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{{monclasssym|'}} '''Golems''' are a [[monster class|class]] of [[monsters]] in [[NetHack]]. As they are inanimate objects given life, their corpses are sometimes useful or valuable objects, especially in the case of paper and gold golems. Because they are artificial constructs, scrolls of genocide do not work on golems.
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{{monclasssym|'}} '''Golems''' are a [[monster class|class]] of [[monsters]] in [[NetHack]]. As they are inanimate objects given life, their corpses are sometimes useful or valuable objects, especially in the case of paper and gold golems. Because they are artificial constructs, golems cannot be [[genocide]]d.
  
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==List of golems==
 
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Golems are randomly generated, and an appropriate golem can also arise when trying to polymorph large piles of objects at once. For example, a pile containing many scrolls may become a paper golem, and a pile of rocks may become a clay golem.
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== Generation ==
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Golems are randomly generated, and an appropriate golem can also arise when trying to polymorph large piles of objects at once. For example, a pile containing many scrolls may become a paper golem, and a pile of rocks may become a clay golem. ([[Polypiling]] many [[bone]] objects, such as [[unicorn horn]]s, can produce a [[skeleton]], which is not a golem.)
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In addition, [[polypiling]] many [[bone]] objects (such as [[unicorn horn]]s) can produce a [[skeleton]].
 
  
 
Stone golems can be created by [[stoning]] any of the other golems (e.g. with a [[cockatrice|cockatrice corpse]]). Stone golems themselves are stoning resistant, since it would be rather odd if stoning could kill them.  
 
Stone golems can be created by [[stoning]] any of the other golems (e.g. with a [[cockatrice|cockatrice corpse]]). Stone golems themselves are stoning resistant, since it would be rather odd if stoning could kill them.  
  
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Casting [[stone to flesh]] at a stone golem will turn it into a flesh golem. The flesh golem is weaker in combat, and its corpse can give almost any resistance in the game.
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Casting {{spell of|stone to flesh}} at a stone golem or a statue of any golem will turn it into a flesh golem. Flesh golems are weaker in combat than stone golems, and their corpses can give almost any resistance in the game.
  
 
== Mythology ==
 
== Mythology ==
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Although the encyclopedia entry for ''gold golem'' describes their mythological counterparts as female, the NetHack monster is neuter.
 
Although the encyclopedia entry for ''gold golem'' describes their mythological counterparts as female, the NetHack monster is neuter.
  
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== Encyclopedia entries ==
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==Variants==
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=== Golem ===
 
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"The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth
 
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century.  Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is
 
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said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to
 
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help ring the bells in the Synagogue and for all kinds of other
 
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menial work.
 
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"But he hadn't made a full man, and it was animated by some sort
 
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of vegetable half-life.  What life it had, too, so the story
 
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runs, was only derived from the magic charm placed behind its
 
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teeth each day, that drew down to itself what was known as the
 
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`free sidereal strength of the universe.'
 
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"One evening, before evening prayers, the rabbi forgot to take
 
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the charm out of the Golem's mouth, and it fell into a frenzy.
 
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It raged through the dark streets, smashing everything in its
 
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path, until the rabbi caught up with it, removed the charm, and
 
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destroyed it.  Then the Golem collapsed, lifeless.  All that was
 
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the Old Synagogue." ...
 
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|[ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ]
 
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=== Straw golem ===
 
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Dorothy leaned her chin upon her hand and gazed thoughtfully
 
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a face.  An old, pointed blue hat, that had belonged to some
 
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Munchkin, was perched on his head, and the rest of the figure
 
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was a blue suit of clothes, worn and faded, which had also
 
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blue tops, such as every man wore in this country, and the
 
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Come, old broomstick, you are needed,
 
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Take these rags and wrap them round you!
 
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Long my orders you have heeded,
 
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By my wishes now I've bound you.
 
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Have two legs and stand,
 
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And a head for you.
 
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Run, and in your hand
 
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Hold a bucket too.
 
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See him, toward the shore he's racing
 
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There, he's at the stream already,
 
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Back like lightning he is chasing,
 
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Pouring water fast and steady.
 
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Once again he hastens!
 
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How the water spills,
 
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How the water basins
 
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Brimming full he fills!
 
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|[ The Sorcerer's Apprentice, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
 
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translation by Edwin Zeydel ]
 
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=== Gold golem ===
 
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The bellows he set away from the fire, and gathered all the tools
 
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wherewith he wrought into a silver chest; and with a sponge wiped
 
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he his face and his two hands withal, and his mighty neck and
 
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shaggy breast, and put upon him a tunic, and grasped a stout staff,
 
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and went forth halting; but there moved swiftly to support their
 
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lord handmaidens wrought of gold in the semblance of living maids.
 
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In them is understanding in their hearts, and in them speech and
 
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=== Flesh golem ===
 
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With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected
 
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the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark
 
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of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet.  It was
 
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the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the
 
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|[ Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ]}}
 
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{{todo|How many hit points do the Slash'EM golems have?}}
 
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In addition, the [[Sheol]] branch contains two new golem types, the [[Ice golem]], and the [[Crystal ice golem]].
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In addition, the [[Sheol]] branch contains two new golem types, the [[ice golem]] and the [[crystal ice golem]].
  
 
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Revision as of 19:57, 9 August 2019

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​' Golems are a class of monsters in NetHack. As they are inanimate objects given life, their corpses are sometimes useful or valuable objects, especially in the case of paper and gold golems. Because they are artificial constructs, golems cannot be genocided.

List of golems

Symbol Monster Corpse[1] Hit points[2][3]
' clay golem rocks 50
' glass golem pieces of worthless glass 60
' iron golem iron chains 80
' leather golem leather armors 40
' paper golem scrolls of blank paper 20
' rope golem (none) 30
' stone golem statue of a stone golem 60
' straw golem (none) 20
' wood golem quarterstaffs 50
' gold golem gold 40
' flesh golem flesh golem corpse (edible) 40

Generation

Golems are randomly generated, and an appropriate golem can also arise when trying to polymorph large piles of objects at once. For example, a pile containing many scrolls may become a paper golem, and a pile of rocks may become a clay golem. (Polypiling many bone objects, such as unicorn horns, can produce a skeleton, which is not a golem.)

Stone golems can be created by stoning any of the other golems (e.g. with a cockatrice corpse). Stone golems themselves are stoning resistant, since it would be rather odd if stoning could kill them.

Casting stone to flesh at a stone golem or a statue of any golem will turn it into a flesh golem. Flesh golems are weaker in combat than stone golems, and their corpses can give almost any resistance in the game.

Mythology

Golems are creatures from ancient Jewish folklore. They are not derived from Gollum in The Lord of the Rings. The legendary golem was made of clay, but the word has also been used to describe similar creatures made from other materials.

Although the encyclopedia entry for gold golem describes their mythological counterparts as female, the NetHack monster is neuter.

Variants

SLASH'EM

A user has suggested improving this page or section as follows:

"How many hit points do the Slash'EM golems have?"

Main article: Golem (SLASH'EM)

SLASH'EM features the following new golems:

Symbol Monster Corpse Hit points
' wax golem wax candles 40
' plastic golem credit cards; cheap plastic imitations of the Amulet of Yendor in older versions 60
' ruby golem rubies 250
' diamond golem diamonds 270
' sapphire golem sapphires 280
' steel golem iron chains 290
' crystal golem random gems 300

UnNetHack

UnNetHack includes wax golems, as described above.

In addition, the Sheol branch contains two new golem types, the ice golem and the crystal ice golem.

References

  1. ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.0, line 309
  2. ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.0, line 906
  3. ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.0, line 1816


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