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|name=brown pudding
 
  |difficulty=6
 
  |difficulty=6
 
  |level=5
 
  |level=5
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  |MR=0
 
  |MR=0
 
  |align=0
 
  |align=0
  |frequency=Very rare
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  |frequency=1
 
  |genocidable=Yes
 
  |genocidable=Yes
  |attacks=Bite: decays organic items
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  |attacks=Bite decays [[organic]] items  
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|resistances conveyed=cold (7%), shock (7%), poison (7%)
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|resistances=cold, shock, poison, acid, petrification
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|attributes={{attributes|A brown pudding|nocorpse=1|breathless=1|amorphous=1|noeyes=1|nolimbs=1|nohead=1|mindless=1|omnivore=1|acid=1|hostile=1|neuter=1}}
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|size=Medium
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|nutr=250
 
  |weight=500
 
  |weight=500
|nutr=250
 
|size=medium
 
|resistances=Cold, Shock, Poison, Acid, Stoning
 
|resistances conveyed=Cold (11%), Shock (11%), Poison (11%)
 
|attributes=A brown pudding:
 
* does not breathe.
 
* has an amorphous form.
 
* has no eyes.
 
* has no limbs.
 
* has no head.
 
* is mindless.
 
* is an omnivore.
 
* is acidic to eat.
 
* is vegetarian, but not vegan.
 
 
  |reference=[[monst.c#line1829]]
 
  |reference=[[monst.c#line1829]]
 
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The '''brown pudding''', {{monsym|brown_pudding}}, is an [[amoeboid]] [[NetHack]] [[monster]].
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Like its more powerful cousin, the [[black pudding]], it will [[division|divide]] when hit by an iron weapon, and as such can be used for [[pudding farming]].
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A '''brown pudding''', {{monsym|brown pudding}}, is an [[amoeboid]] [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. Its bite deals no damage, but will cause [[organic]] armor to decay, and like the [[black pudding]] it will [[divide]] when hit by an [[iron]] weapon.
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Eating [[glob]]s of brown pudding breaks [[vegan]] [[conduct]].
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==Generation==
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Brown puddings will leave behind a glob of brown pudding upon death.
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==Strategy==
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The brown pudding is fairly easy to dispose of, with its primary danger lying in its bites degrading you or your humanoid [[pet]]'s non-metallic armor. This can be easily avoided by any combination of wearing metal armor, covering your body armor with a throwaway [[cloak]], or simply removing any organic armor. For pets, tame unarmored monster such as [[dog]]s and [[cat]]s can freely dispose of a brown pudding.
  
== Strategy ==
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==History==
Brown puddings' attacks do no damage, so their only danger is in [[rotting]] your armor.
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In [[NetHack 3.4.3]] and prior versions, as well as variants based on those versions, brown puddings were a target of [[pudding farming]] strategies, as they could be split and then killed for their [[corpse]]s and [[death drop]]s, or else tamed (e.g. via the [[scroll of taming]] or [[spell of charm monster]]) and then polymorphed to amass an army of pets. They were less commonly farmed compared to black puddings, which can be reliably generated by kicking a [[sink]].
This can be easily avoided by wearing metal armors, covering your body armor with a cloak, or simply removing organic armor.
 
  
Since they do no damage, [[pudding farming | farming]] them for resistances and sacrifice gifts is a viable tactic.
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Starting in [[NetHack 3.6.0]], brown puddings leave globs instead of corpses when they are killed; this was done to make pudding farming much less useful, as globs cannot be sacrificed, revived or tinned. In [[NetHack 3.6.1]], a bug was fixed that prevented globs from giving resistances when eaten.
Since they have such low hitpoints, you'll need to get yourself a low-damage iron weapon to divide them;
 
A [[puddingbane | corroded -3 orcish dagger]] is a good choice.
 
After you've gotten all three intrinsics from them, you may consider killing off the crop so that they don't get in your way.
 
  
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==Encyclopedia entry==
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{{encyclopedia-redirect|amoeboid}}
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{{nethack-366}}
 
[[Category:Monsters]]
 
[[Category:Monsters]]

Latest revision as of 15:03, 6 March 2023

A brown pudding, P, is an amoeboid monster that appears in NetHack. Its bite deals no damage, but will cause organic armor to decay, and like the black pudding it will divide when hit by an iron weapon.

Eating globs of brown pudding breaks vegan conduct.

Generation

Brown puddings will leave behind a glob of brown pudding upon death.

Strategy

The brown pudding is fairly easy to dispose of, with its primary danger lying in its bites degrading you or your humanoid pet's non-metallic armor. This can be easily avoided by any combination of wearing metal armor, covering your body armor with a throwaway cloak, or simply removing any organic armor. For pets, tame unarmored monster such as dogs and cats can freely dispose of a brown pudding.

History

In NetHack 3.4.3 and prior versions, as well as variants based on those versions, brown puddings were a target of pudding farming strategies, as they could be split and then killed for their corpses and death drops, or else tamed (e.g. via the scroll of taming or spell of charm monster) and then polymorphed to amass an army of pets. They were less commonly farmed compared to black puddings, which can be reliably generated by kicking a sink.

Starting in NetHack 3.6.0, brown puddings leave globs instead of corpses when they are killed; this was done to make pudding farming much less useful, as globs cannot be sacrificed, revived or tinned. In NetHack 3.6.1, a bug was fixed that prevented globs from giving resistances when eaten.

Encyclopedia entry

See the encyclopedia entry for amoeboid.