Death drop - Revision history

Cathartes: /* Description */ upcoming (permafood death drops)

2023-12-02T23:32:35Z

‎Description: upcoming (permafood death drops)

Darth l33t: standardize Kops name

2022-09-21T14:52:50Z

standardize Kops name

Umbire the Phantom: Next line explains that corpses don't always generate, rewriting accordingly - not finished, but by no means a stub anymore

2022-07-20T03:20:48Z

Next line explains that corpses don't always generate, rewriting accordingly - not finished, but by no means a stub anymore

Umbire the Phantom at 03:24, 5 April 2020

2020-04-05T03:24:52Z

Ardub23: /* Special drops */ Section title to sentence case – NHW:Style guide § Capitalization

2019-07-16T05:37:01Z

‎Special drops: Section title to sentence case – NHW:Style guide § Capitalization

Furey: A stoned monster does not death drop.

2019-05-14T20:28:45Z

A stoned monster does not death drop.

Tomsod: /* Special Drops */ updated table

2019-01-14T09:34:53Z

‎Special Drops: updated table

Tomsod: no corpse, no drop

2018-12-28T14:29:56Z

no corpse, no drop

ShivanHunter: 3.6.0: no death drops from cloned monsters/mounts

2018-10-26T07:15:28Z

3.6.0: no death drops from cloned monsters/mounts

Phol ende wodan: Remove different dungeon probabilities because they are redundant and omitted 0% object classes; link to the full table instead

2018-02-01T16:33:12Z

Remove different dungeon probabilities because they are redundant and omitted 0% object classes; link to the full table instead

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 ==Description==
-If a monster is neither [[corpseless]] nor a [[Keystone Kop]] (of any rank), it has a 1/6 chance of leaving a random item upon death.{{refsrc|mon.c|2200|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} Death drops can be left even if the corpse [[Corpse#Corpse generation odds|failed to generate]], but any circumstances that explicitly prevent the monster from leaving a corpse will prevent a death drop as well (e.g. [[stoning]], [[drawbridge]], [[disintegration]], [[digestion]], [[undead]] on a [[graveyard]] level, and a few others).{{refsrc|mon.c|2289|nethack=3.6.1}} There is also a penalty against small monsters, who can only leave [[food ration]]s, [[leash]]es, [[figurine]]s, or items that [[weight|weigh]] at most three units. The game only tries to generate the item once; if it isn't eligible (as per above), no death drop is left.
+If a monster is neither [[corpseless]] nor a [[Keystone Kop]] (of any rank), it has a 1/6 chance of leaving a random item upon death.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2200|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} Death drops can be left even if the corpse [[Corpse#Corpse generation odds|failed to generate]], but any circumstances that explicitly prevent the monster from leaving a corpse will prevent a death drop as well (e.g. [[stoning]], [[drawbridge]], [[disintegration]], [[digestion]], [[undead]] on a [[graveyard]] level, and a few others).{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2289|nethack=3.6.1}} There is also a penalty against small monsters, who can only leave [[food ration]]s, [[leash]]es, [[figurine]]s, or items that [[weight|weigh]] at most three units. The game only tries to generate the item once; if it isn't eligible (as per above), no death drop is left.
-Death drops use the normal object generation mechanism, so the object class of the dropped item depends on which level the monster was killed in. {{refsrc|mkobj.c|26|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} See [[Object#Item generation]] for a table of object class probabilities.
+Death drops use the normal object generation mechanism, so the object class of the dropped item depends on which level the monster was killed in. {{refsrc|src/mkobj.c|26|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} See [[Object#Item generation]] for a table of object class probabilities.
-Cloned monsters (such as [[gremlins]] that have multiplied) cannot leave death drops, nor can any monster occupying the player's square (such as engulfers or mounts).{{refsrc|mon.c|2202|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
+Cloned monsters (such as [[gremlins]] that have multiplied) cannot leave death drops, nor can any monster occupying the player's square (such as engulfers or mounts).{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2202|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
 ==Special drops==

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 ==Description==
-If a monster is not a [[Kop]] or [[corpseless]], it has a 1/6 chance of leaving a random item upon death.{{refsrc|mon.c|2200|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} Death drops can be left even if the corpse [[Corpse#Corpse generation odds|failed to generate]], but any circumstances that explicitly prevent the monster from leaving a corpse will prevent a death drop as well (e.g. [[stoning]], [[drawbridge]], [[disintegration]], [[digestion]], [[undead]] on a [[graveyard]] level, and a few others).{{refsrc|mon.c|2289|nethack=3.6.1}} There is also a penalty against small monsters, who can only leave [[food ration]]s, [[leash]]es, [[figurine]]s, or items that [[weight|weigh]] at most three units. The game only tries to generate the item once; if it isn't eligible (as per above), no death drop is left.
+If a monster is neither [[corpseless]] nor a [[Keystone Kop]] (of any rank), it has a 1/6 chance of leaving a random item upon death.{{refsrc|mon.c|2200|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} Death drops can be left even if the corpse [[Corpse#Corpse generation odds|failed to generate]], but any circumstances that explicitly prevent the monster from leaving a corpse will prevent a death drop as well (e.g. [[stoning]], [[drawbridge]], [[disintegration]], [[digestion]], [[undead]] on a [[graveyard]] level, and a few others).{{refsrc|mon.c|2289|nethack=3.6.1}} There is also a penalty against small monsters, who can only leave [[food ration]]s, [[leash]]es, [[figurine]]s, or items that [[weight|weigh]] at most three units. The game only tries to generate the item once; if it isn't eligible (as per above), no death drop is left.
 Death drops use the normal object generation mechanism, so the object class of the dropped item depends on which level the monster was killed in. {{refsrc|mkobj.c|26|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} See [[Object#Item generation]] for a table of object class probabilities.

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-When the player kills a [[monster]], sometimes it may leave one random item under its [[corpse]] it didn't already have when alive; these items are known as '''death drops'''. If a monster is not a [[Kop]] or [[corpseless]], it has a 1/6 chance of leaving a random item on it.{{refsrc|mon.c|2200|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} Death drops can be left even if the corpse [[Corpse#Corpse generation odds|failed to generate]], but any circumstances that explicitly prevent the monster from leaving a corpse will prevent a death drop as well (e.g. [[stoning]], [[drawbridge]], [[disintegration]], [[digestion]], [[undead]] on a [[graveyard]] level, and a few others).{{refsrc|mon.c|2289|nethack=3.6.1}} There is also a penalty against small monsters, who can only leave [[food ration]]s, [[leash]]es, [[figurine]]s, or items that [[weight|weigh]] at most three units. The game only tries to generate the item once; if it isn't eligible (as per above), no death drop is left.
+In ''[[NetHack]]'', when the player kills a [[monster]], it may sometimes leave behind a random item that it did not already have when alive; these items are known as '''death drops'''.
 Death drops use the normal object generation mechanism, so the object class of the dropped item depends on which level the monster was killed in. {{refsrc|mkobj.c|26|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} See [[Object#Item generation]] for a table of object class probabilities.
-As of 3.6.0, cloned monsters (such as [[gremlins]] that have multiplied) cannot leave death drops, nor can any monster occupying the player's square (such as engulfers or mounts).{{refsrc|mon.c|2202|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
+Cloned monsters (such as [[gremlins]] that have multiplied) cannot leave death drops, nor can any monster occupying the player's square (such as engulfers or mounts).{{refsrc|mon.c|2202|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
 ==Special drops==
 Some monsters additionally always leave behind certain non-random body parts:{{reffunc|mon.c|make_corpse}}
 {| class="wikitable"
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 ==References==
 <references/>
+{{nethack-364}}
 [[Category:Strategy]]

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-When the player kills a [[monster]], sometimes it may leave one random item under its [[corpse]] it didn't already have when alive; these items are known as '''death drops'''. If a monster is neither a [[Kop]] nor a type which can't leave corpses, it has a 1/6 chance of leaving a random item on it.{{refsrc|mon.c|2200|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
+When the player kills a [[monster]], sometimes it may leave one random item under its [[corpse]] it didn't already have when alive; these items are known as '''death drops'''. If a monster is not a [[Kop]] or [[corpseless]], it has a 1/6 chance of leaving a random item on it.{{refsrc|mon.c|2200|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} Death drops can be left even if the corpse [[Corpse#Corpse generation odds|failed to generate]], but any circumstances that explicitly prevent the monster from leaving a corpse will prevent a death drop as well (e.g. [[stoning]], [[drawbridge]], [[disintegration]], [[digestion]], [[undead]] on a [[graveyard]] level, and a few others).{{refsrc|mon.c|2289|nethack=3.6.1}} There is also a penalty against small monsters, who can only leave [[food ration]]s, [[leash]]es, [[figurine]]s, or items that [[weight|weigh]] at most three units. The game only tries to generate the item once; if it isn't eligible (as per above), no death drop is left.
 Death drops use the normal object generation mechanism, so the object class of the dropped item depends on which level the monster was killed in. {{refsrc|mkobj.c|26|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} See [[Object#Item generation]] for a table of object class probabilities.
 As of 3.6.0, cloned monsters (such as [[gremlins]] that have multiplied) cannot leave death drops, nor can any monster occupying the player's square (such as engulfers or mounts).{{refsrc|mon.c|2202|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
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 {{stub}}
 [[Category:Strategy]]
-{{nethack-360}}
+{{nethack-364}}

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 As of 3.6.0, cloned monsters (such as [[gremlins]] that have multiplied) cannot leave death drops, nor can any monster occupying the player's square (such as engulfers or mounts).{{refsrc|mon.c|2202|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
-==Special Drops==
+==Special drops==
 Some monsters additionally always leave behind certain non-random body parts:{{reffunc|mon.c|make_corpse}}

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 ==Special Drops==
-Some monsters additionally always leave behind certain non-random body parts:
+Some monsters additionally always leave behind certain non-random body parts:{{reffunc|mon.c|make_corpse}}
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! Monster || Item
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 | [[dragon]] || [[dragon scales]] (1/3 chance, 1/20 if revived)
 |-
-| [[unicorn]] || [[unicorn horn]] (1/20 chance if revived)
+| [[unicorn]] || [[unicorn horn]] (1/2 chance if revived)
 |-
 | [[long worm]] || [[worm tooth]]
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 | [[iron golem]] || ''2d6'' [[iron chain]]s
 |-
-| [[glass golem]] || [[worthless pieces of glass]]
+| [[glass golem]] || ''2d4'' [[worthless pieces of glass]]
 |-
-| [[clay golem]] || ''50 + 1d20'' (avg. 60.5) [[rock]]s
+| [[clay golem]] || ''49 + 1d20'' (avg. 59.5) [[rock]]s
 |-
 | [[stone golem]] || [[statue]] of a stone golem
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 | [[leather golem]] || ''2d4'' [[leather armor]]s
 |-
-| [[gold golem]] || [[gold]]
+| [[gold golem]] || ''100-200'' [[gold piece]]s ([[Luck]]-weighted)
 |-
 | [[paper golem]] || ''1d4'' [[blank scroll]]s
 |}

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:29, 28 December 2018
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	When the player kills a [[monster]], sometimes it may leave one random item under its [[corpse]] it didn't already have when alive; these items are known as '''death drops'''. If a monster is neither a [[Kop]] nor a type which can't leave corpses, it has a 1/6 chance of leaving a random item on it.{{refsrc\|mon.c\|2200\|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}		When the player kills a [[monster]], sometimes it may leave one random item under its [[corpse]] it didn't already have when alive; these items are known as '''death drops'''. If a monster is neither a [[Kop]] nor a type which can't leave corpses, it has a 1/6 chance of leaving a random item on it.{{refsrc\|mon.c\|2200\|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
		+
		+	Death drops can be left even if the corpse [[Corpse#Corpse generation odds\|failed to generate]], but any circumstances that explicitly prevent the monster from leaving a corpse ([[drawbridge]], [[disintegration]], [[digestion]], [[undead]] on a [[graveyard]] level, and a few others) will prevent a death drop as well.{{refsrc\|src/mon.c\|2294\|nethack=3.6.1}}

	Death drops use the normal object generation mechanism, so the object class of the dropped item depends on which level the monster was killed in. {{refsrc\|mkobj.c\|26\|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} See [[Object#Item generation]] for a table of object class probabilities.		Death drops use the normal object generation mechanism, so the object class of the dropped item depends on which level the monster was killed in. {{refsrc\|mkobj.c\|26\|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} See [[Object#Item generation]] for a table of object class probabilities.

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:15, 26 October 2018
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	There is also a penalty against small monsters, who can only leave [[food ration]]s, [[leash]]es, [[Figurine\|figurines]], or items that [[weight \| weigh]] at most three. The game only tries to generate the item once; if it isn't eligible (as per above), no death drop is left.		There is also a penalty against small monsters, who can only leave [[food ration]]s, [[leash]]es, [[Figurine\|figurines]], or items that [[weight \| weigh]] at most three. The game only tries to generate the item once; if it isn't eligible (as per above), no death drop is left.
		+
		+	As of 3.6.0, cloned monsters (such as [[gremlins]] that have multiplied) cannot leave death drops, nor can any monster occupying the player's square (such as engulfers or mounts).{{refsrc\|mon.c\|2202\|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}

	==Special Drops==		==Special Drops==

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-When the player kills a [[monster]], sometimes it may leave one random item under its [[corpse]] it didn't already have when alive; these items are known as '''death drops'''. If a monster is neither a [[Kop]] nor a type which can't leave corpses, it has a 1/6 chance of leaving a random item on it.{{refsrc|mon.c|2200|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} The type of item is dependent on what portion of the dungeon you are in.{{refsrc|mkobj.c|26|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} There is also a penalty against small monsters, who can only leave [[food ration]]s, [[leash]]es, [[Figurine|figurines]], or items that [[weight | weigh]] at most three. The game only tries to generate the item once; if it isn't eligible (as per above), no death drop is left.
+When the player kills a [[monster]], sometimes it may leave one random item under its [[corpse]] it didn't already have when alive; these items are known as '''death drops'''. If a monster is neither a [[Kop]] nor a type which can't leave corpses, it has a 1/6 chance of leaving a random item on it.{{refsrc|mon.c|2200|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
-==Normal dungeon==
+Death drops use the normal object generation mechanism, so the object class of the dropped item depends on which level the monster was killed in. {{refsrc|mkobj.c|26|version=NetHack 3.6.0}} See [[Object#Item generation]] for a table of object class probabilities.
-==Rogue Level==
+There is also a penalty against small monsters, who can only leave [[food ration]]s, [[leash]]es, [[Figurine|figurines]], or items that [[weight | weigh]] at most three. The game only tries to generate the item once; if it isn't eligible (as per above), no death drop is left.
 ==Special Drops==
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 ==See also==
 *[[Monster starting inventory]]
 *[[offensive item]]