Group
In NetHack, certain monsters have a tendency to appear in groups. Due to this, they are more common than their monster frequency would imply.
A "large" group consists of 2-11 monsters and a "small" group of 1-4.[1] If more than one monster is generated, the number of additional monsters is divided by 4 for players of level 1 or 2, and halved for players of level 3 or 4, but is always at least one.[2] Extra monsters are never peaceful.[3] If a monster created as part of a group would be peaceful, it's skipped; this can effectively reduce the group size for some monsters.
A common strategy for killing monster groups in NetHack is to lure them into a corridor or doorway, so only one member of the group can attack the player at a time, preventing the group from overwhelming the player.
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Monsters that appear in small groups
These monsters have a 1⁄2 chance of appearing in groups of 2-4:
- a giant ant
- a soldier ant
- a fire ant
- c chickatrice
- d jackal
- d coyote
- d wolf
- d winter wolf cub
- d warg
- d hell hound pup
- q rothe
- r sewer rat
- r giant rat
- s cave spider
- x grid bug
- A couatl
- B bat
- G gnome
- H stone giant
- H hill giant
- H fire giant
- H frost giant
- H storm giant
- K Kop Sergeant
- O ogre
- Y ape
- Z orc zombie
- Z dwarf zombie
- Z elf zombie
- Z human zombie
- @ Woodland-elf
- @ Green-elf
- @ Grey-elf
- @ elf-lord
- @ soldier
- @ sergeant
- @ watchman
- & erinys
- & barbed devil
- & vrock
- & hezrou
- & bone devil
- ; piranha
Monsters that appear in large groups
With a 2 in 3 chance, they're generated in groups of 2-11; otherwise, a group size of 2-4 is used. The average group size is thus 51⁄3.
- a killer bee
- i manes
- i lemure
- o orc
- o hill orc
- o Mordor orc
- o Uruk-hai
- K Keystone Kop
- S garter snake
- S water moccasin
SLASH'EM
SLASH'EM adds "very large" groups of size 2-21.[4]
SLASH'EM monsters that appear in small groups
- a giant tick
- a giant flea
- a snow ant
- a giant louse
- a tsetse fly
- a migo warrior
- c chicken
- c cockatoo
- d death dog
- d shadow wolf
- d mist wolf
- h deeper one
- q lamb
- q scramper
- q sheep
- q goat
- q squealer
- q mangler
- s recluse spider
- w larva
- w maggot
- w dung worm
- w acid worm
- x spark bug
- x arc bug
- x lightning bug
- z wallaroo
- z kangaroo
- B rhumbat
- B hellbat
- B mongbat
- B harpy
- B nightgaunt
- @ drow
- & bar-lgura
- & chasme
- & babau
SLASH'EM monsters that appear in large groups
- a migo drone
- a yellow jacket
- a black wasp
- a giant wasp
- h deep one
- o war orc
- o great orc
- o snow orc
- o demon orc
- r hellrat
- B athol
- B mobat
- Z gug
- & spined devil
SLASH'EM monsters that appear in very large groups
- g jermlaine
- @ gibberling
- @ grimlock
References
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