Woodland-elf
@ Woodland-elf | |
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Difficulty | 6 |
Attacks |
Weapon 2d4 |
Base level | 4 |
Base experience | 46 |
Speed | 12 |
Base AC | 10 |
Base MR | 10 |
Alignment | -5 (chaotic) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 800 |
Nutritional value | 350 |
Size | Medium |
Resistances | Sleep |
Resistances conveyed |
Sleep (27%) |
A Woodland-elf:
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Reference | monst.c#line2317 |
A Woodland-elf, @, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. It is the weakest of the randomly generated elves. Woodland-elves have a single weapon attack and possess sleep resistance.
Eating a Woodland-elf corpse or tin has a 27% chance of conferring sleep resistance.
Generation
Woodland-elves can generate in small groups. Like many elves, randomly-generated Woodland-elves are sometimes peaceful towards chaotic characters and always peaceful towards player elves.
Woodland-elves are generated with elven equipment using the following odds:[1]
- They have a 1⁄2 chance of generating with either an elven mithril-coat or an elven cloak, and a 1⁄2 chance of generating with an elven leather helm; if they do not generate with the helm, they have a 1⁄4 chance of generating with elven boots.
- They have a 1⁄2 chance of generating with an elven dagger.
- They will also generate with one of the following sets of items, with an equal chance of each set:
- An elven bow and set of elven arrows, a 1⁄4 chance of an elven shield and a 2⁄3 chance of an elven short sword.
- An elven broadsword and a 1⁄2 chance of an elven shield.
- A 1⁄2 chance of an elven spear and accompanying elven shield.
Strategy
Woodland-elves can be surprisingly difficult for early characters that are caught by surprise, but also offer a safe source of sleep resistance.
History
The Woodland-elf first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.
Variants
dNetHack
In dNetHack, Woodland-elves may appear among the court of an elven monarch-ruled throne room.
xNetHack
In xNetHack, Woodland-elves are moved to the Quendi monster class like all other elves.
- ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 222: Default equipment for elves