Sewer rat
r sewer rat 
| |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 1 |
| Attacks |
Bite 1d3 |
| Base level | 0 |
| Base experience | 1 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 7 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 20 |
| Nutritional value | 12 |
| Size | Tiny |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
|
A sewer rat:
| |
| Reference | monst.c#line734 |
A sewer rat, r, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. It is a tiny carnivorous animal that can be seen via infravision, and is the most basic form of rodent that a character will encounter.
A sewer rat has a single bite attack.
Generation
Randomly-generated sewer rats are always created hostile, and may appear in small groups. A sewer rat can grow up into a giant rat.
Quaffing from a sink has a 1⁄20 chance of generating a sewer rat if they are not genocided or extinct.[1]
Wererats can summon hostile sewer rats by calling for help, with a 2⁄3 chance of generating a hostile sewer rat on each adjacent square, and a character that gets lycanthropy from a wererat can similarly summon tame sewer rats using the #monster extended command with at least 10 power.[2]
Sewer rats appear among the random r that are part of the first quest monster class for Healers and make up 24⁄175 of the monsters randomly generated on the Healer quest.
Strategy
Sewer rats are very simple enemies that appear more rarely than jackals and newts, but do slightly more damage. All but the weakest and/or unluckiest starting characters should be able to deal with sewer rats, even in groups.
History
The sewer rat first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.
Messages
- Eek! There's a sewer rat in the sink!
- A sewer rat was generated when you quaffed from a sink.
- Eek! There's something squirmy in the sink!
- As above, but you cannot see the rat.
- The sink seems quite dirty.
- As above, but sewer rats are genocided or extinct.
Encyclopedia entry
Rats are long-tailed rodents. They are aggressive,
omnivorous, and adaptable, often carrying diseases.
"The rat," said O'Brien, still addressing his invisible
audience, "although a rodent, is carnivorous. You are aware
of that. You will have heard of the things that happen in
the poor quarters of this town. In some streets a woman dare
not leave her baby alone in the house, even for five minutes.
The rats are certain to attack it. Within quite a small time
they will strip it to the bones. They also attack sick or
dying people. They show astonishing intelligence in knowing
when a human being is helpless."
