Meat stick
A meat stick is a type of comestible that appears in NetHack. It is fleshy and not vegetarian or vegan.
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Generation
Meat sticks are not randomly generated, and can only created by zapping a stone to flesh spell at a wand with the marble randomized appearance.
Description
When eaten, meat sticks grant 5 base nutrition. Like tripe rations, meat sticks are considered a treat for carnivorous pets, and they can be thrown to tame carnivorous domestic animals.
Strategy
Like meat rings, most meat sticks are junk created from a hero zapping stone to flesh at themselves, either by accident or deliberately to cure stoning. A meat stick provides very little nutrition, and is best used as a lightweight treat to feed any meat-eating pets or else tame carnivorous domestic animals - they can also be used as polyfodder to try and turn into lightweight food such as lembas wafers.
History
The meat stick is introduced alongside the spell of stone to flesh in NetHack 3.3.0.
Variants
SlashTHEM
In SlashTHEM, meat sticks can be randomly generated as wares found in food stores.
Encyclopedia entry
- See the encyclopedia entry for meatball.
