Biodiversity patch - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* New monsters */ pothole

2026-02-01T00:15:21Z

‎New monsters: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-01-29T17:19:21Z

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Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2023-12-10T12:09:47Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: update

2023-08-30T03:37:28Z

update

Umbire the Phantom: /* Other changes */ clarify

2023-04-24T10:20:14Z

‎Other changes: clarify

Umbire the Phantom: de-SLEX

2022-10-05T02:10:02Z

de-SLEX

Aximili: remove stub notice

2020-02-02T20:49:12Z

remove stub notice

Cherokee Jack: So that's what HI_ZAP is!

2015-08-17T14:32:23Z

So that's what HI_ZAP is!

Cherokee Jack: Made notes somewhat more descriptive

2015-08-12T01:38:37Z

Made notes somewhat more descriptive

Cherokee Jack: Linked to priest home levels, added some more content

2015-08-10T15:23:17Z

Linked to priest home levels, added some more content

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 |sphinx|| {{yellow|f}} || Egyptian/Greek mythology || Challenges the player with riddles
 |-
-|waterspout gargoyle|| {{blue|g}} || || Has a spit attack that can [[wet]] items
+|[[waterspout gargoyle]]|| {{blue|g}} || || Has a spit attack that can [[wet]] items
 |-
 |brownie|| {{brown|l}} || Celtic folklore || Can improve [[Boots|shoes]], or tamper with the ones the player is wearing

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 ===Changes to existing monsters===
-* The [[steam vortex]]'s [[engulf]]ing attack is now coded as '''scalding''' rather than [[fire]] damage.
+* The [[steam vortex]]'s [[engulf]]ing attack is now coded as '''scalding''' rather than [[Fire (element)|fire]] damage.
 * [[Gnome]]s (and [[bat]]s) use '''echolocation''' instead of [[infravision]].
 * [[Quantum mechanic]]s (and clockwork automata) may be [[Call|name]]d after historical figures.

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 ** [[Green dragon]]: ''Wyvern''
 ** [[Yellow dragon]]: ''Guivre''
-* The [[large kobold]] and [[kobold lord]] are renamed '''kobold hewer''' and '''kobold chieftain'''.  The hewer can [[tunnel]] if it has a [[Pickaxe|pick]].
+* The [[large kobold]] and [[kobold lord]] are renamed '''kobold hewer''' and '''kobold chieftain'''.  The hewer can [[tunnel]] if it has a [[pick-axe]].
 * The [[water nymph]] and [[wood nymph]] are renamed '''naiad''' and '''dryad'''.

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 The biodiversity patch also incorporates three patches from other authors, including the [[Heck² patch]], the [[photography patch]] and a coin-flipping patch.
-T. J. Brumfield is working on a port of this patch to ''[[SLASH'EM]]''; see the [http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.games.roguelike.nethack.slashem.devel slashem-devel archive] for October 2007.
+T. J. Brumfield was previously working on a port of this patch to ''[[SLASH'EM]]''; see the [http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.games.roguelike.nethack.slashem.devel slashem-devel archive] for October 2007.
 ==Bestiary==
 ===New monsters===
 The biodiversity patch slightly expands several [[monster class]]es that have very few members, or only a single member, in [[vanilla]].
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 |hunger hulk|| {{red|U}} || Pun on [[umber hulk]] || Makes its victims [[Nutrition|hungry]]
 |-
-|umbral hulk|| {{black|U}} || Pun on [[umber hulk]] || [[Blind]]s victims with its [[gaze]]
+|[[umbral hulk]]|| {{black|U}} || Pun on [[umber hulk]] || [[Blind]]s victims with its [[gaze]]
 |-
 |nosferatu|| {{gray|V}} || [[Wikipedia:Nosferatu (word)|Uncertain origin]] || [[Paralyze]]s its victims with fear
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 |blemmye|| {{gray|X}} || [[Wikipedia:Headless men|Medieval folklore]] || Legendary humanoid with its face on its torso, and no head
 |-
-|otyugh|| {{green|X}} || [[Wikipedia:Otyugh|Dungeons & Dragons]] || Enjoys [[rotten food]]
+|[[otyugh]]|| {{green|X}} || [[Wikipedia:Otyugh|Dungeons & Dragons]] || Enjoys [[rotten food]]
 |-
 |poltergeist||   || Folklore || Throws projectiles
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 * [[Orc (starting race)|Orc]]s can saddle and [[ride]] [[warg]]s, instead of [[horse]]s.
-==Legacy==
+==Variants==
-[[UnNetHack]] and some other variants incorporate part of this patch, most notably the [[disintegrator]], a much more dangerous cousin of the [[rust monster]] and the [[disenchanter]].  Some of the new names for generic dragons are also used in UnNetHack, but their breath types and resistances are randomized at the beginning of the game.
+[[UnNetHack]] and some other variants incorporate part of this patch, most notably the [[disintegrator]], a much more dangerous cousin of the [[rust monster]] and the [[disenchanter]]. Some of the new names for generic dragons are also used in UnNetHack, but their breath types and resistances are randomized at the beginning of the game.
-[[dNetHack]] includes clockwork automata, both as a monster and [[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|as a playable race]].
+[[dNetHack]] includes clockwork automata, both as a monster and [[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|as a playable race]]. Most of the monsters also appear in some form in [[SlashTHEM]].
 ==See also==
-[http://web.archive.org/web/20041209022619/http://userfs.cec.wustl.edu/~naw1/nh/nh_bio.html Biodiversity patch home page]
+*[http://web.archive.org/web/20041209022619/http://userfs.cec.wustl.edu/~naw1/nh/nh_bio.html Biodiversity patch home page]
+{{noversion}}
 [[Category:Patches]]

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 * Many [[quest]] home levels are now considered to be "outdoors", with "sky" overhead instead of a "ceiling".  On these levels [[dart trap]]s will be created instead of [[falling rock trap]]s.
 * The [[Priest quest]] branch may have a [[Biodiversity patch/Priest quest|different home level design]], depending on which [[pantheon]] the player was assigned at the beginning of the game.
-* [[Tree]]s which produce specific [[fruit]] have been added.  There are also oak trees which produce acorns, and elven dogwoods (used to make elven wooden weapons).
+* [[Tree]]s which produce specific types of fruit [[comestible]]s have been added. There are also oak trees which produce acorns, and elven dogwoods (used to make elven wooden weapons).
 ===Items===

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 [[dNetHack]] includes clockwork automata, both as a monster and [[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|as a playable race]].
-Versions of most of the monsters appear in [[Slash'EM Extended]].
+Versions of most of the monsters appear in [[SlashTHEM]].
 ==See also==

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	[http://web.archive.org/web/20041209022619/http://userfs.cec.wustl.edu/~naw1/nh/nh_bio.html Biodiversity patch home page]		[http://web.archive.org/web/20041209022619/http://userfs.cec.wustl.edu/~naw1/nh/nh_bio.html Biodiversity patch home page]

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	[[Category:Patches]]		[[Category:Patches]]

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 |clockwork automaton|| {{yellow|Q}} ||   || Six melee attacks
 |-
-|quark|| Q || Particle physics || Uses one of six random [[Wikipedia:Flavour (particle physics)|"flavor"]] attacks
+|quark|| {{brightblue|Q}} || Particle physics || Uses one of six random [[Wikipedia:Flavour (particle physics)|"flavor"]] attacks
 |-
 |[[disintegrator]]||{{monsym|disintegrator}}[[File:Disintegrator.png]]|| [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!msg/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/Q_m-025sR0o/w03iMgeRv1gJ This thread]|| Passive disintegration attack

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 |sphinx|| {{yellow|f}} || Egyptian/Greek mythology || Challenges the player with riddles
 |-
-|waterspout gargoyle|| {{blue|g}} || || Has a spit attack that can wet items
+|waterspout gargoyle|| {{blue|g}} || || Has a spit attack that can [[wet]] items
 |-
 |brownie|| {{brown|l}} || Celtic folklore || Can improve [[Boots|shoes]], or tamper with the ones the player is wearing
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 |gold bug|| {{yellow|x}} || [http://poestories.com/text.php?file=goldbug Edgar Allan Poe (loosely)] || Steals (and [[Metallivore|eats]]) [[Zorkmid|gold pieces]] and other [[Gold (material)|golden]] items
 |-
-|will o' wisp|| {{white|y}} || Widespread folklore || Appears in [[swamp]]s
+|will o' wisp|| {{white|y}} || Widespread folklore || Appears in [[swamp]]s; its [[explosion attack]] causes [[confusion]]
 |-
 |bannik|| {{blue|z}} || Slavic folklore || Attacks with scalding water
 |-
-|leshy|| {{green|z}} || Slavic folklore ||
+|leshy|| {{green|z}} || Slavic folklore || Confusing gaze
 |-
 |bandersnatch|| {{white|J}} || Lewis Carroll || Digesting attack
 |-
-|jubjub bird|| {{brown|J}} || Lewis Carroll || [[Life drain]]ing gaze
+|jubjub bird|| {{brown|J}} || Lewis Carroll || [[Intelligence]] draining gaze
 |-
 |clockwork automaton|| {{yellow|Q}} ||   || Six melee attacks
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 |hunger hulk|| {{red|U}} || Pun on [[umber hulk]] || Makes its victims [[Nutrition|hungry]]
 |-
-|umbral hulk|| {{black|U}} || Pun on [[umber hulk]] || Creates darkness
+|umbral hulk|| {{black|U}} || Pun on [[umber hulk]] || [[Blind]]s victims with its [[gaze]]
 |-
 |nosferatu|| {{gray|V}} || [[Wikipedia:Nosferatu (word)|Uncertain origin]] || [[Paralyze]]s its victims with fear

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 ===New monsters===
-Among other new monsters, the biodiversity patch slightly expands several [[monster class]]es that have very few members, or only a single member, in [[vanilla]].
+The biodiversity patch slightly expands several [[monster class]]es that have very few members, or only a single member, in [[vanilla]].
 {|class="prettytable sortable"
-!Name!!Symbol!!Notes
+!Name!!Symbol!!Origin!!Notes
 |-
-|sphinx|| {{yellow|f}} || Challenges the player with riddles
+|sphinx|| {{yellow|f}} || Egyptian/Greek mythology || Challenges the player with riddles
 |-
-|waterspout gargoyle|| {{blue|g}} || Has a spit attack that can wet items
+|waterspout gargoyle|| {{blue|g}} || || Has a spit attack that can wet items
 |-
-|brownie|| {{brown|l}} || Can improve [[Boots|shoes]], or tamper with the ones the player is wearing
+|brownie|| {{brown|l}} || Celtic folklore || Can improve [[Boots|shoes]], or tamper with the ones the player is wearing
 |-
-|pooka|| {{white|l}} || Charms monsters (including your [[pet]]s)
+|pooka|| {{white|l}} || Celtic folklore || Charms monsters (including your [[pet]]s)
 |-
-|satyr|| {{brown|n}} || Steals items and charms monsters (including your [[pet]]s)
+|satyr|| {{brown|n}} || Greek mythology || Steals items and charms monsters (including your [[pet]]s)
 |-
-|labyrinth trapper|| {{magenta|t}} || Hides in mazes
+|labyrinth trapper|| {{magenta|t}} ||  || Hides in mazes
 |-
-|gold bug|| {{yellow|x}} || Steals (and [[Metallivore|eats]]) [[Zorkmid|gold pieces]] and other [[Gold (material)|golden]] items
+|gold bug|| {{yellow|x}} || [http://poestories.com/text.php?file=goldbug Edgar Allan Poe (loosely)] || Steals (and [[Metallivore|eats]]) [[Zorkmid|gold pieces]] and other [[Gold (material)|golden]] items
 |-
-|will o' wisp|| {{white|y}} || Appears in [[swamp]]s
+|will o' wisp|| {{white|y}} || Widespread folklore || Appears in [[swamp]]s
 |-
-|bannik|| {{blue|z}} || Attacks with scalding water
+|bannik|| {{blue|z}} || Slavic folklore || Attacks with scalding water
 |-
-|leshy|| {{green|z}} ||
+|leshy|| {{green|z}} || Slavic folklore ||
 |-
-|bandersnatch|| {{white|J}} || Digesting attack
+|bandersnatch|| {{white|J}} || Lewis Carroll || Digesting attack
 |-
-|jubjub bird|| {{brown|J}} || [[Life drain]]ing gaze
+|jubjub bird|| {{brown|J}} || Lewis Carroll || [[Life drain]]ing gaze
 |-
-|clockwork automaton|| {{yellow|Q}} || Six melee attacks
+|clockwork automaton|| {{yellow|Q}} ||   || Six melee attacks
 |-
-|quark|| zap|Q ||
+|quark|| Q || Particle physics || Uses one of six random [[Wikipedia:Flavour (particle physics)|"flavor"]] attacks
 |-
-|[[disintegrator]]||{{monsym|disintegrator}}[[File:Disintegrator.png]]|| Passive disintegration attack
+|[[disintegrator]]||{{monsym|disintegrator}}[[File:Disintegrator.png]]|| [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!msg/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/Q_m-025sR0o/w03iMgeRv1gJ This thread]|| Passive disintegration attack
 |-
-|hunger hulk|| {{red|U}} || Makes its victims [[Nutrition|hungry]]
+|hunger hulk|| {{red|U}} || Pun on [[umber hulk]] || Makes its victims [[Nutrition|hungry]]
 |-
-|umbral hulk|| {{black|U}} || Creates darkness
+|umbral hulk|| {{black|U}} || Pun on [[umber hulk]] || Creates darkness
 |-
-|nosferatu|| {{gray|V}} || [[Paralyze]]s its victims with fear
+|nosferatu|| {{gray|V}} || [[Wikipedia:Nosferatu (word)|Uncertain origin]] || [[Paralyze]]s its victims with fear
 |-
-|blemmye|| {{gray|X}} || Legendary humanoid with its face on its torso, and no head
+|blemmye|| {{gray|X}} || [[Wikipedia:Headless men|Medieval folklore]] || Legendary humanoid with its face on its torso, and no head
 |-
-|otyugh|| {{green|X}} ||
+|otyugh|| {{green|X}} || [[Wikipedia:Otyugh|Dungeons & Dragons]] || Enjoys [[rotten food]]
 |-
-|poltergeist||   || Attacks with projectiles
+|poltergeist||   || Folklore || Throws projectiles
 |-
-|tortoise|| ||
+|tortoise||   ||   ||
 |-
-|alligator snapping turtle|| ||
+|alligator snapping turtle|| || ||
 |}
 ===Changes to existing monsters===
 * The [[steam vortex]]'s [[engulf]]ing attack is now coded as '''scalding''' rather than [[fire]] damage.
 * [[Rope golem]]s drop [[leash]]es when destroyed.
 * [[Straw golem]]s drop sheaves of hay when destroyed.  They may also drop a [[Erosion|damaged]] [[fedora]].  (Clothing for a scarecrow?)
 New names:
-* The color and name of the [[Knight quest]] [[quest nemesis|nemesis]] have been changed.  [[Ixoth]] is now the white-colored '''Hwitwyrm''', an allusion to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dragon Welsh legend].  The dragon's attacks and attributes remain the same.
+* The color and name of the [[Knight quest]] [[quest nemesis|nemesis]] have been changed.  [[Ixoth]] is now the white-colored '''Hwitwyrm''', an allusion to [[Wikipedia:White dragon|Welsh folklore]].  The dragon's attacks and attributes remain the same.
 * The [[Chromatic Dragon]] is renamed '''Tiamat'''.
 * All regular dragons except the [[gray dragon]] have new names.  (These are not randomized, as in [[UnNetHack]].)
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 ==Other changes==
 * Many [[quest]] home levels are now considered to be "outdoors", with "sky" overhead instead of a "ceiling".  On these levels [[dart trap]]s will be created instead of [[falling rock trap]]s.
-* The [[Priest quest]] branch may have a different home level design, depending on which [[pantheon]] the player was assigned at the beginning of the game.
+* The [[Priest quest]] branch may have a [[Biodiversity patch/Priest quest|different home level design]], depending on which [[pantheon]] the player was assigned at the beginning of the game.
-* [[Tree]]s which produce specific [[fruit]] have been added.  There are also oak trees which produce acorns.
+* [[Tree]]s which produce specific [[fruit]] have been added.  There are also oak trees which produce acorns, and elven dogwoods (used to make elven wooden weapons).
 * [[Samurai]] know the corpses of [[sea monster]]s by their corresponding Japanese culinary names.
-* [[Orc]]s can saddle and [[ride]] [[warg]]s, instead of [[horse]]s.
+* [[Orc (starting race)|Orc]]s can saddle and [[ride]] [[warg]]s, instead of [[horse]]s.
 ==Legacy==
-[[UnNetHack]] and some other variants incorporate part of this patch, most notably the [[disintegrator]], a much more dangerous cousin of the [[rust monster]] and the [[disenchanter]].  Some of the new names for generic dragons are also used in UnNetHack, but their breath types are randomized at the beginning of the game.
+[[UnNetHack]] and some other variants incorporate part of this patch, most notably the [[disintegrator]], a much more dangerous cousin of the [[rust monster]] and the [[disenchanter]].  Some of the new names for generic dragons are also used in UnNetHack, but their breath types and resistances are randomized at the beginning of the game.
 [[dNetHack]] includes clockwork automata, both as a monster and [[Clockwork Automaton (starting race)|as a playable race]].