Anachrononaut quest - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Lower filler level(s) */ pothole

2026-04-18T14:34:24Z

‎Lower filler level(s): pothole

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2026-04-06T09:44:27Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: potholes

2026-02-21T14:14:40Z

potholes

Umbire the Phantom: /* Monsters */ I appear to have mis-pasted

2026-02-05T18:45:37Z

‎Monsters: I appear to have mis-pasted

Umbire the Phantom: /* Monsters */ update monster list and correct the math

2026-02-05T13:13:59Z

‎Monsters: update monster list and correct the math

Umbire the Phantom: do it this way

2025-12-30T20:11:44Z

do it this way

MrSurvivor1997: Might as well have the link to it’s Android counterpart quest.

2025-12-30T19:39:20Z

Might as well have the link to it’s Android counterpart quest.

Umbire the Phantom: potholes

2025-12-06T19:25:26Z

potholes

Umbire the Phantom: /* Lower filler level(s) */ tweak

2025-11-18T00:39:40Z

‎Lower filler level(s): tweak

Umbire the Phantom: /* Lower filler level(s) */ ditto, note corridors

2025-11-18T00:38:28Z

‎Lower filler level(s): ditto, note corridors

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 * 3 [[droven dagger]]s
 * a [[droven short sword]]
-* a [[droven lance]]
+* a droven lance
 * 2 silver [[Rifle (dNetHack)|rifles]]
 * a [[shadowsteel]] rifle

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 * The [[secret door]]s beyond the supply rooms each lead to rooms containing resting peaceful monsters&mdash;there is a [[myrkalfar matron]], an [[Elvenking]],  an [[alider]], a trooper, a dwarf warrior, two [[Human (monster)|humans]], a regular [[myrkalfr]], an [[Elf (monster)|elf]], and an [[Incantifier (monster)|incantifier]]. All monsters except the myrkalfar matron are placed on a [[bed]].
-For the marked [[shop]]s, the delicatessen always contains a [[tinning kit]] alongside six [[box]]es that each contain either a [[C-ration]] or [[K-ration]] and 2-9 [[protein pill]]s&mdash;three of the protein pills have a {{frac|9|10}} chance of generating, while four have a {{frac|9|20}} chance of generating. The marked rare books shop always contains a [[spellbook of lightning bolt]] and six boxes that each contain 2-3 random [[spellbook]]s and 4-6 random [[scroll]]s&mdash;the third spellbook and two extra scrolls each have a {{frac|4|5}} chance of generating.
+For the marked [[shop]]s, the delicatessen always contains a [[tinning kit]] alongside six [[Large box|boxes]] that each contain either a [[C-ration]] or [[K-ration]] and 2-9 [[protein pill]]s&mdash;three of the protein pills have a {{frac|9|10}} chance of generating, while four have a {{frac|9|20}} chance of generating. The marked rare books shop always contains a [[spellbook of lightning bolt]] and six boxes that each contain 2-3 random [[spellbook]]s and 4-6 random [[scroll]]s&mdash;the third spellbook and two extra scrolls each have a {{frac|4|5}} chance of generating.
 The storage rooms contain a lot of useful future tech and other items, with each [[chest]] marked according to its contents (all uncursed) in clockwise order:

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 G=[[Trooper|{{white|@}}]]
 E={{msl|elf}}
-h=[[Dwarf warrior|{{white|h}}]]
+h=[[Dwarf warrior (dNetHack)|{{white|h}}]]
 C=[[Alider|{{white|C}}]]
 H={{msl|human}}
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 * Four troopers and a [[myrkalfar warrior]] are stationed far outside the base.
-* Within the entrance room are a dozen troopers, two myrkalfar warriors and a [[dwarf warrior]].
+* Within the entrance room are a dozen troopers, two myrkalfar warriors and a [[Dwarf warrior (dNetHack)|dwarf warrior]].
 * The supply room to the north has a myrkalfar warrior near its door, while the supply room to the south has a dwarf warrior nearby.
 * The [[secret door]]s beyond the supply rooms each lead to rooms containing resting peaceful monsters&mdash;there is a [[myrkalfar matron]], an [[Elvenking]],  an [[alider]], a trooper, a dwarf warrior, two [[Human (monster)|humans]], a regular [[myrkalfr]], an [[Elf (monster)|elf]], and an [[Incantifier (monster)|incantifier]]. All monsters except the myrkalfar matron are placed on a [[bed]].

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 ** 25%: [[Deeper one (dNetHack)|deeper ones]]
 ** 18.75%: [[Deep dweller]]s
-** 6.25%: [[Mind flayer (dNetHack)|mind flayers]]
+** 6.25%: [[Deepest one (dNetHack)|deepest ones]]
 * {{frac|7}}: phantoms and flowers
 ** ~66.6667%: [[phantasm]]s

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 ** 20%: [[warrior changed]]
 * {{frac|7}}: mind flayers
-** 50%: [[brain golem]]
+** 50%: [[brain golem]]s
-** 25%: [[umber hulk]]
+** 25%: [[umber hulk]]s
-** 12.5%: [[Mind flayer (dNetHack)|mind flayer]]
+** 12.5%: [[Mind flayer (dNetHack)|mind flayers]]
 ** 12.5%: [[Master mind flayer (dNetHack)|master mind flayer]]
 * {{frac|7}}: puppets of the black web
 ** 99%: [[edderkop]]s
-** 1%: [[embraced drowess]]
+** 1%: [[embraced drowess]]es
 * {{frac|7}}: abberations
 ** 80%: random [[Unknown abomination|{{white|U}}]]
-** 20%: [[doppelganger]]
+** 20%: [[doppelganger]]s
 * {{frac|7}}: [[undead]]
-** 75%: random {{mcsl|V}}
+** 50%: random {{mcsl|V}}
-** 18.75%: random {{mcsl|W}}
+** 25%: random {{mcsl|Z}}
-** 4.6875%: random {{mcsl|L}}
+** 12.5%: random {{mcsl|W}} <!--1/8-->
-** 1.1719%: [[darkness given hunger]]
+** ~8.33%: random {{mcsl|L}} <!--2/24 or 1/12-->
-** 0.3906%: [[dread seraph]] (does not appear on quest home or goal levels)
+** ~2.7778%: [[darkness given hunger]] <!--2/72 or 1/36-->
 * {{frac|7}}: [[Cthulhu Mythos|r'lyehians]]
-** 75%: [[Deep one (dNetHack)|deep one]]
+** 50%: [[Deep one (dNetHack)|deep ones]]
-** 18.75%: [[Deeper one (dNetHack)|deeper one]]
+** 25%: [[Deeper one (dNetHack)|deeper ones]]
-** 1.125%: [[Mind flayer (dNetHack)|mind flayer]]
+** 18.75%: [[Deep dweller]]s
-** 1.125%: [[Deepest one (dNetHack)|deepest one]]
+** 6.25%: [[Mind flayer (dNetHack)|mind flayers]]
 * {{frac|7}}: phantoms and flowers
-** 75%: [[phantasm]]s
+** ~66.6667%: [[phantasm]]s
-** 18.75%: [[neverwere]]
+** ~22.2222%: [[neverwere]] <!--2/9-->
-** 4.167%: [[intoner]]
+** ~7.4074%: [[carcosan courtier]]s <!--2/27-->
-** 2.083%: [[black flower]]
+** ~2.4691%: [[intoner]]s <!--2/81-->
 ==Maps==

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-{{for|The [[Android]]’s version of the quest|Android quest}}
+The [[Anachrononaut quest]] is especially different from many of the standard [[quest]] branches in vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'' and even the many other quests in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], and [[notnotdNetHack]]: an [[Anachrononaut]] [[hero]] must gain access from their quest leader before she is killed, and there is no formal quest nemesis guarding the [[quest artifact]]&mdash;after gaining access as described, they must then make their way to the goal level and fight a group of [[elder brain]]s in order to retrieve [[The Annulus]]. [[Android]]s, who are '[[Clockwork automaton (starting race)|clockwork]]' Anachrononauts, have [[Android quest|a different quest altogether]].
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	The [[Anachrononaut quest]] is especially different from many of the standard [[quest]] branches in vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'' and even the many other quests in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], and [[notnotdNetHack]]: an [[Anachrononaut]] [[hero]] must gain access from their quest leader before she is killed, and there is no formal quest nemesis guarding the [[quest artifact]]—after gaining access as described, they must then make their way to the goal level and fight a group of [[elder brain]]s in order to retrieve [[The Annulus]].		The [[Anachrononaut quest]] is especially different from many of the standard [[quest]] branches in vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'' and even the many other quests in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], and [[notnotdNetHack]]: an [[Anachrononaut]] [[hero]] must gain access from their quest leader before she is killed, and there is no formal quest nemesis guarding the [[quest artifact]]—after gaining access as described, they must then make their way to the goal level and fight a group of [[elder brain]]s in order to retrieve [[The Annulus]].
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 ** 50%: [[brain golem]]
 ** 25%: [[umber hulk]]
-** 12.5%: [[mind flayer]]
+** 12.5%: [[Mind flayer (dNetHack)|mind flayer]]
-** 12.5%: [[master mind flayer]]
+** 12.5%: [[Master mind flayer (dNetHack)|master mind flayer]]
 * {{frac|7}}: puppets of the black web
 ** 99%: [[edderkop]]s
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 ** 75%: [[Deep one (dNetHack)|deep one]]
 ** 18.75%: [[Deeper one (dNetHack)|deeper one]]
-** 1.125%: [[mind flayer]]
+** 1.125%: [[Mind flayer (dNetHack)|mind flayer]]
 ** 1.125%: [[Deepest one (dNetHack)|deepest one]]
 * {{frac|7}}: phantoms and flowers
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 A random maze is overlaid onto the above map, resulting in a fairly open level with short segments of wall.
-Several monsters are placed randomly across the level: six [[umber hulk]]s; a [[hooloovoo]]; three [[uvuudaum]]s; four [[mind flayer]]s; a [[master mind flayer]]; four [[brain golem]]s; a [[semblance]]; five [[long worm]]s; seven [[razorvine]]s; eight [[cranium]] [[Rodent of unusual size (dNetHack)|rodents of unusual size]]; five [[purple worm]]s; eight 'standard' [[Changed (monster)|changed]]; two [[warrior changed]]; five [[Deep one (dNetHack)|deep ones]]; a [[Deeper one (dNetHack)|deeper one]]; a [[Deepest one (dNetHack)|deepest one]]; five [[edderkop]]s; and an [[embraced drowess]]. Uvuudaums that are generated on the Anachrononaut quest '''are always hostile''', and should be approached with extreme caution or else avoided altogether.
+Several monsters are placed randomly across the level: six [[umber hulk]]s; a [[hooloovoo]]; three [[uvuudaum]]s; four [[Mind flayer (dNetHack)|mind flayers]]; a [[Master mind flayer (dNetHack)|master mind flayer]]; four [[brain golem]]s; a [[semblance]]; five [[long worm]]s; seven [[razorvine]]s; eight [[cranium]] [[Rodent of unusual size (dNetHack)|rodents of unusual size]]; five [[purple worm]]s; eight 'standard' [[Changed (monster)|changed]]; two [[warrior changed]]; five [[Deep one (dNetHack)|deep ones]]; a [[Deeper one (dNetHack)|deeper one]]; a [[Deepest one (dNetHack)|deepest one]]; five [[edderkop]]s; and an [[embraced drowess]]. Uvuudaums that are generated on the Anachrononaut quest '''are always hostile''', and should be approached with extreme caution or else avoided altogether.
 Several items are placed randomly around the level as well, with the totals of each item type listed below and non-guaranteed items listing their probability in parentheses:
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-Each of the lower filler levels use the map above, with the up stair placed randomly in the outer ring while the down stair sits at the center of the level. Eight [[mind flayer]]s and a [[master mind flayer]] are placed in the hidden corridors surrounding the central area. An [[elder brain]] sits at the center of the pool atop the down stair, and seven hostile [[trooper]] [[husk]]s, six [[brain golem]]s, three [[semblance]]s, three [[umber hulk]]s and a [[hooloovoo]] are randomly placed in the area immediately surrounding the pool. Three [[uvuudaum]]s are also spread throughout the entirety of the level.
+Each of the lower filler levels use the map above, with the up stair placed randomly in the outer ring while the down stair sits at the center of the level. Eight [[Mind flayer (dNetHack)|mind flayers]] and a [[Master mind flayer (dNetHack)|master mind flayer]] are placed in the hidden corridors surrounding the central area. An [[elder brain]] sits at the center of the pool atop the down stair, and seven hostile [[trooper]] [[husk]]s, six [[brain golem]]s, three [[semblance]]s, three [[umber hulk]]s and a [[hooloovoo]] are randomly placed in the area immediately surrounding the pool. Three [[uvuudaum]]s are also spread throughout the entirety of the level.
 random items are placed randomly around the entire level, and several more are scattered randomly around the inner and outer ring areas of the level map:
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 The up stairs leading back to the lower filler level is placed on one of the several marked squares at the bottom of the map. The dash-filled southern portion is overlaid with a randomized maze area during level creation, and the remainder of the level is deliberately patterned after the [[Astral Plane]], representing the complex of temples after [[Ilsensine]] caused them to crash into the earth below (as described in the quest text). The doors leading from the up stair section into the western and eastern wings are locked, as are the doors to the north temple and the area outside the east temple. The level is [[non-diggable]], though [[phasing]] is allowed.
-In lieu of a formal quest nemesis, an [[elder brain]] is generated at each of the locations marked above. Other monsters are randomly placed around the whole of the level: 14 [[trooper]] [[husk]]s, 16 [[mind flayer]]s, two [[master mind flayer]]s, ten [[brain golem]]s, five [[semblance]]s, six [[umber hulk]]s, a [[hooloovoo]], seven [[uvuudaum]]s, three [[psurlon]] [[long worm]]s, three regular long worms, and a psurlon [[purple worm]].
+In lieu of a formal quest nemesis, an [[elder brain]] is generated at each of the locations marked above. Other monsters are randomly placed around the whole of the level: 14 [[trooper]] [[husk]]s, 16 [[Mind flayer (dNetHack)|mind flayers]], two [[Master mind flayer (dNetHack)|master mind flayers]], ten [[brain golem]]s, five [[semblance]]s, six [[umber hulk]]s, a [[hooloovoo]], seven [[uvuudaum]]s, three [[psurlon]] [[long worm]]s, three regular long worms, and a psurlon [[purple worm]].
 Several items are scattered randomly around the level:

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-The collapsed rooms of hidden corridors that are blocked off by [[iron bars]] contain a different set of randomly placed items altogether:
+The "collapsed" rooms of [[secret corridor]]s that are blocked off by [[iron bars]] contain a different set of randomly placed items altogether:
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 * a [[Erosion|thoroughly rotted]] white [[imperial elven helm]]

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-       |..|...|......|--------...............--------|......|...|..|
+       |HH|HHH|HHHHHH|--------...............--------|HHHHHH|HHH|HH|
-       |..|...|---F---...............................---F---|...|..|
+       |HH|HHH|---F---...............................---F---|HHH|HH|
-       |..--F---.........---------S-----S---------.........---F--..|
+       |HH--F---.........---------S-----S---------.........---F--HH|
        -F--........-------|######|.|###|.|######|-------........--F-
      ---......------######S######|.--S--.|######S######------......---
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      ---......------######S######|.--S--.|######S######------......---
        -F--........-------|######|.|###|.|######|-------........--F-
-       |..--F---.........---------S-----S---------.........---F--..|
+       |HH--F---.........---------S-----S---------.........---F--HH|
-       |..|...|---F---...............................---F---|...|..|
+       |HH|HHH|---F---...............................---F---|HHH|HH|
-       |..|...|......---------...............---------......|...|..|
+       |HH|HHH|HHHHHH---------...............---------HHHHHH|HHH|HH|
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 Each of the lower filler levels use the map above, with the up stair placed randomly in the outer ring while the down stair sits at the center of the level. Eight [[mind flayer]]s and a [[master mind flayer]] are placed in the hidden corridors surrounding the central area. An [[elder brain]] sits at the center of the pool atop the down stair, and seven hostile [[trooper]] [[husk]]s, six [[brain golem]]s, three [[semblance]]s, three [[umber hulk]]s and a [[hooloovoo]] are randomly placed in the area immediately surrounding the pool. Three [[uvuudaum]]s are also spread throughout the entirety of the level.
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-The rooms blocked off by [[iron bars]] contain a different set of randomly placed items altogether:
+The collapsed rooms of hidden corridors that are blocked off by [[iron bars]] contain a different set of randomly placed items altogether:
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 * a [[Erosion|thoroughly rotted]] white [[imperial elven helm]]