack, and only 2 ring fingers on each player. The rings have varying utility, hence a strategy of which ring to wear must be devised. Rings do cause extra hunger (some excessively) but after the mid game food should not be an issue, meaning there is no reason not to make use of the many ring extrinsics. The rings can be divided by how useful they are. Note, however, that even "useless" rings can have some use (e.g., taming a pet with a meat ring, or wearing a ring of hunger to make it easier to eat multiple giants on a level). Normally useless rings: Useful rings: