Caveman

The caveman is one of the player roles in NetHack. Cavemen can be either lawful or neutral, and can be humans, dwarves or gnomes.

Their special spell is dig. Default starting pet is a little dog called Slasher. Cavemen do not suffer consequences from cannibalism.

Starting inventory

Each caveman starts with the following:

• a +1 club
• a +2 sling
• 10 to 20 flint stones
• 18 to 33 rocks
• a +0 leather armor

Intrinsics

Cavemen gain intrinsics at these experience levels:

• Level 7: speed
• Level 15: warning

Skills

Caveman skills
Max	Skills
Basic	Weapons: dagger, pick-axe, morning star, unicorn horn Spells: attack
Skilled	Weapons: knife, axe, flail, hammer, polearms, trident, bow Spells: matter
Expert	Weapons: club, mace, quarterstaff, spear, sling, boomerang
Master	Combat: bare hands

Quest

Main article: Caveman quest

Strategy

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